An introduction and brief history of Research Group in Health and Environment- Africa, Ibadan, Nigeria. Who we are and how we started.

1. BRIEF HISTORY OF RESEARCH GROUP IN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT-
AFRICA, IBADAN, NIGERIA. (RGHE- AFRICA).
ADDRESS: Domiciled at the Department of Zoologoy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
TYPE OF ORGANISATION: Educational and Non- Profit (A Group of Academic Research
Scientists in Health and the Environment)
CONTACT EMAIL: ogundelemichael7@gmail.com, and rghe.africa@gmail.com
PHONE NUMBER: +2347066249160, +2348064680665
INTRODUCTION:
The RESEARCH GROUP IN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT- AFRICA, IBADAN,
NIGERIA (RGHE- AFRICA) was founded by Ogundele Olusegun Michael in 2015. The group
was constituted with an interest- driven research scientists in Environment and health. It started
with a group of 3 astute academic scientists in environmental health sciences and thereafter grew
to contain researchers in various areas of Environmental health and climate change. The primary
task of the group is to conduct and coordinate researches and initiatives on public health issues
and climate change within the African region only. Research outcomes arising from the studies
conducted by the research group are used in the formation and adoption of policy briefs and
agenda to drive practical execution of research results/outcomes. Our activities always have roots
and focus among community people, with the use of indigenous and local knowledge, (ILK).
Fields like solid waste disposal and management, recycling, hazardous substances and electronic
wastes, industrial effluents and air quality, radiation and physics health and health information
systems management were first of concern until 2016 when the group resuscitated its full
research capacity to cover other areas of research with focus to international priorities and policy
agendas. Some of these new research areas include biodiversity and Ecosystem services,
Ecosystem services and Health, Biodiversity and Health. As a result of this, the group became a
member of the International University Network on Cultural and Biological Diversity,
(IUNCBD-NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION UNIT) and the Collaborative on
Health and the Environment, (CHE), U.S.A.

2. The main aim of the research group is to facilitate and (or) initiate academic researches for
policy formation within the context of international priorities; environmental sustainability and
adding values to Sustainable Development Goals agenda. Aside conduction of academic
researches, regular activities of the group include participation and (or) organization of scientific
workshops, seminars, conferences, and community/ advocacy services to popularize research
outcomes or learn about new researches that are environmentally related. Our primary aim
provides public health scientists and environmental health officers all necessary initiatives
needed to make policy agendas, environmental agreements and research studies on
environmental health towards sustainable development. It also provides other research scientists
and environmentalists including governmental bodies and their agencies a wide spectrum of
short term research projects in order to ensure environmentally regulated African communities
and involvement of local community people in addressing environmental sustainability.
Based on the need for vibrant scientific researches in health and the environment; that will gear
towards the necessity of saving most African communities from grossly polluted environments
and homes due to indiscriminate disposal of organic wastes, hazardous substances, used
electrical electronics equipment, unlawful release of industrial effluents and poor environmental
regulations, the research group, as part of its primary objectives, systematically collaborates with
government at all levels for environmentally regulated African communities and in formulation
of environmental policies and guidelines to maintain a healthy and greener environment.
The aforementioned are to be achieved through the following OBJECTIVES:
 Carry out various scientific researches in health and the environment across the African
regions.
 Give recommendations from researches conducted to environmental regulatory bodies
and/or governmental institutions for immediate execution
 Systematically collaborate with government at all levels to formulate environmental
policies and law especially on waste disposal methods and waste management,
hydrocarbons emission, and environmental management.
 Building partnership with governments, local, national and international policy makers
and scientific bodies in environment and health
OUR MISSION
To be a frontier in academic researches, policy and advocacy on issues and matters that bother
on environment and health and climate change through an expansion of the research scope and
spectrum in space and time.

3. OUR VISSION
For a healthy and sustainable environment; we envisioned a regulated African environment that
will be free from any source of hazardous substances and pollutants-solid and liquid-, with
improved environmental governance and policies.
CONCLUSION: It is of utmost importance to categorically state that the aims and objectives of
the research group, in every ramification bothers on contributing to and upholding the ideals
sustainability of local, national and international bodies in environment and health. Therefore,
principled working relationship with local, national and international bodies is of utmost
necessity to accomplish our goals, targets and values for environmentally regulated African
communities.
OGUNDELE OLUSEGUN MICHAEL
HEAD
RGHE-AFRICA, IBADAN, NIGERIA.
+2347066249160