The fifth National Conference on Environment and Health organized by the LivingScience Foundation, Ile-Ife held at the Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State on the 13th and 14th October, 2020. It was also hosted on Google Meet platform for online participation. The Conference had earlier been scheduled for April 14-15, but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 lockdown that was announced close to the original scheduled date. The theme of the Conference was: COMBATTING ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL CANCERS IN NIGERIA. The Conference had representations from various Sectors of the Nigerian society, including the Academia, Government Regulators, Practitioners, NGOs, and the Media. Principal collaborators were the Redeemer’s University, Ede; Osun Health Insurance Agency, Osogbo; Environ Lab, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), South West Zone; and the Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria, Osun State Chapter. Two Keynote addresses were presented. The first, (MAJOR AGENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL CANCERS IN NIGERIA) was presented on-site by Prof M.K.C. Sridhar of the Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan; while the second, (INNOVATIVE RESOURCE MOBILISATION IN ADDRESSING THE MENACE OF CANCERS IN NIGERIA) was presented online by Prof Mohammed Nasir Sambo, the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Health Insurance Scheme, Abuja. The Vice Chancellor of the Redeemer’s University, Prof Anthony E. Akinlo was represented at the opening ceremony by Professor Emmanuel Unuabonah, the Director of Academic Planning as well as Coordinator of the Africa Centre of Excellence – Water (ACE-Water) of the University. Pastor Elijah Udofia, the South West Coordinator of the NESREA delivered a goodwill message to the Conference on behalf of the Director General of the Agency, Prof Aliyu Jauro. A total of forty five institutions/departments were represented in the Abstracts sent in for the conference.

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