Data for Health in Africa Meeting
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5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting
23 - 29 August 2025
CEDI Centre, University of Ghana, Accra

Prof Taiwo Lateef Sheikh - Participant

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (Professor of Psychiatry)

Professor Taiwo Lateef Sheikh is a distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. A Fellow and Chief Examiner at the West African College of Physicians, he also serves as an International Faculty Member at Harvard Medical School's Faculty of Global Mental Health and as an External Examiner at the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is the former Head of Department of Psychiatry, former Medical Director/CEO of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kaduna, and has held key leadership roles, including President of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, Chairman Faculty of Psychiatry and National Secretary of the West African College of Physicians. He played pivotal role in mental health policy reform in Nigeria and across Africa. He contributed to the development of Nigeria's Mental Health Policies (2013 and 2023), the National Suicide Prevention Framework (2023), and the landmark National Mental Health Act (2021)-Nigeria's first modern mental health legislation. He also serves on the Africa CDC High-Level Advisory Committee on NCDs, Mental Health, and Injuries. He is the founder and President of Biological Psychiatry Society in Nigeria (an NGO), he is presently mentoring young mental health specialists and aspiring specialist, and others in related basic