Climate Change: Medical students want volunteer groups for rural communities

MEDICAL students in Nigeria have called for the engagement of young medical practitioners to volunteer in rural communities' on climate change awareness creation, the effects of global warming and green house effect.

The call was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the summit tagged 'Climate Change; A Global Menace That Can Be Halted Locally; organized by the Nigerian Medical Student Association in Abuja.

A statement from the association signed by Ubong Anyang, National Director, and Etuk Eno-Abasi Etim, National Secretary, said the summit which held between September 6-7, was organised with support from NESREA, NIMET, WEP, ICEED & CEASEI.