Dr. Babashola Chinsman
Resident Representative
United Nations Development Program
UNDP is delighted to participate in this epoch-making occasion, which
will usher in new equipment designed for developing countries to recycle blood during
surgery, EAT-SET.
The equipment will enable doctors to intervene promptly in situations demanding urgent
blood transfusion to patient from internal bleeding. This method of blood transfusion, we
perceive will help to eliminate fear of acquiring AIDS and other blood borne infection
since a patient would receive his/her own blood. In addition, the device will reduce
maternal death resulting in from blood less in ectopic pregnancy. We are pleased to be
assisting as the funding agency of this project, which is being executed by the World
Health Organization (WHO).
At this juncture, it is however appropriate to mention that Nigeria’s scale and
diversity requires UNDP’s intervention to be strategic in their targeting and
suitably diverse so that the greatest capacity building effect can be hard in achieving a
long run impact. UNDP recognizes that this catalytic effect will be greatest if program
and project designs are highly specific with respect to identifying and serving its target
group taking into account the Global concern of UNDP which include poverty alleviation and
participatory approaches to sustainable human development; environment and natural
resources management; women in development; technical co-operation among developing
countries; management of the developing process; transfer and adaptation of technology. It
is in this context therefore that the 4th UNDP Country program for Nigeria (1992-96) has
been prepared in ten sectors and is being implemented in nine of them. It is a five year
framework that reflects the views of the Federal Government of Nigeria regarding how best
to utilize UNDP assistance for the achievement of the priority national development
objectives.
UNDP is proud of the achievement of EAT-SET which is an appropriate technology which is
very remarkable particularly during this period of the 50th anniversary of the United
Nations
Dr. Babashola Chinsman
Resident Representative
United Nations Development Program
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