American Pharmacist Honored as Nigeria Village Chief Part 1

Part 1 -- ZAKI THE LION: American Pharmacist Honored as Village Chief in Nigeria, West Africa

Dr. Dan Wagner is a clinical and natural pharmacist from Pittsburgh, PA who does professional counseling with patients who take both prescription and complementary medicine. As an "integrative" practitioner, he believes in the health advantages of balancing conventional therapies with natural ones. His natural medicine pharmacy, called NutriFarmacy (http://www.nutrifarmacy.com) was established in 1997. Over the past 2 decades, Dr. Dan has done extensive traveling with an emphasis on researching plant medicines in the rainforests of Belize, Cuba, Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, and Africa. He has worked closely with some of the leading ethnobotanists and herbalists in the field and has incorporated his knowledge and experience into his natural pharmacy practice.

Dan has traveled to Nigeria eight times in 11 years. In 2004, he was first invited to visit the rural village of Azara, located in central Nigeria in the state of Nasarawa. During the following years, Dan was instrumental in developing annual diabetes screening clinics with his team. In 3 years they have donated thousands of doses of diabetic medications, vitamins, and equipment to help the village along in their absence. He also contributed to the cost of digging a new well (borehole) in Azara in 2006. The project was completed in 2007 and now provides clean drinking water to the village of 20,000 people.

It was announced in March of 2006 that Dr. Dan would be the recipient of a most prestigious honor by the Azara Traditional Council of Azara-Nassarwa State. They named him "Sarkin Turawan Azara (Chief of the Whiteman of Azara)." This is a distinctive honor given only to non-Nigerians who exercise distinct service to the common people of their village. The official ceremony was held on January 13, 2007. Read more: http://www.nutrifarmacy.com/worldhealth/turbanning.htm

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