PERSONAL INFORMATION AND CONTACT
ADDRESSES
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§ Full
names: ADIRIEJE, Uzodinma Akujekwe [Dr.]
§ Nationality:
Nigerian
§ Addresses:
Suite 216, Block G, FHA Cornershop,
Lugbe; P.O. Box 8880,
Wuse Abuja, Nigeria;
and 1 Taiwo Close,
Toronto Junction; MCC Uratta Rd, P.O. Box 1484, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
§ Phone: Mob : +234(0) 81 88 55 44 14
§ Weblog:
http://druzodinmadirieje.blogspot.com
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CAREER COMMITMENT
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To continuously provide accountable leadership and achieve
sustainable improvements in the health and living standards of people and
communities affected by or at risk for diseases, disasters, ignorance,
underdevelopment and or poverty; using my two decades of civil society and
private sector leadership/management experience, strong
result-oriented/innovative interpersonal/partnership and communication
skills, and over two decades of continuous projects/programs
implementation/management experience/work at all levels.
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EXPERIENCES
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I.
Consultancy Services Provided
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- Organizing/Technical
Consultant, Nigeria National Cervical Cancer Screening Scale-up Project
Implementing Partners Conference/Meeting, Abuja, 2015
- Technical Consultant/Coordinator, 1st Biomedical HIV
Prevention Forum [BHPF2013] Abuja Nigeria, organized by the New
HIV Vaccine and Microbicide Advocacy Society (NHVMAS) in collaboration with NACA, UNAIS, SFH
and IPH/OAU, 18-20 November 2013
- Technical Consultant/Adviser to the Hon. Minister of State I,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2nd GlobalPOWER Women Network
Africa High Level Meeting (HLM) Abuja 2013, organized by the Government
of Nigeria in collaboration with the African Union and with support of
UNAIDS; 27-28 June
- Consultant Facilitator/Resource Person, 55th National
Council on Health meeting of Federal and all State Ministries
of Health in Nigeria, Abuja, 16-20 July 2012
- National Consultant for the ‘Development of the Global Fund
for AIDS, TB and Malaria Comprehensive Manual of Procedures’ for
Nigeria, 2012
- Technical Consultant to the Country Coordination Mechanism
[CCM]/Global Fund [GF], on oversight visitations to Global Fund’s Health
Systems Strengthening, HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria projects and
sites Akwa Ibom and Rivers States, March 2012;
- National Consultant to Federal Ministry of Health and Unicef,
Nigeria, for the Joint Annual Review [JAR] of National Strategic Health
Sector Development Plan [SHDP] in Akwa Ibom State, February-March 2012
- Principal Investigator
(PI)/consultant to UNAIDS/ILO/UNDP/NACA on ‘Situational Assessment for a
National Framework for Private Sector Response and Public-Private
Partnerships on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, 2004-2005
- 2012-2014 Global Fund projects monitoring/oversight consultant to
the Nigeria Country Coordinating Mechanism [CCM] for GF projects in
Kebbi, Rivers, Anambra, Ebonyi and Akwa Ibom States
- National Consultant,
Development of Global Fund Comprehensive Manual of Procedures, for the
National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), 2012
- 2012-2014 GAVI Consultant for monthly routine immunization
(RI) monitoring, evaluation and supportive supervision in 250 (two hundred
and fifty) Primary Health Care Centres in the twenty-seven LGAs in Imo
State
- 2012 - National Consultant for the Development of Imo State
Multisectoral HIV & AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Plan 2012-2016
§ Trainer/Facilitating Consultant, AIDS, TB and Malaria
(ATM) national Networks Leaders’ Training on the Coordination and Management
of ATM Networks CSOs’ Activities for ACOMIN, CiSHAN and TB Networks,
Actionaid Nigeria/Global Fund; 21-25.05.2012
- Programmes consultant,
International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa
(ICASA), Abuja, Nigeria; 2005
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II.
Research and Evidence-Generation
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- Consultant-Investigator, Effects of Compensation on
Employee Performance in Private Sector Organisations, 2015
- Monitor/Supportive
Supervisor; National Immunization Days (NIDs) in Owerri, Imo State, 2014
- Evaluator/Assessor; Data
Quality Self-assessment (DQS) of routine immunization (RI) in Njaba LGA
of Imo State on behalf of the National Primary Health Care Development
Agencies (NPHCDA), 2014.
- Project Director, Health and Food Security Summits (HEFOSS)
organized by Afrihealth Information Projects/Afrihealth Optonet
Association; in collaboration with the National Assembly Committees on
Agriculture and Health, Federal Ministries of Health, Agriculture and
Women Affairs, and other Stakeholders;
- Principal Investigator
(PI)/Project Director, Capacity Building Needs Assessment of
Civil Society Organisations [CSOs] involved in HIV/AIDS work in Nigeria
[covering the 36 States and FCT]
- Project Coordinator, Study
of the Impact, Challenges and Long-term implication of Nigeria’
Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Programme, 2006-7
- PI, ‘Prevalence, Management Practices and
Preventive Strategies of Diabetic Retinopathy in Lagos State, Nigeria’,
2000-2002; sponsored by American Diabetes Association
PI,
Development of a Food-Based Dietary Guideline for the Control of Maternal
Anemia in Pregnancy in Urban Poor and Rural Communities in Lagos, 1999-2001
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III. Monitoring and
Evaluation (M&E)
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§ 2014-2016 - Provision of Technical Assistance for the
Development of M&E Plans by course participants during ten M&E
certificate courses organized by Health Systems and Projects Consultants
§ 2013–2016 - Lead Facilitator, certificate course in
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of HIV/AIDS, Health and Development
Programmes, (8 batches)
§ 2012 - Trainer/Facilitator, Monitoring and Evaluation
Planning for State Sector-wide Plan for HIV/AIDS in Imo State, June 2012
§ 2010–2011 - Supervisor and Resource Person, 4 batches of
4 days training on Monitoring and Evaluation for 125 persons from 125 CBOs
from the 36 states and FCT, under Global Fund Round 9
§ 2010-2011 - Trainer/Resource Person and Supervisor,
training of 125 persons from the 36 States and FCT on Monitoring and
Evaluation (M&E); under the Global Fund Round 9
- 2006 - Conduction of the first-ever
monitoring and evaluation (appraisal) of the services of Mandela Clinic,
K-Vom, Plateau State, using the Peer participatory Rapid Health
Appraisal for Action (PPRHAA) tool; covering patient-care management,
internal management, finance and equipments, output and services, and
community and client views of the health centre; and provided report and
recommendations for the improvement of the services of the clinic
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IV.
Documentations and Reports-Writing
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- Author/Report writer for the Nigeria
National Cervical Cancer Screening Scale-up Implementing Partners
Meeting, 2015
- Author/Report writer for the 2nd
High Level Meeting (HLM) of the GlobalPOWER Women Network Africa, 2013
- Preparation of strategic plan, work
plans and budgets, business plans and action plans for the effective
running of the organization; CISHAN, 2010-11
- Produced annual and quarterly work
plan and budget of the National Office for the approval of the Governing
Council; CISHAN, 2010-11
- Produced
annual, quarterly, monthly work plans
and budgets as well as monthly Activity Plans and budgets of the
Programs Management Unit at the National Office for the approval of the
Central Management Committee;
CISHAN, 2010-11
- Planning and managing all the programmes and activities of
the conference
§ Prepared HERFON’s 2006 and 2007 (annual) organizational work plans and budgets, supervised programs/projects staff, monitored and reported on programs/projects activities, achievements and outcomes of the Foundation to the Executive Secretary/CEO
- National Planning Committee, 50th
National Council on Health
- Member
(representing HERFON), National Planning Committee, World Health Day
2006, FMoH, Abuja, Nigeria
- 1997 Chairman, Planning/Organising
Committee for the Launching of the Orsu LGA Towns Development Union
Lagos
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V. Conferences, Meetings and Workshops Planning and
Management
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- Conference Coordinator, 10th National Conference
on Divine Mercy, Catholic Church, Nigeria, 2016
- Organizing
Consultant; Nigeria National Cervical Cancer Screening Scale-up Project
Implementing Partners Meeting, Abuja, 2015
- Conference
Coordinator/Technical Consultant; 1st Biomedical HIV
Prevention Forum, Abuja 2013
- Conference Director;
Health, Human and Food security Summit (HEFOSS), Abuja, 2014
- Conference
Coordinator, 2nd High Level Meeting of the GlobalPOWER Women
Network Africa (GPWNA), Abuja, 2012-2013
- Conference Coordinator,
National Conference on Adequate Infant Nutrition in Nigeria, Abuja, 2008-09
- Conference
Coordinator, Nigeria National Health Conferences (NHC), Health Reform
Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON), Uyo and Abuja, 2006-09
- Program Manager, International
Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), Abuja, 2005
§ Secretary, International and
National Scientific Committees of ICASA2005
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VI. Capacity Building/Trainings
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Lead Facilitator at
the 9 Training Workshops for the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF)-funded
Sustainable Citizen Participation (SCP) in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region held
in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo. Ondo and Rivers
States, July – September 2017
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2012 – present, Routinely
prepares presentations, trains and facilitates certificate courses on:
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Advanced Monitoring
and Evaluation (AdvM&E)
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Advanced Project and
Programme Management (AdvPPM)
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Advocacy,
Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM)
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Community Systems
Strengthening (HSS)
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Gender and Gender
Mainstreaming (GNDR)
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Health Systems
Strengthening (HSS)
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Leadership
Development, Career Advancement and Organizational Management (LCOM)
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Logistics and Supply
Chain Management (LSCM)
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Monitoring and
Evaluation (M&E)
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Project and
Programme Management (PPM)
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Proposal Writing,
Fundraising and Resource Mobilization (PFRM)
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Trainer/Facilitator,
Project and Programmes Planning/Design and Management, Febr. 2014 and March
2014 (2 batches)
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Trainer/Facilitator,
Leadership and Management for Organizational Transformation and
Project/Programmes Implementation, June 2013 and October 2013 (2 batches)
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Director, Knowledge
and Skills Expansion and Development Project, a.k.a. KASED Project; designed
to provide fit-for purpose, systematic organizational capacity building
interventions, for 1037 persons from 540 CSOs and government MDAs
(Ministries, Depts and Agencies) in the 36 States and FCT, 2011-13
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Director, Health
Sector Capacity-Development Project (HeSCaP); which is designed to promote
Human capital development/ capacity-building and institutional strengthening
to expose qualified health care providers to the most modern and improved
clinical/surgical procedures [for which many Nigerians travel abroad] and
health systems management practices for better healthcare delivery in the
country, 2011-13
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Trainer/Resource
Person and Supervisor, training of 250 persons from all the states and FCT on
the provision of Home-Based Care (HBC) for HIV/AIDS; under the Global Fund
Round 9, 2010-11
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Resource Person,
Training on Ward Health System for 5 Batches of Chairmen and Secretaries of
Ward Health Development Committees in Ezeagu, Udenu, Udi, Nsukka and Nkanu
West LGAs in Enugu State, under GFR8 HSS/CSS project, 2010-2011
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Resource Person,
Orientation and Capacity-building Workshop for Chairmen and Secretaries of Ward Health Development
Committees in two LGAs in Ebonyi State, under GFR8 HSS/CSS project, 2010-2011
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Supervisor, 6 zonal
3-days training on Resource Mobilization and
Financial Management for CBOs from the 36 states and FCT, 2010; under
the National HIV/AIDS Fund (HAF), 2010-11
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Supervisor, 6 zonal
3-days training on Organizational Development for CBOs from the 36 states and
FCT, 2010; under the National HIV/AIDS Fund (HAF), 2010-11
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Supervisor, 6 zonal
3-days training on Financial Management for CBOs from the 36 states and FCT,
2010; under the National HIV/AIDS Fund (HAF), 2010-11
§ Coordinator, Health Insurance Capacity-Building
and Study tour of the Brazilian Health System and Institutions by Nigerian
stakeholders including members of the National Assembly, Representatives of
Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), Board and management of the NHIS, Change
Agents, representatives of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), NHIS
Providers, Consumers, Civil Society and media; organizing post-tour
conference and writing/producing tour report (published, July 2006)
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Director and
Resource Person, 2 batches of training on Project Management for CBOs in
Oshodi/Isolo LGA, Lagos State, 2001
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Director and
Resource Person, 3 batches of training on Overcoming Maternal and Child
Nutritional Anemia for community leaders and health workers in Badagry Lagos,
2008-9
- Director and Resource Person,
Facilitated/organized 1 Vitamin A Deficiency Control/Training workshop
for community leaders, patent medicine dealers, local government
personnel and community health workers in Badagry, Lagos , 2001
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VII. Projects
and Programs Management
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- Project Director, Sustainable Citizen
Participation (SCP) in Nigeria’s Niger Delta; a project of Afrihealth
Optonet Association, with funding from the United Nations Democracy Fund
(UNDEF), 2017-2018
- Project Coordinator, AIDs Care and
Treatment in Nigeria Plus Up (ACTION Plus Up); a project of the Institute
of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) and Afrihealth Optonet Association.
2015-2016
- Programmes Coordinator for Global Fund Round
8 Health Systems Strengthening and Global Fund Rounds 5 and 9 Home-Based Care Projects, CiSHAN,
2010-11
- Advocacy & Communications Manager and
HIVAIDS Advisor, Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria
[HERFON] , 09/07 – 12/09
- Resource Centre Manager, Health
Reform Foundation of Nigeria [HERFON], 11/05 – 08/07
- National
Service (NYSC), Health Services Management Board, Gongola State
- Conducted eye health awareness and vision
screening exercises in liaison with the World Health Organization [WHO]
on ‘Vision Care for Road Safety’ – a World Health Day Project; at Aguda
Central Motor Park, Surulere Lagos, for commercial bus and taxi drivers
and market persons, 2004
- Organised 3 Vitamin A Deficiency
Control/Prevention outreaches/Projects in Isheri-Olofin, Lagos; including
the distribution/administration of Viatmin a capsule and provision of
awareness for the vitamin A rich foods that abound in and around the
community, 2000
- Organised 4 Vitamin A Deficiency
Control/Prevention outreaches/Projects in Kirikiri, Lagos; including the
distribution and administration of Viatmin a capsule and provision of
awareness for the vitamin A rich foods that abound in and around the
community , 2000
- Implemented 3 Eye Care and Community
Health Development Programmes in Egbe, Lagos, 1999
- Organised 2 Family Health, Population
Education, and Nutritional Blindness Outreaches, Orile-Iganmu, 1998
- Organised 4 Vitamin A Deficiency
Control/Prevention outreach Projects in Badagry, Lagos; including the
distribution/administration of Vitamin a capsule and provision of
awareness for the vitamin A rich foods that abound in and around the
community , 1997-2002
- Organised 2 Population Education, family
planning Awareness and Eye Care Campaigns, in Egbe, Lagos, 1998
- Organised 3 Family Health, Environmental Awareness
and Blindness Prevention Projects in Alausa, Lagos, 1998
- Organised 3 Child Health/Nutritional
Blindness Prevention Programme for the Pupils and Staff of Sanya Primary
School Ijesha-tedo, Lagos State, 1998
- Coordinated 2 Public Health Intervention/Education
Programme at the Yaba Old People’s Home, Lagos State, 1997
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VIII. Partnership/Coalition
Building/Network Coordination
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- Chairman, National Technical Working
Group (TWG) of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Health, Federal
Ministry of Health (FMOH), Nigeria; 2016-present
- Director of Operations and Programs
(DOP), Civil Society Coalition on the 2016 National Census in Nigeria,
2015
- National
Chairman, Civil Society Partnership for Development in Nigeria (CSPDN),
2014-present
- National
Coordinator, Coalition on Vaccines, Vitamins and Immunization for All
Nigeria [CoVIAN], 2012-present
- Coordinator, Partnership for the
National Conference on Adequate Infant Nutrition in Nigeria, 2008-09
- Coordinator and Head of Secretariat,
Partnership for the Nigeria National Health Conferences (NHC), 2006-09
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IX. Advocacy,
Communication and Social Mobilzation (ACSM)
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§ Team Leader at the 9 Advocacy Visits and Stakeholders Engagements
with Governments and people of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta,
Edo, Imo. Ondo and Rivers States; for the United Nations Democracy Fund
(UNDEF)-funded Sustainable Citizen Participation (SCP) in Nigeria’s Niger
Delta region held in April – June 2017
- Advocacy visit to the Honourable Commissioner
for Health, Enugu State of Nigeria on the National Health and Food
Security Summit; and health systems improvement for better service
delivery in the State, 2014
- Advocacy Visit to the Honorable Minister,
Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) Abuja, for the enthronement of
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and its coverage under the National
Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS); by Afrihealth Optonet Association
Nigeria on May 3, 2013
- Paid advocacy visit to the Imo State
Commissioner for Health and Human Services for the revitalization of
Routine Immunisation in Imo State Health Systems, June 2012
- Coordinator and member of HERFON’s Civil
Society advocacy delegation to
Nigeria’s President Umaru Muas Yar’Adua, to advocate for the
strengthening of the country’s Health Sector Reform Programme (HSRP),
2008
- Member
of Advocacy team to the Governor and Emir of Katsina, for the promotion
and revitalization of Routine Immunisation in Northern Nigeria, 2008
- Advocacy
visits to the President of the Senate and Speaker of House of
Representatives (National Assembly) to support and participate in the
Partnership for the National Health Conference, 2006
- Coordinator
and member of Advocacy team to the President of the Honourable Ministers
of Health to support and participate in the Partnership for the National
Health Conference, 2006
- Team
leader, ‘Enlightenment/advocacy campaign and delivered a moving speech
delivered at an HIV/AIDS control campaign for the predominantly Muslim
Arewa Community, Isolo, organized jointly by Afrihealth Optonet
Association and Arewa Joint Action Committee (AJACOM), at the Isolo
central Mosque, Lagos; 2004
- Team
leader, HIV/AIDS control and impact mitigation enlightenment/advocacy
campaigns in the predominantly Muslim Arewa Community, Isolo Central
Mosque, Lagos; 2004
- Team leader, ‘Using Advocacy and Immunisation Opportunity to
control Vitamin A deficiency Diseases (VADD): projects featuring VAD
talks, IECs, advocacy for usingimmunization as opportunity for vitamin A
fortification and vitamin A capsule supplementation, in 7 Rural
Communities and 8 Children’s Schools in Lagos State; and provision of
awareness for the vitamin A rich foods that abound in and around the
community (Badagry, Alausa, Kirikiri, Egbe, Isheri Olofin, Ijeshatedo
& Aguda)
- Speaker, ‘The
State of Women’s Health and Lives in Nigeria: The Imperative of
Complementary Traditional Health Care’ – a position/advocacy paper
presented at the Inaugural Consultative Meeting of the African Women’s
Health Initiative (AWHI), USA/Nigeria; Nicon Hilton Hotel, Abuja,
Nigeria; 11-13 January 2005
- Team leader,
‘Controlling HIV/AIDS within the community’ – an enlightenment/advocacy
speech delivered at an HIV/AIDS control campaign for the predominantly
Muslim Arewa Community, Isolo, organized jointly by Afrihealth Optonet
Association and Arewa Joint Action Committee (AJACOM), at the Isolo
central Mosque, Lagos; 2004
- Coordinated
an enlightenment/advocacy campaign and delivered a moving speech
delivered at an HIV/AIDS control campaign for the predominantly Muslim
Arewa Community, Isolo, organized jointly by Afrihealth Optonet
Association and Arewa Joint Action Committee (AJACOM), at the Isolo
central Mosque, Lagos; 2004
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X. Leadership and Working Experience
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- President, Society for the Conservation and
Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria [SOCSEEN], 2018
- Chairman, National Technical Working Group
(TWG) of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) in Health in Nigeria,
Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria, 2016
- Co-chairman, National World Malaria Day
Committee, Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria, 2016
- Deputy National President, Nigerian
Association of Evaluators (NAE), 2015-present
- Chief
Executive Officer/National Coordinator, Afrihealth Optonet Association [CSOs
Network], Nigeria; 2012 – present
- Country Director/Lead
Facilitator, Health
Systems and Projects Consultants Ltd, Nigeria; 2012-present
- President,
Abia State University Alumni Association Abuja, 2012-2016
- Administrative Secretary/Head of Management,
Civil Society for HIV/AIDS
in Nigeria [CiSHAN], 2010-11
- Head of Secretariat, Nigeria National Health
Conferences (NHCs), 2006-2009
- Advocacy & Communications Manager and
HIVAIDS Advisor, Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria
[HERFON] , 09/07 – 12/09
- Resource Centre Manager, HERFON,
11/05 – 08/07
- Program Manager, Int’l Conf on
AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) , 01/05 – 10/05
- President-General,
Imo State Towns Development Association Lagos, 2005-7
- Executive
Coordinator (R&D), Afrihealth Information Projects, 1997-2005
- Executive
Director, Optonet International; 01/95 – 12/04
- Secretary
General, Afrihealth Optonet Association, 2003-2010
- Director,
Adirivision Clinics Ltd, 01/90 – 12/94
- National Service (NYSC), Health Services
Management Board, Gongola State
- Secretary General, Students Union Government,
Imo State University, Nigeria; 1985-1986
- President, Amaruru Students Union, Amaruru,
Orsu LGA, Imo State; 1981-1984
- Secretary, Umuogu Village Meeting, Amaruru,
Orsu LGA, Imo State; 1979-1986
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XI. Papers,
Presentations and Capacity Building Courses/Trainings Facilitated
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* 2018 Promoting Voice and Development Agenda Setting for Sustainable Citizen
Participation (SCP) in Resource-Constrained Settings in Akwa Ibom State of
Nigeria using the Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Approach
in 2017-18; a presentation for the 2018 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC)
Summit Nusa Dua,
Indonesia from April 16-20, 2018
* 2017 Mobilizing Communities for Monitoring
Activities that Promote the SDGs in Imo State during 2017-18; a presentation at the Nigeria National
Evaluation Conference, 6-8 December 2017
* 2017 Introduction to
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E); a capacity building workshop
organized by Health Systems & Projects Consultants Ltd at the Nigeria
National Evaluation Conference, 6-8 December 2017
*2015 Imperative for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Interventions: a case for the Mbamala International Kidney Centre; presented
during the formal presentation of ‘Peace of Mind’ (A Book written by Hon.
Chief Val Mbamala); under the Chairmanship of His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Aminu
Waziri Tambuwal, CFR; Executive Governor of Sokoto State; at Yar’adua Centre,
Abuja; November 2015
*2015 Advance Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
certificate courses offered by Health Systems and Projects Consultants
*2015 Advanced Project and Programme Management
certificate courses offered by Health Systems and Projects Consultants
*2014-15 Basic Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) certificate
courses offered by Health Systems and Projects Consultants
*2014-15 Project and Programme Planning/Design and
Management certificate courses offered by Health Systems and Projects
Consultants
* 2013-15 Leadership and Management for Organizational
Transformation and Project/Programmes Implementation
[certificate course/training materials]
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2013 The Role of Medical Librarians in
Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM): implications for the MDGs and post-2015 Era. A
presentation at the 2013 Workshop/AGM of the medical Librarians Association
of Nigeria
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2005 ‘Controlling HIV/AIDS Among
Mobile Populations in Lagos’ – an oral presentation made at the 14th
International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa, Abuja, 4-9 December 2005
* 2005
‘The State
of Women’s Health and Lives in Nigeria: The Imperative of Complementary
Traditional Health Care’ - a position/advocacy paper presented at the
Inaugural Consultative Meeting of the African Women’s Health Initiative
(AWHI), USA/Nigeria; Nicon Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria; 11-13 January
2005
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2004 ‘Controlling HIV/AIDS
within the community’ – an enlightenment/advocacy speech delivered at an
HIV/AIDS control campaign for the predominantly Muslim Arewa Community,
Isolo, organized jointly by Afrihealth Optonet Association and Arewa Joint
Action Committee (AJACOM), at the Isolo central Mosque, Lagos;
* 2003
‘Education and the Challenge of Regeneration in Orsu Local Government
Area’ The inaugural guest lecture at the 2nd ‘Orsu Summit’ held at
Orsu Local Government Area (LGA) headquarters, Awo-Idemili, Imo State,
Nigeria, 30 December 2003
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2001 ‘The Child and the Home’
-a guest speech delivered at the annual
general meeting of Parent Teachers Association of Sunshine Nursery/Primary
School, Aguda-Surulere, Lagos, 17 November 2001
* 2001
‘Philanthropy as a Poverty Alleviation and Development Initiative in
Orsu Local Government Area’ – an advocacy paper delivered at the launching of
a N2.5million naira Endowment Fund for the Less-privileged, by the Ede-Ukwu
Welfare Association, Ajegunle, Lagos, 11 November 2001
* 2000
‘Vitamin A as Soldiers of the Human Body’ -a guest speech delivered at
the launching of the Vitamin A for Health programme of the Prosuzet Nutrition
Foundation, Bariga-Lagos
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XII. Social and
Religious
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Chairman, Ebenasaa
Ozuomee Day and New Yam Festival/Celebrations, 12.08.17 in Ebenasaa Ozuomee,
Orsu LGA, Imo State
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Chairman, Orsu Cultural Day Celebrations in
Lagos, organized by Orsu LGA Towns Development Union Lagos (OLGADU), 25
November 2016
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Chairman, Harvest
and Bazaar Thanksgiving, St. Monica Catholic Church, Sauka Kahuta, Abuja, November,
2016
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Chairman, Local
Organizing Committee (LOC), 10th National Conference on Divine
Mercy Nigeria Catholic Church, 2015-2016
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Chairman, coronation
ceremonies for His Royal Highness, Eze Michael Abanigbo, Ezeoha I of Ebenasaa, Orsu LGA, Imo State; 6 January 2016
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Chairman, Harvest of
Divine Expansion and Church Building Fundraising, St. Francis Catholic Church
Galadimawa, Abuja; 15 November 2015
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Chairman, Amaruru
Day Celebration/Iri Ji (New Yam) Festival, Amaruru, Orsu LGA, Imo State; 10
August 2008
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XIII. Outreaches
and Interventions Done
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- World Malaria
Day Outreach/Rally in Gbaupe Community, Kuje Area Council, FCT Abuja,
Nigeria, 2016
- Organisation of 1 HIV Counselling and
Testing (HCT), condom distribution, Community rally, sensitisation and
dialogue in Goza community of Abuja, to commemorate World AIDS Day 2011
- Provision of Out-of-School Youth (OSY)
HIV/AIDS prevention services in Lugbe Abuja, as a Global Fund sub
sub-recipient under Round 9 grants, 2011-12
- Provision of Home Base Care (HBC) services
for persons living with HIV/AIDS in Imo State as a Global Fund sub
sub-recipient under Round 9 grants, 2011-12
- Organisation of Immunisation, Child
Health, Infant nutrition and Vitamin A Deficiency mobilization programme
in Kapwa, Abuja; and reached 258 families/persons
- Conducted eye health awareness and vision
screening exercises in liaison with the World Health Organization [WHO]
on ‘Vision Care for Road Safety’ – a World Health Day Project; at Aguda
Central Motor Park, Surulere Lagos, for commercial bus and taxi drivers
and market persons, 2004
- Organised 3 Vitamin A Deficiency
Control/Prevention outreaches/Projects in Isheri-Olofin, Lagos;
including the distribution/administration of Vitamin A capsule and
provision of awareness for the vitamin A rich foods that abound in and
around the community, 2000
- Organised 4 Vitamin A Deficiency
Control/Prevention outreaches/Projects in Kirikiri, Lagos; including the
distribution and administration of Viatmin a capsule and provision of
awareness for the vitamin A rich foods that abound in and around the
community , 2000
- Implemented 3 Eye Care and Community
Health Development Programmes in Egbe, Lagos, 1999
- Organised 2 Family Health, Population
Education, and Nutritional Blindness Outreaches, Orile-Iganmu, 1998
- Organised 4 Vitamin A Deficiency
Control/Prevention outreach Projects in Badagry, Lagos; including the
distribution/administration of Vitamin a capsule and provision of
awareness for the vitamin A rich foods that abound in and around the
community , 1997-2002
- Organised 2 Population Education, family
planning Awareness and Eye Care Campaigns, in Egbe, Lagos, 1998
- Organised 3 Family Health, Environmental
Awareness and Blindness Prevention Projects in Alausa, Lagos, 1998
- Organised 3 Child Health/Nutritional
Blindness Prevention Programme for the Pupils and Staff of Sanya Primary
School Ijesha-tedo, Lagos State, 1998
- Coordinated 2 Public Health
Intervention/Education Programme at the Yaba Old People’s Home, Lagos
State, 1997
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XIV. Publications/Writings
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ONLINE RESOURCES
Adirieje, U. No Woman, No
Development: Africa’s Women of Substance Converge on Abuja for the 2nd
GPHLM
Adirieje, U. Collaboration with
Africa Women’ Sector in relation to Health: outcomes of Global POWER Women Network Africa High Level Meeting
(GPHLM) 2013; presented at the Civil Society Symposium on
Abuja+12 Summit organized by World AIDS
Campaign International, 3 July 2013
Adirieje, U. The Imperative of
Prevention in the Effective Control of HIV/AIDS – the poorly explored haven
Adirieje, U. Nigeria’s elusive peace and the looming
refugee crisis [1], Daily SUN newspaper, 30 December 2011 <http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/opinion/2011/dec/30/opinion-30-12-2011-002.html>
Adirieje, UA. What Progress Made
by 'CCMs' Over the Past Two Years
http://www.procaare.org/archive/procaare/200405/msg00007.php
Adirieje, UA. Vitamin A and child deaths in India
Adirieje, UA. Alzheimer’s disease on our shores
Adirieje, UA. Stigma, HIV/AIDS and disclosure (1)
Adirieje,
UA. Stigma,
HIV/AIDS and Disclosure
Adirieje, UA. Putting ‘access to all’ on the HIV/AIDS agenda
Adirieje, UA. Putting ‘access to
all’ on the HIV/AIDS agenda (2)
Adirieje,
UA. HIV
and AIDS: Ensuring Access to All
Adirieje, UA. Health Options for Road Safety In Nigeria
Adirieje, UA. Patent Door Opens for Generic ARVs in Africa
Adirieje, UA. Current concerns:
Thailand’s potpourri for Nigeria and HIV/AIDS
Adirieje,
UA. Malaria
in Africa: A Continuing Scourge, a Litany of Failed Targets
Adirieje, UA. Opening up on
‘HIV/AIDS’ (1)
Adirieje, UA. HIV and AIDS: Ensuring Access to All
archives.hst.org.za/af-aids/msg01451.html
PRINTS
Adirieje UA, Umeakunna F. Report
on 2016 World Malaria Day Outreach/Rally In Gbaupe Community, Kuje Area
Council, FCT Abuja, Nigeria; Organized By Afrihealth Optonet Association
Adirieje, U. Nigeria’s elusive peace and the looming refugee
crisis [1], Daily SUN newspaper, 30 December 2011
Adirieje, UA. Public-Private
Partnership and Nigeria’s Development (2),
Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 392, 15 February 2005, p. 31
Adirieje, UA. Public-Private
Partnership and Nigeria’s Development (1),
Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 387, 8 February 2005, p. 31
Adirieje, UA. Taming ‘HIV/AIDS’
in Our Higher Institutions, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 382, 1 February 2005, p. 29
Adirieje, UA. HIV/AIDS: Why
‘ICASA’ and ‘NACA’ Must Succeed, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 377, 25 January 2005,
p. 27
Adirieje, UA. Nigeria’s Traditional Health Care in
Africa (3), Daily
Sun, Vol. 2 No. 372, 11 January 2005, p. 27
Adirieje, UA. Nigeria’s Traditional Health Care in
Africa (2), Daily
Sun, Vol. 2 No. 378, 4 January 2005, p. 27
Adirieje, UA. Nigeria’s Traditional Health Care in
Africa (1), Daily
Sun, Vol. 2 No. 378, 28 December 2004, p. 27
Adirieje, UA. Health
and Human Rights, Daily
Sun, Vol. 2 No. 378, 21 December 2004, p. 27
Adirieje, UA. Nigeria’s
Twin-‘Wahala’ (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 378, 14 December 2004, p. 27
Adirieje, UA. Nigeria’s
Twin-‘Wahala’ (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 387, 7 December 2004, p. 27
Adirieje, UA. HIV/AIDS and
African Women, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 382, 30 November 2004, p. 26
Adirieje, UA. Does Mr. President Know? Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No.
377, 23 November 2004, p. 26
Adirieje, UA. Nigeria’s Economic Reforms in Social Context,
Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 372, 16 November 2004, p. 26
Adirieje, UA. Much Ado About
brain Drain, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 367, 9 November 2004, p. 29
Adirieje, UA. Businesses in the
Era of HIV/AIDS, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 362, 2 November 2004, p. 26
Adirieje, UA. The Poverty War in
Nigeria (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 357, 26 October 2004, p. 26
Adirieje, UA. The Poverty War in
Nigeria (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 352, 19 October 2004, p. 27
Adirieje, UA. Preventable
Blindness and National Economic Productivity, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 347,
October 12 2004, p. 21
Adirieje, UA. Twelve Blind
persons in One Minute, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 342, 5 October 2004, p. 31
Adirieje, UA. HIV/AIDS: Caring
as an Obligation (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 337, 28 September 2004, p. 2
Adirieje, UA. HIV/AIDS: Caring
as an Obligation (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 332, 21 September 2004, p. 23
Adirieje, UA. NEPAD: hope or
hype? Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 327, 14 September 2004, p. 26
Adirieje, UA. NEPAD: hope or
hype? Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 322, 7 September 2004, p. 26
Adirieje, UA. African Woman’s
Rough Road (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 307, 17 August 2004, p. 29
Adirieje, UA. African Woman’s
Rough Road (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 302, 10 August 2004, p. 29
Adirieje, UA. Alzheimer’s
Disease on Our Shores, Daily Sun, Vol. 1 No. 297, 3 August 2004, p. 31
Adirieje, UA. Diabetes on the
Prowl, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 312, 24 August 2004, p. 22
Adirieje, UA. Putting ‘Access to
All’ on the HIV/AIDS Agenda (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 282, 13 July 2004, p.
20
Adirieje, UA. Putting ‘Access to
All’ on the HIV/AIDS Agenda (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 277, 6 July 2004, p.
26
Adirieje, UA. Thailand’s
Potpourri for Nigeria and HIV/AIDS, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 272, 29 June 2004,
p. 27
Adirieje, UA. Tobacco and the
Rest of Us (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 267, 22 June 2004, p. 27
Adirieje, UA. Tobacco and the
Rest of Us (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 1 No. 262, 15 June 2004, p. 26
Adirieje, UA. The Global Fund
and HIV/AIDS Control in Nigeria, Daily Sun, Vol. 1 No. 251, 1 June2004, p. 30
Adirieje, UA. Opening Up on
HIV/AIDS (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 1 No. 246, 25 May 2004, p. 26
Adirieje, UA. Opening Up on
HIV/AIDS (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 1 No. 241, 18 May 2004, p. 26
Adirieje, UA. Health Attitudes
and Road Traffic Problems, Daily Sun, Vol. 1 No. 226, 27 April 2004, p. 28
Adirieje, UA. Seeds for
Nigeria’s Health Needs, Daily Sun, Vol. 1 No. 221, 20 April 2004, p. 28
Adirieje, UA. HIV/AIDS and the
Abuja Declaration. Medical Digest: July/August
2001, pp. 9-10
Adirieje,
UA. Averting a Water Crisis in Nigeria. Medical
Digest: March/April 2001, pp. 26-27
Adirieje, UA. A visit to Alma-Ata. Medical Digest: January/February 2001, pp. 18-20
Adirieje,
UA. Female Circumcision (Female Genital Mutilation): 40 Dangerous Effects
Parents and Relations Must Know. Afrihealth Information Projects, 1999 (catalogued at the Media/Materials
Clearinghouse of the Johns Hopkins University, USA, for worldwide
distribution, as M/MC ID#: PL NGA 318)
Adirieje,
UA. Nutrition for All Ages - A Pocket Guide. Optonet International, 1999 (catalogued at the Media/Materials
Clearinghouse of the Johns Hopkins University, USA, for worldwide
distribution, as M/MC ID#: PL NGA 398)
Adirieje,
UA. Eye Care and Vitamin A Deficiency Prevention in Egbe, Lagos State. Sight
and Life Newsletter 4/1999, pp.18-19.
Adirieje,
UA. Sanya Primary School Nutritional Blindness Prevention Project. Sight and
Life Newsletter, 3/1998, pp. 11-12
Adirieje,
UA. Approaches to Reduce Vitamin A Deficiency in Lagos State, Nigeria. SCN
News No. 15, United Nations ACC/SCN, 1997, pp. 29-30.
Adirieje,
UA. Evidence of Vitamin A Deficiency within Community Populations in Lagos
State of Nigeria. Sight and Life
Newsletter 1/1997, Task Force Sight and Life, 1997, pp. 18-19.
Adirieje,
UA. Anti-leprosy Vaccines. The
Guardian Newspaper, Lagos, 1 August 1996.
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XV. Qualifications
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- Certified
Management Consultant [CMC], Institute of Management Consultants, 2017
- Certified
and Accredited Management Trainer, National Council for Management
Development, 2017
- Post-Graduate
Certificate (Health Economics), 2006
- Doctor of
Optometry (1988)
- MNIM
(2001) i.e. Member, Nigeria Institute of Management
- ACIPM
(1996) i.e. Associate, Chartered Inst. of Personnel Management of
Nigeria
- FAOA
(2014) i.e. Fellow, Afrihealth Optonet Association
- FNAE
(2015), i.e. Fellow, Nigeria Evaluation Association
- FIL (2016)
i.e. Fellow, International Institute of Leadership
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XVI. Other Certificate
Courses, Trainings, Seminars and
Workshops Attended
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§ 2016 - Nigeria National Evaluation Conference, 6-8
December 2017, in Abuja
§ 2015 – Result-Based Management; Unicef, 16-17 November 2015
§ 2014 – Management Trainers Development Workshop (Basic Mandev); Centre
for Management Development (CMD) Lagos, 27 October – 7 November 2014
§ 2014 – Electronic Learning Workshop for Trainers; CMD Lagos, 15-19
September 2014
§ 2014 - Management in Health, World Bank Institute, 19 March – 30 April
§ 2014 – Social and Behaviour Change Communication, IPAS, 17-21 March
§ 2014 – Presidential Summit on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in
Nigeria, Abuja, 6-10 March 2014
§ 2014 – Reproductive Health Course, World Bank Institute, 6 February –
19 March
§ 2014 – Workshop
to Develop Investment Incentives for the Health Sector, 6 March 2014;
FMOH/IFC/NIPC
§ 2013 – The Virtual Leadership Development Programme, 21 January – 12
April 2013, USAID/Measure Evaluation/MSH
§ 2013 – Optimizing your M&E team's performance: Improving internal
communication and dealing with conflict, 16-18 September 2013, USAID/Measure
Evaluation/MSH
§ 2013 - Overcoming the challenge of building and leading effective
M&E teams for public sector, NGO and civil society organizations, 4-8
February 2013, USAID/Measure Evaluation/MSH
§ 2012 - Creating an Enabling Environment for M&E CoP, 30 January –
3 February 2012, USAID/Measure Evaluation/MSH
§ 2012 – International Seminar on Building sustainable organizational
capacity to strengthen Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) practice for
public sector, NGO and civil society organizations, Management Sciences for Health, 30.01.12 –
03.02.12
§ 2012 - Country Ownership & Organizational Capacity Building, 30
April – 4 May 2012, USAID/Measure Evaluation/MSH
§ 2012 – Gender and Sustainable Development Training Workshop; Centre
for Management Development and African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), Ado Ekiti, 24 – 28 September 2012
§ 2012 - Building sustainable organizational capacity for public sector,
NGO and civil society organizations: A framework to address the challenge”,
February 27 – March 2, 2012, USAID/Measure Evaluation/MSH
§ 2012 – Decade of Vaccines [DoV] Collaboration Civil Society
Consultation, DoV Collaboration Secretariat, Barcelona Institute for Global
Health; 10-11 January, Leuven, Belgium
§ 2011 – Energy Efficiency Sensitization Workshop, Energy Commission of
Nigeria (ECN), Abuja, 22 December 2011
§ 2011 – First National Forum on Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and
Conservation, ECN, Abuja, 19-20 December 2011
§ 2011 – National Sensitization Workshop for Political Stakeholders,
National Assembly, Abuja, 19-20 December 2011
§ 2011 – Project Management Professional Course, Project Management
Institute (USA), Abuja, 18-16 October 2011
§ 2011 – Training on Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Data Management, 19-21 May, Abuja Nigeria
§ 2011 – Training on QuickBooks software, 29-31 March, Abuja, Nigeria
- 2010 –
Emerging Strategies to Combat HIV/AIDS in Nigeria: Enhancing Prevention
and HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT), 11-12 October, REACH, Abuja
- 2010 – The
Global Fund training on Proposal and Report Writing, Abuja
§ 2009 - Training in Palliative
Care for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs), Abuja, Nigeria, 23-25 June
§ 2007 – Managing Organisational Change for Strategic Transformation,
Nigerian Institute of Management, Abuja, Nigeria, 5-9 November
§ 2007 – Basic Health Economics Course, May-June 2007, World Bank
Institute Washington
§ 2006 – Leadership Skills Development Training for the Revitalisation
of Immunisation Services in Nigeria, Abuja Nigeria, 31 July – 1 August 2006
§ 2006 – Health System and Health Insurance Schemes
Study/Capacity-Building Workshops/Tour of Brazil, Sao Paulo and Brasilia,
13-21 May 2006
§ 2006 – Project Planning and Proposal Development Course, Abuja,
Nigeria, 24-28 April 2006, Management Strategies for Africa (MSA)
- 2006 –
Monitoring and Evaluation using Peer participatory Rapid Health
Appraisal for Action (PPRHAA), a Training of Trainers’ Course, Jos,
Nigeria, April 4-12 2006, DFID/PATHS
- 2005 –
Programmes Management Training, Abuja, Nigeria; by Shocklogic Global
(UK) Ltd
- 2004 – International
Health Writing Course on Evidence-Based Health Care, Lagos, Nigeria, BMJ
West Africa and AMREF, 2004
- 2002
– Cyberwar, Netwar and the
Revolution in Military Affairs – Real Threats and Virtual Myths, Trento, Italy, 3-13 August, International School of
Disarmament and Research on Conflict (ISODARCO), 2002
- 1992-2001 – Nigerian
Institute of Management: Professional Manager (MNIM)
- 1992-1996 – Chartered
Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria: Associate (ACIPM)
- 1982-1988 – Imo State University, Okigwe: O.D. (Doctor of
Optometry), 1982-1988
- 1982 – Federal
School of Arts and Sciences, Ondo: Lower Six, 1982
- 1976-1981 – Eziachi
Secondary School, Eziachi: General Certificate of Education (GCE), O’
Level, 1976-1981
- 1971-1976 – Community
Primary School 1, Amaruru: First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC),
1971-1976
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XVII. Professional and Sociocultural Affiliations
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i.
Member, National Technical Working Group (TWG) of NGOs
(non-governmental organizations) in Health, Nigeria, 2016
ii.
Fellow, Nigeria Association of Evaluators (FNAE), 2016-present
iii.
Member, Technical Working Group (TWG) on Malaria, Federal Ministry of
Health, Nigeria, 2015-present
iv.
Fellow, International Institute for Leadership and Governance (FIL),
2015-present
v.
Member, Health Care Financing, Equity and Investments Technical Working
Group (HCF TWG), FMOH, 2015-present
vi.
Fellow, Association for Capacity Development (FACD), 2013
vii.
Member, National Prevention Technical Working Group (TWG) for HIV/AIDS
in Nigeria, 2010-12
viii.Member, Nigeria Association of
Evaluators, 2013-present
ix.
Member, International AIDS Economics
Network (IAEN)
x.
Member, West African
Health Economics Association (WAHEN)
xi.
Member,
International AIDS Society (IAS)
xii.
Member, Nigeria
Institute of Management chartered [MNIM]
xiii.Associate Member, Institute of Personnel Management of
Nigeria chartered [ACIPM]
xiv.Member, World Malaria Day Committee Nigeria, 2013 –
present
xv. Member, Afrihealth Optonet Association, 2011-2014
xvi.Member & National Coordinator, Coalition on Vaccines,
Vitamins and Immunization for All Nigerians
xvii.Member, Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
xviii.Member, GAVI Civil Society Constituency
xix.Member, Society for
Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria
[SOCSEEN]; 2013- present
xx. Member, Abia State University Alumni Association Abuja
(ABSUAAA), 2007-present
xxi.Member, Imo State Towns Development Association, Lagos
xxii.Member, Catholic Men Organisation, St. Martin Parish,
Lugbe Abuja
xxiii.Member, City and Hamlet Multi-purpose Cooperative
Society, Abuja
xxiv.Member, International AIDS Society
xxv.Member, Society for AIDS in Africa
xxvi.Member, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs
xxvii.Member, International AIDS Economics Network
xxviii. Member,
International Ocular HIV Study Group
xxix.Member, Academy for Health Services Research and Health
Policy
xxx.Member, Nigeria Optometric Association
xxxi.Member, American Academy of Optometry
xxxii.Member, American Diabetes Association
xxxiii.Member, Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics
xxxiv.Member, International Society for Low-vision Research and
Rehabilitation (ISLRR)
xxxv.Life Member, Nigeria-Britain Association
xxxvi.Member, The Impact Alliance
xxxvii.Member, Nigeria Institute of Management
xxxviii.Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of
Nigeria
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Hobbies
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Social/Community Work, Public
Speaking, Writing, Computing, Tennis, Voluntary/International Services
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Biographies
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2010 Who is Who in Nigeria, by Newswatch
Communications
2006 Great Minds of the 21st
Century, by American Biographical Institute (ABI), 2006/2007 Ed
2006 Igbo Icons, Nigeria
2005 Who is Who in Igboland
2004 Orsu LGA Directory and Who’s Who
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Honours and Awards
Received
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2016 Grand Patron, Orsu LGA Towns Development
Union (OLGADU), Lagos
2016 Chieftaincy
title of Ahaejiejemba Ndigbo, Lagos
State; by Eze Hyacinth
Ohazulike, Eze Ndigbo, Obi Ndi
Igbo, Lagos State, Nigeria
2015 ‘Pillar of the CMO’ Award; Lugbe Deanery
Catholic Men Organization, Abuja
2015 ‘Bronze Couple’ award; Lugbe Deanery
Catholic Men Organization, Abuja
2015
Epitome of Integrity award; Catholic Men Organization [CMO], Our Lady Queen
of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral, Garki, Abuja
2014
Merit Award of Leadership and Role Model; Merit Time Organization
2014 Gold
Award West African Leadership Icons; Global Vision Communication (Publishers
of African Voice)
2014
Distinguished Leadership Award; Imo State Towns Development Association Lagos
Women Wing
2014
Exemplary Leadership Award; Catholic Men Organization [CMO], St. Kizito
Parish, Kuje, Abuja
2013 Chieftaincy
title of Ahaejiejemba I of Ebenasaa; jointly
conferred by His Royal Highness, Eze Michael Abanigbo, Ezeoha 1 (traditional ruler of Ebenasaa Autonomous Community),
the Eze-In-Council of Ebenasaa, and the
Ebenasaa Progressive Union, Orsu LGA, Imo State, Nigeria
2013 Patron
of St. Cecilia Choir, St. Martin Catholic Parish, Lugbe Abuja (2013)
2011 Award of Excellence in Public Health Care
Management, Orsu L.G.A. Towns
Development Union Lagos
2010 Grand Patron, Imo State Towns Development
Association
2009 Ambassador
of Education by Orsu Local Government Council, Imo State
2009 Patron,
St. Cecilia Choir, St. Martin’s Parish, Lugbe Abuja
2007 International Health Professional of the
Year, by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
2005 Man of Achievement Award, by American
Biographical Institute (ABI)
2005 Youth of the Year award, by Amaruru Youth
Forum, Orsu LGA, Imo State
2005 Honourary chieftaincy title of Ahaejiejemba Amaruru, jointly conferred by His Royal Highness, Eze WO Igwe, Ozuo-omee 1 (traditional ruler of
Amaruru), the Eze-In-Council of Amaruru autonomous community, and the Amaruru Development Union, Orsu LGA, Imo
State, Nigeria
2004 Great Mind of the 21st Century,
by American Biographical Institute (ABI)
2003 National Patron, Federation of Orsu LGA
Students Association (FOSA)
2002 Patron, Federation of Orsu LGA Students
Association, University of Nigeria,
Nsukka
2001 Service Award, Imo State Towns Development
Association (ISTDA) Lagos
1999 Honourary
member, Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Orsu LGA
1998 Merit Award; Orsu L.G.A. Towns Development
Union Lagos
1997 Merit Award in Community Eye Care, Iganmu
and the Council of Chiefs, Lagos
1996 Presidential Recognition for Membership
Growth, by World President of Rotary International, 1995/96
1994 Life Member, Nigeria-Britain Association
1994
Distinguished Service Award, by Rotary International District 9110
Governor’s 1993/94
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Referees
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- Honourable Dr. Asma’u Abdulkardir, and Chairperson Board of
Trustees, SOCSEEN; and former Special Adviser to President of Nigeria on
Gender issues
- Prof. Femi Soyinka, President, NERRLA
3.
Dr. Ado J.G. Mohammad, OON, former Executive
Director; National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Gimbya
Str., Garki, Abuja
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