Dr. Uzodinma ADIRIEJE
CURRICULUM
VITAE
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PERSONAL INFORMATION AND CONTACT ADDRESSES |
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§ Full names: ADIRIEJE,
Uzodinma Akujekwe [Dr.] § Nationality: Nigerian § Addresses: Plot 520, FHA, Lugbe, Airport Road; P.O. Box 8880, Wuse; Abuja, Nigeria 1 Taiwo Close, Toronto Junction; MCC
Uratta Rd, PO Box 1484, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria § Phone/Mob :
+234(0) 80 34 72 59 05 § Email :
afrepton@gmail.com, afrepton@yahoo.com § Weblog:
http://druzodinmadirieje.blogspot.com |
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CAREER COMMITMENT |
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To
continuously provide accountable humanitarian, gender-sensitive, equitable
and sustainable interventions towards achieving sustainable improvements in
the living standards of women/girls, other persons and communities affected
by or at risk for internal displacements, sexual and gender-based violence,
marginalization, diseases, disasters, hunger, ignorance, underdevelopment and
or poverty; using my 22 years of practical/hands-on civil society and private
sector management/leadership skills and experiences in conceptualizing,
planning, implementation, monitoring/evaluation and reporting of partnership
building/collaborations; advocacy, research and evidence generation; capacity
development/trainings; communication and social mobilization; outreach interventions;
and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of projects, programmes and policies
at all levels. |
EXPERIENCE IN HUMANITARIAN
INTERVENTIONS, COVID-19 AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS (SVAWG)
§ National Team Supervisor;
‘Roll-out of the Malaria Matchbox Equity Assessment among Internally Displaced
Persons and Refugees in Adamawa, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States of Nigeria,
2020’
§ Keynote Speaker; Mitigating
the dangers and risks for Nigerian women entrepreneurs’ post COVID-19
<https://www.anwbn.org.ng/anwbn-webinar-mitigating-the-dangers-and-risks-for-nigerian-women-entrepreneurs-post-covid-19/>;
29-04-2020
§ Leak Speaker; Webinar on
‘Families in Development: Beijing +25 and the COVID-19” in commemoration of the
2020 International Day of the Families’ (with particular reference to social
policies in Nigeria and how their weaknesses and inadequacies have been brought
to fore by the COVID-19 pandemic.) < https://zioncliff.org/4032-2/>;
15-05-2020
§ Resource Person/Presenter;
‘Online/digital training event organized by partnerships to engage reform and
learn’- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) in Adaptive Programmes:
challenges, good practices and responses to COVID-19
<https://www.glocalevalweek.org/event-detail/753>; 03-06-2020; organized by the
Partnerships to Engage Reform and Learn (PERL)a 5 year DFID-funded governance
program in Nigeria
§ Signatory, Safer Sooner: Toward a Global Binding Norm to End Violence Against
Women and Girls
§ Lead Facilitator/Resource
Person; Training of over 1620 women, girls, youths and
community leaders selected from the 81 local government areas in the nine oil
producing communities of in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region on how to stop
crises/unrest in oil communities and engage the government on the development
of their various areas. The Sustainable
Citizen Participation in Nigeria’s Niger Delta project - fully funded by the
United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) and implemented by Afrihealth Optonet
Association during 2017-2018.
§ Moderator; Nigerian
Association of Evaluators (NAE) webinar on "Current Evaluation Practices:
Recommendations for Country-led Evaluation During and Beyond COVID-19";
23-06-2020
§ Lead Facilitator; Workshop on Challenges, Strategies and Prospects for Consultancy Services in Nigeria During and After Covid-19 Pandemic; 25-05-20
PROJECTS MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
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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
MONITORING
AND EVALUATION (M&E) PROJECTS/CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE
1. Oct. 2019 - present Abuja British
Council, Associate Consultant, M&E.
PROJECT: Provision of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
Services for British Council Activities, Programmes And Interventions In
Nigeria
2. Aug. 2019 Abuja Federal
Ministry of Health (FMOH) Consultant
PROJECT: Development of The National Health Promotion
Strategic Plan (2020-2024), Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), Nigeria.
3. 01 January 2017 – 31
December 2018.
PROJECT: Sustainable Citizen Participation In Nigeria’s
Niger Delta Region. This project covered eighty-one (81) LGAs in 9 States
covered. It was fully funded by the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) and
implemented by Afrihealth Optonet Association.
4. 16 July - 2018 15 November
2018 Abuja, Nigeria East West Consulting - EWC
sprl, on behalf of the European Union/European Commission and “ICE –
International Consulting Expertise EEIG”, Belgium
National Senior Short-Term Expert & Team Lead for Ministry of Budget and
National Planning (MBNP) Department Workshop on Project Cycle Management
PROJECT:
Consultancy Focus: Provision of Hands-On Training of Personnel of Ministry Of
Budget And National Planning, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIR) And Federal
Government’s Budget Office; As Part of European Union’s Support Tofederal
Government (SUFEGOR).
5.
28 March – 31 July 2018 Sokoto and Kebbi States USAID, Abt
Associates/Healthcare Financing Group Independent
Consultant
PROJECT: Consultancy Focus:
Provision Of Hands-On Technical Support To The Sokoto, Bauchi And Kebbi State
Contributory Health Management Agencies For The Roll-Out Of The State
Contributory Health Management Schemes.
6.
23-27 January 2017 USAID-SACE and Emerald
International Development Services Limited
Health
Sector Expert and Facilitator
PROJECT: Issues Content Training
Workshop on health sector policy processes
7. March 2012 – December 2014
Owerri, Imo State Nigeria GAVI and National
Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA)
Immunization
Management Consultant
PROJECT: Provision of Monitoring
and Supportive Supervision for Routine Immunization (RI)
8.
National Consultant for the
‘Development of the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria Comprehensive Manual
of Procedures’ for Nigeria, 2012
9. Organizing/Technical
Consultant, Nigeria National Cervical Cancer Screening Scale-up Project
Implementing Partners Conference/Meeting, Abuja, 2015
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. National Consultant for the
‘Development of the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria Comprehensive Manual
of Procedures’ for Nigeria, 2012
14. 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;
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. National Consultant,
Development of Global Fund Comprehensive Manual of Procedures, for the National
Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), 2012
19. 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
20. 2012 - National Consultant
for the Development of Imo State Multisectoral HIV & AIDS Monitoring and
Evaluation Plan 2012-2016
21. 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
22. Programmes consultant, International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), Abuja, Nigeria; 2005
ADVOCACY, COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MOBILIZATION (ACSM) EXPERIENCE
§ Advocacy Lead to the
UN System in Nigeria, Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (CSEM) and
International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), for the funding and
organization of the Nigeria country advocacy meeting for the UN HLM on
Universal Health Coverage (UHC), 2019
§ Media/Communication
personality with live and recorded appeances in print (newspapers), TV (AIT,
NTA, Channels) and Radio (Radio Nigeria, Voice of Nigeria, Ray Power) and
Internet (as can be confirmed using ‘google search’ for “Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje”)
§ Member; Roll Back
Malaria Advocacy, Resource Mobilisation and Partnership Coordination Committee
(ARMPC/RBM), 2017-present
§ Trainer, Lead
Facilitator and Curriculum Administrator; ‘Advocacy, Communication and Social
Mobilization’ certificate course, Health Systems and projects Consultants Ltd,
2012-present
§ Advocacy Team Lead,
Afrihealth Optonet Association [CSOs Network], 2012-present
§ Advocacy Team Lead,
Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria [CiSHAN], 2010-2011
§ Programme Manager
Advocacy and Communications, Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON),
2005-2009
§ Advocacy and Community
Mobilization Director, Optonet International, 1997-2004
§ 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 Jan.2017 – December
2018
- 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
PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
1.
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
2.
Co-Chairman, National World Malaria Day
partnership, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH)/National Malaria Elimination
Programme (NMEP), 2016-2018
3.
Director of Operations and Programs (DOP),
Civil Society Coalition on the 2016 National Census in Nigeria, 2015
4.
National Chairman, Civil Society Partnership
for Development in Nigeria (CSPDN), 2014-present
5.
National Coordinator, Coalition on Vaccines,
Vitamins and Immunization for All Nigeria [CoVIAN], 2012-present
6.
Coordinator, Partnership for the National
Conference on Adequate Infant Nutrition in Nigeria, 2008-09
7.
Coordinator and Head of Secretariat,
Partnership for the Nigeria National Health Conferences (NHC), 2006…. To develop a Health Agenda
for Nigeria in the twenty-first (21st) Century and disseminate this Agenda to
Stakeholders at all levels of Government, Development Partners and NGOs,
nationally and internationally (2006);
8. Coordinator and Head of
Secretariat, Partnership for the Nigeria National Health Conferences (NHC),
2009; co-hosted by the Government of Akwa Ibom State, held at Le’Meridien Ibom
Hotel and Resort, Uyo; with focus on ‘Revitalizing
Primary Health Care in Nigeria’
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Member, WHO Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Advocacy
and Resource Mobilization Partnership Committee, Geneva; 2017-present
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National Coordinator, Nigeria Universal Health
Coverage Advocacy Group (NUHCAG), involving UNAIDS, WHO, UNDP, FMOH, FMFBNP,
AFRIHEALTH, IFRC, CSEM, CSOs; 2019-present
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Chairman, National World Malaria Day
partnership, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH)/National Malaria Elimination
Programme (NMEP), 2019-present
§ Project
Director, Health and Food Security Summits (HEFOSS) partnership organized by
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, 2013-present
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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
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
1. Global Coordinator & UN
Rep, Afrihealth Optonet Association (CSOs Network)
-an organization with
Consultative Status at the United Nations ECOSOC-
2. National President,
Nigerian Association of Evaluators (NAE).
3. Chairman, Civil Society
Organizations Strategy Group on Sustainable Dev’t Goals (CSOSG-SDGs) in
Nigeria.
4. Executive Secretary,
Nigeria Universal Health Coverage Actions Network (NUHCAN).
5. Technical Adviser to
Nigeria's Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012-14)
6. Member, Technical Working
Group (TWG) on M&E, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National
Planning, Nigeria
5. Country Director and
Lead Facilitator, Health Systems and Projects Consultants Ltd
6. Chairman, National World
Malaria Day Committee 2019, Nigeria
7. President, Society for
Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria (SOCSEEN)
8. National Publicity
Secretary, Council for Renewable Energy Nigeria [CREN];
9. Chairman, National
Technical Working Group (TWG), Nigeria Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity
and Ecosystem Services (NiPBES);
10. Alternate Focal
Person/Member, Steering Committee, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Alliance (REEE Alliance), Nigeria;
11. Member, National
Technical Committee Meeting on Draft Standards for Renewable Energy in Nigeria,
Federal Ministry of Mines and Power;
12. Country Group Lead,
Civil Society Consultations on 2020 Voluntary National Review (VNR) of the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Nigeria.
13. Member, National Core
Working Group on 2020 Voluntary National Review (CWG-VNR), OSSAP-SDGs, The
Presidency, Nigeria.
14. Acting Team Leader –
Implementation Subcommittee, National Technical Working Group for Nigeria’s
Medium-Term National Development Plan (TWG-MTNDP) 2021-2025 and Nigeria Agenda
2050
15. Member, Steering Group,
HLPF MGoS Coordination Mechanism
16. Member, Int’l Inst. for
Environment and Development
17. Member, Technical
Working Group of SDGs Evaluation in Nigeria (TWG-SDGEVAL)
18. Member, Steering
Committee, Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Advocacy and Resource Mobilization Partners
Committee (ARMPC)
19. Member, Innovation and
Access Workstream, RBM
20. Member, MGoS HLPF
Reform Task Group
CONSULTANCY
SERVICES PROVIDED
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Oct. 2019 – present. British
Council, Associate Consultant PROJECT:
PROVISION OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E) SERVICES FOR BRITISH COUNCIL
ACTIVITIES, PROGRAMMES AND INTERVENTIONS IN NIGERIA
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Aug. 2019 - present Abuja Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) Consultant PROJECT:
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIC PLAN (2020-2024),
FEDERALMINISTRY OF HEALTH (FMOH), NIGERIA.
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01 January 2017 – 31 December 2018
PROJECT: Sustainable Citizen Participation In Nigeria’s Niger Delta
Region. This project covered eighty-one (81) LGAs in 9 States covered. It was
fully funded by the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) and implemented by
Afrihealth Optonet Association.
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16 July - 2018 15 November 2018 Abuja, Nigeria East West Consulting - EWC sprl, on behalf of the European
Union/European Commission and “ICE – International Consulting Expertise EEIG”,
Belgium
National Senior Short-Term Expert & Team Lead for Ministry of Budget and
National Planning (MBNP) Department Workshop on Project Cycle Management
PROJECT:
CONSULTANCY FOCUS: PROVISION OF HANDS-ON TRAINING OF PERSONNEL OF MINISTRY OF
BUDGET AND NATIONAL PLANNING, FEDERAL INLAND REVENUE SERVICE (FIR) AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT’S BUDGET OFFICE; AS PART OF EUROPEAN UNION’S SUPPORT TOFEDERAL
GOVERNMENT (SUFEGOR).
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28 March – 31 July 2018 Sokoto
and Kebbi States USAID, Abt
Associates/Healthcare Financing Group Independent
Consultant
PROJECT: CONSULTANCY FOCUS:
PROVISION OF HANDS-ON TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO THE SOKOTO, BAUCHI AND KEBBI STATE
CONTRIBUTORY HEALTH MANAGEMENT AGENCIES FOR THE ROLL-OUT OF THE STATE
CONTRIBUTORY HEALTH MANAGEMENT SCHEMES.
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23-27 January 2017
USAID-SACE and Emerald International Development Services Limited
Health
Sector Expert and Facilitator
PROJECT: Issues Content Training
Workshop on health sector policy processes
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March 2012 – December 2014 Owerri, Imo State Nigeria GAVI and National Primary Health Care Development
Agency (NPHCDA) Immunization
Management Consultant
National Consultant for the ‘Development of the Global
Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria Comprehensive Manual of Procedures’ for Nigeria,
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
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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I. Partnership/Coalition
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§ Member, WHO Roll
Back Malaria (RBM) Advocacy and Resource Mobilization Partnership Committee,
Geneva; 2017-present § National
Coordinator, Nigeria Universal Health Coverage Advocacy Group (NUHCAG),
involving UNAIDS, WHO, UNDP, FMOH, FMFBNP, AFRIHEALTH, IFRC, CSEM, CSOs; 2019 § Chairman, National
World Malaria Day partnership, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH)/National
Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), 2019 § Zonal Coordinator,
Civil Society Coalition for Sustainable Development (CSCSD), Southeast Zone,
2018-2020 § Chairman, National
Technical Working Group (TWG) of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in
Health, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), Nigeria; 2016-2018 § Project Director,
Health and Food Security Summits (HEFOSS) partnership organized by 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, 2013-present § Co-Chairman,
National World Malaria Day partnership, Federal Ministry of Health
(FMOH)/National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), 2016-2018 § 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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§ Advocacy Lead to the
UN System in Nigeria, Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (CSEM) and
International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), for the funding and
organization of the Nigeria country advocacy meeting for the UN HLM on
Universal Health Coverage (UHC), 2019 § Media/Communication
personality with live and recorded appeances in print (newspapers), TV (AIT,
NTA, Channels) and Radio (Radio Nigeria, Voice of Nigeria, Ray Power) and
Internet (as can be confirmed using ‘google search’ for “Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje”)
§ Member; Roll Back
Malaria Advocacy, Resource Mobilisation and Partnership Coordination
Committee (ARMPC/RBM), 2017-present § Trainer, Lead
Facilitator and Curriculum Administrator; ‘Advocacy, Communication and Social
Mobilization’ certificate course, Health Systems and projects Consultants
Ltd, 2012-present § Advocacy Team Lead,
Afrihealth Optonet Association [CSOs Network], 2012-present § Advocacy Team Lead,
Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria [CiSHAN], 2010-2011 § Programme Manager
Advocacy and Communications, Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON),
2005-2009 § Advocacy and
Community Mobilization Director, Optonet International, 1997-2004 § 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 Jan.2017
– December 2018
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III.
Capacity Building/Trainings and Facilitations |
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§ Co-facilitator,
Stakeholders meeting to develop the National Strategic Plan for Health
Promotion held at Bolton White Hotel from 8th to 9th October, 2019 § Co-facilitator,
National-level Country Advocacy Meeting for Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
by the Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (CSEM) to build into the 2019 UN
High Level Meeting (HLM) on UHC, and supported by the United Nations/WHO and
International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) held at the United Nations
building in Abuja, Nigeria, 30 July 2019 § Sole
Facilitator/Trainer for the provision of monitoring and evaluation (M &
E) certificate training course to four persons for 3 days for the Staff and
Leadership of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria;
and upported the FIDA team to develop an organizational M&E Plan and
Strategy; 2018 § Lead facilitator for
the provision of technical support to Abt Associates for the Contributory
Health Management Agencies for the roll-out of the State Contributory Health
Management Schemes in Sokoto, Bauchi and Kebbi States; under the USAID funded
reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) project; 2018 § Team
Leader/Facilitaor, Training Workshops on Fundamentals of Results-Based
Monitoring and Evaluation & Development of M&E Frameworks for Staff
of the Ministry of Budget and National Planning (MBNP), and Project
Beneficiaries Agencies; under the European Union’s Technical Assistance for
Implementation of Support to Federal Governance Reform Programme (SUFEGOR)
EuropeAid/132034/D/SER/NG; 2018 § 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 § 2012 – present,
Routinely prepares presentations, trains and facilitates certificate courses
on: v Advanced Monitoring
and Evaluation (AdvM&E) v Advanced Project and
Programme Management (AdvPPM) v Advocacy,
Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) v Community Systems
Strengthening (HSS) v Gender and Gender
Mainstreaming (GNDR) v Health Systems
Strengthening (HSS) v Leadership
Development, Career Advancement and Organizational Management (LCOM) v Logistics and Supply
Chain Management (LSCM) v Monitoring and
Evaluation (M&E) v Project and
Programme Management (PPM) v Proposal Writing,
Fundraising and Resource Mobilization (PFRM) § Trainer/Facilitator,
Project and Programmes Planning/Design and Management, Febr. 2014 and March
2014 (2 batches) § Trainer/Facilitator,
Leadership and Management for Organizational Transformation and
Project/Programmes Implementation, June 2013 and October 2013 (2 batches) § 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 § 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 § 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 § 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 § 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 § 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 § 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 § 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) § Director and
Resource Person, 2 batches of training on Project Management for CBOs in
Oshodi/Isolo LGA, Lagos State, 2001 § 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
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IV.
Working Experience and Consultancy Services Provided |
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§ 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
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V.
Research and Evidence-Generation |
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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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VI.
Documentations and Reports-Writing |
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§ 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
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VII. Conferences, Meetings and Workshops
Planning and Management |
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§ Secretary,
International and National Scientific Committees of ICASA2005 |
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VIII.
Projects and Programs Management |
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IX.
Leadership and Working Experience |
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X.
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 Behaviour 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] * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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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XI.
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 § Chairman, Orsu Cultural Day Celebrations in
Lagos, organized by Orsu LGA Towns Development Union Lagos (OLGADU), 25
November 2016 § Chairman, Harvest
and Bazaar Thanksgiving, St. Monica Catholic Church, Sauka Kahuta, Abuja,
November, 2016 § Chairman, Local
Organizing Committee (LOC), 10th National Conference on Divine Mercy Nigeria
Catholic Church, 2015-2016 § Chairman, coronation
ceremonies for His Royal Highness, Eze Michael Abanigbo, Ezeoha I of
Ebenasaa, Orsu LGA, Imo State; 6 January 2016 § Chairman, Harvest of
Divine Expansion and Church Building Fundraising, St. Francis Catholic Church
Galadimawa, Abuja; 15 November 2015 § Chairman, Amaruru
Day Celebration/Iri Ji (New Yam) Festival, Amaruru, Orsu LGA, Imo State; 10
August 2008 |
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XII.
Outreaches and Interventions Done |
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XIII.
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. Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable
Community-Based HIV/Aids Advocacy, http://phishare.org/documents/afrihealthoptonet/4313/ Adirieje, UA. Public-Private
Partnership and Nigeria’s Development, http://phishare.org/documents/afrihealthoptonet/4267/ Adirieje, UA. XV ‘IAC’:
DISCRIMINATION TO SOME OR ACCESS TO ALL Adirieje, UA. What Progress
Made by 'CCMs' Over the Past Two Years Adirieje, UA. Vitamin A and
child deaths in India http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug/archive/200204/msg00080.php Adirieje, UA. Alzheimer’s disease on our shores Adirieje, UA. Stigma, HIV/AIDS and disclosure (1) http://archives.healthdev.net/stigma-aids/msg00134.html Adirieje, UA. Stigma, HIV/AIDS
and Disclosure http://archives.healthdev.net/stigma-aids/msg00154.html 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 http://archives.healthdev.net/af-aids/msg01451.html Adirieje, UA. Health Options for Road Safety In Nigeria http://www.phishare.org/documents/afrihealthoptonet/1865/ Adirieje, UA. Patent Door Opens for Generic ARVs in Africa http://archives.healthdev.net/af-aids/msg01132.html 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 http://www.phishare.org/documents/afrihealthoptonet/1817/ 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,
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XIV. Qualifications |
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XV.
Other Certificate Courses, Trainings,
Seminars and Workshops Attended |
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§ 2019 - World Health Organization (WHO)
Scholar Accompanist § 2016 – World Health Organization (WHO) Scholar
Alumni § 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
§ 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)
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XVI.
Professional and Sociocultural
Affiliations |
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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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XVII.
Hobbies |
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Social/Community
Work, Public Speaking, Writing, Computing, Tennis, Voluntary/International
Services |
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XVIII.
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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XIX.
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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3. Dr. Ado J.G. Mohammad, OON, former Executive
Director; National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Gimbya
Str., Garki, Abuja |
