Health Policy and Management; Health Care Financing; Health System Strengthening; Epidemiology & Control of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases
Qualifications
Fellow National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria - 1994
Master in Health Planning and Management, University of Ilorin, 1997
Member, Faculty of Community Health, West African College of Physicians, 1992
Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) – Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1984
Member, Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) MNIM, 2005
Professional Affiliations
Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN)
International Epidemiological Association (IEA)
Medical and Dental Association of Nigeria (MDCAN)
Nigeria Medical Association
Research Affiliations
Operational Research in the Community Health Programme in Shonga, Bacita, Lafiagi and Afon. Kwara State. Co-investigator. Funded by: Amsterdam Institute of International Development (AIID) 2008 - 2009
Impact Evaluation of Kwara State Community Health Insurance Scheme. Principal Investigator (Nigeria). Funded by: Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) and Amsterdam Institute of International Development (AIID) - 2008 - 2014
Quality Improvement Cardiovascular Care in Rural Kwara State (QUICK I) - Project Coordinator. Funded by: Amsterdam Medical Centre (AMC) Centre for Poverty-related Communicable Diseases (CPCD) Foundation. 2011 - 2012
Quality Improvement Cardiovascular Care in Rural Kwara State (QUICK II) - Project Coordinator. Funded by: Amsterdam Medical Centre (AMC) Centre for Poverty-related Communicable Diseases (CPCD) Foundation. 2012 - 2014
Health Education Intervention in Quality Improvement Cardiovascular Care (QUICK II) - Project Director. Funded by: Nuffic Grant. 2012 - 2015
Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Hypertension Screening and Treatment in Adults with Hypertension in Rural Nigeria in the Context of a Health Insurance. - Project Coordinator. Funded by: Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development. 2012 - 2013
Financial Diaries Study in Edu LGA, Kwara State. - Project Coordinator. Funded by: Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development. 2012 - 2013
Maternal and Child Health Survey (MACHS) in Kwara Community Health Insurance Scheme. - Project Coordinator. Funded by: Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development. 2012 - 2015
Pilot Community Based Care (CBC) Program for Remote Communities in Kwara North. - Project Coordinator. Funded by: PharmAccess Foundation, Netherlands. 2014 - 2015
Mycare Qualitative Research Principal Investigator. Funded by: PhamAccess Foundation. 2014 - 2015
Baseline Survey of Impact of the Saving Lives at Birth (SLAB) Project in Kwara State. Principal Investigator. Funded by: PharmAccess Foundation. 2016
Home-Based Cardiovascular Care for Hypertensive Patients in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. - Co-Investigator. Funded by: Education Trust Fund, Nigeria. 2016 - 2018
Determinants of Voluntary Blood Donation Practices and Blood Donation Campaign among Adults in North Central, Nigeria. - Co-Investigator. Funded by: Education Trust Fund, Nigeria. 2016 - 2017
Vision Screening at Immunization Outlets in Nigeria to Support Access to Early Visual Evaluation in Children 0 – 2 years by Community Health Workers. - Co-Investigator. Funded by: United States Agency for International Development, Grant Agreement Number: USAID – PGRD – 15-0003-009. 2016 - 2018
Kwara State Community Health Insurance Re-enrolment and Enrolment Suspension Study, - Principal Investigator. Funded by: PharmAccess Foundation, Netherlands. 2017 - 2019
Operationalisation of mHealth and Home Based PHC Services in Selected Communities in Kwara State. Project Coordinator. Funded by: PharmAccess Foundation (PAF), Nigeria. 2017 - 2019
Children Eye Outreaches and Vision Screening in Communities and Schools by Non-Eye Care Workers to Support Access to Visual Evaluation, Delivery of Glasses and other Treatments in Children 3 – 14 in Nigeria, - Co-Investigator. Funded by: United States Agency for International Development Grant Agreement Number: USAID – PGRD – 16-0004-001. 2017 - 2021
Baseline survey for Medical Call Centre Phase 2 Project, - Principal Investigator. Funded by: PharmAccess Foundation (PAF), Nigeria. 2018
Historical Developments and Policy Implications of the Kwara Health Insurance Program. - Principal Investigator. Funded by: Joep Lange Institute of Global Health and Development. 2018
Key Informant Methods for Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment and Blindness in Kwara State, Nigeria. - Co-Investigator. Funded by: Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Nigeria
Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness in preventing severe COVID-19 disease among adults in Nigeria. - Site Lead, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. Funded by: WHO Nigeria, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. 2021 - 2022
Health Systems Analysis and Evaluations of the Barriers to Availability, Utilization and Readiness of Family Planning and Contraceptive Services in COVID-19 Affected Areas. - Principal Investigator. Funded by: WHO HQ. 2021 - 2023
National COVID-19 Seroprevalence Survey in Nigeria, - Site Lead for Kwara State Sponsor: WHO, UNICEF & NPHCDA. 2023 - 2024
Assessment of the Implementation of Respectful Maternity Care Charter in North Central Nigeria (Federal Capital Territory and Kwara State). - Principal Investigator. Funded by: Jhpiego and John Hopkins University. 2023 - 2024
Health Policy Analysis for Health Taxes: Lessons from countries. - Co-Investigator Sponsor: WHO Geneva. 2023
Research For Sustainable and Scalable Solutions for Under-immunization in Nigeria – Inception Phase in Collaboration with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Co-Principal Investigator. Funded by: Save the Children (UK) & Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK). 2023 - 2024
Barriers and Solutions to Reaching Zero-Dose and Under Vaccinated children in Ethiopia and Nigeria and evaluation of Save the Children’s innovation incubator programmes. - Co-Principal Investigator. Funded by: Save the Children (UK) & Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK). 2024 – 2026
Nigeria Health Workforce Analytic Project. - Co-Investigator. Funded by: Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI). 2025
Undergraduate Teaching
Lectures at 400 Level - Clinical Records
Lecture at 400 level - Doctors Occupation Hazards and Preventive Measures
Lecture at 400 Level - Who is a Doctor & Hippocratic Oath
Lecture at 500 Level - Essential Drug Programme
Lecture at 500 Level on: Organisation of Health Services in Nigeria
Lecture at 500 Level - Ethics in Research and Public Health Practice
Lecture at 500 Level - Health Care Financing
Lecture at 600 Level - Financial Management in Health Care
Clinical Teaching in Clinics and Public Health Field Sites
Teach MPH Class: ECH 870 - PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT
Supervise MPH Research Projects
Teach PhD Public Health (Health management) Courses - ECH 951 Organizational Behaviour; ECH 952 Management of Health Care Organizations, ECH 953 Quality of Health care; ECH 955 Decision Making; ECH 962 Skills and Methods of Health Care Negotiation & Conflict Resolution; ECH 964 Managing Information in Health Care
Department of Epidemiology & Community Health, Faculty of Clinical Sciences,University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
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hodepidemandcommhealth@unilorin.edu.ng