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Dr. Uzodinma (Uzo') Adirieje
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Skills & Interests
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Health Sciences / Public Health
(Advanced)
Programs/Projects Management, Research and Outreach, Writing and Mobilization/Advocacy, Assessment (M & E) and Policy Analyses HIV and Aids, Public Private Partnerships, Health Sector Reforms, Blindness Prevention, Nutrition, Aging and Community Empowerment -
Health Sciences / Public Health
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Dr. Uzodinma (Uzo) Adirieje is a Health System & Development Programs/Projects Management Specialist, Columnist and Community Leader involved in Research, Communications & Documentation/Writing, Mobilization/Advocacy, Policy Analyses and Assessments/M&E. My areas of active work include Public-Private Partnerships, HIV/AIDS, Health Sector Reforms, Maternal & Child Health, Blindness Prevention, Nutrition, Conferences, Aging, Human Rights & Community Development. He is the Advocacy & Communications Manager and HIV/AIDS Specialist at Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (www.herfon.org). Uzo was Resource Centre Manager (2005-2007), HERFON; Programs Manager, 14th Intl Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA 2005); Programs/Projects Director, Afrihealth Info Projects/Afrihealth Optonet Association (1995-2004); Executive Director, Optonet International (1995-2005); and Clinical Services Director, Adirivision Clinics Ltd (1990-1994). He has participated in varying capacities in several projects/programmes including Project Coordinator, Study of Impact, Challenges and Long-Term Implications of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Programme in Nigeria [2007]; Report writer/Documentation consultant, Nigeria HIV/AIDS Summit (2007); Secretary, Nigeria National Health Conference 2006 (www.ngnhc.org); Principal Investigator and UNAIDS/ILO/UNDP consultant on 'PPP and HIV/AIDS in Nigeria' (2004); Principal Investigator, Study of Diabetic Retinopathy in Lagos, Nigeria (2000-2002); etc. Dr. Adirieje is Key Correspondent, Health and Development Networks (2002-present); Country Focal Point and member International Advisory Board of AIDS-Care-Watch Campaign (2006-present); President General, Imo State Towns Development Association Lagos and ISTDA Cooperative Ltd.
Education History
- MPH (Current)
Staffordshire University, UK - MBA (Current)
National Open University of Nigeria - O.D. [Doctor of Optometry) (09/1988)
Imo State University, Okigwe, Nigeria
Positions
- Advocacy & Communications Manager, Head of Advocacy & Communications Dept, and HIV/AIDS Adviser (10/2007 – Current) Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria [HERFON]
- Resource Centre Manager & Head of Resource Centre/Programs Dept (11/2005 – 09/2007) Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria [HERFON]
- Programmes Manager/Head of Programs Dept (07/2005 – 10/2005) International Conference on HIV/AIDS and STIs in Africa 2005, Abuja, Nigeria (ICASA 2005)/Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA)