BY: Ifeanyi Nsofor — I began my global health career as a surveillance officer with Nigeria’s National Programme on Immunization. So of course I’ve been following the vaccine news with a close eye. I was elated when the first COVID-19 vaccine was shown to be effective late last year. Knowing how effective vaccines can be …
BY Ifeanyi Nsofor and Lolo Cynthia — Every year, the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence begins on November 25 and ends December 10. The theme of this year’s activism is “Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!” The 16 Days is very important this year. Data from several countries show rising cases of gender-based …
By Ifeanyi Nsofor ABUJA – The coronavirus outbreak — which began in Wuhan, China, and causes a pneumonia-like illness — is raging across Asia, infecting close to 300 people and killing four. It was initially known to be transmitted from animals to human, and was just confirmed to be transmitted from human to human. The rapid nature of …
Dr. Ifeanyi McWilliams Nsofor is a graduate of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Nnamdi Azikiwe University Medical School. He is a Senior New Voices Fellow at the Aspen Institute and a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity at George Washington University. Ifeanyi is the CEO of EpiAFRIC and Director Policy of Policy and …
Ahmed Victor Idowuwas a young medical doctor with a passion to reform health care in Nigeria. A recent graduate of the University of Nigeria, in January 2018 he was at the start of his in-hospital clinical training when he examined a seven-month old baby with an abnormally high fever. He was the only doctor on …