Uzodinma A. Adirieje

About the Researcher


Uzodinma A. Adirieje

Country: Nigeria
Nationality: Nigeria
Region of Coverage: Africa
Language(s): English
Telephone: +234 803 4725905
Email: uaadirieje3@gmail.com
Organization: Afrihealth Information Projects/Afrihealth Optonet Association (AOA), Nigeria
Job Title: Advocacy & Communications Manager/HIVAIDS Focal Person
Last Updated: Monday, 8 September 2008



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Afrihealth Information Projects/Afrihealth Optonet Association (AOA), Nigeria
Nigeria
Working for the social well-being of local communities


Expertise:
Expertise: Professional Manager and Columnist; Health & Development Programs/Projects Management, Research, Advocacy & Mobilization,Communications & Documentation/Writing, Policy Analyses and Assessments/M&E.

Competences

Professional Manager, Experience in working with International Development Partners/Funders and Multilateral and Bilateral International agencies including UK Department for International Affairs [DFID], World Bank, Canadian International Development Agency [CIDA], ENHANSE/United States Agency for Int’l Dev (USAID), Japanese International Development Agency (JICA), Partfinder Int’l, Family Health Int’l, Society for Family Health (SFH), Federal Ministry of Health, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), etc.
Itinerary Planning and Management, Arrangement and Covering/Reporting of Meetings, Speechwriting and Drafting of Correspondence, Handling Travel Arrangements and Protocol, Secretarial Functions
Proficient in the use of MS word, PowerPoint and Excel; Have excellent typing skills and comfortable speed with accuracy; mostly work/type straight on the computer without written drafts
Health System & Development Projects Management specialist involved in Research, Mobilization/Advocacy, Communications & Documentation/Writing, Reviews, Policy Analyses and Assessments/M&E;
Focus on Public-Private Partnerships, HIV/AIDS, Health Sector Reforms, MCH, Blindness Prevention, Nutrition, Conferences, Aging, Human Rights and Community Development;
Electronic dissemination of information on research, programs, publications, etc through mass e-mails and listserv postings
Research Interests: HIV/AIDS, Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), Blindness Prevention, Nutrition,Health Sector Reforms, Maternal & Child Health, Conferences, Aging, Human Rights & Community Development.



Professional/ Work Experience:
Representative Projects Management Experiences (most recent, then backwards):

1. Co-chair, Advocacy & Resource Mobilization, March 2008 - present ; Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH)/ National Health Promotion Conference 2008
Responsibility: To lead the advocacy and resource mobilization initiatives towards the success of Nigeria’s first National Health Promotion Conference
2. Secretary, Nigeria National Health Conference , February 2008–present ;
Responsibility: i. Coordinating the activities of the NHC2008 secretariat, liaising with and supporting stakeholders, managing the implementation of the conference activities and secretariat/staff, developing the conference program and monitoring its implementation, and providing technical and secretarial support to the conference’s subcommittees and participants/clients ; ii. Serve as Secretary of the Conference’s National Steering Committee ; iii. Serve as Secretary of the Conference’s Programme sub-committee ; iv. Provide technical support to subcommittees of the NHC2008
3. Project Coordinator , ' Study of Nigeria ’s Massive Roll-out of ART' , December 2006-June 2007
Responsibility: Coordination of the study of the massive roll-out of ARVs in Nigeria in order to:

Under-study the Nigerian ARV program structures and processes

Ascertain the number of persons on the ART and the services rendered to them

Identify gaps that are specific to the planning, procurement, distribution and usage of ARVs across the country

Ascertain the effectiveness, efficiency and quality of service of the program

Study the long term financing implication of the Nigerian ARV scale-up and identify strategies for the suitability of the National ART program

4. Member, Nigerian GAVI/HSS Proposal Preparation Task Team; February 2007.
[Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH)/National Program on Immunisation (NPI)]
Responsibility: Preparation/Drafting of a suitable Nigerian proposal for submission to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) to seek its support of Health System Strengthening (HSS)

5. Secretary, National Steering Committee & Head of Secretariat, Nigeria National Health Conference [comprising DFID, ENHANSE-USAID, HERFON, CIDA, WHO, UNICEF, FMOH, CSOs, FBOs, etc], Sept 2006 – Jan 2007
Responsibility: Coordinating the activities of the NHC2006 secretariat, liaising with and supporting stakeholders, managing the implementation of the conference activities and secretariat/staff, developing the conference program and monitoring its implementation, and providing technical and secretarial support to the conference’s subcommittees and participants/clients

6. Coordinator, 2005 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of HERFON, Bauchi, May 2006

7. Project Coordinator, Federal Government of Nigeria, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and its Stakeholders Dec 2005-July 2006 [Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria]
Responsibility: Coordinating the 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)

8. Team Leader, 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, [Catholic Archdiocese of Jos, Nigeria and Partnership for Transforming Health Systems (PATHS) and DfID]April 2006
Responsibility: Conduction of the; 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

9. Project Coordinator; Operationalisation of an independent Health Resource Centre at HERFON {Budget: core component of a GBP3.4 million grant} [HERFON and UK DFID], November 2005 – Feb 2006
Responsibility: To get the HERFON Resource centre operational and ready for commissioning by the Honourable Minister of Health

10. Lead consultant; Situation Analysis [Research Study] of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria [UNAIDS/ILO/UNDP/NACA]

11. Project Director; World Sight Day 2004 [WHO Geneva, Optonet International,
National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Aguda Motor park, Lagos] Responsibility: 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

12. Moderator/Founder; ICASA 2005 forum [International Conference on Aids and STIs in Africa [ICASA 2005] and Afrihealth Information Projects/Afrihealth Optonet Association], 2003-present
Responsibility: Identify, Commence and Manage an email forum for the exchange of HIV/AIDS views and news/information between stakeholders, for the purpose of ensuring that the objectives of the International Conference on Aids and STIs (sexually transmitted infections) in Africa [ICASA 2005], Abuja, Nigeria are completely realised.

13. Columnist on Health, HIV/AIDS and Development, ‘Current Concerns’ in Daily Sun Newspaper, Nigeria [Sun Publishing Company and Afrihealth Information Projects] 2004-Present
Responsibility: Writing/producing regular features and/or series of articles in Daily SUN newspaper, with focus on health and development, including letters from readers, answers to readers' queries, etc.

14. Project Coordinator; HIV/AIDS control and enlightenment/advocacy campaigns in the predominantly Muslim Arewa Community, Isolo [Afrihealth Information Projects and Arewa Joint Action Committee], September 2004

15. Principal Investigator; Study of the Prevalence, Management Practices and Preventive Strategies of Diabetic Retinopathy in Lagos State, Nigeria [American Diabetes Association], Jul 2000-Jun 2002

16. Projects Director; Using Advocacy and Immunisation Opportunity for Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) intervention Feb 1997 – Dec 2002 [Task Force Sight and Life, Switzerland] :
Activities: VAD talks, IECs, advocacy for using immunisation 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)

17. Principal Investigator; Developing a food based dietary guideline for the control of vitamin A deficiency diseases [Child Health Foundation (CHF), USA], Jan 2002– Dec 2002
Activities: Developing a food based dietary guideline for the control of vitamin A deficiency diseases (VADD) in Lagos using available and affordable local food materials [study carried out in 5 Rural Communities and 8 Children’s Schools in Badagry, Alausa, Kirikiri, Egbe & Isheri Olofin]

18. Principal Investigator; Developing a food based dietary guideline for the control of maternal anaemia in pregnancy [Thrasher Research Foundation, USA and Afrihealth Information Projects /Afrihealth Optonet Association], Jan 2000–Dec 2001
Activities: Developing a food based dietary guideline for the control of maternal anaemia in pregnancy in Lagos State using available and affordable local food materials [study carried out in 5 Rural Communities and 8 Children’s Schools in Badagry, Alausa, Kirikiri, Egbe & Isheri Olofin]

19. Principal Investigator; A study of the prevalence of eye problems in Takum, Gongola State [Takum LGA], 1989


GDN Subject Interest:

Community Based Rural Development
Impact Evaluation
Monitoring and Analysis
HIV/AIDS
Disease Control and Prevention
Nutrition
Poverty and Health
Public Health
NGOs and Civil Society
Policy Process
Privatisation and Enterprise Reform
Research Dissemination

Affiliation:

Member, International AIDS Economics Network http://www.iaen.org/pronet/index.php?view=detail&id=15113
Full Member, International Ocular HIV Study Group, U.S.A.
Member, Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy, U.S.A.
Member, Nigeria Optometric Association {MNOA}
Member, American Academy of Optometry (AAO), U.S.A.
Member, American Diabetes Association (ADA), U.S.A.
Full Member, Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA), U.S.A
Full Member, The International Society for Low-vision Research and Rehabilitation (ISLRR), U.S.A.
Life Member, Nigeria-Britain Association
Member, Afrihealth Optonet Association (AOA), Nigeria
Full Member, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA)
Member, Nigeria Institute of Management {MNIM}
Associate, Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria {AIPM}
Member, The Impact Alliance http://www.impactalliance.org/ev.php?ID=8055_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC


Geo Interest:
Nigeria/sub-Saharan Africa