This Expert's name is Dr. Ijeoma Okedo-Alex
This Expert's occupation is
Health Policy and Systems researcher, Global health expert, Community/Public Health Physician
This Expert's location is
Abakaliki, Nigeria
This Expert's nationality is Nigerian (Nigeria)
Snapshot
Experience
10+ years
Languages
English
Countries of Work
Nigeria
Education
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University of Nigeria Nsukka
Graduated 2019Masters in public health (MPH) -
National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (NPMCN)
Graduated 2019Fellow, Faculty of Public Health and Community Medicine -
African Institute for Health Policy and Health Systems, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki
Graduated 2018Master of science (M.Sc) in Health Policy and Health Systems -
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Graduated 2010Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S)
Publications
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Multi-stakeholder Perspectives on Drivers of Disrespectful Maternity Care in South-East Nigeria
Published Dec 2020 -
Effectiveness&satisfaction with community‑directed distribution for preventing malaria in pregnancy
Published Nov 2020 -
Social approaches to COVID-19 pandemic response: effectiveness&practicality in sub-Saharan Africa
Published Sep 2020 -
Determinants of antenatal care utilisation in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Published Oct 2019 -
A review of the incidence and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure in Nigeria
Published Oct 2019
Areas of Expertise
- Coaching
- Process facilitation
- Training
- Civil society engagement
- Community health boards
- Social accountability and community advocacy for health
- Social participation and health communication
- Strengthening linkages between community health and PHC
- Health management, policy and planning
- Institutional strengthening
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Stakeholder engagement
- Strategic planning
- Data reporting and analysis
- Behavior and health literacy
- Disease prevention
- Health protection
- Immunization
- Surveillance
- Community health workers--engagement, capacity-building and retention
- Human resources planning, management, training and development
- Staff motivation and retention
- Data collection methodology
- Indicator development
- Quantitative and qualitative analysis
- Research
- Family planning
- HIV/AIDS
- Malaria
- Maternal, newborn and child health
- Non-communicable diseases
- NTDs
- Tuberculosis
- Dissemination and knowledge brokering
- Policy analysis
- Root cause analysis
- Stakeholder analysis
- Community health services
- Design and organization of service delivery models that include PHC and community health services
- PHC
- Facilitating stakeholder dialgoue
- Strategic communications for engaging with community stakeholders for health
1. Systematic reviews
2. Grant writing and management
3. Manuscript writing
2. Grant writing and management
3. Manuscript writing
Affiliations
1. African Institute for Health Policy and Health Systems, Ebonyi State University (EBSU) Abakaliki, Nigeria
2.Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki Ebonyi State Nigeria
2.Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki Ebonyi State Nigeria