Obinna Emmanuel Onwujekwe is a Nigerian medical doctor who serves as Professor of Health Economics and Policy and Pharmacoeconomics in the Departments of Health Administration & Management and Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, based in University of Nigeria.[1][2]

Early life and education

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Onwujekwe qualified as a medical doctor from University of Nigeria and later obtained a MSc in Health Economics. He obtained a Certificate in District Health Management from the Swiss Tropical Institute Basel. He then proceeded to the United Kingdom where he bagged a PhD in Health Economics and Policy from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.[2]

Career

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Onwujekwe was a member of a DFID-funded Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems (CREHS) from 2006 to 2010. He was also a member of the European Commission-funded Eval-Health project from 2011 to 2014.[3] He was also the Dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology at UNN between August 2012 to July 2014; and the Head of Department of Health Administration and Management between 2005 and 2012.[4]

Since 2007, Onwujekwe has served as a Director at the West African Health Economics Network (WAHEN). He has also been the National Coordinator of the Nigerian Malaria Control Association (NaMCA) from 2009; the President of the Nigerian Health Economics Association (NiHEA) since 2010; and the Chairman of the University of Nigeria Senate Research Grants Committee since 2014.[3]

Academic contributions

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Onwujekwe conducts research on health economics - especially looking at the impact of the stigma of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria on the willingness to access anti-retroviral drugs,[5] and malaria prevention strategies.[6] His work has been important in informing international aid agencies such as DFID's aid agencies.

Other activities

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  • World Health Organization (WHO), Member of the African Advisory Committee for Research and Development[7]
  • Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED), Member of the Board of Directors[8]

Publications

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Journal articles

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Onwujekwe has authored and co-authored dozens of peer-reviewed articles including:

References

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  1. ^ "Obinna Onwujekwe". Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Obinna Onwujekwe". University of Nigeria. Archived from the original on November 11, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "The African Advisory Committee on Health Research and Development". WHO | Regional Office for Africa. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  4. ^ "Search". www.ajrh.info. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  5. ^ Onwujekwe, Obinna (April 21, 2016). "How stigma can stymie Nigeria's efforts to extend HIV treatment". Bhekisisa. Archived from the original on January 26, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  6. ^ Obinna E. Onwujekwe; Kara Hanson; Julia Fox-Rushby (2004). "Inequalities in purchase of mosquito nets and willingness to pay for insecticide-treated nets in Nigeria: Challenges for malaria control interventions". Malaria Journal. 3 (1): 6. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-3-6. PMC 395839. PMID 15023234.
  7. ^ African Advisory Committee for Research and Development World Health Organization (WHO).
  8. ^ Board of Directors Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED).
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