Obinna Onwujekwe Explained

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

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

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.

Academic contributions

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

• 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

Journal articles

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

• Obinna Onwujekwe. Laura D. Howe. Bruna Galobardes. Alicia Matijasevich. David Gordon. Deborah Johnston. Rita Patel. Elizabeth A. Webb. Debbie A. Lawlor. James R. Hargreaves. Measuring socio-economic position for epidemiological studies in low-and middle-income countries: a methods of measurement in epidemiology paper. International Journal of Epidemiology. 41. 3. 2012. 871–886. 10.1093/ije/dys037. 22438428. 3396323.
• Obinna E. Onwujekwe. Benjamin SC Uzochukwu. Socio-economic differences and health seeking behaviour for the diagnosis and treatment of malaria: a case study of four local government areas operating the Bamako initiative programme in south-east Nigeria. International Journal for Equity in Health. 3. 1. 2004. 6. 10.1186/1475-9276-3-6. 15202941. 544024. free.
• Obinna E. Onwujekwe. Kara Hanson. Julia Fox-Rushby. Inequalities in purchase of mosquito nets and willingness to pay for insecticide-treated nets in Nigeria: Challenges for malaria control interventions. . 2004. 3. 1. 6. 10.1186/1475-2875-3-6. 15023234. 395839. free.
• Obinna Onwujekwe. Reginald Chima. Paul Okonkwo. Economic burden of malaria illness on households versus that of all other illness episodes: a study in five malaria holo-endemic Nigerian communities. Health Policy. 54. 2. 2000. 143–159. 10.1016/S0168-8510(00)00105-6. 11094267.

External links

• Faculty page
• Obinna Onwujekwe on Google Scholar
• Obinna Onwujekwe on The Conversation

Notes and References

1. Web site: Obinna Onwujekwe. January 25, 2018.
2. Web site: Obinna Onwujekwe . live . University of Nigeria . January 25, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161111083651/http://www.unn.edu.ng/internals/staff/viewProfile/MjAzMQ-- . November 11, 2016 .
3. Web site: The African Advisory Committee on Health Research and Development . 2022-05-23 . WHO Regional Office for Africa . en.
4. Web site: Search . 2022-05-23 . www.ajrh.info.
5. Web site: Obinna . Onwujekwe . April 21, 2016 . How stigma can stymie Nigeria's efforts to extend HIV treatment . Bhekisisa . live . January 25, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180126104540/http://bhekisisa.org/article/2016-04-21-how-stigma-can-stymie-nigerias-efforts-to-extend-hiv-treatment . January 26, 2018.
6. Obinna E. Onwujekwe. Kara Hanson. Julia Fox-Rushby. Inequalities in purchase of mosquito nets and willingness to pay for insecticide-treated nets in Nigeria: Challenges for malaria control interventions. . 2004. 3. 1. 6. 10.1186/1475-2875-3-6. 15023234. 395839. free.
7. https://www.afro.who.int/about-us/leadership/aachrd African Advisory Committee for Research and Development
8. http://nhed.org.ng/our-team/ Board of Directors