Prof. Benjamin Uzochukwu

Prof. Benjamin Uzochukwu is a Public Health Physician at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu and Professor of Public Health, Health Policy and Systems, University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he was the founding Director of the Institute of Public Health. He has acted as policy adviser and consultant to Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health, ECOWAS and WAHO in various areas of the health systems. His area of work includes Health policy and systems research and analysis, implementation research, getting research evidence into policy and practice, Health Technology Assessment, and realist evaluation of health programmes. He is a foundation and executive member of the Association of Schools of Public in Africa, former board member, Health System Global and currently the National Chairman Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria, Director, Grants and Research, West African College of Physicians, Chairman Faculty of Community Health, West African College of Physicians and Member, Ministerial Expert Advisory Committee on COVID-19 Health Sector Response in Nigeria.