President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Temitope Ilori as the brand new Director Basic of the Nationwide Company For The Management of AIDS.
Dr. Ilori, who’s the primary feminine to be appointed the Director-Basic of the company started her preliminary time period of 4 years on February 22, 2024.
The Head of Public Relations and Protocol of NACA, Toyin Aderibigbe made this identified in a press assertion made obtainable to The PUNCH on Thursday.
Dr. Ilori took over from her predecessor, Dr Gambo Aliyu, who was the DG of the company from June 2019 until February 2024.
Up till her appointment, Dr. Ilori was a Senior Lecturer within the Division of Group Medication, College of Ibadan, and a Guide Household Doctor within the Division of Household Medication, College Faculty Hospital, Ibadan.
“Dr Ilori obtained her MBBS diploma from the College of Ibadan and had her residency coaching on the College Faculty Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. She graduated as the most effective graduating Fellow of the College of Household Medication, West African Faculty of Physicians in April 2012 profitable the A.O. Senbanjo Prize. She can be an Affiliate Fellow of the Nationwide Postgraduate Medical Faculty of Nigeria.
“Dr Ilori has a Bachelor of Science and a Grasp of Science Diploma in Human Diet and Dietetics from the College of Ibadan, Nigeria. She is a PhD Fellow on the Division of Household Medication and Main Care, College of Well being Sciences, College of Witwatersrand, South Africa sponsored by the Consortium for Superior Analysis Coaching in Africa. Her areas of analysis curiosity embrace Main Care, Immunization, Public Well being Diet, Non-Communicable Ailments, and Ladies’s and Little one’s Well being. She is a prolific researcher who has co-authored over 30 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
“She has been concerned in coverage formulation and strategic growth. She was a Commissioner for Well being, Osun State, Nigeria from 2011 to 2014 and Chairperson, Osun State Company on Management of HIV/AIDS, and Osun State Technical Working Group on Immunization,” the assertion famous.
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