Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
Odera Genevieve Onyema serves as the Vice President of the Hudson College of Public Health Student Association and is currently a Graduate Research Assistant at Hudson College of Public Health. With extensive experience at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control as a Scientific Officer, Odera contributes to various Event-Based-Surveillance systems, addressing public health events and infectious diseases, while also supporting infectious disease technical working groups. Previous roles include Curator of Ideas at TEDx, President and Secretary General of Charity Community Development Service during National Youth Service Corps, an intern at FHI 360, and an On Air Personality at Zuma FM Radio. Academic qualifications include a Master's degree in Public Health from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and a Bachelor's degree in Public Health Technology from the Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria.
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is the country’s national public health institute, with the mandate to lead the preparedness, detection and response to infectious diseases and public health emergencies. The mission for the NCDC (2017-2021) is ‘To protect the health of Nigerians through evidence based prevention, integrated disease surveillance and response activities, using a one health approach, guided by research and led by a skilled workforce’.