Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has accepted the appointment of Dr. Temitope Ilori as Director Normal of the Nationwide Company for the Management of Aids (NACA) for the preliminary time period of 4 years with impact from February 2, 2024.
A press release by the Publicity Division of NACA stated Ilori, earlier than her appointment, was a Senior Lecturer within the Division of Group Drugs, College of Ibadan, and a Advisor Household Doctor within the Division of Household Drugs, College School Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
It stated that Ilori obtained her MBBS diploma from the College of Ibadan and had her residency coaching on the College School Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
She graduated as one of the best graduating Fellow of the College of Household Drugs, West African School of Physicians in April 2012 profitable the A.O. Senbanjo Prize.
She can be an Affiliate Fellow of the Nationwide Postgraduate Medical School of Nigeria (NPMCN).
Ilori additionally has Bachelor of Science (BSc.) and Grasp of Science (MSc.) Levels in Human Diet and Dietetics from the College of Ibadan, Nigeria.
She is presently a PhD Fellow on the Division of Household Drugs and Major 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 embody Major 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.
The assertion stated that 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 (O-SACA), and Osun State Technical Working Group on Immunization.