Grantsmanship Support To MWAN and Others
2014-2015: Principal Investigator, Ford Foundation MWAN Rivers Adolescent Youth Friendly Health Project. A pilot intervention to increase access to Youth Friendly Services in Andoni LGA, Rivers State, Nigeria – a strategy to address the reproductive health needs of vulnerable, out-of-school young women in oil-producing communities in Rivers State, Nigeria. Grant Number 0145-1297
2017: Principal Investigator- MWAN Rivers Ford Foundation Increasing Access to Youth Friendly Services in Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State. A project aimed at building the capacity of health facilities staff in tertiary institutions, advocacy to heads of tertiary institutions and creating demand amongst youths for youth friendly health services to reduce reproductive health challenges. Implemented in Rivers State. Ford Foundation Tertiary Institution grant 2017.
2015-2017: Co-investigator. MWAN NSRP British Council prevention of violence against women and girls. The Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP), with funding from the British Council, supported the establishment of virtual safe spaces in the form of observatories as a repository of information on Violence against Women and Girls in 8 states including Rivers State.
2016-2020: Principal Investigator, World Diabetes Foundation MWAN Rivers Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) Project in the Niger Delta. A 3-year program funded by the World Diabetes Foundation to implement access and advocacy interventions in 42 communities in Rivers State to promote diabetes prevention and improve GDM outcomes among rural and urban poor women. WDF16-1347.
2017-2019: Principal Investigator, Pfizer MWAN Safe Childbirth Checklist Initiative to promote the use of the safe childbirth checklist in sub-Saharan Africa; Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia and Cameroon. Pfizer Independent Grants for Learning and Change ID 33584051.
2017 – 2021: Initiator of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists WFSA Safer Anaesthesia from Education SAFE courses in Nigeria (Port Harcourt, Abuja, Kaduna, Cotonou)