DR. UZODINMA ADIRIEJE
BLOG: http://uzodinma-adirieje.blogspot.com
MAY 2014
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje is a World Bank-trained monitoring and evaluation/evidencegeneration consultant and health economist, resource person/facilitator and trainer/capacitybuilder, professional manager, health and community systems strengthening consultant, primary care practitioner, researcher/reviewer, programs/projects manager, negotiator/advocate, community leader, volunteer, blogger and author/writer/columnist. His areas of focus are Primary Health Care (PHC), HIV/AIDS/TB, Vaccines/Immunizations,
Energy/Environment, Nutrition/Food Security, and Good Governance/Human Rights. Dr.
Adirieje has 10 years’ experience implementing large-scale and complex monitoring and evaluations, and surveys to collect individual, household, community and facility level data.
He was a Trainer/Resource Person and Supervisor, training of 125 persons from the 36 States and FCT on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), and supervised the M&E of the HomeBased Care component of the Global Fund Round 9 in the 36 States and FCT under the Civil
Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria during 2010-2011. He was the consultant to Federal
Ministry of Health and Unicef, Nigeria, for the Joint Annual Review [JAR] of National
Strategic Health Sector Development Plan [SHDP] in Akwa Ibom State in 2012. Since 2012,
Dr. Adirieje has served as Technical Consultant to the Country Coordination Mechanism
[CCM] on oversight visitations to Global Fund’s Health Systems Strengthening, HIV/AIDS,
TB and Malaria projects and sites in Kebbi, Akwa Ibom, Anambra and Rivers States. He has been providing monthly routine immunization (RI) monitoring and supportive supervision and capacity building in 250 (two hundred and fifty) health centres in Imo State since two years on. He was the consultant of World Bank and NACA that developed Imo State Multisectoral HIV & AIDS Monitoring and