Nigeria
Okpok Ikpa
Population: 10,000
Number of primary health care centers: 0
Total population to be served: 7,000
Planned microinsurance fee: $1.40 per person/month
Olorunda abaa
Population: 35,000
Number of primary health care centers: 1
Total population to be served: 9,000
Planned microinsurance fee: $2.00 per person/month
Ogane-Uge
Population: 8,000
Number of primary health care centers: 1
Country Directors
Oladimeji Bolarinwa
Ganmo Site
Dr. Bolarinwa is a community health specialist and a lecturer with a PhD in Health Service Management. In the last 10 years, he has worked and supervised primary healthcare centers in Ilorin, Nigeria under collaborative arrangement with the university teaching hospital. He has also served as coordinator and field manager in operational research within Kwara Community Health Insurance Scheme (KCHIS) mostly among the primary healthcare providers.
Soter Ameh
Okpok Ikpa Site
Dr. Ameh is a field epidemiologist, community physician, and public health specialist. He is an Associate Professor in and the immediate past Head of the Department of Community Medicine at University of Calabar. He has conducted research in Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa to better understand and improve primary health care delivery. His research findings have been presented at international conferences and published in peered-reviewed journals.
Caleb Ochimana
Ogane-Uge Site
Dr. Ochimana is a board-certified pharmacist and a public health specialist with 10 years’ experience in healthcare industry. He holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy, MBA, and MPH in Health Management from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He founded Ochimana Caleb Foundation and Ochimana Healthcare, which focuses on providing primary healthcare services to people living in urban slums and rural communities in Nigeria. He has provided free medical screening and drug administration to over 5,000 people in Nigeria and has conducted several community outreaches creating awareness on cardiovascular health and malaria prevention.
Abayomi Oluwasanu
Olurunda Abaa Site
Dr. Oluwasanu is a primary care physician with 18 years’ experience in general medical practice and community health. He holds an MPH in community health from the University of Ibadan. He is serving as a Senior Medical Officer at the University of Ibadan Health Services, an accredited health facility which provides comprehensive primary health care for university staff, their dependents and other enrollees. He is also the coordinator of the Workplace Wellness Programme of the University of Ibadan.