Meet Our Bloggers: Nneoma Nwachuku, MPH

We are pleased to announce a new addition to our blogging team. Ms. Nneoma Nwachuku is a member of our partner organization, the Distinguished Nigerian Physicians of Tomorrow (DNPT).

Ms. Nwachuku is a medical student at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine (class of 2013). She received her undergraduate degree from Yale University where she also subsequently completed a Master in Public Health degree.

A proud Ohuhu native, Ms. Nwachuku calls Umuahia in Abia State home. She co-edits a group blog, NigeriansTalk.org, writes a personal blog and is an avid tweeter. Ms. Nwachuku brings to this blog a valuable perspective from the next generation of Nigerian physicians, on how to address the challenges facing health care in Nigeria.

Meet Our Bloggers: Asishana (Shana) Osho

We are pleased to announce the addition of new bloggers from our sister organization, the Distinguished Nigerian Physicians of Tomorrow (DNPT). The DNPT, which is sponsored by ANPA, is a coalition of Nigerian Medical students all over the world with the mission to help find solutions to Nigeria’s health care problems.

The first of our DNPT bloggers is Mr. Asishana (Shana) Avo Osho, a medical student at the Duke University School of Medicine (class of 2014). Mr. Osho is a native of Edo State and grew up in Lagos. He attended secondary school at Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja and subsequently graduated from Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH where he studied biochemistry and French literature.

Mr. Osho is dedicated to the empowerment of marginalized and deprived groups. He is also interested in the delivery of care and in the implementation of health policy in Nigeria and will reflect these interests in his writings.