IN THE SPOTLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD - OTUTO AMARAUCHE CHUKWU

OtutoAmarauche Chukwu hails from Isuochi, Abia State, Nigeria. He is a researcher/licensed

pharmacist and quality control analyst passionate about creating positive and lasting change in the areas of healthcare, medicines quality and access to medicines in Africa. He has professional skills in pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical sciences, health policy research and development, advocacy and civic engagement.

He is the co-founder of Community Health and Human Enhancement Initiative, a local community-based Non-Governmental Organization in northern Nigeria and MedChain Solutions, a medical logistics solutions company.

He has engaged in numerous community, capacity building and medical outreach programs in underserved communities, with a special focus on women and children. He has research publications in international peer-reviewed impact-factor journals as well as presenting research papers in various international scientific conferences in countries like Germany, Argentina, the United States of America and South Korea.

He believes that part of the biggest challenges facing Africa is poor access to quality essential medicines, inequality and inequity in access to healthcare services and lack of evidence-based programs and plans. This led him to facilitating a research program that aims to raise a network of research-minded healthcare practitioners that will help generate data and build evidence to support sustainable healthcare plans and programs in Africa. This program has built research capacity of some of the participants who now travel round the world to present their research papers and create evidence for Africa.

His passion for making a positive and sustainable change in the healthcare space in Africa was part of the reason for his selection as one of 100 brightest young minds in Africa.

He has various professional health certifications including a Diploma in Health Management from the World Bank Institute. He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management at the University of Nigeria and is a member of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) and International Association of Public Health Logisticians (IAPHL) amongst others. He hopes that in the next 5 years, he will be at the forefront of championing the course for Universal Healthcare Coverage in sub-Saharan Africa. Any opportunity to engage in humanitarianism serves as self-fulfillment for him.

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Email: otuto.chukwu@gmail.com