Ekanem Ikpi Braide

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Ekanem Ikpi Braide
Born6 March 1946
University of Ife, Cornell University
OccupationVice-Chancellor
Known forParasitology
AwardsJimmy/Roslynn Carter Award for outstanding dedication and achievement in the eradication of guinea worm in Nigeria

Cross River State 2000 Millennium Award (2000)

Nigerian National honor of the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) (2010)

Ekanem Ikpi Braide (

Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Nigeria. She is the first female President of the Nigerian Academy of Science
.

Education and career

Braide was born in

Southampton University
(British Council Course). She is a Fellow and Co-founder, Nigerian Society of Parasitology; Fellow, Salzburg Seminar Session 319; Fellow (President designate) Nigerian Academy of Science

Earlier in her career, Braide taught in Community Secondary School, Ugep from 1966 to 1968, before transferring to College of Education, Port Harcourt (1973), and later moved to

University of Nigeria, Nsukka where she lectured between 1973 and 1976. In 1978, she was appointed Officer/Researcher (pioneer) in charge of the Onchocerciasis Control Unit of the Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research, Kaduna until 1979. Braide has worked at the University of Calabar since 1979. She was promoted to be a Professor in 1991.[5]

Braide's research interests focuses on disease control particularly operational research, impact assessment of interventions, rapid assessment methods in mapping diseases and community initiatives in disease control. Between 1988 and 1998, Braide was Zonal Facilitator (South East), Nigerian Guinea worm Eradication Programme, and later joined the World Health Organisation / Federal Government of Nigeria Guinea Worm Eradication Certification Committee until 2013 when Nigeria was certified guinea worm free.

loaisis that are at high risk of severe adverse reactions to Ivermectin treatment
. In 2001, Braide was a member of WHO/APOC Technical Consultative Committee (TCC), and in 2003, she assumed the chairmanship position of the committee until 2006.

Between 2003 and 2006, Braide served as a member on committee of

Mectizan Expert. From 2007 to 2018, she served as member (Alternate Chairman) of National Steering Committee, Nigerian Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme. In 2018, Braide was appointed Chairman, Technical Advisory Committee, Cross River State Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme. She was a member of the Board of Trustees of Sightsavers for eight years and was the chair of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) (the 4 year Sightsavers) DFID funded NTD UNITED project that ended in 2019.[citation needed
]

Braide is Chairman of the Board of Trustees for The Leprosy Mission Nigeria.

She was the pioneer

Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Lafia (2011 - 2016) and Vice-Chancellor Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), Calabar (2004 - 2009).[7] She is also one of the board members of Nigeria's foremost non-governmental organization, Society for Family Health, Nigeria.[8]

Braide is a recipient of Jimmy/Roslynn Carter Award for outstanding dedication and achievement in the eradication of guinea worm in Nigeria. In 2000, she received Cross River State 2000 Millennium Award.[8] In July 2010, Braide received a Nigerian national honor award of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR), for her contribution to disease control in Nigeria conferred to her by the Nigerian president.[citation needed]

In 2020, she was named President-elect of the Nigerian Academy of Science. She became the first woman to be President of the Academy in January 2021, succeeding Professor Kalu Mosto Onuoha. Braide has already been the Academy's vice-President.[9][10]

Awards

  • Cross River State 2000 Millennium Award[11]
  • Jimmy/Roslynn Carter Award[8]
  • Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic[11]

References

  1. ^ "Nigeria: Goes Tough On Sorting".
  2. ^ Activist, Admin Journalist | News Editor at www crossriverwatch com | Broadcaster | Co-Host of 'The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo on Hit 95 9 FM Calabar | Budding (16 February 2020). "Ex CRUTECH, FULafia VC, Professor Braide Is First Academy Of Science Female President". Retrieved 2020-04-29. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b "Nigerian Academy of Science elects first female president". 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  4. ^ "NIGERIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ELECTS ITS FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT". Flourish Africa. 2020-02-17. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  5. ^ ":: University Of Calabar ::". www.unical.edu.ng. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  6. ^ "Professor Ekanem Ikpi Braide | Society for Family Health, Nigeria". www.sfhnigeria.org. Archived from the original on 2020-02-29. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  7. ^ Leading women[permanent dead link], SunNewsOnLine.com, Retrieved 8 February 2016
  8. ^ a b c "Professor Ekanem Ikpi Braide | Society for Family Health, Nigeria". www.sfhnigeria.org. Archived from the original on 2020-02-29. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  9. ^ "1st female President-elect of Nigerian Academy of Science". Vanguard News. 2020-02-19. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  10. ^ "Nigerian Academy Of Science Inducts First Female President". Sahara Reporters. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  11. ^ a b "Prof. Ekanem Ikpi Bride – Eliminate NTD Conference 2019". Retrieved 2020-02-29.

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