Winifred Ekezie

Winifred Ekezie just completed her PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology, a Master’s in Public Health and work experience in monitoring and evaluation of primary healthcare services including vaccination, maternal and child healthcare. Her PhD research was focused on healthcare management for conflict-induced internally displaced populations in Northern Nigeria. This topic was motivated by Winifred's passion for population health and health protection, especially vaccination coverage and communication. Overall, her core interests are field epidemiology, resource management, intervention development and health economics. Winifred has been part of the ViVi team since 2016 'I received tremendous support on vaccination practices in complex situations, and this has strengthened the global perspective of my research.'

Young ViVI member since 2016.
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​Winifred's publications can be found here.