ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT SOPHIA CHIYEM IRUH, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Delta State University | Abraka , Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 6
" "Love for humanity and equality, with hopes for an efficient, well structured global health system keeps my passion alive. Being a part of the Millennium Fellowship will increase my social impact in the community and teach me valuable skills that will forever be a part of me. I am enthusiastic about my involvement and thrilled about meeting new like minded people and gaining new prowess". "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project H.I.F.A.-Delta
The project was borne out of the identification of poor health seeking habit as one of the major contributors to poor outcomes at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara. This is as a result of low income with resultant self-medication as a cheaper alternative. The consequence of this is late presentation with poor prognosis. Having identified the primary issue, a group of medical students, currently undergoing clinical training at the teaching hospital, willing to change this narrative, birthed this project and applied through the United Nations Academic Impact – Millennium Campus Fellowship.
we realize that in the midst of abundance of health insurance schemes, the enlightenment about being covered is not widespread. Project HIFA-Delta targets indigenes of Delta State Nigeria to have as much individuals as possible registered under this scheme. the scheme offers free healthcare to pregnant women and children under 5 years of age. the relevance of this project is to get other individuals not captured in the above-mentioned groups, through enlightenment and where available, insurance premium subsidization, to become beneficiaries of the scheme. this is a step in actualizing the UCH 2030 where health is recognized as a basic right.
About the Millennium Fellow
Iruh Sophia Chiyem is a young, brilliant medical student at Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria. Sophia is passionate about Public Health, Women's rights, and Economic impact on the health sector. These passions are as a result of first hand experiences and observations in communities that suffers from ignorance, negligence, and the financial disease called poverty. Sophia has always felt the need to participate in and organize various humanitarian projects. Sophia aspires to be in a position where she can do more on a larger scale and provide contribution in the development of the United Nations' Sustainable Goals.
