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 STEPHEN CHUKWUEMEKA IGWE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
University of Ilorin College of Health Sciences | Ilorin, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 9
" For a long time, I have been committed to reducing disease cases in my country. Seeing people get sick, mostly because of a lack of education or being misinformed about factors that can cause a variety of diseases, has always bothered me. I am convinced that an educated community is a healthy community. One of my contributions to improving my community's health has been through community education on healthy practices to reduce the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases. The Millennium Fellowship not only helps me align my goals with the United Nations' sustainable development goals, but it also allows me to network with like-minded colleagues. Being in the company of young changemakers has never been more reassuring of the great future that awaits our world. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project SAFE
Project SAFE is a public health project idea that stemmed from the need to curtail the spread of blood-borne diseases in my community. Overtime, there has been an incessant rise in the number of youths affected with blood borne diseases especially HIV/AIDS and the HEPATITIS-B virus in the hospital where I school. This has lead to the untimely death of youths who would have stood a better chance if they had proper enlightenment and awareness on the ways to prevent and properly safeguard themselves from the deleterious effects of these diseases. For this reason, colleagues and I decided to organise a health education program targeting the younger age group (10-18years) that are particularly vulnerable to acquiring these blood-borne diseases due to youthful exuberance. The aim of this project is to reduce the preventable deaths caused by blood-borne diseases through the awareness program.
About the Millennium Fellow
Stephen Igwe is a brilliant fifth-year medical student at the University of Ilorin. He has had a strong desire to alleviate the burden of diseases in his community ever since he began his journey into research and clinical experience. With the rising prevalence of noncommunicable diseases in the country, the majority of which can be avoided through lifestyle changes and healthy habits, he has launched his project to educate the community on how to avoid these chronic diseases. Stephen intends to pursue a master's degree in public health and work in the field of global health.
