ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2023
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. 44,000+ student leaders from 3,300+ campuses across 170+ nations applied to join the Class of 2023. 260+ campuses worldwide (just 9%) in 38 countries were selected to host 4,000+ Millennium Fellows for the Class of 2023.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT CHIOMA OKORIE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.
Babcock University | Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 2
Millennium Fellowship Project: Towards a Healthy Adulthood
Towards a Healthy Adulthood:
Scientific evidence has over the years, shown that non-communicable diseases (diseases not transmittable from person to person) often follow a life course. They mostly occur in adulthood following prior exposure to certain modifiable risk factors in earlier phases of life. However, premature occurrence of these diseases is now a common feature in societies as younger people expose themselves more and more to a number of predisposing lifestyle practices. The "Towards a Healthy Adulthood" project is an initiative aimed at creating a platform for adolescents and young people like me to learn the various risk factors capable of making them develop features of NCDs in the near future. At the same time, this project will provide an opportunity for the participants to acquire lifestyle modification skills for sustainable health. The starting point shall be on our campus, from where I hope to extend the coverage to communities around here and others.
About the Millennium Fellow
Okorie Chioma is a budding Public Health practitioner currently studying at Babcock University, Nigeria. She is a passionate person with interests in health (prevention of diseases and conditions) and finance. She loves learning, gaining experience and having fun. Through this project, Chioma hopes to improve the life quality of the members of her immediate community through health education and achievable health goals. She looks forward to getting her masters after she graduates and exploring the world and people.