ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.

UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT PRECIOUS UGOCHUKWU CHIZITEREM OGWUMIKE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
Afe Babalola University Ido | Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3, UNAI 9

" Public health and preventive medicine. What better way to grow the economy of the nation than by sustaining the good health of the citizens of the nation. I believe with the training I will acquire from the Millennium Fellowship along with my personal passion for the SDGs impacting my country st large and other nations of the world is possible. I am so excited and can't wait to start this impacting journey with the Millennium Fellowship. What a dream. Thank you "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Curbing The Sugar Menace
The Project is titled Curbing the sugar menace.The sugar menace is coined from one the most common non- communicable diseases- Diabetes Mellitus. Mellitus means sugar or sweet. Diabetes Mellitus is a disease that accounts for 3.7- 5 million deaths per year and so, it is a menace to society. About 1 out of 17 people are living with diabetes mellitus in Nigeria and a good number of them are left undiagnosed of this disease. Most of them tend to present late in the health centres with chronic complications that end up leading to permanent disabilities which could have been prevented if the disease had been diagnosed promptly and controlled. We cannot neglect the fact that lack of income to purchase necessary medications also contributes to this prevalence, ignorance also plays a huge factor. Our project centered on curbing this menace by using primordial, primary and secondary preventive measures such as 1.Health education: We reached out to the community around us and educating them on risk factors, signs and symptoms of diabetes mellitus. 2. Screening and early diagnosis.: We carried out free blood glucose tests on World diabetes Day and referred those positive for Diabetes Mellitus to an Endocrinologist for further management and screening tests.
About the Millennium Fellow
Ogwumike Precious is a young, vibrant, multitalented medical student of Afe Babalola University who has a heart of gold and a passion for self development as well as societal impact. She dedicates herself to helping others from the smallest ways to the biggest ways possible. Needless to say she secretly enjoys putting smiles on the faces of others. One of the many reasons she chose to study medicine. Precious is a strong believer and support in the enhancement of the Sustainable development goals. Though may people around her including her mentors always make remarks on the wisdom she exudes she forever remains humble. Precious is resilient, vibrant, focused and hard working always diligent in her business and is known to succeed at whatever she puts her mind to. Through this project she aims to contribute more on social impact in her community and learning life skills to even make greater impact tomorrow. She is helped by God and believes one day should would make the world a more beautiful place.








