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 JOSEPH PETER AKPAN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
University of Uyo Teaching Hospital | Uyo, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 5, SDG 3, SDG 4 & UNAI 2
" The Millennium Fellowship is a foundation that identifies and nurtures young leaders in the field of social impact in line with the SDGs. Being a Millennium will provide me the necessary group to advocate for Adolescent and Maternal Health which is my passion as well as connect with other amazing global changemakers to join in the fight to make the world a better place. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: The DreamGirl Project
The DreamGirl Project was aimed at reaching out to girls in 4 secondary schools in my local community to talk to them about career choices, self development, menstrual hygiene, reproductive health as well as self breast examination to detect changes in breast contour to make the breast cancer awareness month. We were accompanied by the President of the Medical Women Association of Nigeria, Akwa Ibom State Branch as well as the Welfare Chairman of the association.
About the Millennium Fellow
Joseph Peter Akpan is a final year medical student of the College of Medicine , University of Uyo, Nigeria. He was born and raised in the city of Ikot Ekpene in Akwa Ibom State. He is passionate about Health Policy and Management especially in the aspect of Maternal and Child Health and Surgery. He is a Jim Ovia Scholar, a Federal Government Scholar as well as a Vice Chancellor Academic Excellence Awardee. He has held various leadership positions like Campus Director, National Malaria Elimination Project, Editor-in-Chief of the Health Compass Initiative and Deputy Chairman, Organization of Maternal and Child Nutrition. He loves poetry and short stories as a way of calming his nerves.
