ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT PATRICIA EFEOGHENE OKURAME, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Lagos State University Ikeja | Ikeja, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 6 & UNAI 3
" I believe healthcare is a right, not a privileged, and this fuels my work to fight health poverty. The Millennium Fellowship will empower me to transform passion into lasting change by connecting with a global network, amplifying my project’s reach, and developing solutions that restore dignity and health to marginalized communities. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Healthy Hands, Healthy Lives
Healthy Hands, Healthy Lives is a project aimed at creating awareness and educating the community as a whole on the importance of maintaining adequate hand hygiene. This is to promote health and overall well-being. Proper handwashing goes a long way in the prevention of communicable diseases which are very rampant in both rural and urban communities in Nigeria. This project will incorporate community outreach programs and interactive demonstrations to teach the proper handwashing technique and provision of hand sanitizers. This project will target schools, health facilities, and local communities.
About the Millennium Fellow
Okurame Patricia Efeoghene is a medical student from Lagos State University, College of Medicine, Ikeja. She is a passionate advocate for equitable healthcare access. She was born in Nigeria and is committed to combating health poverty, particularly among underserved populations in her country and in the world at large. Patricia’s leadership is rooted in empathy, inclusion, and a belief that healthcare is a fundamental human right.
As a Millennium Fellow, she seeks to grow her project, collaborate globally, and address systemic healthcare barriers. Her vision is to create a future where no one’s health is determined by their socioeconomic status.
