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 NICKSON ANANIAS KASIKANA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 9, SDG 17 & UNAI 3
" I am excited to join the Millennium Fellowship because it gives me a global stage to turn my vision into impact, using innovation to fight preventable diseases and create healthier communities. I do this work because every life saved is a victory for humanity. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Parasitus AI
Parasitus AI, is a healthcare innovation that uses Artificial intelligence to help lab workers to efficiently and effectively diagnose parasitic disease.
Our current focus as Parasitus AI team is on malaria due to its high prevalence as per the World Malaria report of 2023 ,that stated about 263 million people were infected and over 600,000 people died ,where 94 % of the cases and 95% of death , of which 76% are from under five children, all these are from WHO African region. And this has been due to absence of specialised and fast enough diagnostic tools and also absence of lab experts especially in the underserved areas in Africa to confirm from microscopy which is the Gold standard for diagnosis.
This project is aiming to create a diagnostic software that will work seamlessly with existing lab flows to diagnose malaria in less than two minutes. Thus reduce the time to wait results and receive treatments, thus we are aiming at improving patients outcomes and promote good health and well being to all people ,more especially children and pregnant women, who have the worst outcomes due to malaria.
About the Millennium Fellow
Nickson Ananias Kasikana is a passionate healthcare innovator, medical student at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, and founder of Parasitus AI, an AI-powered malaria diagnostic platform. He blends his medical training with skills in machine learning, project management, and entrepreneurship to create impactful health solutions. Driven by a deep commitment to solving Africa’s pressing health challenges, Nickson has led projects that bridge technology and medicine, aiming to improve access to timely, accurate diagnostics in underserved communities. He is dedicated to using innovation to advance the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in health and well-being.
