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 PLEASANT UCHEOMACHUKWU OKAFOR, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Nigeria Nsukka | Nsukka, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 6, SDG 3 & UNAI 3
" I am thrilled to be a Millennium Fellow because being a fellow provides me with a platform to turn my passion for combating antimicrobial resistance into real impact. AMR threatens the very foundation of global health and universal health coverage, and through this fellowship I can collaborate with young leaders on this same path, gain mentorship, and design innovative solutions that empower communities to use antibiotics responsibly. This opportunity fuels my commitment to safeguard public health in Nigeria and beyond. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Clean Hands, Clean Minds
Clean Hands, Clean Minds is a project focused on advocating for clean water and sanitation in schools within rural communities. It also promotes proper hygiene among school children as a key strategy for preventing infections and combating Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The target audience is school children in rural areas who lack access to clean water and basic hygiene facilities. The project successfully reached a rural school, where children were educated about AMR, the importance of hygiene in preventing disease, and trained in the WHO-approved hand washing technique.
About the Millennium Fellow
Okafor Pleasant Ucheomachukwu, a pharmacy student determined to make a difference. She is a public health enthusiast passionate about antimicrobial resistance. She hopes to develop platforms that equip the average Nigerian to fight against resistance and create solutions through biotechnology and formulation science that tackle resistance and optimise the public health system in Nigeria and beyond. She is working towards these goals through her involvement in AMR awareness campaigns, research works on antimicrobial resistance and advocacy for antibiotics to be available only on prescription.
