Francis Ohanyido

Francis Ohanyido (born March 4, 1970) is an African philosopher, poet, essayist, public health Physician, and Rights Advocate.

Biography

Francis obtained his first degree in Medicine & Surgery (MB, BS) from University of Jos in Nigeria. He continued with post-graduate trainings at Imo State University and Ahmadu Bello University (Zaria) in Health service administration and Public health respectively. As a continuing education alumnus of Harvard Medical School, he studied fundamentals of HIV management for the primary care provider. He also had opportunity to study health planning with the American University of Armenia. He is notable for having helped to develop the concept of [http://www.who.int/trade/glossary/story054/en/index.html Rights–Based Approach] to healthcare delivery in Nigerian medical circles.

He has other notable certifications in the areas of Computer applications (CCA) as well as Project Management (PM).

By virtue of his essays on governance and electoral processes, in 2002, he had worked as a Legislative intern and Advisor with Senate Committee on Health under a tripartite partnership involving the National Assembly of Nigeria (NAss), Constitutional Rights Project (CRP) and National Democratic Institute of America for International Affairs (NDI). Most of his works were on health policies & laws as well as gender analysis.His effort was noted with a letter of commendation by the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria.He has been a strong advocate for the exploration of the local and global potentials of [http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4RNWE_en___IL222&q=Ohanyido+Public+private+partnerships Public-Private Partnerships for Health] , commonly referred to as PPP or PPPH.He has advocated for these partnerships as a paradigm shift for low-resource settings like his home nation Nigeria, to leverage capacities externally and internally to face the challenges of meeting up with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

In 2003, as a result of the strong need to bridge the digital divide in healthcare in low-income settings like his home nation, coupled with his studies in computer applications in healthcare in University of Jos (CCA), he set up the web-based Nigerian Telemedicine Development Alliance (NTDA). This body was to serve as a fulcrum for online outreach and advocacy for telemedicine infrastructure in Nigeria and the rest of Africa. He has theorised on models for the possible cost-effective delivery of Telemedicine in Nigeria. This singular effort by NTDA and other associates led to the development of strong interest on the part of the Federal Government of Nigeria to consider further studies and possible approaches to deployment of e-Health structures.He is presently a board member and Deputy Secretary General of the Society for telemedicine and eHealth in Nigeria [http://www.sftehin.org (SFTeHIN)] .

In the course of his work in international health, he has at various times collaborated or worked on platforms/ projects in the sector with WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, UNIFEM, USAID, WB, OXFAM, GCAP, and many other international organisations. He is presently in charge of Programmes for the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) under the aegis of Community Participation for Action in the Social Sectors (COMPASS), a USAID funded integrated project covering Reproductive Health, Child Survival, and Basic Education with strong cross-cutting features. NMA is a major partner in the COMPASS project. Through these, he has generally shown strong presence in the fight against malaria, HIV/AIDS and also notable Reproductive Health issues.In 2007 , he was nominated as one of NMA's delegates to the 2nd Nigeria in Diaspora Day and 3rd Science and Technology Conference 2007.

He was also a COMPASS/NMA technical delegate to the stakeholders summit in Nigerian medical sector for the development of a national framework and modality for implementation of a Continuous Medical Examination (CME)/ Continuous Professional Development (CPD) . In the same year, he officially became the President of International Public Health Forum. He has been a member of the National Malaria in Pregnancy Working Group (MIPWG) under the Federal ministry of health (FMOH), as well as a delegate to the National malaria Control Programme Review Committee (NMCPRC).

In the early years back in 1990, he convened what is now referred to as the Afriquest Initiative towards neo-African renaissance in Jos, Nigeria. It was a watershed in the Nigerian art sphere that gave rise to the concept of Afrisecaism. [ [http://www.africaresource.com/index2.php?option=com_ewriting&Itemid=91&func=chapterinfo&chapter=280&story=48&type=1 Africaresource Biography] ] Ohanyido’s writings, often classified as Afrisecal movement draw on basic African experience including myths and traditions with contemporary ideograms. He is widely published in electronic and print media; Clankind (2005); and Memories of Aidi (all collections of poems. Among Essays include A Vision without measure; A Neo-African Renaissance (2004) and Dearth of Honour (2006) and over forty other essays on health, politics, history, religion and philosophy. His path as a renown Nigerian poet and writer [ [http://www.literaturedictionary.org/O._Ohanyido,_Francis.htm Literature Dictionary] ] was further highlighted when as an undergraduate medical student, he had been voted the Poet Laureate of St. pirans' national Youth week in 1996 for his poem 'Be Alert'. [ [http://www.writers.net/writers/51287 Writers Net; St. Pirans' Award fo Poetry] ] He is presently the chairman of Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Kaduna Chapter as well as the Vice-Chairman of Kaduna Writers' League (KWL), Kaduna. [ [http://www.companion-ngr.com/art.10.html The Companion Newspaper Nigeria] ]

An outspoken critic of Nigerian Juntas, he had several encounters with the security apparatchiks of the late Sani Abacha, as a student activist. His Rights-focused advocacy has also been seen in his being part of notable coaliations such as [http://www.liberateafrica.org/petition.html Liberating the African Mind] (LAM)'s European Airlines' "Maltreatment of Africans Must Stop" Campaign. More recently, in which he was a core signatory alongside Mary Robinson, Desmond Tutu, and other notables like Noam Chomsky for the GCAP/Whiteband/OXFAM [http://www.gcap-whiteband.org/Action/G8_advert_landscp_en_lo.pdf Keep your promises to end poverty ! petition to G8 Ministers] in 2007.

Dr Ohanyido is affiliated to several International professional and civic organisations . He is the current President of [http://www.iphfonline.org International Public Health Forum (IPHF)] . Other notable bodies include the [http://www.scienceboard.net/ Science Advisory Board(SAB)] , [http://www.arhp.org Association of Reproductive Health Professionals] (ARHP), [http://www.managementnigeria.org Nigerian Institute of Management] and [http://www.iaen.org International AIDS Economic Network] (IAEN), amongst others.He is a Fellow of
* [http://www.rstmh.org Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH)]
* [http://www.iphfonline.org International Public Health Forum]

As an individual, Ohanyido's repertoire shows confidence, and strong drive to excel in leadership. [ [http://www.poemsabout.com/poet/francis-ohanyido/page-2/ Poemsabout] ]

References

External links

Poetry

* [http://www.poemhunter.com/francis-ohanyido Poemhunter]
* [http://www.editred.com/ohanyido Editred]
* [http://www.africanwriter.com/articles/75/1/Threshold-Of-Nothingness---Poems-by-Francis-Ohanyido/Page1.html Threshold of Nothingness]
* [http://home.euphonynet.be/nigerians/poem/francis01.html Nigerian.biz Poetry Gallery]
* [http://www.poemsabout.com/poet/francis-ohanyido/page-2/ Poemsabout]
* [http://www.africaresource.com/component/option,com_ewriting/Itemid,91/func,chapterinfo/chapter,281/story,48/type,0/ Africa Resource poetry Anthology]

Interviews

* [http://www.africanwriter.com/articles/181/1/A-Season-Of-The-Great-Lake---an-Interview-with-Mukoma-wa-Ngugi/Page1.html A Season of The Great Lake- Afriquest With Mukoma wa Ngugi]
* [http://www.companion-ngr.com/art.10.html The Companion Newspaper- Creative Writing: Another Means to Earn a Living]
* [http://dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6812&Itemid=63 The Dailytrust Newspaper(Weekly Edition); African writing yet to reach its peak - Ohanyido ]

Biographies

* [http://www.africaresource.com/index2.php?option=com_ewriting&Itemid=91&func=chapterinfo&chapter=280&story=48&type=1 Africaresource Biography]
* [http://www.writers.net/writers/51287?PHPSESSID=21ed137125f1d10f6c297bd1ae7f9ee4 Writers.net Biography]
* [http://www.africanpath.com/popup_bio.cfm?id=111 African Path Biography]
* [http://nigerianwiki.com/wiki/Francis_Ohanyido Nigerian Wiki Biography]

Directories

* [http://www.scienceboard.net/forum/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=77760 Science Advisory Board, USA]
* [http://www.pophealth.wisc.edu/gh/affiliates.htm University Of Wisconsin Population Health Steering Committee]
* [http://www.iphf.01dir.com/index.php IPHF directory]
* [http://www.namesdir.com/F_Francis Names directory]

Essays

*Vanguard Newspaper : [http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/viewpoints/vp314112005.html 1] , [http://community.nigeria.com/nspace/obj_and_wormtongues_by_f_o_ohanyido?PHPSESSID=bb05f61d8b4caac3be989444c52fee2b 2]

Quotations

* [http://wordsbody.blogspot.com/2006/11/events_24.html “Writing is a lonely path ”- Ohanyido]
* [http://aidemocracy.typepad.com/interdependent/2006/12/egyptian_blogge.html "..nations that imagine that they can muzzle dissents operating in new age cybermedia like blogs , are simply living in another Orwellian delusion.." -Ohanyido]

Neologism

* [http://africavenir.com/news/2006/03/371/afrisecal-movement-2 1."Afrisecal Movement", "Afrisecaism", "Afrisecaist"]
* [http://aidemocracy.typepad.com/interdependent/2006/12/egyptian_blogge.html 2."Cybermedia"]
* [http://www.africanwriter.com/articles/75/1/Threshold-Of-Nothingness---Poems-by-Francis-Ohanyido/Page1.html 3.“Neo-African Renaissance”]
* [http://obiakpere.blogspot.com/2006/09/ibb-demystifying-machiavelli.html 4.“Babangidaism", "Babangidaist"]
** Ohanyido has to his credit the innovative power of word coinage like most wordsmiths of older generation. Some of the commoner words 'coined' or phrases are above . Some of them have actually gained mainstream acceptance, eg [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4RNWE_en___IL222&q=Afrisecal+movement Afrisecal Movement 1]
* [http://alltheweb.com/search?cat=web&cs=utf8&q=Afrisecal+movement&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref 2]

Reviews

* [http://community.nigeria.com/nspace/node/560/print In the Eye of the Poem ]