- MWAN ANAMBRA
MWAN ANAMBRA STATE CHAPTER
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MWAN ANAMBRA STATE CHAPTER
MWAN Anambra was established in the old Anambra in 1979.
History
Over time, two zones were established with Late Prof. Winifred Kaine and Prof Ifeoma Egbuonu as the presidents of Enugu and Onitsha Zones, respectively.
Following the creation of the new Anambra state in 1991, Dr Kechi Ogbuagu became the president of the present Anambra state MWAN.
Other past presidents in earlier times were
Prof Echendu Adinma
Dr Vivian Onwuekwe
Dr Chinazo Anyachebelu and
Prof Obiageli Emelumadu
In the past 10 years, MWAN Anambra presidents are listed below:
Dr Ifeoma Ajuba – 2015-2017
Prof Comfort Akujobi – 2017-2019
Dr Chioma Ajator – 2019-2021 and 2021-2023
Dr Chinyere Onubogu – 2021-2023
MWAN Anambra has produced MWAN National Presidents during the 1997-1999 Biennium – Dr Kechi Ogbuagu and 2015–2017 – Prof. Echendu Adinma. By this MWAN Anambra has hosted two Biennial Conferences, as per tradition, just before the assumption to office of these two National Presidents.
Dr Kechi Ogbuagu is a current member of the Board of Trustees of MWAN. Dr Kechi Ogbuagu was also the Chair of the Congress Organizing Committee of the Africa 2nd Regional Congress of the Near East and Africa Region, the first ever International Congress to be hosted by MWAN.
In Recent Times
President, MWAN Anambra
2023-2025
Dr Ogochukwu C. Ofiaeli, a Senior Lecturer / Honourary consultant in the Department of Paediatrics of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU) / Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi – a woman very passionate about MWAN Anambra state’s affairs.
The current secretary is Dr Stephanie Okonkwo, a Principal Medical Officer in NAUTH, Neni.
MWAN Anambra has continued to grow in her capacity in terms of membership, collaborations and impact in Anambra state. Currently, while her dedicated financial membership continues to improve, we have over 100 members (including non-financial members) who engage in MWAN Anambra activities.
In this biennium, MWAN Anambra has achieved increased visibility and impact as an NGO in Anambra state. We have engaged in a myriad of activities targeting children and adolescents, women, the underserved and indeed most population groups in Anambra state. We are vested in mentoring young doctors, especially the females, and supporting our members as much as we can. We have engaged in activities in line with World Health Days and MWAN National body and her sub-committees. We have leveraged on both local and international collaborations to a tune that is new and refreshing for MWAN Anambra state. We have also worked closely with the media and the Government of Anambra state in this biennium. All these activities have been geared at improving the health and well-being of ‘Ndi Anambra’.
We have maintained regular MWAN Anambra Executive and General house meetings throughout this biennium. This has been especially vital in galvanising Medical Women in the state in a bid to recommit them to MWAN Anambra. We have also maintained our obligations to MWAN National, financial and otherwise, in a most timely manner.
MWAN Anambra’s target in this biennium is to increase her financial membership strength. This is vital in maintaining our impact and sustaining all the gains we have achieved so far in this biennium as an NGO in Anambra state.
Our goal is to be the foremost medical association in the maintenance of quality healthcare in Anambra state and Nigeria.
Some of our activities for this biennium
• Cervical cancer awareness campaign;
• Cervical cancer screening outreach in which we provided subsidized cervical cancer screening to women in Anambra state;
• Paediatric cancer outreaches in which we have provided financial, moral and other support to over 100 children with cancer in Anambra state;
• World Immunization Day celebration;
• Numerous Oral Health Campaigns in which we have visited several schools and provided Hygienic Oral Health packs to over 500 school children in Anambra state;
• Malaria Prevention Outreach that involved providing malaria prevention information and sharing over 100 free bed nets to women and under-five children in interior communities in Anambra state;
• Multiple Community Medical Outreaches;
• Numerous Advocacy visits to stake holders in Health service delivery in Anambra state – CMDs of NAUTH, COOUTH, etc;
• Inter-school Neuro-Health Outreach in over 30 secondary schools in Aguata LGA in Anambra state in collaboration with Neuro-G Foundation;
• Mentorship activities in collaboration with the 2 Medical schools – NAU and COOU, Medical student bodies and MWAN-NiMSA Liaisons in these Medical schools in Anambra state;
• World Obesity Day celebration;
• Hypertension Awareness campaigns;
• International Women’s Day celebrations;
• World Menstrual Hygiene Promotion in secondary schools in Anambra state – in which MWAN Anambra has distributed hygienic menstrual packs to OVER 1000 adolescent girls in Anambra state;
• Active participation in HPV vaccine roll-out;
• Numerous media Health Promotion campaigns;
• Active participation in NMA Anambra activities and SEC;
• World Breastfeeding Week celebration in collaboration with Breast-Feeding Hospital Initiative, NAUTH ;
• Several guest participation on health deliberations – UNESCO, etc;
• Stakeholder in domestication of VAPP Act and STOP Guidelines in Anambra state;
• August meeting activities with Women with Disabilities in Anambra state;
• Elder Abuse Awareness campaign;
• Sickle Cell Awareness campaign;
• Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign;
• Free Mammography in collaboration with Eldorado Multi-specialist Hospital;
• Adolescent Week Celebration;
• International Day of the Girl Child celebration;
• World Pneumonia Day celebration;
• And the high-light of this biennium – Our 2024 Widow’s Outreach in Anambra state;
• 2025 Women’s Neuro-Health Summit in collaboration with NeuroG Foundation and so much more, too numerous to be listed.