Obinna Emmanuel Ebirim

Obinna Ebirim has over four years’ experience in public health, clinical health, political technical assistance, social media health advocacy, youth development and leadership. He is currently a senior program officer for International Vaccine Access Center projects in Nigeria, which includes strengthening programmatic support to the government for immunization and primary health care systems. He also volunteers as a medical doctor in his church’s free sickbay for poor parishioners. Obinna is founder of the Impact Driven Young Leaders Initiative, a member of All Progress Youth Forum, and content developer for YALI Network Abuja. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Port Harcourt, where he served as an elected executive for the Student Union Government and admin secretary for ‘Catalyst – the Rebirth Initiative’. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Obinna will continue his work on youth development using his IDYL Initiative and organizational memberships.