Chinyere Cecilia Okeke
Biographic Data
| ID | 6179619 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chinyere Cecilia Okeke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chinyere Cecilia |
| FAMILY NAME | Okeke |
| SIGNATURE | OKEKE C C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nigeria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2599-537X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Designing context-specific implementation strategies to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene in urban low-income settlements in Nigeria
Background: Urban low-income settlements in Nigeria face significant challenges in accessing Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services, exacerbating health disparities and poverty. Collaborating to design effective and sustainable solutions is crucial for improving WASH outcomes. This study aims to present the process and outcomes of co-designing context-specific implementation strategies of WASH interventions in urban low-income settlements…
Integrating Covid-19 vaccination into health systems
INTRODUCTION: In May 2023, when the WHO declared that COVID-19 was no longer a public health emergency of international concern, countries began considering transitioning from the emergency phase to routine provision of COVID-19 vaccination. This paper presents the experience of seven countries with integrating COVID-19 vaccination into other health services and health system functions. METHODS: Data collection took place between August 2023 and …
Sexual and reproductive health information needs; an inquiry from the lens of in-school adolescents in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria
Adolescents' age, location of residence, and study group were found to be strong predictors of SRH information needs. This suggests the need for in-school adolescents to be provided with substantial and continuous SRH information for healthy living and making informed SRH choices. In developing SRH interventions that will achieve optimal effectiveness in the lives of adolescents in school, different demographic factors should be considered for co…
What, how and who
While safe and efficacious COVID-19 vaccines have achieved high coverage in high-income settings, roll-out remains slow in sub-Saharan Africa. By April 2022, Nigeria, a country of over 200 million people, had only distributed 34 million doses. To ensure the optimal use of health resources, cost-effectiveness analyses can inform key policy questions in the health technology assessment process. We carried out several cost-effectiveness analyses exp…
The Role of Contextual Factors in Private Sector Engagement
The Private Sector Coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) was established on the 27th of March 2020 to mobilize private sector resources toward supporting the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, CACOVID set out to provide leadership functions, raise public awareness, provide buy-in for COVID-19 prevention, and provide direct support to strengthen the health system's capacity to respond to the crisis. In this paper, we…
Exploring the drivers of ethnic and religious exclusion from public services in Nigeria
Purpose The importance of social exclusion and the disadvantage experienced by many minority ethnic and religious populations are rooted in SDG 10. To address this exclusion effectively it is important to understand their key drivers. This paper aimed to establish the key drivers of exclusion and their outcomes in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The methods involved a scoping review of literature and stakeholder workshops that focused on dri…
Was the Maternal Health Cash Transfer Programme in Nigeria Sustainable and Cost-Effective
Background: The Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), Maternal and Child Health (MCH) was introduced by the Nigerian government to increase the use of skilled maternal health services and reduce maternal mortality. The programme, funded out of a reduction in the fuel subsidy, was implemented between October 2012 and April 2015 and incorporated a conditional cash transfer to women to encourage use of facility based maternal serv…
Health technology assessment and priority setting for universal health coverage
INTRODUCTION: Health technology assessment (HTA) is an effective tool to support priority setting and generate evidence for decision making especially en route to achieving universal health coverage (UHC). We assessed the capacity needs, policy areas of demand, and perspectives of key stakeholders for evidence-informed decision making in Nigeria where HTA is still new. METHODS: We surveyed 31 participants including decision makers, policy makers,…
Accountability mechanisms for implementing a health financing option
The key challenges to accountability identified should be addressed and these included trust, transparency and corruption in the health system, political interference at higher levels of government, poor data management, lack of political commitment from the State in relation to release of funds for health activities, poor motivation, mentorship, monitoring and supervision, weak financial management and accountability systems and weak capacity to…
Exploring the drivers of ethnic and religious exclusion from public services in Nigeria
Purpose The importance of social exclusion and the disadvantage experienced by many minority ethnic and religious populations are rooted in SDG 10. To address this exclusion effectively it is important to understand their key drivers. This paper aimed to establish the key drivers of exclusion and their outcomes in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The methods involved a scoping review of literature and stakeholder workshops that focused on dri…
Accountability mechanisms for implementing a health financing option
The key challenges to accountability identified should be addressed and these included trust, transparency and corruption in the health system, political interference at higher levels of government, poor data management, lack of political commitment from the State in relation to release of funds for health activities, poor motivation, mentorship, monitoring and supervision, weak financial management and accountability systems and weak capacity to…
Was the Maternal Health Cash Transfer Programme in Nigeria Sustainable and Cost-Effective
Background: The Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), Maternal and Child Health (MCH) was introduced by the Nigerian government to increase the use of skilled maternal health services and reduce maternal mortality. The programme, funded out of a reduction in the fuel subsidy, was implemented between October 2012 and April 2015 and incorporated a conditional cash transfer to women to encourage use of facility based maternal serv…
Health technology assessment and priority setting for universal health coverage
INTRODUCTION: Health technology assessment (HTA) is an effective tool to support priority setting and generate evidence for decision making especially en route to achieving universal health coverage (UHC). We assessed the capacity needs, policy areas of demand, and perspectives of key stakeholders for evidence-informed decision making in Nigeria where HTA is still new. METHODS: We surveyed 31 participants including decision makers, policy makers,…
Exploring the drivers of ethnic and religious exclusion from public services in Nigeria
Purpose The importance of social exclusion and the disadvantage experienced by many minority ethnic and religious populations are rooted in SDG 10. To address this exclusion effectively it is important to understand their key drivers. This paper aimed to establish the key drivers of exclusion and their outcomes in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The methods involved a scoping review of literature and stakeholder workshops that focused on dri…
The Role of Contextual Factors in Private Sector Engagement
The Private Sector Coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) was established on the 27th of March 2020 to mobilize private sector resources toward supporting the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, CACOVID set out to provide leadership functions, raise public awareness, provide buy-in for COVID-19 prevention, and provide direct support to strengthen the health system's capacity to respond to the crisis. In this paper, we…
What, how and who
While safe and efficacious COVID-19 vaccines have achieved high coverage in high-income settings, roll-out remains slow in sub-Saharan Africa. By April 2022, Nigeria, a country of over 200 million people, had only distributed 34 million doses. To ensure the optimal use of health resources, cost-effectiveness analyses can inform key policy questions in the health technology assessment process. We carried out several cost-effectiveness analyses exp…
Sexual and reproductive health information needs; an inquiry from the lens of in-school adolescents in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria
Adolescents' age, location of residence, and study group were found to be strong predictors of SRH information needs. This suggests the need for in-school adolescents to be provided with substantial and continuous SRH information for healthy living and making informed SRH choices. In developing SRH interventions that will achieve optimal effectiveness in the lives of adolescents in school, different demographic factors should be considered for co…
Integrating Covid-19 vaccination into health systems
INTRODUCTION: In May 2023, when the WHO declared that COVID-19 was no longer a public health emergency of international concern, countries began considering transitioning from the emergency phase to routine provision of COVID-19 vaccination. This paper presents the experience of seven countries with integrating COVID-19 vaccination into other health services and health system functions. METHODS: Data collection took place between August 2023 and …
Designing context-specific implementation strategies to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene in urban low-income settlements in Nigeria
Background: Urban low-income settlements in Nigeria face significant challenges in accessing Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services, exacerbating health disparities and poverty. Collaborating to design effective and sustainable solutions is crucial for improving WASH outcomes. This study aims to present the process and outcomes of co-designing context-specific implementation strategies of WASH interventions in urban low-income settlements…
Economic growth (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Finance (3 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 works) · Health Policy (3 works)