Biography

Anderson Ricketts MPH, a distinguished project management professional, is the Strategic Information Lead / State Team Lead at the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, Oyo State.
With extensive field experience in planning, monitoring, and evaluation of different infectious disease control programs, he has supported the successful implementation of projects across various interventions.
Beyond strategic information, he is actively involved in training and capacity building for project managers, empowering them to be effective in leading and managing project teams.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Traditional birth attendants are major contributors to finding childhood TB: Comparative analysis of childhood TB case-finding across TB LON 3 interventions in Oyo State

TBAs have potential to be game changers in childhood TB case detection. Allocating more resources and scaling up TBA interventions in programs can significantly increase CTB case detection.

Source: Conference 2024