Biography

Dr Martin Ikechukwu Njoku is a public health practitioner with over 15 years of clinical and programmatic management of TB and Neglected Tropical Diseases especially leprosy and Buruli Ulcer. He is currently a programme manager for RedAid Nigeria, an organization born out of the localization effort of German Leprosy and TB Relief Association. He anchors the TB REACH WAVE 10 project on integrated TB and Mental Health service Delivery in Nigeria. Before now, he was the Chief Medical Director of St. Benedict's Tuberculosis and Leprosy Rehabilitation Centre Ogoja, a TB and Leprosy referral hospital in Southern Nigeria.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Integrated TB-mental health services in Nigeria: A task-shifting model for underserved communities

Task-shifting to lay counselors and non-specialist health workers improved access to integrated care. Policy implications include scaling simplified screening tools and embedding mental health into national TB programs.

Source: Conference 2024