The Nigerian Most cancers Society (NCS) has appointed Chioma Ikejiani because the Nationwide Chair of the Nationwide Coalition of Most cancers Survivors (NCCS), succeeding the late Professor Ronald Bejide, in a transfer aimed toward strengthening advocacy and help techniques for most cancers survivors throughout Nigeria.
The appointment underscores Ikejiani’s management credentials, intensive experience and lengthy standing dedication to advancing most cancers care and survivorship.
This was contained in a assertion signed by Bashir Mohammed, RANCCAS
Nationwide Director of Publicity, NCS in Abuja on Monday.
A ten yr Stage 4 breast most cancers survivor, she is extensively considered a number one voice in oncology reform, drawing from each skilled expertise and private resilience.
Earlier than her elevation, Ikejiani chaired the Most cancers Well being Fund (CHF) Truth-Discovering Committee beneath the NCS, the place she led a complete, multi-stakeholder evaluation of Nigeria’s most cancers funding framework. Her work resulted within the improvement of the Built-in, Actual Time {Financial} Liquidity Protocol (IRFLP), a reform initiative designed to enhance funding effectivity, transparency and sustainability in most cancers therapy. She additionally launched an “Enforced Transparency” framework to boost accountability and information integrity throughout the system.
She has additionally served as Strategic Liaison and Lead Affected person Advocate for the Most cancers Well being Fund on the Nationwide Hospital Abuja, collaborating with key establishments such because the Nationwide Institute for Most cancers Analysis and Therapy (NICRAT) and the Federal Ministry of Well being to resolve funding bottlenecks, facilitate reimbursements and guarantee uninterrupted entry to therapy for sufferers.
Past well being advocacy, Ikejiani has constructed a distinguished profession spanning media, actual property and public engagement. She is the Govt Producer and Host of “The Survivor’s Desk,” a platform centered on well being training and most cancers consciousness and beforehand led productions beneath AMOI Productions and State Home Media, together with the AMOI Unplugged collection.
Her entrepreneurial portfolio consists of founding AMOI Journal and co-founding Sway Journal in Canada, the nation’s first Black life-style publication, later acquired by Torstar Media. Earlier in her profession, she ranked among the many high 1% of luxurious actual property professionals in Canada.
A recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, Ikejiani holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) diploma in Political Science from St. Mary’s College, Canada and has remained energetic in excessive stage coverage engagements, together with initiatives beneath the Workplace of the First Woman of Nigeria.
Her appointment is anticipated to additional amplify the voice of most cancers survivors whereas advancing reforms towards equitable entry to high quality most cancers care nationwide