Obioma is a professor of Public Health Parasitology and Epidemiology at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University. She is a Takemi fellow of the Harvard School of Public Health, and a Global Health Leadership Fellow Roll Back Malaria, WHO Geneva (1999-2001). She is both a principal investigator in ten TDR/WHO supported Research Projects, and Co-investigator in two in the area of communicable diseases. She has served as a member of several national committees on communicable diseases, including being a member of National anti-malaria drug policy implementation, and member of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Steering committee from inception until 2018. She is a fellow Nigerian Academy of Science and a member WHO/TDR Research Strengthening Group (RSG) 2010. She has successfully supervised over 40 MSc and PhD students. She is also an Executive Director for a nongovernmental organization in Nigeria – Global Health Awareness Research Foundation (GHARF).

Obinna is a pharmacist and a public health scientist. He is a senior lecturer in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria. He coordinates the Research Group for Evidence-Based Health Care at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (www.ebhc-unizik.com) and the Grant Development and Maintenance Office at Nnamdi Azikiwe University. His research interests are pharmacoeconomics, evidence-based public health and clinical trials. He applies these research methods to generate evidence to aid health care decisions in Nigeria and Africa at large. His researches are focused mainly on neglected tropical diseases, HIV and malaria. He has 32 publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals. He has won a number of grants, including the Georg Forster Research Fellowship (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) and European and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership (EDCTP) Career Development Fellowship.

Chinyelu specialised in Public Health Parasitology and Epidemiology, and is the Associate Dean (Science) of School of Postgraduate Studies. She is a member and current national secretary of Parasitology and Public Health Society of Nigeria. She is also a member of the International Society for Infectious Disease. Her research interests include urinary schistosomiasis, malaria, onchocerciasis and geohelminthes. She participated in the monitoring of community-directed treatment with Ivermectin in Anambra state APOC in 2009. Chinyelu was the Coordinator Anambra State Raploa (Loa loa) survey in South-East Nigeria, supported by the Carter Center in April 2015. She was a facilitator during the development of Minimum Service Package and Regulations for Primary Health Care Delivery in three states (Imo, Anambra, and the Abia States) of Nigeria in 2017 funded by UNICEF.

Dr C.U. is a lecturer of Paediatrics in Nnamdi Azikiwe University with a special interest in paediatric infectious diseases, particularly paediatric HIV and tuberculosis. She is currently the focal person for paediatric HIV care in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Nnewi. For close to ten years, she has diligently contributed to improving the outcomes of children infected or affected by HIV and tuberculosis through researches, clinical services, and building the capacity of resident doctors, medical officers, and other cadres of healthcare workers. She actively participates in Anambra State Paediatric HIV Technical Working Group and Nigeria National Stakeholders on paediatric HIV activities from 2012 until present. In collaboration with relevant NGOs and State Ministry of Health, she conducts quarterly paediatric HIV on-site clinical mentoring and supportive supervision of primary and secondary level health facilities in Anambra state. In 2014, she participated in the nationwide survey on paediatric HIV data-driven planning, the findings of which informed the development of the 2016-2018 National Acceleration Plan for Paediatric HIV treatment and care, which she is currently participating in reviewing.

Chinyere Stella is a Professor of Mass Communication at Nnamdi Azikiwe who specializes in development communications and behaviour change communication. She is serving as a Behaviour Change Communication Consultant to numerous national and international organisations, including UNICEF, DFID, FHI, UNESCO etc. She served as an Honorable Commissioner in the State Government from 2006 to 2014 in the area of economic planning and budget, good governance and MDGs implementation. She is a fellow Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) among others.

Kingsley is a Sociology/Anthropology lecturer in UNIZIK, in the Faculty of Social Sciences. He is completing his PhD research project. He has been involved in several capacity strengthening workshops for Education Data, Research Evaluation in Nigeria (DFID-EDO REN), among others.