Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Niyi Awofeso

School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Australia

Biography

Niyi Awofeso is currently a professor at the School of Health and Environmental Studies Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU), Dubai. He commenced his public health career as an infectious disease physician and acting medical director at Nigeria’s National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Training Centre in 1990. Prior to joining HBMSU in 2013 from the University of Western Australia where he worked as Professor of Health Management, he accumulated extensive research and professional experience at both middle and senior management levels in academia and the international health industry.

Publications

Reducing Under-Five Mortality in India - A Review of Major Encumbrances and Suggestions for Progress

About 128 million of India’s 1.2 billion populations are aged less than 5 years. India’s under-five mortality rate fell from 2.2 million (123/1000 live births) in 1990 to 1.726 million (63/1000 live birth) in 2010. Based on current trends, India is unlikely to meet the 67% reduction in under-five mortality rate by 2015, compared with 19... Read More»

Niyi Awofeso and Anu Rammohan

Research Article: J Community Med Health Edu 2012, 2:116

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000116

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