Chimezie Anyakora Profile

Precision Nutrition Advisory
Advisor

Professor Chimezie Anyakora is the Chief Executive Officer of Bloom Public Health Group. He holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and taught at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lagos for over a decade. He has also been involved in Public Health and Medicine Quality research.

Prof. Chimezie Anyakora was the Nigeria Country Director for the United States Pharmacopeia. Prior to that, he consulted for the Global Health Impact Program, where he worked on Public Health projects across various African countries, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Malawi, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Congo Brazzaville and many more. He is very active in various public health regional initiatives on the continent. 

As the country lead of the United States Pharmacopeia and the Chief of Party of the Promoting the Quality of Medicines program in Nigeria, Professor Anyakora led the development and execution of the overall project strategy in Nigeria. He is now leading Bloom Public Health Group and continues to advance Public Health on the continent, especially in different African countries where Bloom Public Health has offices, including Nigeria, Rwanda, Botswana, Zambia, Lesotho, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Cameroon. Lately he has been doing a lot in the vaccine space. 

Through Bloom Public Health Group he supported Nigeria in the development of the National Vaccine Policy and worked with the country on a WHO funded vaccine manufacturing ecosystem mapping. He is currently leading the localization of pharmaceutical manufacturing on the continent through various Bloom Public Health Group projects.