Nigeria

Photo source: USAID Community Drug Distributor, Bassa Local Government Authority (LGA), Plateau State Mallam Nuhu Mohammed has been a community drug distributor (CDD) for the onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth programs in Bassa Local Government Authority (LGA) in the state of Plateau since 1992. His commitment and loyalty

Photo source: USAID Onchocerciasis National Coordinator and Director of Public Health, Federal Ministry of Health Dr. Jiya was the Onchocerciasis National Coordinator when national treatments were scaled up from 8.2 million in 1996, to 24.1 million treatments in 2008. It was during his tenure as the Director of Public Health