Phone number: +2348033420542

 

Email address: peter.nkwo@unn.edu.ng, drponkwo@yahoo.com

 

 

 

 

 

I am a senior lecturer and honorary consultant in the department of Obstetrics & Gynaecoloy, College of Medicine , University of Nigeria (UNN) & University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH). Before I joined the University of Nigeria Medical School in June 2005, I had previously served as the head of department and state programme officer of Enugu State Tuberculosis & Leprosy (TBL) control programme as well as the medical officer in-charge of Oji River General Hospital & Leproseleum (1991-1995). From May 2002 to May 2005, I served as consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and PMTCT programme coordinator at Parklane Specialist Hospital Enugu. I am an expert in infectious diseases, reproductive and sexual health, reproductive anatomy and feto-maternal medicine. I have had several certificate courses at home and abroad on clinical and administrative components of leprosy and TB control as well as on prevention, treatment, care and support services in HIV. I also have a postgraduate diploma and M.SC on Reproductive and Sexual Health Research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London. 

 

I am currently the Head of Department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu.

 

 

 

 EDUCATION   AND TRAINING

 

October 2000: West African Postgraduate Medical College.

 

Fellowship of West African College of Surgeons (FWACS) in Obstetrics & Gynaecolgy

 

 

 

September 2013: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London.

 

(DLSHTM, M.SC (Reproductive and Sexual Health Research)

 

 

 

September 2006: Abia State University Uturu.

 

M.SC (Anatomy)

 

 

 

September 1988: University of Maiduguri.

 

MB.BS

 

 

 

September 1980: Colliery Comprehensive Secondary School Ngwo.

 

West African School Certificate (WASC)

 

 

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

 

June 2005 – October 2008: Lecturer 1

 

October 2008 – date: Senior lecturer

 

 

 

EXPERIENCES AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 

     I.         Member ASUU

 

  II.         Member NMA

 

III.         Member MDCAN

 

IV.         Vice Chairman, SOGON Enugu State Chapter

 

   V.         Fellow, WACS

 

VI.         Member, National Task Team (national advisory committee) on Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT)

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

 

     I.         NYSC National Honours Award (1989)

 

  II.         Several community service awards

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIP OF NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

 

     I.         Executive Director and trustee, Grassroots Initiatives against Ignorance, Poverty and Diseases (a registered trustee). 

 

  II.          National coordinator, Awgu Christian Family Forum (ACFFO). ACFFO is a registered trustee and the the umbrella body of all Christian organizations in Awgu town.

 

III.          Vice Chairman, Men’s Fellowship, Chapel of Redemption UNEC

 

IV.         Chairman, Royal Thrift Cooperative Society Enugu.

 

   V.         Chairman, Health Committee, Awgu Town Union.

 

VI.         Member, Enugu Sports Club.

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS AND ACADEMIC OUTPUT

 

 

 

(A)                 JOURNAL ARTICLES

 

 

 

1.    Ezugwu EC, Eleje GU^,, Iyoke CA, Mba SG, Nnaji HC, Enechukwu CI, Nkwo PO

 

Preference for anonymity in sperm donation for artificial insemination: an experience from low-resource settings in Nigeria.

 

Patient Prefer Adherence. 2018 Apr 6;12:499-504. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S152868

 

2.    Lawani LO, Iyoke CA, Nkwo PO, Onoh RC, Ezeonu PO, Ibrahim IA. Obstetric morbidity and socio-cultural predictors of ruptured uterus among women in Southeast Nigeria. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2016 Nov;36(8):1031-1035. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01443615.2016.1188272

 

3.    Lucky Osaheni Lawani, Chukwuemeka Anthony Iyoke,Robinson Chukwudi Onoh, Peter Onubiwe Nkwo, Isa Ayuba Ibrahim, Kenneth Chinedu Ekwedigwe.  Atombosoba Adokiye Ekine. Obstetric benefits of health insurance: A comparative of obstetric indices and outcome of enrollees and non-enrollees in southeast Nigeria. The Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2016 DOI 10.1080/01443615.2016.1174830.

 

4.    Onoh R C, Lawani O L, Ezeonu P O, Nkwo P O, Onoh T, Ajah L O. Predictors of anemia in pregnancy among pregnant women accessing antenatal care in a poor resource setting in South Eastern Nigeria. Sahel Med J. 2015 [cited 2016; 18:182-7.

 

5.    Euzebus C. Ezugwu, Chukwuemeka A. Iyoke, Peter O. Nkwo, Hugenius U. Ezegwui, Jude C. Akabueze, Paulinus U. Agu. Uninted pregnancies among HIV-positive pregnant women in Enugu, southeast Nigeria. International journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.06.039. http://www.ijgo.org/article/S0020-7292(15)00587-1/pdf.

 

6.    Robinson Chukwudi Onoh, Justus Ndulue Eze,Paul Olisaemeka Ezeonu, Lucky Osaheni Lawani, Chukwuemeka Anthony Iyoke, Peter Onubiwe Nkwo . A 10-year appraisal of cesarean delivery and the associated fetal and maternal outcomes at a teaching hospital in southeast Nigeria. International Journal of Women's Health 2015, 7:531-538. https://www.dovepress.com/international-journal-of-womens-health-journal

 

7.     Leonard Ogbonna Ajah, Paul Olisaemeka Ezeonu, Nelson Chukwudi Ozonu, Chukwuemeka Anthony Iyoke, Peter Onubiwe Nkwo, Monique Iheoma Ajah.  A Five Year Review of Cervical Cytology in Abakaliki, Nigeria. American Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2015, Vol. 3, No. 2, 23-26.  http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajcp/3/2/1/

 

8.     Peter O Nkwo, Lucky O Lawani,  Agozie C Ubesie, Vincent A Onodugo. Herbert A Obu, Josephat M Chinawa. Poor availability of skilled birth attendants in Nigeria: A case study of Enugu State Primary Health Care System. Annals of Medicine and Health Science Review 2015; 5(1): 20-25. http://www.ajol.info/index.php/amhsr/article/view/112495

 

9.    Herbert A. Obu, Josephat  M. Chinawa, Pius Manyike, Ikechukwu Obi, IK, Ndu Ikenna,  P. O. Nkwo,  Chinawa Awoere Tamunosiki. The White Coat and the Physician; a Snapshot of thePhysicians’ Perspective. British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research 6(9): 875-881, 2015, Article no.BJMMR.2015.263 http://www.sciencedomain.org/

 

10. Paul Olisaemeka Ezeonu, Robinson Chukwudi Onoh, Lucky Osaheni Lawani Chukwuemeka Anthony Iyoke, Emeka Chinedu Nkwo, Peter Onubiwe Nkwo. A Survey of the Current Management of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnancy among Obstetrics and Gynaecological Medical Trainees in Nigeria. JMSCR 2014; 2(11): 2841-2855 . www.jmscr.igmpublications.org

 

11. Leonard O Ajah, Chukwuemeka A Iyoke, Peter O Nkwo, Boniface Nwakoby, Paul Ezeonu.  Comparison of domestic violence against women in urban versus rural areas of southeast Nigeria. International Journal of Women's Health 2014, 6:865-872 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4199982/pdf/ijwh-6-865.pdf

 

12. Chukwuemeka Anthony Iyoke, Osaheni Lucky Lawani, Euzebus Chinonye Ezugwu, Gideon Ilechukwu, Peter Onubiwe Nkwo, Sunday Gabriel Mba, Isaac Nwabueze Asinobi. Prevalence and perinatal mortality associated with preterm births in a tertiary medical centre in South East Nigeria. International Journal of Women's Health 2014, 6:881-888  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4207576/pdf/ijwh-6-881.pdf

 

13. Peter Onubiwe Nkwo, Lucky Osaheni Lawani, Euzebus Chinonye Ezugwu, Chukwuemeka Anthony Iyoke, Agozie C Ubesi, Robinson Chukwudi Onoh. Correlates of poor perinatal outcomes in non-hospital births in the context of weak health system: The Nigerian Experience. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014, 14:341  doi:10.1186/1471-2393-14-34 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/14/341

 

14.Azubuike AK, Lawani LO, Nkwo PO, Iyoke CA, Onoh RC, Ajah LO. Determinants of decision-to-intervention time in the management and therapeutic outcome of emergency gynecological surgeries in south east Nigeria. Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management 2014:10 577–582 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4122549/

 

15.  Lawani LO, Onyebuchi AK, Iyoke CA,Onoh RO, Nkwo PO. The challenges of adherence to infant feeding choices in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infections in South East Nigeria. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2014; 8: 377–381. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3972024/

 

16. Euzebus C. Ezugwu , Peter O. Nkwo, Polycap U. Agu, Emmanuel O. Ugwu, Augustine O. Asogwa. Contraceptive use among HIV-positive women in Enugu, southeast Nigeria. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 126 (2014) 14–17 http://www.ijgo.org/article/S0020-7292(14)00127-1/pdf

 

17. Nkwo PO, Chigbu CO, Nweze S, Okoro OS, Ajah LO. Presence of chaperones during pelvic examinations in southeast Nigeria: Women's opinions, attitude, and preferences. Niger J Clin Pract 2013;16:458-61. http://www.