Emmanuel N. Aguwa is a Professor with the University of Nigeria Nsukka and an Honorary Consultant with University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital. He was the Head of Community Medicine Department and currently the Director, Institute of Public Health both in University of Nigeria Nsukka. He became a medical doctor in 1989 and completed his internship in 1990 and National Youth Service in 1991. Since then he has obtained degrees in Public Administration (Postgraduate diploma, 1998); Public Health (MPH [2006], a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians [2004], and a Fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College [2004]).

He has successfully taught and supervised several undergraduate and post-graduate students. He has also served as external examiner to some Nigerian. He is currently an examiner in the West African and National Postgraduate Medical Colleges (WACP and NPMCN).

Prof Aguwa has worked in several hospitals both private and public and has attended and presented research papers in several conferences and workshops both locally and internationally. He is also a trained WHO/TDR clinical monitor and has been involved in a clinical trial on comparing efficacy and adverse events of fixed dose versus loose dose drug combinations in tuberculosis treatment. He has been involved in several national activities of public health concern. For instance in 2009 he was the consultant that assisted in developing the 1^st Strategic Health Plan for Cross River State and just this year 2018 assisted in developing the 2^nd Strategic Health Plan for Abia State.

He is an editorial member of some journals and also reviews articles for several journals, both local and international. Presently he has more than eighty publications to his credit and is a member of several university committees.

Phone numbers: +2348034873064; +2348088799711

E-Mail Addresses: (1) emmanuel.aguwa@unn.edu.ng

                               (2) enaguwa@yahoo.com;