Consultant physician, dermatologist and venereologist Dr Grace Chita Okudo, a Fellow of the Medical College of Physicians of Nigeria, and recently retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) and Head of Nigeria Police Medical Services is one of the speakers billed to speak at the 2019 Pride Women Conference.
Dr Okudo has served Nigeria meritoriously both as a medical doctor and a fine police officer, which earned her a written commendation from the Inspector General of Police. She is a national merit awardee of the Medical Women Association of Nigeria, amongst other awards.
She is currently an examiner at the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria and President of the Nigerian Association of Dermatologists and was commissioned in 2017 as a national Health Advocate. Dr Okudo was involved in the nationwide Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance Survey (IBBSS) on HIV in 2010 and 2014. She was also head of the technical team of the survey for Edo state in 2010. She is passionate about rural health access, and has travelled the length and breadth of Nigeria to provide rural communities with much-needed healthcare.
Dr Okudo will be speaking on ‘Ideal Skincare for Emotional Wellbeing’. She is part of a line up of seven speakers for this year’s Pride Women Conference. The goal of the conference is to advance the emotional wellbeing of the human person.
The 2019 Pride Women Conference takes place on Friday, May 24, 2019 at the Nigeria Institute of International affairs, 13/15 Kofo Abayomi street, Victoria Island, Lagos. Visit www.prideconference.org to register.
