Izuchukwu Loveth Ejie BSc

Izuchukwu Loveth Ejie is a clinical pharmacist. She is a Fellow of the West African College of Pharmacists (FPCPharm) and has a Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) and Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degrees in Clinical Pharmacy and Management, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria Nsukka.  Her research interests are Pharmacy Education Research, Health Service Research, and Evidence-Based Public Health Research. She is involved in community health activities that include educating individuals on various health topics and carrying out some free examinations/measurements like blood pressure, blood sugar, lipid profile, and screening for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and hepatitis A, B & C. She is the founder of Guzel Foundation, a non-profit organization in Nigeria that aims to positively affect lives through education and sensitization of the public on health and related matters. She is involved in some social work activities in her community and volunteers at the HIV clinic in Anambra State General Hospital Onitsha and at Pink Health Foundation, a non-profit organization in Nigeria that aims to reduce cancer mortality rate through awareness creation, advocacy, screening, and support for cancer patients.

Currently, she is an MPH student at the University of Saskatchewan in the School of Public Health. She was awarded the School of Public Health Scholarship for her master’s thesis. Her thesis research aims to determine the best practices in providing diabetes care by pharmacists to indigenous communities in Saskatchewan. She is a member of the Vatanparast Nutritional Epidemiology Laboratory (VNEL).

Best practices in providing diabetes care by pharmacists to Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan

• Nduka IJ, Ejie IL, Okafor CE, et al., Interventions to increase mammography screening uptake among women living in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review, BMJ Open 13:e066928. https://doi 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066928
• Ekwunife OI, Ejie IL, Okelu V, et al., Interventions to increase the uptake and continuation of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by adolescent girls and young women at high risk of HIV in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review, BMJ Global Health 7:e009474
• Umeh BI, Ogbonna BO, Nduka SO, Nduka JI, Ejie IL, Mosanya UA, et al., 2022. Willingness-to-pay for a population-based-prostate-specific antigen screening for prostate cancer in Anambra State, Southeast, Nigeria: a contingent valuation study. Afri Health Sci. 22(4). 46-55. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v22i4.7
• Ejie IL, Eleje GU, Chibuzor MT, et al., A systematic review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to exclusive breastfeeding practice in sub-Saharan African countries. Int Breastfeed J 16, 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-021-00380-6
• Jibrin IAU, Ekwunife OI, Ejie IL, & Mandrik O, (2020). Effects of nutritional supplements on the re-infection rate of soil-transmitted helminths in school-age children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE, 15(8), e0237112. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237112
• Ejie IL, Nwabanne AT, Nwabisi, D. C., Akudolu, G. V. ., Mbonu, O. G. ., & Ekwunife, O. I. (2022). A qualitative study on factors affecting exclusive breastfeeding practice among nursing mothers in south-east Nigeria. Journal of Current Biomedical Research, 1(4), 40–69. https://journals.unizik.edu.ng/index.php/jcbr/article/view/840