One Continent,
One Commitment to
Better Quality Healthcare.

Chika Odioemene has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare sector. Her academic credentials include a Master of Science in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety from the College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, a Master of Science in Nursing (Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner) from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Rutgers University School of Nursing. In her leadership roles, Chika served as the CEO and Founder of Utopian Healthcare; the Director of Quality and Patient Safety; and the Project Leader in facilitating system-wide quality and performance improvement initiatives. As a Lean Sigma Master Black Belt, Chika has a strong background in training and mentoring clinical staff in improvement methodologies. Other voluntary roles include an Examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) and Sterling Council. Chika is Chair of ISQua’s Africa Community of Practice (AfCOP). As a Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, and healthcare quality improvement and patient safety expert, Chika has developed a wealth of skills that enable her to excel in strategic planning and execution, program management, teaching, clinical practices, and performance improvement training and coaching. Chika is a passionate advocate for innovative designs to improve healthcare quality and patient safety globally. She is dedicated to promoting customer and team member centricity, systems thinking, improvement science, coaching, mentoring, and innovation in her work.

Dr Mojirola Martina Fasiku is a Consultant Public Health Physician at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, with over 10 years’ experience in public health, health promotion, research, and implementation of health interventions. She is a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians and holds a Master’s degree in Public Health. Dr Fasiku is passionate about person- and family-centred care, patient engagement, health literacy, quality improvement, and patient safety. She believes patients and families should be active partners in healthcare, supported by timely, accurate and understandable information that enables meaningful participation in decisions about their care. Her commitment is also shaped by lived experience as both a patient and caregiver, including caring for terminally ill people. These experiences have strengthened her conviction that every patient should be treated first as a person—with dignity, compassion, respect and empathy. Her public health experience spans chronic disease prevention, infectious disease control, immunisation, reproductive health, and social and rehabilitative health. She has also worked with communities and government to improve healthcare access for underserved and vulnerable populations. Dr Fasiku contributes to healthcare quality and safety through research, education, advocacy and capacity building. She is involved in research, teaching, mentoring and supervision of medical and public health trainees and researchers. As a member of ISQua’s Person and Family Centred Advisory Council (PFCAC), she is particularly committed to strengthening the voice of patients and families in low- and middle-income settings and advancing safe, equitable, affordable and high-quality care.

Dr. Elom Hillary Otchi is a consultant in healthcare quality, patient safety, and systems development. He holds a PhD in Public Health and serves as Technical Director of the Africa Institute of Healthcare Quality, Safety, and Accreditation.