United Kingdom-based Jose Foundation has given a Nigerian Doctor of Pharmacy and researcher based in the United States, Ekiomoado Esekhaigbe a grant.
Gatekeepers News reports that Dr Esekhaigbe got the grant to support her work in the area of mental health advocacy and well-being, she also got an achievement award from the University of West Georgia in the United States.
The Jose Foundation aims to tackle the social attitudes associated with Child Sexual Exploitation as well as Gender-Based Violence and the assumptions and myths around the effect which is inclusive of mental health disorders resulting in discrimination, exclusion, and stigma.
The Emergency Grant for Humanitarian Projects is a £30,000 grant award used to foster the support of projects that will greatly impact the lives of those affected by Gender-Based Violence or Child Sexual Exploitation.
Aside the award and grant, Esekhaigbe is also currently nominated for the Youth Initiative and Empowerment Award.
Her research focuses on delivering psychotropic drugs via transdermal routes as she sets out to introduce a more effective and innovative way to deliver medications.
Experts in psychiatry are predicting that the use of transdermal drug delivery for mental health medications will be an area of immense value.
As a mental health advocate and pharmacist, Dr. Ekiomoado has written a brilliant book on Mental Health Disorders and Innovations Used to Alleviate Its Burdens. This is being used in behavioural and rehabilitation facilities in both Nigeria and the United States.
She has received commendations for her contributions to the Mental Health field in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa at large.
Dr Ekiomoado has done extensive work with underserved and marginalized groups in Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) camps.
The stigma associated with mental health is rampant in our society and it cuts across all social classes. The spotlight is on Ekiomoado Esekhaigbe as she is one of the young Nigerian Professionals tackling the stigma of mental health and dedicated to researching innovative ways to alleviate its burdens.
