About Us - Primary Health Care and Health Management Centre [PriHEMAC]

Meet the Executive Director

Dr. Martins O. Ogundeji holds, among others, B.Sc. (Nsg) The University of Ibadan, (UI) 1969; M. Sc. (Community Mental Health), Master of Public Health (MPH) and Doctor Public Health (Dr.PH) all at Columbia University, New York, USA; 1974-1978.

He served
– As Lecturer at School of Nursing, Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesha, 1969 -1970 and 1970 -1980 ABU, Zaria
– As Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) Principal Health Planning Officer between 1980 and 1998
– Later as one of the FMOH 4 Zonal Coordinators and retired as a Director of National Primary Health Care Development Agency/Federal Ministry of Health (NPHCDA/FMOH) in 1998.

Between 1998 and 2009, he served as Part-time Lecturer for Post-graduate students of the Department of Epidemiology, University of Ibadan. Between 2001- 2018, he served as Part-time Lecturer for Post-graduate students at the Department of Nursing College of Medicine, University Of Ibadan, and from 2016 till date, Babcock University, Ilishan, Ogun State

After retirement, he established in 1998, and remains till now, the Executive Director of Primary Health and Health Management Center (PriHEMAC) which has become a reputable Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with CAC Registration No. IBZ 004797. The NGO has successfully carried out Local, State, National, and International Development Programs.

PriHEMAC Vision

to promote the health status and well-being of susceptible members of the communities particularly the mothers, children and the elderly.

PriHEMAC establishment is made up of experienced health professionals – consultants, planners/managers; also, demographers, sociologists/ anthropologists, statisticians etc. as resource consultants.

Mission Statement

Moving ahead together with strength and commitment to reach the needy where they live and work.

PriHEMAC capacity Profile

Name of Organization: Primary Health Care and Health Management Centre (PriHEMAC) CAC/NO IB Z004797 in 1998 as an NGO.

Core Values

Sustainable Development Goals

PriHEMAC has successfully carried out Local, State, National, and International Development Programs. Among many others, two of the remarkable programs PriHEMAC carried out with Development Partners include:

Situation Analysis Mission of PHC-TTP in UCH, Ibadan and Kaduna Polytechnic sponsored by Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Health Mission (June 10 – July 5, 2002); and
Ibadan Maternal Morbidity Mortality Reduction Project (IMMREP) – a 5-year (2004-2008) project; and Improvement of Primary-Level Maternal Health Services in Ibadan (IPMat) – a 2-year (2009-2010) project sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) of Finland.

Since 2014, PriHEMAC has embarked on improving the well-being of the Elderly by

establishing a Training Institute for the training of PriHEMAC Elderly Caregivers and PriHEMAC Elderly Friendly Ambassadors (PEFAs) and
Promoting Elderly Friendliness through empowered Stakeholders such as Churches/Mosques. These Churches and Mosques are being empowered to become Elderly Friendly Institutions. PriHEMAC has identified and assembled a group of Volunteers/Consultants known as ‘Gallery of Experts’ who assist in all training activities. Recently, PriHEMAC trained 25 PEFAs from 6 FBOs in Osun State. Other States that have been covered include Oyo, Ogun and Lagos State.