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Name

Dr. Anthony Achizie Iwuafor

Department

Medical Microbiology/Parasitology

Designation

Lecturer I

Email

[email protected]

About Dr. Anthony Achizie Iwuafor

Anthony Iwuafor is a lecturer in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, in the faculty of Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar Nigeria. He is also a Clinical Microbiology Consultant to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (FMCPath), specialized in Medical Microbiology and Parasitology. He is also Registered Environmental Specialist (RES), being a registered member of the National Registered Environmental Professionals, (NREP), USA. He has MPH and PGD (Health Safety and Environmental Management), both from College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria, and MSc (Medical Microbiology and Parasitology) from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Nigeria. He currently serves as the Postgraduate Coordinator in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Calabar. He also serves as a reviewer for the PLoS ONE Journal. He belongs to the following professional associations: 1. College of Nigerian Pathologists (CNP) 2. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 3. International Society of Infectious Diseases (ISID) 4. Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Society of Nigeria (CLIMIDSON Dr. Anthony Iwuafor is skilled in biomedical research, medical education, epidemiology, biostatistics and environmental health management. His research area spans a wide range of concerns on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases. He is currently working on coinfection of intestinal parasites amongst the HIV/AIDs patients, and risk factors and Control of diarrhoea secondary to intestinal parasites. In the field of malariology, he has currently won a TETFUND Institution-based Research grant to monitor the occurrence or possible spread of antimalarial drug resistance using Kelch-13 molecular maker. Dr. Iwuafor is also an Implementation Research Specialist. After, receiving an intensive training on this rare research area from WHO-TDR, his next research project will be to determine Barriers and facilitators to the 5 chemo-preventable Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Control Programs. This will be an implementation-focused Evaluation to stimulate adaptation and achieve sustainability in the NTDs control programs in Nigeria. He has at sundry times presented at some of the local and international conferences he attended in the research areas of his interest. He has authored and co-authored a couple of research articles published in peer-reviewed journals including PLos One and BMC Infectious diseases journals

S/N Qualification School Atttended Started Finished
First School Leaving CertificateCommunity Primary School, Ofekata-Orodo, Mbaitoli LGA, Imo State, Nigeria19791986
SSCE CertificateSecondary Technical School, Orodo, Mbaitoli LGA, Imo State, Nigeria.19861992
MBBChUniversity of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria19952003
PGDCollege of Medicine of University of Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. 20072008
FMCPathNational Postgrad. Medical College, Ijaniki, Lagos State, Nigeria. 20072014
MPHUniversity of Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. 20102011
M. Sc. Medical MicrobiologyOlabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria20112015
S/N Publication
Udoh, U.A., Ago, B.U., Iwuafor, A.A., Ochang, E.A., Ita, O.I., & Agbakwuru, A.U. (2019). Sociodemographic determinants of Bacterial Vaginosis risk among pregnant women in southern Cross River State, Nigeria. EAS Journal of Parasitology & Infectious Diseases, 1(3), 56-60.
Ogban, G.I., Iwuafor, A.A., Emanghe, U.E., Oshun, P.O., Ushie, S.N., Fajolu, I.B., Agan, T.U., & Oduyebo, O.O. (2019). Horizontal Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Gram Negative Blood Borne Infections in a Tertiary Hospital Obstetric wards in South West Nigeria. East African Scholars Journal of Parasitology & Infectious Diseases, 1(5), 117-126.
Ita O.I, Inaku K.O., Iwuafor A.A., & Udoh U.A. (2019). The Pattern of severe malaria in Plateau state of Nigeria: a five-year review of severe malaria case-based surveillance data from 2013 to 2017. Central African Journal of Public Health, 5(1), 52-57.
Iwuafor, A.A., Udoh, U.A., Ita, O.I., Ekeng, B.E., Irokanulo, U., & Abraka, B.A. (2019). Awareness of the National Antimalarial Treatment Policy and Malaria Self-care Practices among Medical Students and the Staff of the University of Calabar, Nigeria. Saudi Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 4(11).803-812.
Emechebe, C., Iwuafor, A.A Iklaki, C.U, & Emechebe, C.I.(2019). Infection Prevention Practices in Hospital Setting. In(Eds), Textbook of Gynaecology in the Tropics for Undergraduate and Post-graduate Students. Calabar: Unical Press. ISBN: 978-978-57025-8-3.
Ita, O.I., Inaku, K.O., Ago B., Enyuma, C.A., & Iwuafor, A.A. (2018). Perception of Medical Microbiology by Fifth Year Medical Students of the University of Calabar, Nigeria. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences, 6(12), 5027-5030.
Ogban, G.I., Iwuafor, A.A., Emanghe, U.E., Ushie, S.M., & Agan, T.U. (2018). Body surfaces colonization of Newborn babies with ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae on delivery at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences, 6(10), 4134-4144.
Ita, O.I, Otu, A.A., Onyedibe, K., Iwuafor, A.A., Banwat, E., & Egah, D. (2018). A diagnostic performance evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests and microscopy for malaria diagnosis using nested polymerase chain reaction as reference standard in a tertiary hospital in Jos, Nigeria. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine, 112(10),436-442.
Oladele, R.O., Toriella, C., Ogunsola, F.T., Fayemiwo, A.S., Ayanlowo, O.O., Osaigbovo, I.I., Foden,P., Iwuafor, A.A., Shettima, S., Ekundayo, H.A., Richardson, M.D., & Denning, D.W.(2018). Prior Clinical histoplasmosis revealed in Nigeria using histoplasmin skin testing. PLoS ONE, 13(5), 1–11.
Iwuafor, A.A., Ita, O.I., Ogban, G.I., Udoh, U.A., & Amajor, C.A. (2018). Evaluation of Diagnostic Accuracy of Rapid Diagnostic Test for Malaria Diagnosis among Febrile Children in Calabar, Nigeria. Nigerian Medical Journal, 59, 64-69.
Ogban, G.I., Iwuafor, A.A., Emanghe, U.E., Ushie, S. N., & Agan, T.U. (2018). Skin colonization by multidrug Gram negative bacilli in a Teaching hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. Tropical Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 35(Suppl. 1), S22-S23.
Ita, I.O., Ubong, A.U., Inaku, K.O., & Iwuafor, A.A. (2017). Climate and Plasmodium falciparum Infection on the Jos Plateau, Nigeria. International Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2(4), 161-165.
Oladele, R.O., Toriella, C., Ogunsola, F.T., Fayemiwo, A.S., Ayanlowo, O.O., Osaigbovo, F.P., Iwuafor, A.A., Shettima, S., Ekundayo, H.A., Richardson, M.D., & Denning, D.W. (2017). Epidemiological survey of histoplasmin skin reactivity in Nigeria in the era of HIV/AIDS. Mycoses, 60(Suppl. 2), 53-238.
Ita, O.I., Udoh, U.A., Inaku, K.O., Onyedibe, K.I., Iwuafor, A.A., Banwat, E.B., & Egah D.Z. (2017). Evaluation of rapid diagnostic test and microscopy in malaria diagnosis using nested polymerase chain reaction as reference in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria. Cross River Journal of Medicine, S15.
Egwuatu, C.C., Iwuafor, A.A., Egwuatu, T.O., Akujobi, C.N., Nnachi, A.U., Ogunsola, F.T., & Oduyebo, O.O. (2016). Effect of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis on faecal carriage rates of resistant isolates of Escherichia coli in HIV-infected adult patients in Lagos. African Journal of infectious diseases, 10 (2), 156-163.
Egwuatu, C.C., Egwuatu, T.O., Iwuafor, A.A., Akujobi, C.N., Nnachi, A.U., Aghanya, I.N., Ogunsola, F.T., & Oduyebo, O.O.(2016). Time-Kill Effect of Crude Extracts of Garcinia kola Seeds on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from the Anterior Nares of Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria. Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 8(3), 1–11.
Orji, J.O., Nnachi, A.U., Egwuatu, C.C., Akujobi, C.N., Iwuafor, A.A., Efunshile, A.M., & Achi, E.C. (2016). Bacteriological Quality of Vended Fresh Shrimps Harvested from Ndibe Beach, Afikpo North Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences, 4(11C), 4058-4063
Iwuafor, A.A., Egwuatu, C.C., Nnachi, A.U., Ita, I.O., Ogban, G.I., Akujobi, C.N., & Egwuatu, T.O. (2016). Malaria Parasitaemia and the use of insecticide-treated nets (INTs) for malaria control amongst under-5 year old children in Calabar, Nigeria. BMC Infectious Diseases, 16(151),1-12.
Iwuafor, A.A., Ogunsola, F.T., Oladele, R.O., Oduyebo, O.O., Desalu, I., Egwuatu, C.C., Nnachi, A.U., Akujobi, C.N., Ita, O.I.,& Ogban, G.I. (2016). Incidence, Clinical Outcome and Risk Factors of Intensive Care Unit Infections in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos, Nigeria. PLoS ONE, 11(10), 1–15.
S/N Grant Currency/Amount Grantor Date
To monitor artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) antimalarial drug resistance in Calabar using Kelch-13 molecular MarkerNGN.2,000,000. 00TETFUND (TETFUND Institution-Based Research grant 2017).2019-05-16
S/N Conference Description Started Finished
Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON) Scientific Conference held at Calabar International Convention Centre, CalabarSkin colonization by multidrug Gram negative bacilli in a Teaching hospital in Lagos, Nigeria.2018-11-192018-11-24
The 13th National Scientific Conference of the College of Nigerian Pathologists. It held in LagosA comparative laboratory diagnosis of malaria: the gold standard versus rapid diagnostic test2018-11-282018-11-30
Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of Medical and Dental Consultants Association, UCTH-Calabar branch. Held in UCTH, CalabarPosthumous Diagnosis of Lassa Fever - A University of Calabar Teaching Hospital Experience: A Case Report2018-12-052018-12-06
Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of Medical and Dental Consultants Association, UCTH-Calabar branch. It held in UCTH, Calabar.Evaluation of rapid diagnostic test and microscopy in malaria diagnosis using nested polymerase chain reaction as reference in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria2018-12-052018-12-06
Lassa Fever International Conference, held at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria2019-01-162019-01-17