Joseph Ana
Joseph Ana completed his basic medical education and graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria in the 1978 Class, and subsequently had a broad-based professional including academic postgraduate training and practice in general Surgery, Urology, General Practice as Partner, Trainer and Clinical Governance Lead in the United Kingdom.
Professor Ana has extensive research activities in the original, clinical and epidemiological aspects of diseases, medical education, public health including health system strengthening in resource deprived countries. He conceptualized, designed and led the pilot of The 12-Pillar version of Clinical Governance suitable for application in Low and Middle Income Countries. His outstanding contributions to health and medicine has resulted in almost 80 publications in book chapters, books and papers in major scientific journals and over 100 citations as at 2016. He led the team that won the major grant to establish 130 functional primary health centres in Cross River State in 2007. He is currently the country coordinator / lead of the World Bank assisted PACK ( Practical Approach to Care Kit) guideline for all primary health clinician cadres in Nigeria. He has attracted several other grants/assistance for his research and capacity building activities from a wide spectrum of sponsors/agencies.
Joseph Ana led the team that established the BMJ Nigeria /West Africa edition in 1995. He is the serving Editor-in-Chief of the BMJWA and the Journal of Health Practice. He is the Lead senior Fellow at the Africa Centre for Clinical Governance Research and Patient Safety at the HRI West Africa Ltd, Calabar, Nigeria. He serves on the editorial board of many peer reviewed journals including BMJ Global Health, Global Journal of Medicine & Public Health, Medical Knowledge Institute, Netherlands Europe, and others.