Over the last few months, I took some time off health content curation and advocacy, to focus on some personal and professional development. However, the tragic and preventable death of my friend and colleague has been a wake up call for me to refocus on what truly matter most to me, Health Awareness and Advocacy.
As one deeply affected by the deplorable state of our health care system, I will not stop speaking and clamouring for justice, for proper funding of health, for proper remuneration of medical professionals and most importantly for health education of my dear Nigerians.
Health is wealth, and until the Nigerian Government and Nigerians begins to prioritize and invest in health, we would remain poor. However, in my lifetime, The Nigerian healthcare system would work, brick by brick, office by office, department by department, people will no longer die from preventable diseases. I don’t know how, but I know it’s possible and it’s a dream I dare to have.
Grateful for the opportunity to tell my story, our story on BBC. I hope these shines more light and lead to a cascade of productive change.
Happy Birthday Joy! ❤️❤️
Few weeks ago, I had the incredible honor of being invited by the Harvard University Health Systems Innovation Lab @harvardinnovationlabs to a closed roundtable discussion on “Global Analysis of National Cardiovascular Disease Control Plans with a Multi-Agent Artificial Intelligence Model.”
I’ve always had a strange relationship with achievement, I tend to normalize it so quickly that I rarely pause to take it in. But this one, I’m choosing to celebrate.
Because it isn’t “casual” to be selected by Harvard University to co-create the foundation of a global cardiovascular disease plan powered by AI. Out of over 20 facilitators worldwide, I was the youngest, the only African woman, and, quite possibly, the most outspoken at the table.
There’s something profoundly special about bringing an African lens to global health conversations. Each time I shared, Prof. Rifat and the team leaned in, not out of politeness, but because the realities and innovations from our context added something genuinely new.
I wish I had recorded moments from the session, but perhaps some experiences are too meaningful to capture, they’re meant to be lived fully, not replayed.
Sitting here now, I can see how every turn, from medical school to health communication, to digital health, and now artificial intelligence; has been shaping this path toward global impact and visibility.
For someone who has had the most tragic events in 2025, God has immensely, IMMENSELY flipped this script and I can say in 2025, I WIN. I WON like MADDDDDDDD!
Here’s to doing the extraordinary, one bold step at a time.
The last few days have been overwhelming for me to say the least. We lost our friend and colleague, Dr Vwaere in the most painful and avoidable way. And although my heart is bleeding what I will not accept is for this to become another case swept under politics.
I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on Arise TV today to set the records right. The elevator in General Hospital Odan has been non-functional and faulty for years and even when I worked there in 2021 I got stuck in that elevator. It could have been any of us that crashed through 10 floors and to see the way this is handled by the Lagos state, GHL, HSC, and other medical bodies breaks my heart even more.
Our friend died due to negligence. Negligence on the part of the organisation which we complained repeatedly to for years and who assured us that our complaints were being worked on. It will surprise you know not up this incidence was it revealed that there was no maintenance contract between the HSC, General Hospital Lagos, the Elevator company and the facility management, so all these years of complaints to the medical guild who were these complaints made to? Is this not negligence?
Vwaere was in the elevator for 40 minutes and still got to the emergency and oxygen was still being looked for, an anesthesiologist had to be sent for thrice before he showed up, the MD showed up when CPR already started. These were hospital management staffs that were fully aware that a major incident had occurred. Why was there not a proper emergency response for her? Is this not medical negligence?
It’s a long list and our demands are simple, we don’t want nameless arrests or words on paper. We want every single individual who was negligent and didn’t do their jobs right to be arraigned, questioned and if found guilty be faced with the full course of the law. Enough of the lies, oppression and suppression. If someone is guilty, expose them and call all parties to book. A crime was committed, people are guilty, let all of them face the arm of justice. Then renovations of Doctor’s quaters and demand for PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ALL HOSPITALS IN LAGOS AND PROPER REMUNERATION OF DOCTORS!
Honoured to be taking the stage at the MedTech
Summit 2026 as a keynote speaker. @medxtechinitiative
My topic: Innovation, the Future, and Transitioning into Al in Medicine.
We are at an inflection point. Al in medicine is not a future conversation, it is a present-tense responsibility. And for Africa, this is not a moment to catch up. It is a moment to leapfrog.
I will be talking about what I have built, what the data says, and what I believe every clinician needs to understand about the transition already underway.
The question I am leaving the room with: The future of AI in medicine will be built by someone.
Will it be built by clinicians, or will clinicians be its subjects?
See you on the stage.
70% of Nigerians experience healthcare primarily through government primary health centres, many staffed by dedicated non-physician community health workers. As AI transforms healthcare globally, a critical question emerges: How do we build stronger, smarter, and more efficient primary care systems in the age of AI?
Today, I’ll be speaking at the Primary Healthcare Innovation Conference on: Building AI Clinical Decision Support Tools for Primary Care Delivery.
I’ll be exploring:
🔹 Why Clinical Decision Support Tools (CDSTs) matter for frontline care
🔹 Successful AI-powered primary care tools already making impact in Africa
🔹 Practical strategies for designing and deploying effective solutions in low-resource settings
📅 Date: April 18 (Today)
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM
📝 Register here: https://forms.gle/NXVfGJ7gJgDtTCR3A
What does it take to build AI systems that actually work for Africa?
I’ll be sharing insights from my journey in digital health and AI at the Innovate Health Hub Webinar titled: How to navigate
Africa’s HealthTech Ecosystem.
Save your spot: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/z5klt5vlTkuNm3Gq5VghRg
𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬: 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐨𝐲 𝐀𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐨𝐛𝐡𝐨𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐧 🚀💡
Predicting, understanding, and preventing disease through the power of data.
We are honored to welcome Dr Joy Aifuobhokhan to the panel for Hackathon 2026!
As a medical doctor, AI researcher, and the COO of AwaDoc, Dr. Joy has been instrumental in scaling NouraGPT—Africa’s first multilingual AI health assistant; to over 100,000 users.
A recognized “Emerging Leader in AI” and “Best Health Tech Innovator,” her work bridges the gap between clinical medicine and computational intelligence to solve critical issues like maternal mortality and cancer recurrence.
Theme: Building High-Value Health Systems: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence
Date: April 9-10th, 2026
Venue: Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo
Prepare to be challenged by a visionary who is redefining healthcare access across the continent through ethical and equitable AI!
🔗 TAP HERE TO REGISTER:
https://shorturl.at/bmFPH
#HarvardHealthHackathon #InnovateNigeria #HealthTech #InnovationLab2026
#BabcockUniversity
I’m honoured to receive the Oxford Clinical AI Hackathon 2026 Scholarship, recognising my work and potential in advancing clinical AI.
Over the next few days, I’ll be working alongside Python coaches and global peers to build deployable clinical AI tools, from intelligent agents to computer vision models and workflow integrations.
For me, this goes beyond building products. It’s about strengthening the systems that deliver care and ensuring innovation translates into real patient impact.
An excerpt from our breakout session with Dr Joy Aifuobhokhan at the BUAMS Clinical and Scientific Conference, on Monday, 16th March, 2026 on the Theme: Future of Medicine (Al)
It was a pleasure to have you, ma’am @drjoyaifuo
#medicalconference #babcockuniversity #buams #buamscsc2026
Tomorrow, we move the conversation beyond pilots.
Join Sydani Group for Expanding the Horizon of Digital Health: From Pilots to Public-System Scale, where leading experts share what it really takes to scale digital health across Africa.
🎤 Featuring:
• Darlington Akogo
• Babatunde Oyawola
• Innocent Chiboma
• Dr Kemisola Bolarinwa
🎙 Hosted by Dr Joy Aifuobhokhan
📅 25 March 2026
⏰ 3:00 PM (WAT)
📍 Live on Zoom
If you’re working in digital health, policy, innovation, or implementation, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/sydani-digitalhealthwebinar
Digital health is not just the future of healthcare, it is already shaping how systems deliver impact today.
In this video, Dr Joy Aifuobhokhan shares insights on the evolving digital health landscape and highlights how Sydani Group is driving innovation through solutions like the Micro-coverage Tracking Tool and Partner Resource Mapping Tool, among others.
These tools are designed to strengthen health systems, improve visibility, and support smarter decision-making at scale.
But the bigger question remains, how do we move from innovation and pilots to real, system-wide adoption?
Join us at the Expanding the Horizon of Digital Health: From Pilots to Public-System Scale as we bring together experts to explore how digital health solutions can be scaled sustainably within public systems.
📅 25 March 2026
⏰ 3:00 PM (WAT)
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/sydani-digitalhealthwebinar
Honored to return to my alma mater, Babcock University, as a facilitator at the BUAMS Clinical and Scientific Conference 2026 @buamscsc
I’ll be leading a session on “The Unified Front: Advancing Clinical Skills and Research in the Modern Medical Era.” In this conversation, we will explore how today’s clinicians must move beyond traditional practice to integrate clinical excellence, research, digital health, and artificial intelligence in shaping the future of medicine.
Medicine is evolving rapidly, and the next generation of doctors must be equipped not only to treat patients but also to analyze data, drive innovation, and translate research into real-world impact.
I’m particularly excited to engage with medical students and young clinicians on how emerging technologies like AI and digital health are transforming clinical practice, research, and healthcare delivery globally.
Looking forward to sharing insights, learning together, and inspiring the next generation of physician-innovators.
📍 Babcock University
📅 March 16, 2026
