DR. JIDE IDRIS

DR OLAJIDE IDRIS

Dr Olajide Idris is the Commissioner for Health for Lagos State, Nigeria. He is responsible for healthcare planning, health policy formulation and implementation as well as supervision of health service delivery in the State. Under his leadership, initially as Permanent Secretary and recently as Chief Executive, the Lagos State’s Health system has been significantly upgraded, through a comprehensive Health Sector Reform agenda covering systems reorganization, human resource development, infrastructural development, revitalization of the primary care system, healthcare financing, health promotion and disease prevention activities. He led the Lagos State response team in mobilising resources, coordinating the collaboration with the Federal Government of Nigeria and other International partners in the rapid containment of the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Lagos, Nigeria. Dr Idris has over 30 years of experience in medical practice, healthcare systems management, consulting, pharmaceutical and research. He has worked as a medical doctor in his early and mid-career stages at hospitals and for private companies in Nigeria. Dr. Idris is a graduate of the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He obtained his Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the Yale University, Connecticut, USA, and was a post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Columbia University, New York, USA. He is a member of the American Public Health Association, the Nigerian Medical Association as well as a member of the Board of University of Ibadan Research Foundation and the Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria.