Dr. Obinna Ebirim is a public health professional, health promotion specialist, and medic with over 10 years experience. His diverse background includes roles as a physician, technical assistant to a subnational health policy maker, and public health expert in various national and international private, public, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

Throughout his career, Dr. Ebirim has contributed significantly to vital initiatives, such as implementing immunisation programmes, strengthening primary health care (PHC) systems, and leading conditional cash transfers (CCTs) programmes. He has conducted vaccine uptake and financing advocacy activities, led capacity building initiatives, ran online and offline health campaigns, supported research implementation, and provided social care for individuals with disabilities. Also, his experience encompasses supporting higher education governance, participating in strategy sessions, and managing patients in clinical settings.

Dr. Ebirim leads the Demand-side Incentives (DSIs) project to address immunisation challenges in Cameroon, DRC, Lesotho, and Nigeria. In September 2023, he was appointed a member of the infectious disease campaign advisory group at Wellcome Trust. Between 2021 and 2023, he led the Power Up Health & Immunisation (PuHI) project that was increasing immunisation confidence in Burkina Faso, DRC, and Nigeria.

Obinna’s community leadership and service in Nigeria led to his selection by the United States Department as one of Fellows of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders in 2016. Obinna is a former National Coordinator at New Incentives, Senior Advocacy Officer at Niyel, and past member of the Board of Governors at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland. He contributed to the development of Nigeria's Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP) 2021 - 2025 and Nigeria Agenda 2050, as a Health & Nutrition Technical Working Group member.