Title: The perception of Rare Disease in Nigeria
Chisom Pius has four years of experience in the nonprofit
sector and earned a Bachelor of Science Education in Health Education from the
University of Lagos, Nigeria. During her time as an undergraduate, she
volunteered for various organizations like the red cross society, slum2school Africa,
Crimson-bow sickle cell initiative, to mention a few. Chisom also volunteered
to teach health education at the federal science and technical college, Yaba,
Lagos Nigeria, she took the junior school class two students for three months.
After her graduation, she worked at a digital marketing agency as a content
writer and social media manager, she was responsible for managing the social
media pages, creating content, and responding to customer's inquiries for a
furniture company and a financial technology company. Chisom currently works as
the social media analyst for an Information technology company, and she is also
very passionate about rare diseases hence her decision to create Rare Disease
Nigeria, a platform that advocates and creates awareness on rare diseases in
Nigeria. Her leisure time is spent reading books, taking online courses in
public health and digital marketing. Chisom has gained experience over the
years, she looks forward to pursuing her master’s in public health to advance
her career and passion in the health sector especially on rare diseases.