Scholarship / My study with respect to Nigeria's quest to recover from issues threatening it's security. [2]

Home benefits to your country (Commonwealth shared scholarship)

Please look through this essay and see if it answers the following questions:
describe how your plan of study relates to development in your sector and country.
- how, on your return, you will apply your new skills and qualifications,
- what outcomes you will hope to achieve.
- The outcomes should be related to a national development priority or objective.
- suggest how the impact of the potential benefits of your work might be measured.

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a project of my foundation

Studying and acquiring a master degree in international relations and politics (Global security) is a timely achievement in my career with respect to Nigeria's quest to recover from issues threatening it's security. Security should be understood as a status of satisfying Stability and not just solely the absence of conflicts As summarized by the Africa Security Initiative on February 29 at Brookings, recent happenings has threatened the security of Nigeria today which ranges but not limited to : Religious fighting, terrorism, corruption and Politics, Violent attacks on the oil rich Niger Delta, Popular frustration over the government failure to deliver basic amenities, Poverty and unemployment, embezzlement and injustice etc. It is very obvious that Nigeria hasn't found reliable ways to build peace and prosperity neither do they have development procedures to reduce poverty.. Thus, my plan of study provides relevant skills and expertise to enhance a secured nation providing room for advanced development.

With the high level of insecurity in the country, national development and security are threatened which makes us far from achieving any of the sustainable development goals. Upon completion of this degree, I would focus on Human and National security(which are branches of global security) in reference to my country. With skills and qualification gained, I am very sure to avail a position within security and political institutions to help design better policies that would enhance the nation's security and reduce threat. With focus on human security which ranges from the freedom from violence, rights of the citizens to accessible basic amenities, health and development, resources and environment, I will open a foundation which targets projects on health, accessing funds to provide basic amenities and entrepreneurship starting from the Northern region. I would partner with able bodied government institutions and submit proposals to see to it that citizens have access to education, health and basic amenities. I will work with communities thereby bringing their women together. Women are a good target because educating and empowering women directly affects the whole nation. I will educate them informally on aspects such as child education, health and nutrition, while empowering them to use their skills to make use of their local resources and diverse food cultures, to set up and maintain their own business structures. We will source funding for them and follow them up till they are established. Other than address gender balance, this project has the potential of reducing and even ending poverty in Northern Nigeria, or at least reducing the imbalance between this region and other parts of Nigeria. This project also have a tendency of providing citizens access to basic amenities which never existed. Finally, this project will generate highly needed income to the impoverished populations who contribute up to a third of the world`s poor population.

Scholarship / Home benefits; being in a position to assist my country, Nigeria (Commonwealth shared scholarship). [5]

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How does your proposed plan of study relates to a development need.
Say how on your return, you would apply your skills and knowledge and what outcome you hope to achieve.
How would the potential benefits on the impact be measured.

Counting on a job in the Nigerian ministry of health

Not everything that counts in life can be counted and the value of good health is unquantifiable. I grew up fascinated by the prospect of being in a position to assist my country, Nigeria and our people who suffer from an extremely undeveloped healthcare system that serves mostly the rich. As an important element of national development and security, public health not only functions to provide adequate and timely medicalcare but also track, monitor, and control disease outbreak. It's unfortunate that year after year, issues of HIV, tuberculosis, maternal-child death, child mortality with a high case of malaria continue to cause havoc in the public health sector. Hence, there is need to tackle these problems. Today, an estimated 100million malaria cases and about 300,000 deaths each year make Nigeria the country with the highest number of malaria casualties worldwide. Malaria is responsible for 60% of outpatients visits to health facilities, 30% of childhood deaths, 25% of deaths in children under one year and 11% of maternal deaths. Despite the so many gains in malaria prevention and treatment, the widespread prevalence of counterfeit, substandard medicines, malpractices and corruption are contributing to the alarmingly high number of malaria deaths and costs of healthcare in Nigeria. Studying a Master's in Public Health and Health Promotion in XXXXX university would be a timely achievement with respect to Nigeria's quest to recover from issues deteriorating the public health sector of the economy.

Upon completion of this course, I am sure to avail a position within the Federal Ministry of Health to assist in development and implementation of new methods to promote and maintain public health that are economically grounded, culturally feasible and realistic. Asides securing a job, I will startup a foundation, its objectives are to collaborate with "National Primary Healthcare Development Agency" to achieve low cost primary healthcare centers in Nigeria and "Malaria action Programme for states" together with "National malaria control Programme" to carry out projects on health promotion at different rural/urban communities in the country fighting against Malaria. Not only will attention be given to malaria but also to other infectious/chronic diseases. The outcome of this project would give people access to quality primary healthcare centers at community levels. Through this project, people would not only be enlightened but also protect themselves and children against Malaria thereby giving room to achieve the nation's priority of a "Malaria Free Nigeria".

In respect to how the success of my works would be measured, this would be seen in an increased growth of low cost primary healthcare centers starting from the northern region as these ones makeup the impoverished population of Nigeria, building new ones and equipping existing ones. Also, through successful completion of projects on health promotion/outreach and distribution of health related materials to ensure a Malaria free Nigeria and prevention from other diseases. After each implemented project, there would be a follow up after few months to get feedback from service users and these would be uploaded on website/social media platforms.