User:Ahanekuekene

Ahaneku Ekenedirichukwu Blasingame is a Nigerian Doctor in training and the founder and Executive Director of  BLAS Initiative (BLAS Innovative Minds) a social enterprise Building Leaders and Ambassadors of Standard through  Education. This enterprise sees to the good health and wellbeing of teenagers and the provision of healthcare awareness to people in rural communities.

He is an Emergency Health Care and Cancer Advocate, UN MGCY Global Conference on Primary Health Care scholar, UNICEF Primary Health Care Youth Leader and a TEDx Speaker. He currently serves as the Director, Standing Committee Professional Exchange (SCOPE), Nigerian Medical Students Association (NiMSA). Ekene is a member of the Emergency First Aid Team (EFAT) of the Nigerian Red Cross Society. He is an award-winning campus journalist with five years of experience. Currently graduated with distinction from Citizen Journalism  program of Aileen Getty School of Citizen Journalism.

Ekenedirichukwu is a member of Pan African Universities Debating Council; he served as its Public Relation Officer in 2016. He is a fellow; WHO PHC Youth Leaders Network and a scholar of YaLa Young Leader's Academy.

He volunteers with many organizations like Breast Cancer Association of  Nigeria (BRECAN) involved in free medical care to rural communities with a passion for correcting the ills of the African health sector through advocacy and investigative writing.