Bethrand Brian Odume, MBBS, MPH, MWACP (Fam Med) joined KNCV International in November 2019 as the Country Representative in Nigeria before becoming the pioneer Executive Director of KNCV Nigeria in January, 2020. He is also the Chief of Party USAID TB LON Regions 1 & 2 project, a five-year USAID funded project that is supporting comprehensive TB care and treatment in 14 states in Nigeria. The overall project target is to detect, treat and notify 437,895 TB cases within the five-year period of implementation across 14 states namely: Bauchi, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Nasarawa, Plateau, Taraba, Anambra, Akwa-Ibom, Benue, Cross River, Delta, Imo, and Rivers state. KNCV Nigeria since transition as an indigenous entity from KNCV International has expanded its portfolio with more funding from USAID and Global fund – a consortium partner in USAID ACE 6 project, Glovax project implementation in 10 states and GF PMM project in 5 states. He also leads KNCV Nigeria vision for research and innovation that is now being driven by the newly established KNCV Nigeria Center for Research and Innovation in Disease control (CRID).
Bethrand is a Public Health Practitioner with long-standing extensive experience in both government and private health sector managing and implementing varied public health programs in Nigeria with a focus on TB, TB/HIV, HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD), and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD). He started his career as a TB program Officer with the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Program (NTBLCP), Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria before joining the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At US CDC, Bethrand led key implementation science research in the areas of TB, TB/HIV, and TB infection control that informed key improvement in program delivery and services. His work at CDC earned him many international awards, including Excellence in Program Delivery International and Excellence in Public Health Protection by US CDC Director of Global Health DGHT. He is equally a Public Health researcher with over 35 publications in peer reviewed journals. He is Vice Chair of the International Union Against TB and Lung Diseases IUATLD (the UNION) African Region, a founding member of the Nigeria STOP TB Partnership, and currently the first Executive Vice Chair. He is married to Linda with three boys.

Contact:

Email: Bodume@kncvnigeria.org

Phone: +2348034518057