Public Health Practitioner, International Youth Alliance for Family Planning
Goodness Ogeyi Odey is a Public Health Practitioner passionate about advancing health systems strengthening, and equitable engagements towards the achievement of glocal sustainable development and universal health coverage. She is a Chevening Scholar pursuing an MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing at the world leading institutions in Public health and Social Sciences- The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Goodness got the prestigious 2022 Diana Award, which is the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action and a legacy of Princess Diana; in recognition of her outstanding contributions towards the achievement of health equity in Africa through advocacy, research and sustainable interventions. Also in the same year, she got the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP22) Trailblazer Award, named in recognition of the important leadership and innovation youth bring to family planning, and sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Currently, she serves as a co-chair of the ICFP Power-shifting subcommittee and the shifting power in SRHR Community of Practice.
Above all, Ogeyi is a child of God, and evidently, more than any eyes can see.