Dr Ike Anya is an author and experienced consultant in public health medicine working in Nigeria and the UK. Former deputy director of public health for Kensington and Chelsea, he also served as Acting Director of Public Health for the Triborough of Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham. Dr Anya has taught at Imperial College, Bristol University and The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is a 2007 TED Global Fellow, co-founder of Nigeria Health Watch, EpiAfric, TEDxEuston and the Abuja Literary Society. An advisory council member of the AKO Caine Prize, co-editor of Weaverbird, a collection of new Nigerian writing, he has an MA in Creative Non-Fiction from UEA and has recently been a contributor to the BBC World Service programmes and podcasts Health Check and Unexpected Elements.@ikeanya