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Daniel Molobe

Director, Unified Initiative for a Drug Free Nigeria

Daniel Ikenna Molobe is a Public Health Professional and Researcher with extensive experience in drug demand reduction. He has been actively engaged in social and public health interventions for children and young people, working with local and international organizations on programs focused on drugs, addiction, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, and migration. His most outstanding research work include a recipient of the UNODC Academic Research Grant where he conducted research on the prevalence of drug use and illicit trafficking among irregular migrant returnees in Nigeria”, and a recipient of a research grant of the Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms Research on “Exploring the nexus of gambling in irregular migration: a study of Nigerian returned migrants” which highlighted gambling-related crimes in transnational migration such as theft, kidnapping, drug trafficking and human trafficking. He has published in international peer reviewed journals and also contributed in the Nigeria NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL MASTER PLAN 2021-2025. He is the Director of Unified Initiative for a Drug-Free Nigeria. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Lagos and was awarded a research fellowship in Behavioral Health and Prevention at the Global Center for Applied Health Research, Arizona State University, USA.

Publications

1. Molobe I.D, Odukoya O.O, The Prevalence of Drug Use and Illicit Trafficking: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study of Irregular Migrant Returnees in Nigeria, Journal of Migration and Health (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2021.100034

2. Molobe I.D, Odukoya O, & Yesufu V. (2022). Irregular Migration, Drug Use and Drug Trafficking in Sub-Saharan Africa; Libya and Nigeria. The Changing Tide of Immigration and Emigration During the Last Three Centuries. IntechOpen. https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/84056, doi: 10.5772/intechopen.107521

3. Molobe, I.D, Yesufu, V., Idigbe, I., & Ibe, C. (2023). The driving factors facilitating non-medical use of tramadol: a qualitative study of Nigerian youths. International Journal of Medical and Surgical Sciences, 10(2), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.32457/ijmss.v10i2.2128

4. Molobe I.D et al. Migrant communities and the COVID-19 response in sub-Saharan Africa. Pan African Medical Journal. 2020;35(2):17. [doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.22863] https://revistas.uautonoma.cl/index.php/ijmss/article/view/2128/1521

5. Molobe I.D; Human Rights Abuses Experienced by People who use Drugs – A Nigeria-focused Review, international Journal of Medical & Surgical Sciences, 2019; 6(4): 133-135. Universidad Autonoma de Chile. https://doi.org/10.32457/ijmss.2019.039 [https://revistas.uautonoma.cl/index.php/ijmss/article/view/15/10]

6. Molobe I.D; Irregular Migration with Drug Trafficking as a Result of Unemployment and Lack of Entrepreneurial Skills among Nigerian Youths: An Assessment of Identified Migrant Returnees in Nigeria. Journal of Social Sciences and Media Studies (JOSSAMS), Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Pakistan,Volume 2, Issue 1, 2018. https://jossams.smiu.edu.pk/index.php/JOSSAMS/article/view/31 [https://jossams.smiu.edu.pk/index.php/JOSSAMS/article/view/31/25]

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