{"id":8219,"date":"2017-01-17T17:14:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T16:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8219"},"modified":"2017-04-19T15:29:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T14:29:37","slug":"ekanem-dr-okokon-jackson","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ekanem-dr-okokon-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"EKANEM, Dr. Okokon Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MBBS, consultant malariologist, bom February 7, 1933, Ikot Ekan, Abak, Akwa Ibom State; marriedJustinaMariaAnwuliUmunna 1965, three sons, two daughters; Education: Gov ernment School, IkotEkpene, 1939-47, Holy Family College, Abak 1948-52, University of Ibadan, 1954-62, Malaria Eradication Centre, Manila, Philippines, 1965, London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, University of London, 1968-69, University ofLiverpool, UK, 1970; Career: Appointed Medical Officer, General Hospital, Lagos, 1962-64; Malariologist, National Malaria and Vector Control Division, Yaba, 1965-67; Registrar\/Consultant\/Senior Consultant Ma lariologist, National Malariaand Vector Con trol Division, Yaba, 1971-81; associate Lec turer, Department of Community Health, University of Lagos, 1971-94; Registrar in Venereology, West London Hospital Hammersmith, London, 1970-71; ChiefCon sultant Malariologist, Federal Ministry of Health, 1981-94; Director, Bdard of Man agement, Cross River State Water Board of Management, University of Calabar Teach ing Hospital, 1985-87; member, Board of Management, University of Jos Teaching Hospital, 1987-93; member, Institute of Bi ology, England, 1970; fellow, WestAfrican College of Physicians, 1976; fellow, Nige rian Medical College of Public Health, 1982, member, World Health Organisation Advi sory Panel on Malaria, Geneva, 1977-95; Traditional Titles: Ojemba Enwilo of Okutu; Okpuje, Alor-Uno and Iba Gwani; Obong Ifiok Ikotekan; Publications: Biosafety In Blood Sampling For Malaria Diagnosis,APractical Guide, Federal Min istry of Health, 1992; plus 14 publications on Malaria in International Journals; Hob bies: reading, swimming, gardening, lawn andtabletennis; Address: House 5,AClose, 112 Road, 1stAvenue, FestacTown,PO Box 4137, Lagos State. Telephone: 01-880520.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8219","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19440,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8219\/revisions\/19440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8219"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}