Aproko Doctor
Aproko Doctor
Chinonso Egemba is an award-winning Medical Doctor and the founder of AprokoDoctor.com[2], a Health care-focused information outlet dedicated to dispersing health in an easy to learn manner so that optimal Health is achieved by everyone starting from the grassroots, by changing habits and influencing decisions, which was birthed out of a need to prevent diseases and improve the healthcare outcomes in Africa, starting from Nigeria.[1] He is popularly referred to on Twitter[4] as Aproko Doctor.
Education
Nonso is an alumnus of Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Nigeria where he earned his MBBS degree, he has also volunteered in the Red Cross society and has been involved in numerous health campaigns especially in the rural areas.
He also has a degree in Brand management and is involved in helping to develop the brands of small startups especially in the healthcare industry which fosters development in the Nigerian healthcare sector
Career
Nonso's passion for health living was born out of the fact that people’s finances reduced to nothing after a health condition which some would most likely die from, sometimes, leaving their families behind in Debt and Extreme poverty.
"A huge chunk of these health conditions could be prevented by inculcating lifestyle habits.
Also, seeing as we do not have Universal Health Care here in Nigeria, this was my part to help the poor and middle class avoid catastrophes later in life."
"While a student, I got to see hundreds of people in ill health, most of these diseases could be prevented if only they knew how to.
Others would return worse after listening to the doctor and it occurred to me that they did not understand fully the gravity of the situation.
I decided to take it upon myself to teach them about their health and general wellbeing starting from the young population.
People spend a huge chunk of their time on social media so I took the message to them.
Hence the beginning of the Project: Aproko Doctor."[3]
Nonso had a grasp of the reckless havoc ignorance has caused many Nigerians and African in diaspora. Many could not afford a good Health care neither do they understand their health conditions. Hence, he aimed at simplifying medical jargons for a layman to understand.
He founded thehealthythreads.com[16] a lifestyle brand that is also dedicated to ensuring that the sick in the society are well taken care of and also to keep the wearers healthy, by ensuring that a portion of the profits are used to take care of the poor and sick in society
Chinonso Egemba is a medical doctor and health information expert[6] with over 3 years of experience in clinical service delivery, information dissemination, gleaned from endeavors especially on social media and rural campaigns
"I understood that there are people who would fall ill by no fault of theirs and would not be able to afford the health bills.
The Healthy Threads would kill two birds with one stone: Help spread health messages with inscriptions on the shirts and cater to the poor by using the profits to pay the medical bills of those who cannot afford to pay them"
Combining his profession and calling as a Medical Doctor and being a social media has been an heinous task.
In fact, he has received backlash from many of his professional colleagues, who disdained his use of banal words to convey his knowledge of medicine.
:...it is not easy and requires sacrifice, the hardest part is creating the content which has to be engaging enough to catch their attention.
Middle of the night, long before dawn, I spend time creating this content and then share during the day.
This is to make sure that it does not interfere with the quality of patient care.
All these i do in combination with chasing a second degree."
Chinonso is also a Content creator and Digital media strategist who is currently seeking a degree in Business administration