Perpetua Nkiruka Igwebuike focuses on resilience and practical mental health strategies that can help women thrive in a fast-paced society.
Presentation Focus
This presentation centers on unlocking resilience and practical mental health strategies for women to thrive in a fast-paced society.
Biography
Perpetua Nkiruka Igwebuike graduated with First Class Honours in Nursing from the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria. She later obtained an MSc in International Public Health from Liverpool John Moores University in the UK and earned a certificate in Health Management from the University of Washington, USA.
Perpetua currently specializes in mental health nursing and works as a Mental Health Practitioner in forensic and secure services psychiatry in the NHS, UK.
She has built expertise in public health through determination and resilience, working in diverse capacities with international non-governmental organizations including Medecins Sans Frontieres and CARE International.
She is passionate about creating awareness of mental health problems and substance misuse, and believes that awareness helps build capacity for prevention.
Perpetua is also fascinated by mentoring and empowering young women and girls in the area of mental health. She advocates for mental health promotion and prevention, especially among women and girls in the global south, and is guided by the belief that significant impact can be made in the fight against mental health issues through self-awareness.