Babajide Adebisi is Nutrition International’s Deputy Country Director for Nigeria. In this role, he is responsible for strategic planning and leads the implementation and monitoring of Nutrition International’s program-related activities in Nigeria, with a focus on maternal and child nutrition, nutrition governance, and micronutrient supplementation.
Babajide has 22 years of experience in the nutrition and development sector. Prior to joining Nutrition International, he served as the Deputy Chief of Party for the USAID/SPRING project in Tamale, Ghana, where he led the planning and implementation of various nutrition and development initiatives across 405 communities. He later took on the role of Chief of Party for the same project in Abuja, Nigeria, where he was instrumental in expanding SPRING’s operations from two to 16 states. Babajide also worked as the Regional Partnerships Advisor for Anglophone Africa with the FHI360/Alive & Thrive project, where he helped develop a community mobilization framework for infant and young child feeding, implemented across nine states and 90 communities.
Babajide has a Master’s degree in Human Nutrition (Public Health Nutrition) and a Bachelor’s degree in Human Nutrition from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. He is also a fellow of the Academy of Public Health at the West African Institute of Public Health.