Pharm. Sesan Kareem
A licensed pharmacist and health systems strategist with over 15 years across community, hospital, and administrative pharmacy. Sesan reviews clinical content on HealthCoach Africa for accuracy, safety, and relevance to patients across the continent.
Who reviews your health information
Sesan Kareem is the Founder of HealthCoach Africa and a licensed pharmacist whose career spans the full pharmacy value chain. He has practised as a community pharmacist, a hospital pharmacist, and an administrative pharmacist, and has led pharmaceutical sales and marketing across 17 states in Southern Nigeria. That breadth is what he brings to reviewing health content: an understanding of medicines, patients, and the health system that surrounds them.
He holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Olabisi Onabanjo University, a Master of Public Administration from the University of Lagos, and an MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology. His further training includes Health Economics with the World Bank Group and Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage with the World Health Organization.
Sesan is a 2024 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur, the author of eight books, and a Pharmanews columnist since 2017. He has appeared as a health thought leader on Channels TV, TVC, and other networks. His guiding conviction is simple: no patient should die prematurely or suffer because they cannot access life-saving medicine.
What Sesan reviews with authority
Pharmacy practice
Medicines, dispensing, and safe, rational use.
Chronic disease management
Long-term care and adherence for conditions like diabetes and hypertension.
Medicine access
Closing the gap between patients and the medicines they need.
Health systems
How care, financing, and policy shape outcomes.
Pharmaceutical supply chain
Sourcing, quality, and the integrity of the medicine journey.
Public health
Prevention, health education, and community wellbeing.
Qualifications
- MBAQuantic School of Business and Technology, Washington DC
- Master of Public AdministrationUniversity of Lagos
- Bachelor of PharmacyOlabisi Onabanjo University
- Health Financing for Universal Health CoverageWorld Health Organization
- Health EconomicsWorld Bank Group
Across the pharmacy value chain
- Founder and PresidentHubPharm Africa, specialty pharmacy and coordinated care
- Regional ManagerPharmaplus Nigeria, covering 17 states in Southern Nigeria
- Administrative PharmacistPharmaceutical Society of Nigeria
- Hospital PharmacistLagos State University Teaching Hospital
- Community PharmacistJMK Pharmaceutical Ltd
How Sesan reviews content
When Sesan reviews an article, he checks that every clinical claim is accurate, safe, and grounded in credible evidence, and that the guidance makes sense for patients in Africa. Reviewed articles carry his name and the date of review. Read more about our standards in the Editorial Policy.
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