{"id":3407,"date":"2026-09-02T05:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=3407"},"modified":"2026-09-02T05:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:20:11","slug":"uche-udekwe-selected-as-queen-elizabeth-ii-commonwealth-trust-awardee","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/stories\/uche-udekwe-selected-as-queen-elizabeth-ii-commonwealth-trust-awardee\/","title":{"rendered":"Uche Udekwe Selected as Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust Awardee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Impact West Africa Senior Fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/our_fellows\/uche-udekwe\/\">Uche Udekwe<\/a> has been named a Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust (QECT) Awardee in recognition of his work with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.natalcares.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Natal Cares<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The QECT Award commemorates what would have been Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s 100th birthday, honoring young leaders across the Commonwealth who drive positive social change. Driven by the personal loss of a close family friend during childbirth in 2017, Uche dedicated his career to eradicating preventable maternal and infant mortality. Through Natal Cares, he leverages mobile technology, machine learning, and low-cost healthcare innovations to deliver vital medical monitoring, emergency services, and health education to at-risk pregnant women and mothers in rural and underserved communities in his home country of Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3408 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Uche_Award_2026-240x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"420\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Uche_Award_2026-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Uche_Award_2026-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Uche_Award_2026-768x961.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Uche_Award_2026-10x12.jpeg 10w, https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Uche_Award_2026.jpeg 1228w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 336px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 336\/420;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2274,"template":"","publication_category":[69],"publication_theme":[],"class_list":["post-3407","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","publication_category-award"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/3407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_category?post=3407"},{"taxonomy":"publication_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_theme?post=3407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}