Disability Justice Advocate & Administrator
Nairobi
Kenya
Mildred Adhiambo Omino is the Disability Liaison Officer at the University of Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya. Inspired by her lived realities as a woman with a disability coupled with several years of professional experience, Mildred works extensively to advocate for sexual and reproductive health rights of girls and women with disabilities through self and collective advocacy...
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Non-profit Leader & Nurse
Kampala
Uganda
Rose Mary Nakame is an health equity optimist.
She founded and has served as the first Executive director of REMI East Africa, an organization that utilizes story telling to address rural health inequities...
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Psychotherapist and Counselor
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Bertrand Moses is the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Specialist at UNICEF for the Eastern Caribbean Area, for 12 countries and territories. In this role, he works to strengthen their MHPSS programmes, policies and strategies for children and youth in the health, education, child protection, social and emergency/disaster sectors...
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Director International Policy and Advocacy
Nairobi
Kenya
Maureen Milanga is the Director of International Policy and Advocacy at Health Global Access Project (Health GAP) where works across sub-Saharan countries to campaign for increased access to HIV treatment, change outdated HIV treatment policies, mobilize civil society to demand better science, increase meaningful civil society engagement and support the enhancement of key population service delivery by governments and donors...
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Health Financing
Abuja
Nigeria
As a Health Financing Specialist, Hyeladzira Garnvwa advocates for the enhancement of quality and equitable access to Primary Health Care by formulating strategic documents and leveraging evidence to shape national policies. With over eight years of experience in research and health policy implementation, she has demonstrated a history of contributing to policy research, development, analysis, and monitoring and evaluation for Results-Based Financing in Health...
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Pediatrics
Washington, DC
United States
Dr. Hope E. Rhodes has served as a community pediatrician at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC since 2010. After completion of her fellowship year, she was promoted to Associate Medical Director of the Children's Health Center-THEARC.
She is committed to providing quality, culturally competent care to children from under-resourced communities who are disparately impacted by various health outcomes...
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Chief of Programs
San Francisco, California
United States
Lindsey Pollaczek is Chief of Programs at Fistula Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating the devastating childbirth injury, obstetric fistula. Lindsey is responsible for overseeing the Foundation’s programs that aim to accelerate access to quality and timely care and treatment for women living with fistula...
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Medical Researcher & Menstrual Health Advocate
Harmara
India
Monalisa Padhee is the Program Head of Women Wellness Initiative at Emp Bindi International Association. In her role, she works on delivering health care interventions directed at disrupting the "intergenerational cycle of poor health" in rural girls and women.
She and her team develop interactive curriculum on various women's health topics including menstrual and reproductive health and nutrition that transcends the barrier of literacy...
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Physician & Health Policy Advocate
Silver Spring, Maryland
United States
Dr. Ifeanyi M. Nsofor is a public health physician, behavioral science researcher and global health equity advocate. With over 120 published articles in outlets like Project Syndicate, Al Jazeera, NPR. He has been interviewed by the New York Times, the Lancet, BBC, Al Jazeera, Forbes etc...
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Doctor & Public Health Specialist
Dehradun
India
Dr. Shubha Nagesh, WGH Chapter Development Manager, is a medical doctor by training and a public health specialist based in the Himalayan state of India. She presently holds the position of Chapter Development Manager for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East at Women in Global Health...
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