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Fellows with Interest or Expertise in: Rural Health

­­­Hyeladzira Garnvwa

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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­­­Abraham L.B. Freeman

Environmental Advocate
Monrovia

Liberia

Abraham L. B. Freeman is a CNN and Deutsche Welle featured Social Entrepreneur, an SDG Champion, a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity, and the founder of Environmental Rescue Initiative — a community-based organization that recycles plastic waste into usable materials, advocates against environmental degradation, and engages underserved communities to recognize environmental determinants of health through education and innovation in Liberia...

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­­­Bilal Asim

Healthcare Executive
Lahore

Pakistan

Bilal Asim is Head of Business Planning & Development at Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences. In this role, he leads marketing, health awareness, communication, fundraising & donor relations, and corporate services of the academic medical Center in Lahore, Pakistan...

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­­­Lindsey Pollaczek

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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­­­Brandi Payton

Clinic Administrator
Owasso, Oklahoma

United States

Brandi Payton, MSHCA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She is also of Cheyenne, Arapaho and Hopi descent. She serves as the Clinic Administrator of the Cherokee Nation Cooweescoowee Health Center (CHC) which she helped open in 2015. Before this new facility, American Indian people in this area were commuting over an hour to seek some medical services...

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­­­Monalisa Padhee

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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­­­Ifeanyi Nsofor

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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­­­Esnatt Gondwe-Matekesa

Development Practitioner
Zomba

Malawi

Esnatt Gondwe-Matekesa is currently the Malawi Program Manager at Give Directly — an organization that focuses on social cash transfers. Prior to her work in the social cash transfer arena, Esnatt was the Gender Specialist on a maternal and child health program that was being implemented in Malawi, Ghana and Rwanda...

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­­­Adrian Billings

Rural Health & Education
Alpine, Texas

United States

Dr. Adrian Billings is Associate Academic Dean of Rural Health at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Permian Basin and Senior Fellow of the F. Marie Hall Rural and Community Health Institute at TTUHSC. He is a full spectrum family medicine physician with Preventative Care Health Services (PCHS), a federally qualified health center, practicing in rural Alpine, Marfa and Presidio, Texas along the Texas-Mexico border...

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Adekemi Adeniyan

Dentist & Non-profit Founder
Ado Ekiti

Nigeria

Adekemi Adeniyan is a visionary rural dentist on a mission to break down barriers and ensure equitable access to oral health for underserved communities in Nigeria. As the founder and executive director of the Dentalcare Foundation, she is at the forefront of promoting oral health equity through the provision of free dental education and services in areas that have long been neglected...

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