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Maternal and Child Health

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Improving Access to Quality Maternal Care

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Muhammad Saddiq Ahmad ’21 worked with local partners in the rural Chana community in Nigeria to construct a community-based healthcare facility with a solar-powered water supply system to ensure clean water for health facility and residential use. The facility will improve access to quality maternal, child, and neonatal health services, reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in the area.

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Expanding Reproductive Health Services

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As part of her work with Erie Health Centers, Emily MacDonald ’18 expanded reproductive health services to one of their school-based health centers and operationalized same-day contraceptive appointment access. This work was through the ICAN! Reproductive Justice Initiative in Illinois, United States.

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Demonstrating the Value of Fistula Surgery

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Lindsey Pollaczek ’19 leads programs at the Fistula Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating the devastating childbirth injury obstetric fistula. Obstetric fistula surgery is highly cost-effective compared with other interventions, highlighting the benefits of prioritizing fistula treatment as part of the global agenda for maternal health care.

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Improving the Health of Adolescents and Young Adults

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After completing her fellowship year, Hope Rhodes ’19 became Associate Medical Director of the Children's Health Center-THEARC, where she has harnessed the power of community partnerships to co-lead many initiatives from within the primary care medical home, including the Healthy Generations Program (serving adolescent parents and their children), reproductive health programming, and early childhood development programming.

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Supporting Caregivers and Children In Peru

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Nancy Rumaldo ’21 works with the CASITA Project, which aims to reduce the risk of delay in early childhood development in children under two years old through community-based family coaching.

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Reducing the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap

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Joedrecka Brown Speights ’17 researched maternal and child health, including the Black-white mortality gap in the United States. She found that states are achieving varying levels of progress in reducing Black infant mortality and that racial equality in infant survival is achievable but will require shifting focus to determinants of progress and strategies for success.

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Muhammad Saddiq Ahmad

Nurse & Non-profit Leader
Abuja
Nigeria, West Africa

Mary Ajwang

Public Health Specialist
Kampala
Uganda, East Africa

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Rana Al-Qawasmi

Nutritionist and Public Health Specialist
Jerusalem
Palestine, Mediterranean

Sagal Ali

Capability Manager
St. Paul, Minnesota
United States, North America

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Lauren Anita Arrington

Nurse Midwife & Assistant Professor
Baltimore, Maryland
United States, North America

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Amanda Brosnan

Assistant Professor & Physician Assistant
Saginaw, Texas
United States, North America

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Joanne Chiwaula

Maternal and Child Health Non-proft Founder/Director
Lilongwe
Malawi, Southern Africa

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Regina Duperval

Pediatrics
Montreal
Canada

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­­­Hyeladzira Garnvwa

Health Financing
Abuja
Nigeria, West Africa

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­­­Esnatt Gondwe-Matekesa

Development Practitioner
Zomba
Malawi, Southern Africa

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Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri

Psychiatrist
Lagos
Nigeria, West Africa

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Anjali Singh Kulkarni

Public Health Specialist & Adjunct Associate Professor
New Delhi
India, South Asia

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Deborrah Liao

Municipal Health Officer
Gamay
Philippines, Southeast Asia

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Jan Aura Laurelle Llevado

Division Chief
Taguig City
Philippines, Southeast Asia

­­­Marx Itabelo Lwabanya

Hospital Medical Director
Nundu
Democratic Republic of Congo, East Africa

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Emily MacDonald

Director of Business Operations
Chicago, Illinois
United States, North America

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Felicia Mburu

Disability Rights Activist
Nairobi
Kenya, East Africa

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Jessica Milberg-Haydu

Strategy & Operations
Los Angeles, California
United States, North America

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­­­Mildred Adhiambo Omino

Disability Justice Advocate & Administrator
Nairobi
Kenya, East Africa

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­­­Lindsey Pollaczek

Chief of Programs
San Francisco, California
United States, North America

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Neha Raykar

Economist
New Delhi
India, South Asia

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­­­Hope Rhodes-Pretlow

Pediatrics
Washington, DC
United States, North America

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­­­Elena Rivera

Public Health Advocate
Portland, Oregon
United States, North America

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Haydeé "Nancy" Rumaldo

Nutritionist & Program Coordinator
Lima
Peru, Latin America & Caribbean

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Joedrecka Brown Speights

Professor
Tallahassee, Florida
United States, North America

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Nandita Thatte

Technical Officer
Geneva
Switzerland, Europe

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Zulema García Ulloa

Pediatrics
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Mexico, Latin America & Caribbean

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