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Heroines of Health
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Ms. Mercy Owuor
Mercy is the Community Programs Director for the Lwala Community Alliance where she provides leadership for community…
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Dr. Louise Mannheimer
Louise currently serves as the head of the Sexual Health unit at the Swedish Public Health Agency and is responsible…
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Ms. Samalie Kitooleko
Samalie is the nurse in charge of the Uganda Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry. At the Uganda Heart Institute, she takes…
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Ms. Emmah Kariuki
As a member of the Jhpiego team, Emmah works to bring low cost health innovations to communities that are completely…
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Ms. Margaret Gyapong
Professor Gyapong is a medical anthropologist at the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ghana. Until March…
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Ms. Elvira Dayrit
Elvira has a long history of working with healthcare in government. More recently, she has been refining Human…
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Ms. Mwanamvua Boga
Mwanamvua is a nurse manager working with the Kenya Medical Research Institute ‘s Welcome Trust Research Programme…
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Ms. Kwanele Asante
Patient activist, lawyer and bioethicist, Kwanele serves as Chair of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Cancer and…
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Dr. Sharmila Anand
Sharmila leads SEHPL, a social enterprise focused on developing the next generation of healthcare professionals and…
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Dr. Aula Abbara
Aula is the project lead for Greece for the Syrian American Medical Society Global Response. They provide primary…
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Prof. Malabika Sarker
Malabika demonstrates female leadership in action. Her work is deeply rooted in human rights frameworks. As the…
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Prof. Sabina Rashid
Sabina heads the BRAC School of Public Health in Bangladesh. She has worked closely with a team on curriculum reform to…
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Ms. Audra Renyi
Audra leads earAccess, a social enterprise that is disrupting the hearing aid industry, providing hearing services…
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Ms. Margaret Nakanjakko
In Margaret’s community, many people call her “mummy” as she shows tremendous support and dedication to anyone asking…
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Ms. Christine Mataza
Christine has been the nurse in charge for Kilifi sub-county, Kenya for the past 15 years, playing a key role in…
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Prof. Rose Leke
For nearly three decades, Dr. Rose Leke has been a leader and role model within the global health community. Her…
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Ms. Anne Kinuthia
Anne is the country representative for IntraHealth International in South Sudan. She leads a team tasked with…
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Ms. Claire Cahill
Claire is a community mental health nurse and also cofounded The Scoliosis Advocacy Network, which supports over 650…
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Dr. Najla Al-Sonboli
Dr. Najla Al-Sonboli is the head of the Pediatric Department of Al-Sabeen Hospital for Maternity and Children. This…
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Dr. Jeanne Tessougué
With more than thirteen years of experience in strengthening health systems, Dr. Jeanne Tessougué plays a critical role…
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Dr. Fiona Sampson
Combating impunity and strengthening accountability is personal for Dr. Fiona Sampson. Born a thalidomide victim, Dr.…
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Ms. Stéphanie Roche
As the head of the maternity unit in Marigot, Haiti, midwife Stéphanie Roche’s success in preventing maternal mortality…
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Ms. Albertha Freeman
Ms. Freeman was inspired to study nursing by her desire to serve her fellow Liberians. After graduating from her…
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Dr. Farzana Ibrahim
Dr. Farzana Ibrahim is one of the first female reconstructive plastic surgeons in Bangladesh, and received her MBBS…
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Ms. Sandra Oyarzo Torres
A midwife for 27 years, Ms. Oyarzo Torres has dedicated herself to primary health care (PHC) and UHC through her work…
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Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng
As the Minister of Health in Uganda, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng’s has long championed the improvement of community health…
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Ms. Neha Mankani
It was while working as a midwife in a Karachi Hospital that Neha Mankani realised that relatively small sums of money…
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Ms. Jane Kubai
At the age of 11 Jane Kubai’s father told her it was time to leave school, be circumcised (FGM) and get married. So she…
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Ms. Greisy Trejo
Greisy Trejo, a 42 year-old nurse from Panama, has drawn on painful experiences of her own to become a fervent champion…
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Dr. Myrna Abi Abdallah Doumit
On August 3rd, 2020, a massive explosion ripped through Beirut’s docks, killing over 150 people and injuring thousands…
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Ms. Ramatu Jalloh
Ramatu Jalloh, 38, from Sierra Leone, has put frontline health workers front and centre on the world stage during the…
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Ms. Vandana Gopikumar
Vandana Gopikumar has been reaching the most difficult to reach, women who are homeless and with mental ill-health. Of…
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Dr. Ruth Dirba
Doctor Ruth Dirbia will never forget the pregnant woman who walked for days while in labour to reach the hospital where…
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Ms. Marie-Andy Sanozier
As a translator, intercultural facilitator and migrant Haitian woman living in Chile, Ms. Marie-Andy Sanozier advocates…
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Ms. Monica Batista Teixeira
Ms. Monica Batista Teixeira is a Brazilian nurse with specialization in obstetrics, women’s health and oncology. Like…
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Dr. Nataliia Tetruieva
Dr. Nataliia Tetruieva is one of Ukraine’s leading maxillofacial surgeons, responsible for the surgery team in the…
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Ms. Sophie Ley & Ms. Yvonne Ribi
The reported phenomenon of the ‘Great Resignation’ is expected to have severe consequences for health services. Health…
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Dr. Iffat Zafar & Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram
Career or family? This is the never-ending dilemma for women doctors in Pakistan, a country where more than 80 per cent…
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Dr. Lourdes Capito
For over a century, abortion has been criminalized in the Philippines, with sentences of up to six years in prison.…
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Dr. Tabinda Sarosh
As daughter of two Pakistani journalists, Dr. Tabinda Sarosh was influenced by parents who dedicated their careers to…
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Women Community Health Workers of SEARCH
Ms. Kusum Gadpayale is one of 27 Community Health Workers (CHWs) working in rural India with the Society for…
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Ms. Rose Mary Nakame
Ms. Rose Nakame’s story as a nurse, a storyteller and an advocate for remote health workers and immunization in Uganda…
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Ms. Anita Kouvahey-Eklu
Ms. Anita Kouvahey-Eklu is the Deputy Country Director for Integrate Health in Togo. As an experienced medical provider…
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Dr. Anna Temba
During her tenure as a practicing intern in an urban district hospital in Dar es Salaam, Dr. Anna Temba remembers the…
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Ms. Isata Dumbuya
Four years ago, Ms. Isata Dumbuya moved from the UK back to Sierra Leone to bring her 20 years of experience as a…
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Ms. Chioma Oduenyi
Ms. Chioma Oduenyi can clearly pinpoint the woman who inspired her determined drive to make change – her mother. When…
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Dr. Mariam Cissé
The death of her three sisters motivated Dr. Mariam Cissé to switch from a planned career in engineering to…
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Ms. Margaret Odera
Ms. Margaret Odera knows what it means to work hard and manage a family. She starts her daily routine the night…
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Ms. Tigist Molla
Ms. Tigist Molla is a committed and compassionate Midwife Nurse in Afar Region of Ethiopia, working relentlessly to…
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Prof. Dr. Maha El Rabbat
As a Professor of Public Health at Cairo University, the former Minister of Health and Population for Egypt, and one of…
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Ms. Afi Kpaba
Community health worker (CHW) Ms. Afi Kpaba’s achievements have broken barriers in the traditionally male-dominated…
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Ms. Konlobé Yvette Ouedraogo
As a young woman, Ms. Konolbé Yvette Ouedraogo dreamed of becoming a teacher, but motivated by her father’s influence…
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Prof. Dr. Hadiza Shehu Galadanci
In Nigeria, a country with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, Professor Hadiza Shehu Galadanci…
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Ms. Rukaya Mumuni
Growing up in a small village in Ghana, where educational opportunities for girls were scarce and teen pregnancies…
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Ms. Mary William Brown
Despite limited formal education, Ms. Mary William Brown has become a respected community health worker and leader in…
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Ms. Prossy Muyingo
Given the compensation for a community health worker (CHW) is not enough to support a family of three children, Ms.…
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Ms. Meskerem Setegne
In her youth, Ms. Meskerem Setegne suffered from epistaxis, a medical condition causing excessive nosebleeds and…
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Dr. Gwladys Kouakou
Dr. Gwladys Kouakou, a highly skilled public health professional specializing in community health, women’s health, and…
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Ms. Phylis Mbeke Ndolo
Phylis Mbeke Ndolo, from Kenya, is an activist and feminist with impaired vision who has been working with grassroots…
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Dr. Elizabeth Namugaya Igaga
As an anesthesiologist in Uganda, a country with one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates, Dr. Elizabeth…
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Ms. Joséphine Djiboune
In the remote and rural region of Médina district, Senegal, midwife Joséphine Djiboune, was determined to make a…
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Ms. Worknesh Kereta Abshiro
Ms. Worknesh Kereta, nicknamed “Mother of Youth” by her peers, is a nurse and public health professional who has…
