Dr. Stéphanie Dominique Amida Nama is the Co-Founder of KAIROS – Kaléidoscope d’Actions Intégrées pour la Recherche et l’Optimisation en Santé, an innovation-driven healthtech and preventive-health education startup based in Burkina Faso. She is a medical doctor, public health specialist, independent consultant, partner, and mother of two children – identities she carries as interconnected sources...
Dr. Mable Kipenda is an entrepreneur, medical doctor, and founder of Kambo Health Initiative, whose work sits at the intersection of purpose, resilience, and leadership. She is a Chevening scholarship awardee and a Mandela Washington fellowship alumnus. In recent years, she has launched and operated a physical shoe retail business, founded and registered a non-governmental...
The Pan African Women in Health (PAWH) is proud to join in celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD). This day is a reminder to celebrate progress. It is also a day to call attention to barriers women continue to face that impede gender inclusion. This year’s theme, Embrace Equity, speaks to the core of who we...
Thérèse Mayé Diouf Ba is setting up an NGO called “Growing Life”. Growing Life aims to fight seasonal exodus of young girls; prevent teenage pregnancy and early marriage by fighting poverty and economic dependence.
Maternal mortality remains high around the world, with more than 303,000 women dying in pregnancy, childbirth or shortly afterwards. The majority (99%) of these deaths occur...
Some people are gurus at it while others don’t understand what networking entails – they are either not good at it or underestimate the benefits. Networking wasn’t a course taught during my passage at university, and for me, it meant connecting with people and saving their contacts in my phone. I have always been unsure...
Growing up in a rural community in Eastern Uganda, I studied hard was the best girl in my district and made to one of the highest...
It is a well-known fact that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to face an exacerbated maternity and newborns mortality rate due to poor healthcare and treatment access before, during and after pregnancy. Recognizing that socio-economic factors are the most significant indicators and roots causes of maternal, newborns and child mortality, greater accountability and...
One of the biggest challenges I have faced in my career is to deal with difficult people including some of my managers. I believe that...
If I knew what I wanted earlier in my life. I wish I had enough information, knowledge, and access to mentorship as to how I can...
