We feel that we must tick all the boxes before we are ready to take on a challenge and yet there is always room for learning on the job and for making some mistakes as you go along”Dr Sara Koki Muli-Kinagwi is a medical doctor with 17 years’ experience...
Meet Dr. Juliette Dina Faye
Women have to uplift other women. There can be no development without healthy women.” Dr. Juliette Dina Faye is a Senegalese female obstetrician gynecologist. For the past ten years, she has been part of a group of physicians that organizes medical consultations and awareness campaigns in remote rural areas within Senegal. Dr. Faye presently works...
Meet Albertina Ngomah Moraes, Knowledge Translation Officer
Despite my setbacks, one thing remained constant, that my life’s goal was to make a difference in the health disparities I witnessed on an almost daily basis Albertina Ngomah Moraes works with the Zambia National Public Health Institute as a Knowledge Translation Officer. This role is a relatively new field that is often misunderstood and...
Dr Amal Saleh, Medical Doctor, Specialist in Radiology and a Neuroradiologist in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
About Dr Amal Saleh Dr. Amal Saleh is a medical doctor by profession with a specialization in radiology and a sub-specialization in neuroradiology. Currently, Amal works at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, the biggest referral hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In addition, she is an assistant professor of radiology within the College of Health Sciences at...
Tutty Isatou Faal-Jawara, Scientific Officer, Laboratory Supervisor of the TB Diagnostics Laboratory of MRCG at LSHTM in The Gambia.
My advice to other women in health is to encourage one another. Be your sister’s keeper” Tutty Isatou Faal-Jawara, Scientific Officer, Laboratory Supervisor of the TB Diagnostics Laboratory of MRCG at LSHTM in The Gambia. Tutty Isatou Faal-Jawara, a scientific officer, works as the Lab Supervisor of the Tuberculosis Diagnostics Laboratory of the Medical Research...
Why improving access to surgery in childbirth makes economic sense
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...
Fatoumata Komma, Public Health Officer, Specialist in Non-Communicable Diseases and Tobacco Control, at the Gambia Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Fatoumata Komma is a Program Officer with the Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) prevention and Tobacco Control Unit at the Gambia Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW). She holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Public and Environmental Health from the University of the Gambia. Since 2010, Fatoumata has served as a Public Health Officer with...
When a sister goes to the top, she must let down the ladder for others to climb up too
Serving people, humanitarian work and being the voice of the voiceless is something that deeply resonates...
The Power of Networking – Why young African Women should master networking skills
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...
Meet Isabella Epiu: Medical Doctor, Specialist in Anaesthesiology and a USA NIH Global Health Fellow
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...









