Women are natural health providers, it is twisted within our DNA” Mazyanga Lucy Mazaba is a mother of four, two beautiful young ladies and two handsome boys. She is an epidemiologist, but for the longest time, ever since 1986 to 2016, Mazyanga was a practicing Medical Laboratory Scientist in virology, specifically vaccine preventable diseases including...
Fatou Mbacké Sy is a Senegalese, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A) in Anthropology and an MPH. Fatou is a project coordinator at ENDA Santé, an international NGO, created and based in Senegal, but present in over 10 countries in West and Central Africa. She has extensive experience in HIV/AIDS programming and research,...
Zeba Siaanoi is an Advocacy Specialist with Malaria No More in Kenya. She has over 15 years of experience working on advocacy, campaigns and communications with leading international agencies based in Nairobi. As an advocacy specialist, she secures political and financial goodwill to end malaria. She works mostly with county governments in Kenya. Zeba’s passion...
Erushka Pillay leads public health programs on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and HIV. Many of these programs have focused on health systems strengthening, capacity building of health care workers and access to care for marginalized communities. The growing HIV epidemic in South Africa and the barriers to care that Erushka witnessed pushed her to pursue work...
Doris Mollel was a 900-gram premature baby who was born 28 years ago. A first born twin, who grew up to become a beauty queen, she later on took her passion for giving back to the community and chose to support fellow premature babies. She launched the Doris Mollel Foundation with the main goal of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
