Adaeze Oreh
Health Nigeria
As a young medical doctor and new mother, Adaeze’s world was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a type of blood…
Jensi Sartin
Environment Indonesia
Jensi says that his experience growing up in the rainforests of Borneo – where deforestation was already under way – prepared him for his professional…
Nour Sharara
Health Senegal
Nour is a third-generation Lebanese Senegalese whose interest in public health was spurred by observing customers at her mother’s pharmacy. She eventually went on to…
James Kassaga Arinaitwe
Education Uganda
At a young age, Arinaitwe lost his parents and four siblings to infectious diseases, which included HIV/AIDS in rural western Uganda. As an “AIDS orphan”…
Rasha Jarhum
Governance Yemen
Ms. Rasha Jarhum is co-founder and Director of the Peace Track Initiative. She was appointed as a member of the National Consultations and Reconciliation Commission…
Jane Otai
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Kenya
When Jane Otai walks through the Nairobi slums, she is no stranger. No stranger to the women living in corrugated-metal shacks or worse, no stranger…
Ifeanyi Nsofor
Health Nigeria
Dr. Ifeanyi McWilliams Nsofor is a graduate of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Nnamdi Azikiwe University Medical School. He is a Senior New…
Chauntel Norris
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights AL, United States
Chauntel Norris is a DONA trained birth doula, Lamaze trained childbirth educator and a Certified Lactation Counselor. She serves as the Manager of Advocacy, Forward…
Adekemi Adeniyan
Health Nigeria
Adekemi Adeniyan is the founder and executive director of Dentalcare Foundation. She is a fellow of the Young African Leaders Initiative RLC, West Africa; an…
Veron Blue
Health TX, United States
Veron Blue, Founder and Executive Director of Faith & Community Wellness Center, Inc., is a local pastor, mental health coach and advocate whose passion is…
Jabraan Pasha
Health OK, United States
Dr. Jabraan Pasha is a physician, educator and social activist. He currently serves as an associate professor of internal medicine and assistant dean of student…
Desmond Jumbam
Health Cameroon
Desmond is a Ghana-based health policy consultant whose pointed critique of neocolonialist thinking in global development – “How (Not) To Write About Global Health”, published…
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