"I need to learn how, where, what, why, and who I can work with to implement some of these great ideas. Most importantly, I need to start where I am with what I have." Alice Achieng Ojwang is a registered nutritionist...
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Meet Eruskha Pillay, the women who led one of the first NCD projects in South Africa
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...
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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...