Mandela Washington Fellowship 2018 Database

"Hi, my name is Obinna Orjingene, a medical doctor who works for UNICEF as a maternal, new-born, child health & Nutrition Consultant on the European Union funded MNCHN project." Dr Obinna does Primary Health Care System strengthening and health programming for Child survival & development. His work improves maternal & child health outcomes & builds community resilience. Before now he did emergency primary health care interventions for UNICEF in areas affected by Non-State Arm Conflict and also worked as an Emergency Room Doctor for Medecins Sans Frontiers (Doctors without borders- France), where he worked on paediatric emergencies, obstetrics care & nutrition interventions (Ambulatory therapeutic Feeding Centre & In-patient therapeutic Feeding Centre) for internally displaced persons. He is passionate about maternal & child health related issues and loves travelling & exploring new maternal child health grounds. He resides in Niger...

"Hi, my name is Saeed Jumah. I am a dentist. I run The Smile Shop, a network of dental clinics providing affordable dental services while improving dental health awareness in local communities in order to reduce the burden of dental disease and high cost of accessing quality dental care in Nigeria." 😊  My clinics provide quality and standard general dental services, as well as orthodontics and teeth whitening. My dental health awareness initiatives include a School dental program through which we visit schools to educated children (3-12 years) on proper oral hygiene, provide free dental checkups and distribute free dental educational materials (I have written 3 books and distributed over 7,000 copies till date). I also embark on quarterly rural dental outreaches to enlighten under-served populations, distribute modern oral hygiene accessories (toothbrushes and toothpastes) and provide free dental treatment. Lastly, I have a weekly radio dental program on Cool FM Kano prov...