User:Danidamiobi/Halima Nuhu Sanda

Halimah Nuhu Sanda is a Nigerian Medical Doctor, a Public Health Expert, philanthropist and Maternal Health, girl-child education and Women Empowerment advocate. She is founder of Romeo & Zainab Boudib (ROMZAIB) Foundation.

Education
Halimah obtained her medical degree in 2010 from Lugansk State Medical University. In 2012, she graduated from University of Debrecen with a Masters in Public Health. In 2016, she became a fellow of the United Kingdom’s Royal Society for Public Health.

Medical Career
Halimah began her career as a volunteer doctor in Family Health International 360 in 2010. In 2013, she joined Partnership for Reviving Routine Immunization in Northern Nigeria / Maternal Newborn and Child Health programme (PRRINN/MNCH) a five year Department for International Development (DFID) funded project as a national consultant.

She is currently the Program Lead for Clinton Health Access Initiative’s Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health program in Kano. She sits on the governance board of Sterling Bank’s Health Workers’ Fund.

Awards
• International Museum of Women - Maternal Health Ambassador (2012)

• Global Fund for Women - Maternal Health Ambassador (2014)