User:Najmussama Shefajo

Dr. Najmussama Shefajo

Dr.Najmussama Shefajo born in 1973, is an Afghan investor, OB/GYN Ultrasound Specialist and Active member Board of director at AFSOG. she is the founder and executive chairwoman of the Shefajo Group of Labrotories, and member of board of director at shefajo group of industries.

Dr. Shefajo is the founder of diagnoses centre giant shefajo medical lab. She launched SGL in KABUL in 2016.

Education
Dr. Najmussama Shefajo After graduation from Zarghona High school, she took the Board exam in 1369 and got admitted to Kabul Medical University. but due to lack of security in the city, her family migrated to Pakistan where she got admitted to Ummahaat-ul-Momenin University to continue her medical education. The University was later called Sheikh Zayed University. She then started her internship in Mercy Corps funded hospital in Peshawar where she actively participated in activities as an intern and finished 1381.

After returning to Afghanistan, enthusiastic to help people in remote areas where people desperately needed a doctor, Dr Shefajo went to Helmand in 1382 and worked in a private clinic for three years where she helped hundreds of needy patients get cured.

In 1388, she entered the specialty program at Malalay Maternity Hospital, kabul Afghanistan where she performed hundreds of deliveries, C-sections, hysterectomy, D&C, Tube Ligations and other procedures in undertaken in maternity ward during 4 years of her training. She also got trained for HBB (Helping Babies Breath) Program and then became a trainer herself. She got her Specialty degree in 1392. In 1393, she got admitted for MPH Master in Public Health course in Jodpur india and attained her MPH degree. Upon arrival, she started to work in her private clinics in three different places.

in 1381 Dr. shefajo completed Ultra Sound Crouse from Wahaaj Institute of Ultrasound Imaging kabul Afghanistan.

she has also completed Diploma in Color Doppler(Ultra Sound)from The Global Open University india

Business Career
Dr. Shefajo had been voice president of Alina Noor Construction Company kabul for 3 years. currently she is the active member board of directors at Shefajo Group of Industries.

During her practice, she noticed that there are infertile women who cannot afford to go abroad for treatment. With all the love and sympathy she has for such women, she decided to invest in a diagnostic center, where basic tests that are not performed in Afghanistan and people have to travel abroad for it, are performed. She then invested in establishing Shefajo Group of Laboratories with the aim to diagnose infertility problems. She is currently the CEO of SGL and also runs all three clinics of her.

As next step, she started working on establishing an IVF center where infertile women are treated to bear offspring. She is fundraising for IVF center and maternity hospital to provide better services for IVF patients and their newborns.

At this center, she also runs health awareness programs and other trainings for midwives and nurses to provide better and standard services at their workplace.