Yashua Alkali Hamza

CHIEF MEDICAL EDITOR

Yashua Alkali Hamza - Medical Editor

Yashua is a Pediatrician and Public health Expert. She has vast experience in the area of project implementation, evaluation and research. She works with various agencies, national and international NGO’s and Public health institutions around the world on community health and health promotion activities. Some of her current partners include the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the Institute of International Education (IIE) based in New York, and the Common Heritage Foundation based in Nigeria. Yashua has worked with other organizations like the Harvard School of Public health and the New York University Research Centre for Leadership in Action (NYU RCLA) on health promotion and research activities.

She has pioneered, led, and supervised various community-based projects focused on improving the lives and health of disadvantaged women and children using innovative and groundbreaking techniques. She is a co-founder of Family Included (https://familyincluded.com), a Member of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), American Public Health Association (APHA) and the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA). She is a fellow of the West African College of Physicians (FWACP) and the Institute of Management Consultants (FIMC). She has a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Liverpool and is currently a Doctoral candidate at Walden University. She is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Childcare and Wellness Clinics (www.childcareclinics.com), a private primary health facility located in Abuja, Nigeria.