Toyin Saraki

Her Excellency Toyin Ojora Saraki is the founder and president of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, a  maternal health and gender rights organization, headquartered in Nigeria. Mrs. Saraki is a longstanding advocate for gender equality, and has dedicated much of her life to improving maternal outcomes in Africa. Mrs. Saraki is also the Global Goodwill Ambassador of the International Confederation of Midwives and Special Advisor to the Independent Advisory Group of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa.  

The hands of a nurse are seen during a demonstration of an isolation chamber for the treatment of infectious diseases at the Germany army medical centre, Bundeswehr Clinic, in Koblenz, Oct. 16, 2014.
Gender

Fighting COVID-19 With One Hand Tied Behind Our Backs?

by Roopa Dhatt, Ann Keeling, Toyin Saraki

For better health security, it's time to end gender biases that keep women out of global health leadership positions