African Women Who Built Healthcare
3 women in the archive worked for healthcare. They came from different countries and different centuries, but each of them saw a wrong that others accepted and set out to change it. Read their stories to see how the same cause looked from very different lives.
3 women in the archive
ModernDupe Ademola-Popoola
Nigerian ophthalmologist and professor; pioneer in paediatric ophthalmology and childhood blindness prevention. Developer of TELVIS vision screening tool; leader in ROP and retinoblastoma care.
ModernStella Okoli
Nigerian pharmacist and entrepreneur; founder of Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries. Pioneer in Nigerian pharmaceutical manufacturing; advocate for quality healthcare and women in business.
ModernYemisi Ransome-Kuti
Nigerian physician and community health advocate; niece of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti and cousin of Fela Kuti. Co-founder of the Nigerian Network of Non-Governmental Organisations; advocate for women's and community health.