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Senait Fisseha | |
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ሰናይት ፍሰሃ | |
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| Born | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia[1] |
| Board member of | Founder, Center for International Reproductive Health Training (CIRHT)[2] |
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| Discipline | Reproductive endocrinology and infertility |
Senait Fisseha (Amharic: ሰናይት ፍሰሃ) is an Ethiopian-American physician, lawyer and obstetrician-gynecologist. She specialized in endocrinology at the University of Michigan and received her Juris Doctor from Southern Illinois University.[3] She is currently Vice-President of International Programs at the Susan Thompson Buffet Foundation.[4] She became an advocate for global equity, working with African leaders and institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic.[5] She also chaired the election campaign and transition of Tedros Adhanom, the first African Director General of the World Health Organization, in 2016-17.[6]
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:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Ethiopian-born doctor, mother of 4, leads mission to save women's lives in developing world". uofMhealthblogs.org. Regents of the University of Michigan. 8 Oct 2014. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 21 Jan 2019.
- ^ Lane, Richard (October 19, 2019). "Senait Fisseha: empowering women through reproductive health". The Lancet. 394 (10207): 1405. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32308-6. PMID 31631846. S2CID 204758741.
- ^ "Commission Advisors". O'Neill. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ^ "Africa: Progress for Women and Girls Is Essential Amid Covid-19 – Dr. Senait Fisseha". allAfrica.com. 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ^ Bali, Sulzhan; Dhatt, Roopa (2022), Morgan, Rosemary; Hawkins, Kate; Dhatt, Roopa; Manzoor, Mehr (eds.), "Interview with Senait Fisseha, Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, and Director of International Programs at the Susan T. Buffett Foundation", Women and Global Health Leadership: Power and Transformation, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 235–242, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-84498-1_23, ISBN 978-3-030-84498-1, S2CID 247005731, retrieved 2023-10-18