DR MAIRO MANDARA is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Public Health Physician. In addition to her work as a gynaecologist, Mairo was Country Representative for the Packard Foundation and Gates Foundation and a Senior Fellow with the Children Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), supporting the localization of the foundation’s programme in Africa and working on advocacy to address severe acute malnutrition as well as girls education. Mairo is the founder and Board Chair of Girl Child Concerns, an NGO dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls. (www.girlchildconcerns.org).