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Success Stories
Brenda Allen Kawala
2019 Fellowship Alumna, Uganda
Meet the Young Woman in Uganda Advocating for Women’s Health. Her Secret? Love What You Do.
Brenda speaks on a radio broadcast in Uganda.
In my four years of clinical practice, I witnessed how much misinformation resulted in serious health problems for the public. Health education matters a lot in Uganda because the prevalence of infectious and non-communicable diseases is still very high.”
– Brenda Allen Kawala, 2019 Fellowship Alumna, Uganda
Learn more about how Brenda is sharing critical healthcare information with vulnerable populations across Uganda and urging other young people to do the same in this YALI Network blog post.
