2014
Susana Edjang
Policy & Advocacy Specialist
UN Population Fund
Susana Edjang is an international development, global health, and policy expert currently serving as Policy & Advocacy Specialist at the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Liaison Office to the African Union and the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Previously, Susana worked for over five years at the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations, as Economic, Social and Development Affairs Officer and as Project Manager for his signature movement Every Woman Every Child. Before that, she was H4+ (UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNFPA, UN Women, WHO and the World Bank) Coordinator at the UNFPA to advance the health-related Millennium Development Goals by 2015, as set by the United Nations, was a parliamentary advisor on global health and climate change at the UK Parliament, and promoted the institutional partnership between UK health institutions and their counterparts in Africa and Asia at THET, a UK NGO.
The 2014 World Fellows
A robotics engineer, an award-winning actress and director, a Syrian peace activist, a 2012 candidate for President of Iceland and 12 other multitalented, global leaders have been named 2014 Yale World Fellows. This cohort brings the total number of Yale World Fellows since the program’s inception in 2002 to 257 Fellows, representing 83 countries. “Like prior cohorts, this year’s Fellows are dynamic, high impact practitioners committed to effecting positive change,” said Yale World Fellows Director Michael Cappello, professor of Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine. “Through the Fellowship, Yale will provide these global leaders the valuable opportunity to take a step back from the intensity of their work and to...Read More
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