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The woman who stopped plugging holes
Woman of the Month · 2026-07-29

The woman who stopped plugging holes

A consultant epidemiologist and Permanent Secretary of Health for Kaduna State, Nigeria, Dr. Aishatu Abubakar Sadiq made a choice early in her career: stop doing damage control, and go upstream instead.

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