Yvette Efevbera comes to Global Health Corps as a recent Master of Science in Global Health and Population graduate from the Harvard School of Public Health, where she specialized in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and Program Evaluation. She completed her thesis in the Public Health and Human Rights contexts of Child Marriage in Malawi. In addition, she has worked on numerous projects focused on Botswana, Kenya, and Sierra Leone, including HIV/AIDS program evaluation with the Open Society Initiative of East Africa and the Harvard AIDS Initiative. Yvette is interested in improving cultural competence in global health programming and policy with an emphasis on vulnerable youth in sub-Saharan Africa. She has been active in diversity, policy, and social justice initiatives as President of the Harvard School of Public Health Africa Health Forum and through community outreach in Senegal, Namibia, and the U.S. Yvette graduated with High Double Honors from Michigan State University, specializing in International Relations and African Studies. She enjoys traveling, fashion, musical theatre, food, and spending time with family and friends in the U.S. and Nigeria.
Last week, after a screening of David France’s “How to Survive a Plague” for 200 Harvard College students followed by a panel of AIDS activists — I found myself among the angriest I’ve been since starting my doctorate. I was angry that in this session for “Case Studies in Global Health: Biosocial Perspectives,” a course that […]
We’ll send periodic updates from our leaders working on the frontlines of global health around the world and share opportunities to get involved in the movement.
Global Health Corps is a leadership accelerator mobilizing a powerful network of health equity changemakers, 1200+ strong and growing.
