An African Woman Health Champion

Violet Mathenge is a medical doctor and epidemiologist, with more than seven years of experience in the clinical field, as well as in disease surveillance. While a Kenyan national, Violet serves as a UN Volunteer Surveillance and Emergency Risk Management Officer with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Botswana as part of Africa Women Health Champions, an effort to strengthen people’s health and well-being in a region with some of the highest rates of disease in the world.