Elvis Ndansi Nukam, Cameroon
Elvis Ndansi has been working in the domain of community health for over eight years, and has a key interest in providing basic health care to underserved communities in Cameroon. Elvis is the founder and president of Unite for Health Foundation, a local NGO that assists Cameroonians to access health care through its micro-clinic project. He is also an active politician and national youth president of his party. Elvis holds a master’s degrees in both Nursing and Public Health, and is presently a PhD candidate in Health Economic Policy and Management, with a special interest in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Elvis hopes to expand the activities of Unite for Health Foundation by opening micro-clinics in many more underserved communities in Cameroon in order to provide basic health care and reduce maternal mortality.