From Somalian Refugee to MPH Alumna, She Tackles Disparities in Maternal Health

When she was nine, Ifrah Ahmed MPH ’23 became a midwife’s assistant. The job was just as informal as the maternal health clinic itself; the midwife was Ahmed’s mother, and the makeshift clinic was in their home in the middle of a Somalian refugee camp. But helping her mother care for other refugee women and children sparked something in young Ahmed that would later lead her to a career in public health.

Now, after graduating from the Master of Public Health (MPH) online/hybrid program at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Ahmed is working to keep refugees from succumbing to preventable diseases like she witnessed as a child caught in the crossfire of a war-torn nation. She’s also building a global nonprofit to address the maternal and child health challenges she has seen up close throughout her life.

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