Amna Hassana Abdulsalam (she/her) is an early career public health professional with expertise in delivering HIV/AIDS grants management and health systems strengthening programs with a focus on maternal and child health and working with other key populations. She is particularly interested in building robust health information and digital systems to bridge the gender health gap for adolescent women and young girls in sub-Saharan Africa.
At Results for Development (R4D), Ms. Abdulsalam is a senior program associate on the market shaping team in Abuja, Nigeria. She provides day-to-day project support on the program, identifying bottlenecks in public and private essential commodity markets primarily in Nigeria.
Prior to joining R4D, Ms. Abdulsalam worked for the Global Fund to curb the downward trends in Nigeria’s HIV epidemic. She worked with civil society organizations on initiatives to improve access to care services for key populations utilizing $1.3m to scale up services and protect key populations at all levels of care.
Ms. Abdulsalam holds a master’s degree in public health (MPH) specializing in infectious diseases and global health from Emory University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is fluent in English and Hausa and speaks conversational French.
