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Rokhaya Thiam
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Rokhaya Thiam is the owner and director of a private obstetric/gynecology clinic in Dakar, Senegal that serves a broad clientele. She previously worked with the Senegalese Ministry of Health. A trained midwife, she was educated in Senegal, completing her midwifery studies in Dakar. She is leading a program with the Association of Religious Leaders for Health and Development (Cadre des Religieux pour la Santé et le Développement), a Senegalese interfaith association, to educate and engage local religious communities (primarily dahiras) across Senegal on family welfare and family planning.
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