Our team
Built for this challenge. Led by those closest to it.
We unite global clinical experience with local systems expertise.
Core
Professor Zubaida Farouk
Head of Training
Consultant Neonatologist & Professor of Paediatrics
Prof Zubaida leads training of clinical staff and ensures our program aligns with recommended Nigerian and WHO practice. She brings 25 years of clinical expertise as a consultant doctor at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital and recently worked on the update of Nigeria’s KMC clinical guideline. She is a national trainer of neonatologists.
Dr Musa Sufi, PhD
Government Consultant
Executive Director, Sufi Innovation and Development Solutions (SIDES)
Dr Sufi brings over two decades of experience in public health, and has worked on many healthcare interventions in Northern Nigeria. He leads our government work in Kano.
Dr Wesley Quadros
Co-Founder
Wesley is a doctor with expertise in neonatology and public health. He leverages clinical experience from Ethiopia and South Africa, where he participated in research design and policy translation. He co-managed a randomised controlled trial for 150 patients, developing and implementing a digital follow-up system.
Ikra Gulzar
Co-Founder
Ikra is a Lead Clinical Pharmacist experienced in NHS England clinical commissioning. She brings an ability to translate clinical expertise into impactful, nationwide healthcare programs. Her track record includes securing NHS policy approvals and demonstrating leadership in high-stakes environments.
Program
Hamdi Labaran
MEL Officer
Hamdi brings 4 years of experience in data management and monitoring across health programs. She elicits actionable insights and improves our evaluation systems.
Gabriel Obiero
Program Manager
Gabriel brings a decade of experience in public health program management and grant administration in large-scale health interventions (Global Fund, USAID) in resource-constrained environments across Nigeria.
Advisors
Patrick Stadler
Scaling
Co-founder, New Incentives
Patrick scaled a health charity in Nigeria which has cost-effectively reached 5 million children.
Supriya Bansal
Implementation
CEO, Ansh
Supriya founded Ansh, a KMC charity which has scaled to 2 states in India. Ansh are GiveWell funded.
Sarah Eustis-Guthrie
Monitoring & Evaluation
Senior Associate, GiveWell
Sarah brings experience in monitoring and evaluation of global health charities.
Dr Aishatu Adamu
Context
Lecturer, Oxford Centre for Global Health
Aishatu is a public health doctor with over 15 years experience. She has worked in clinical, teaching, and research roles in Kano State.
Jerry Montgomery
Operations
Ex-Director of Operations, Save the Children
Jerry brings 20 years of experience from globally diverse leadership positions, including nearly a decade in senior operations at Save the Children.
How we work
Our values
- Compassionate
- Care for the people we are humbled to serve, and work with, is what drives us. As a direct health charity, the solutions we create are led by input from local communities and culturally tailored.
- Ambitious
- We want to help as many people as we can who wouldn’t be reached without our work. Aware that there are other actors in newborn health, we analyse the counterfactuals of every decision we make.
- Open-minded
- We’re flexible about the best way of helping babies and mothers. Operating in a learning mindset, we adapt quickly to new information and changing circumstances — staying resilient in the face of uncertainty.
- Evidence-led
- Our goal is to make the most difference, counterfactually. That means carefully analysing the landscape in which we operate and making decisions accordingly.
- Innovative
- We find innovative approaches to difficult problems and maximise the impact of every resource available to us, thinking laterally to solve existing challenges.