Grace Kodindo

Grace Kodindo
Born
Grace Kodindo

1960 (age 63–64)
Doba, Chad
OccupationObstetrician
Known forReducing maternal mortality in Chad and other poor countries
Children2
AwardsChad Medal of Honour, 1997
FIGO/Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Distinguished Community Service Award for Emergency Obstretric Care, 2000

Grace Kodindo (born 1960) is a Chadian obstetrician who has championed improvements to reproductive healthcare, not only in Chad but in poor countries throughout the world.[1][2] She has been profiled in two BBC documentaries: Dead Mums Don't Cry (2005), charting her efforts to reduce the mortality rate of pregnant and childbearing women, and Grace Under Fire (2009), reporting on her involvement in a reproductive healthcare programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  1. ^ Kimani, Mary (January 2008). "Investing in the health of Africa's mothers". United Nations: Africa Renewal. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  2. ^ Kristof, Nicholas D. (20 March 2004). "Terror Of Childbirth". New York Times.