Profile Summary
Specialist physician with expertise in maternal mental health and postpartum outcomes in Northern Nigeria.
Associate Professor of Community Medicine at Bayero University Kano and Consultant Public Health Physician at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, with over 15 years of experience across research, clinical public health practice, and international consultancy. She has led and contributed to major projects funded by the Gates Foundation, NIH/Fogarty, TETFund, Malaria Consortium and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and serves as a Commissioner on the Lancet Nigeria Commission. Dr. Tsiga-Ahmed has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and has played a key role in advancing maternal health policy, research capacity, and evidence-informed practice in Nigeria and across Africa.