RISING WOMAN 2025: Zaitun, A champion of children's health in Tanzania

Zaitun Bokhary | Mewata President & and Consultant Pediatric Surgeon at the Muhimbili National Hospital


What you need to know:

  • Over more than 15 years, she has become widely known for her work, saving thousands of children’s lives through surgery, particularly in treating gastroschisis, a birth defect where a baby is born with their abdominal organs outside their body due to incomplete formation of the abdominal wall in the womb.