Nafisa Jiddawi

Biography

Nafisa Jiddawi is a social impact leader with over 16 years of experience in family and women's health, maternal and child health, patient advocacy, and community development in both Zanzibar and the United States. As the visionary behind the WAJAMAMA Wellness Center and the WAJAMAMA Foundation in Zanzibar, Nafisa is dedicated to making holistic healthcare services accessible. She envisions a world where every woman is the healthiest version of herself—physically, mentally, and socially—and where every child has a healthy and beautiful start in life. Her work is based on the understanding that to create a future where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive, we must ensure the holistic well-being of infants during the first 1,000 days after conception.