Nazira Abdul

Nazira Karimo Vali Abdula (born 1969) is a pediatrician and politician from Mozambique. She has served as Minister of Health in the government of Filipe Nyusi from January 19, 2015, until January 17, 2020.

Biography Abdula was born in the city of Nampula, Portuguese Mozambique in 1969. She completed her primary studies in and around Nampula before enrolling at the Eduardo Mondlane University, in Maputo, where she received her degree in medicine in 1993.

Abdula began her medical residency at Maputo Central Hospital, with later work at São João do Porto Hospital in Portugal. She received her Master's in Nutrition from Flinders University in Australia in 2006.

Abdula worked as a general practitioner at Mavalane General Hospital from 1993 to 1997, where she participated in a program fighting Malaria in the region. She also worked to combat a Cholera epidemic at Maputo Central Hospital in 1997. She has worked against the theft and sale of illicit drugs as well as the sale and trafficking of counterfeit medications. Outside of her work with the government, Abdula has written several scientific articles about antimicrobial resistance.

Personal life She is a Muslim.