Neha Mankani

Neha Mankani is a Pakistani midwife and a member of the 2023 BBC 100 Women.

Education Mankani grew up in a family who supported her pursuit of education. She obtained her bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from the Lahore University of Management Sciences. She then attended school in the United States as a Fulbright Scholar, where she earned a master's degree in public health from Columbia University. She also participated in the ICM Young Leaders Programme.

Career While pursuing her master's degree, Mankani worked for a summer in a Ugandan refugee camp. Aahung

In 2019, Mankani established the Mama Baby Fund charity in Karachi to provide financial support to families who couldn't afford pre-natal, post-natal, and infant healthcare. In addition to midwifery, Mankani has also served the community by providing other patient care and putting together disaster response plans. As part of this work, she visited flood-affected areas and internally displaced persons camps to deliver supplies for delivering babies. and a short documentary was later made about her efforts. She was interviewed by the BBC a second time in December 2022, where she discussed the impacts of malnutrition on Pakistani women.

Mankani serves as Humanitarian Engagement and Climate Advisor at the International Confederation of Midwives. International Confederation of Midwives, the PUSH Campaign's regional coordinator for South Asia,

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