Joy Shu'aibu

Joy Shu'aibu is director of program operations for Sightsavers in Nigeria. Dr. Shu'aibu is a public health professional with 14 years of experience, and post-graduate training in family medicine. Joy has been instrumental in designing the neglected tropical diseases (NTD) program which has ensured that those in displaced persons camps in Benue State, in North Central Nigeria, are receiving treatment for debilitating neglected tropical diseases.

Agnes Kalié, a health worker, gives out a drug treatment to prevent against one of the debilitating neglected tropical diseases.

Poverty

Protecting the Health of Displaced People

by Joy Shu'aibu

Employing a "leave no one behind" approach