Dr Chioma Nwakanma

Chioma Nwakanma is a Nigerian board certified medical doctor in public health practice. She is a writer, healthcare thought leader and TEDx speaker with years of experience in health
communications, advocacy, sexual & reproductive health and rights. An alumni of the Young African Leaders Institute (YALI RLC West Africa), with continuing education certification in “Leadership and Management in Healthcare” from the University of Washington She is the Communications director for Medically Speaking Africa and the Founder of SMILE With Me Foundation, an NGO leveraging digital health technology to reduce mortality rates from preventable diseases through impactful women’s health outreaches in low-middle income African communities using health education and health aids as tools. The core of her work is in cervical cancer prevention and contraceptive care. She is popularly known on social media as “Dr Zobo”, for her creative use of social media to influence healthy living by combating health misinformation. As an influencer and advocate, she has worked and partnered with different leading Global health and media organizations and brands, including the UNDP and NCDC. She is a regular health contributor for various TV, radio and local print media.
She is a member of the 2020 cohort of digital influencers for the International Centre for Journalism Knights Fellows. Dr. Chioma is a 2020 nominee for the The Future Awards Africa Prize for Health and Wellness. Listed as one of the 100 most powerful Nigerians under-40, “Influencer category”, 2020 by YNaija. 2019 Lord’s Achievers Honoree for Healthcare. Listed one #Top20OpinionLeaders on Twitter by the Hedge report 2019, She was also recognized as one of the 10 most influential youths in Abia State by the State Government in 2018.
She is a closet musician and a chair dancer who tweets @drzobo on twitter and IG.