NPHIL Global Health Director selected into Global Fellowship

The Director of Global Health at the National Public Health Institute of Liberia, Dr. Thelma Nelson, has been selected for the prestigious Eisenhower Global Fellowship 2023. The Eisenhower Fellows build bridges of understanding across borders leading to a positive impact in their countries.
The Dwight Eisenhower Fellowships exists to inspire leaders around the world to challenge themselves, to envision how they can effect positive change, to engage others beyond their existing networks and to collaborate with other like-minded leaders across national borders and regions to better the world around them.

Eisenhower Fellows and the positive impact they can have on their societies are at the heart of everything they do. It brings together innovative leaders from all fields and regions of the world, women and men of notable achievement who have the potential to do even more and strive to ensure the professional, ethnic, racial, gender and geographic diversity of the Fellows and of the regions and nations where they operate.
The Eisenhower Fellowship mission begins with identifying outstanding ascendant leaders who share President Eisenhower’s belief in the powerful possibilities of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world. We work with mid-career leaders who display the vision and passion to pursue concrete projects with real impact on their societies. We believe our work transcends national boundaries, linking outstanding international leaders with their counterparts in the United States to enhance international understanding and provide rich opportunities for collaboration within the influential Eisenhower Fellows global network.
Successful candidates for the program are leaders hungry to advance their personal and professional growth, who can articulate how they can use the fellowship to produce impactful change and who commit to lifelong engagement with the organization and its Fellows around the world. They apply what they learn from their peers and in their meetings with experts in their respective fields to maximize their potential and produce sustained impact through a transformative fellowship experience and collaboration with the network.
“I am excited that I have been selected as an Eisenhower Global Fellow 2023. I am thrilled to be joining this prestigious society of diverse, dynamic doers working to make positive changes in our societies. It is a humbling experience to be following in the footsteps of Dr. Kate Bryant (Past Minister of Health, Liberia) The late Dr. Walter D. Gwenigale (a renowned Liberian Surgeon and former Minister of Health) and Ms. Miatta Gbanya, a renowned public health specialist as the 4th Eisenhower Fellow from Liberia. I am indeed honored,” she averred.