Mariama Abdou Gado

Mariama Abdou Gado is a medical student at the Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey (Niger), blogger, activist, social entrepreneur, app developer and volunteer passionate about everything related to social behavior change and sustainable development. She firmly believes that young people represent not only the future, but also the present, and that women constitute a huge reservoir of potential which is unfortunately unrecognized and untapped. Mariama is president of of the Young Ambassadors for Reproductive Health and Family Planning Web in Niger and part of IntraHealth’s team of Youth Ambassadors using social media and other communications to disseminate messages around Family Planning and Global Health.