Helping to champion inclusion in healthcare for vulnerable migrants across Africa
Who we are
African Platform for Migration and Inclusion in Health (APMIH) is Africa's first - and only - continental non-profit organisation operating at the nexus of health and marginalisation, with vulnerable migrants at the heart of our research and advocacy work. Founded in February 2018, we are an African-led organisation with a non-partisan ethos, and we always advocate in favour of health as a human right.
Why we're here
APMIH recognises a vital need to promote inclusion in healthcare for those migrating within - and across - country borders in Africa who may be particularly vulnerable, and may face particular health risks. We also recognise the intersectional nature of marginalisation and the need to promote inclusion within health systems for migrants who identify as members of other marginalised groups - including, for example, those who are LGBTI and those with physical and/or mental disabilities.
Our mission
As a network, APMIH seeks to collate and produce research data on access to health for various marginalised groups across Africa, and to use the evidence base to advocate in their favour. Our membership structure creates an important opportunity for a more coordinated response across Africa, and provides a much-needed space for advocates, researchers and policy-makers from across the continent to learn from each other’s experiences, share information, and amplify their voices.
APMIH SECRETARIAT
SINETHEMBA BADI
Webmaster
Sinethemba advises on the design of APMIH’s website and on management of the APMIH Knowledge Repository web pages. She is a software developer. She holds a B.Sc. Computer Sciences degree from the University of Walter Sisulu and a B.Sc. Computer Science (Hons) from the University of Fort Hare. She previously worked at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) as a vacation student in the Data Science program.
A South African, she speaks isiXhosa as her home language as well as English.
sherihane bensemmane
Research & Repository Manager
Sherihane is responsible for building the APMIH Knowledge Repository. She has previously worked as a research associate in the Laboratory for Neuro- and Psychophysiology at the K.U.Leuven Medical School. She has experience in field research in Bolivia, where she investigated barriers to accessing healthcare services in the context of HPV infection. She is also member of the Board of Administrators in a Brussels-based association on prevention of HIV and support of HIV positive community. She holds a master’s degrees in Neuroscience and Public Health with a specialisation in Health Policy and Health System. She also followed a MOOC on Health Challenges in Africa.
Sherihane has dual citizenship - Algerian and French. She speaks French and English fluently, and possesses some proficiency in Arabic and Spanish.
Christy adeola braham
Founder & Co-ordinator
Christy oversees all of APMIH’s operations. An interdisciplinary public health researcher by profession, she has experience working on NGO, governmental and European Union projects aimed at improving the health of marginalised populations across the world, and has carried out on-the-ground health service assessments in Zambia. She is currently completing a PhD in Public Health & Migration with the Health Equity & Inclusion Group (University of Sheffield) and holds a master’s degree in Public Health from Imperial College London, as well as a Biomedical Science degree from King’s College London.
Christy holds dual British and Sierra-Leonean citizenship, is fluent in English and possesses some proficiency in French, Krio and German.
manasseh gowk
Development Officer
Manasseh is responsible for conducting outreach with civil society and academic stakeholders across the continent - with a particular focus on West Africa - and helping to develop APMIH’s programs in its start-up phase. He holds a degree in Finance from the University of Ghana.
Manasseh holds Ghanaian citizenship, and speaks English, Twi and some Spanish.
REPOSITORY DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Michael alumuku
Michael Alumuku is a Nigerian medical doctor who graduated from The V.N Karazin National University Ukraine in 2016. He currently works with caritas Catholic foundation of Nigeria as a program Associate. He is passionate about human rights and health equity. He is the founder of African Young Leaders for Global Health initiative, where he works to strengthen health systems in Africa through advocacy, research and innovation. He is also the Director of Teaching Human Rights Fellowship program for a non profit, The Human Projects.
Michael speaks English, Russian, and Nigerian languages such as Yoruba and Tiv.
BECKY GORMLEY
Becky is a community-based researcher in Canada, currently coordinating two national studies focused on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV. She holds a Master’s of Public Health with a concentration in social inequities and health from Simon Fraser University.
JOHANNA HENRICI
Johanna is working on a voluntary basis for APMIH as she is especially interested in advocating global health issues and therefore the health of migrants in Africa. She has experience working as a neuropsychologist and as a lecturer and is currently working in the site management and monitoring of clinical studies.
Johanna holds a master‘s degree in (Neuro)psychology from the University of Münster, Germany, and a master’s degree in Public Health from the École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique in Paris, France.
She holds German citizenship and speaks German, English and fair French.
Thando muhau
Thando Muhau has secured her bachelor of science in European Public Health from the Maastricht University, minoring in health and human sciences at the University of Sheffield. She endeavors to continue on with a Master in the field of Epidemiology. Thando believes in the advancement of equity in health through the reduction of health disparities.
Thando is Zimbabwean and fluent in both Shona and English.
INGRID TRESTA WEINDORFER
With a degree in European Public Health from Maastricht University in the Netherlands, Ingrid currently works at the European Patients' Forum in Brussels. She has experience working at the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), the Red Cross and Boehringer Ingelheim, as well as volunteering at Amnesty International, and also spent time at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, as part of her studies.
Originally from South Africa and having grown up in Austria, Ingrid is fluent in both English and German.
EKaterina zhukova
Ekaterina works on a voluntary basis for APMIH as a knowledge repository contributor. She is a British medical doctor and holds a Master’s in Public Health from the London School of Tropical Medicine. She completed family medicine training in Manchester in 2018, and her more recent experience includes advising a start-up developing a mental health support through sport program on monitoring & evaluation strategy. Ekaterina has lived internationally and speaks English, Russian, German and some conversational French.