Profiles:

DR. JEMIMA ARABA DENNIS-ANTWI

BScN, RN, RM, PHN, MSc. HE/HP, PhD, FWAPCNM, FGCNM

Dr. Mrs. Jemima Araba Dennis-Antwi is a results-oriented, triple-certified midwife, nurse, public health nurse and a global public health professional with over 36 years of multidisciplinary experiences in health programming, communications, projects management, policy, advocacy, women’s health and research. Her educational developments have been in Ghana and the United Kingdom. She has played diverse roles serving in many leadership capacities in Ghana and globally since 1989. These have included Programmes Manager for the National Health Learning Materials Centre-Ghana Ministry of Health, ICM Regional Midwifery Adviser-Anglophone Africa, Resident and Independent Consultant in Midwifery, UNFPA-Sierra Leone as well as the First and Foundational President and Acting Rector for the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives.

These roles have positioned her to serve in permanent, independent consultancy, Technical or Board roles for many agencies including Ministry of Health, Ghana, International Confederation of Midwives, American College of Nurse-Midwives, White Ribbon Alliance, New Ventures Fund of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organisation (WHO), UN Women, Expertise France and Jhpiego. She has lived and worked in Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and UK. Dr. Dennis-Antwi has been an ardent advocate and leader for midwifery, nursing, women’s health and sickle cell disease systems improvement through many working engagements with national and global stakeholders. Her contributions through the ICM-UNFPA Investing in Midwives Programme between 2009-2013 impacted over 40 countries in Africa and South-East Asia.

Dr. Dennis-Antwi has worked in over 16 African countries. Overall, she has professional exposure to 45 countries globally of which 33 is in Africa. Her recent assignments have been with Liberia, Libya, Sierra Leone and Somalia helping to build midwifery systems disrupted by years of war and structural disintegration. Of recent, she has been providing technical direction to the development of MIDWIFERY CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE initiated by the Office of the Director of Nursing and Midwifery of the MOH and supported by UNFPA-Ghana. Dr. Jemima Dennis-Antwi is currently the Founding President and CEO for the Centre for Health Development and Research (CEHDAR)- a Ghana based non-profit organisation collaborating with global entities for health and health workforce improvements. She has scientific publications and many policies and teaching learning documents to her credit. She also serves on both local and international Boards Dr. Dennis-Antwi is a multiple award recipient having received many honours and awards including a more recent Feminine Ghana Achievement Award 2025 and the Grand Medal Award of the Ghana National Presidential Awards and Honours 2024. She is also a member of 1st National Hall of Fame of the Ghana Ministry of Health MOH in Nursing and Midwifery 2021 and Yale -USA School of Nursing: Midwifery Scholar Award 2017.