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Dr. Eunice Brookman-Amissah is a pioneering Ghanaian physician & diplomat. Originally anti-abortion, her life changed when one her pediatric patients, a 14-year-old, died from a botched procedure. She vowed to fight unsafe abortions, which cause up to 30% of maternal deaths in Africa. #WomenInSTEM

In 1996, Dr. Brookman-Amissah became Ghana's first female Minister of Health. She restructured national healthcare delivery, launched the Ghana Health Service, and later served as Ghana’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, successfully rebuilding key diplomatic ties. #WomenInSTEM #GlobalHealth

As VP for Africa at Ipas (2001–2014), she turned her clinical mission into policy. She united lawyers, doctors, and leaders to liberalize reproductive laws in Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Benin, Eswatini & Kenya, contributing to a 40% drop in regional unsafe abortion deaths. #WomenInSTEM #WomensRights