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Dr. Edna Adan Ismail Receives 2023 Templeton Prize
Edna Adan Ismail is a nurse-midwife, hospital founder, and healthcare advocate who has worked courageously to change cultural, religious, and medical norms surrounding women’s health in East Africa, improving the lives of thousands of women and girls in the region and beyond.
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The Templeton Prize was the first major philanthropic venture of Sir John Templeton and is a joint activity of the Templeton philanthropies.
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