Matilda Kerry is a Nigerian physician, television host and beauty pageant titleholder. She currently a co-host on the Nigerian version of '' The Doctors''.

Education

Kerry attended Federal Girls College,

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, where she obtained her WAEC certificate. Following her secondary education, she gained admission into the

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to study Medicine and Surgery. She also holds a master's degree in public health, is a member of the West African College of Public Health Physicians, and a Sexuality Leadership Development Fellow.

Career

Kerry graduated from the University of Lagos in 2006, and now practices

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, specialising in community medicine. She is president of the George Kerry Life foundation, a foundation that gives awareness about non-communicable diseases (NCD's). She is part of the

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, a flagship program of President

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. In 2016, she was a Mandela Washington fellow, where she joined 1000 other young African leaders in Washington DC for the Presidential summit in 2016 to strategise on moving Africa forward.

References

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