Head of Midwifery, Cure Hospital

One of thirteen children, Fahima Naziri was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. After graduating from BIBI SARA High school Kabul, Afghanistan in 2005, she earned her Diploma in Midwifery at the Ghazanfar Institute of Health Science (GIHS), Kabul, Afghanistan in 2007. Immediately after earning her degree, she worked for two years at the Indira Ghandi Hospital.

Fahima was hired by the Cure Hospital as a midwife in 2008. Her professional and calm demeanor was soon evident and therefore, she was promoted to midwifery supervisor in 2009. In 2011, she was again promoted to become Head of Midwifery at the Cure Hospital, a position she has held since then. Under her steady leadership, the midwifery department has continued running Cure’s all midwifery run clinic at its Family Health Center and offering 3-week clinical clerkships to Afghan midwives from all over the country.

Fahima has continued to seek every opportunity to advance her professional knowledge and skills. In 2017, she earned her bachelor’s degree in Midwifery through the Midwifery Bridge program at the Zawol University in Kabul. She was chosen to travel to Bangladesh to attend a one-week conference sponsored by the Asian Alliance in Midwifery. She has earned certificates of achievement from the MOPH to become a breast-feeding consultant’, from the Silk road Solutions on Leadership, from the American Heart Association to be a Basic Life Support Provider and trainer, and has completed the Newborn Resuscitation Program and then became certified as a trainer through ‘Helping Babies Breath’ an evidenced-based educational program initiative of the American Academy of Pediatrics in collaboration with WHO and other global health stakeholders. The program teaches neonatal resuscitation techniques in resource-constrained environments.

Fahima is also very active volunteer in the larger Afghan midwifery community.  She is a member and current Vice President of the Afghanistan Midwifery and Nursing Council (AMNC), an executive board member and past President and past Kabul Provincial Director of the Afghan Midwives Association (ASMA).