Welcome New Member Dr Edith Jacobet Wambayi

Edith is Founder and Executive Director of Uzima Women Relief Group International.

Uzima provides care and support to families affected by poverty, war and disease with particular focus on women and children living with HIV/AIDS globally.

Edith was a Senior Research Officer at the Kenya Medical Research Institute until she immigrated to Canada in 2001.

As well as working on other diseases such as malaria, Edith has worked in the HIV/AIDS field since the first case was diagnosed in Kenya in the early 1980s.

Since coming to Canada, she has continued to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS.

She works with several Provincial, National and International AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs) as well as non-ASOs facilitating community-based education and research.

Edith serves on several Boards and Committees providing health and social services to marginalized communities including those serving African people.

She is the former President of Abeingo Association Canada currently supporting AIDS orphans and other needy children in Kenya.

From 2007 – 2015, Edith was a member of the Ministerial Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS advising the Federal Minister of Health, Canada on the Federal Initiative on HIV/AIDS.

Edith is also owner of her own Consulting Firm Health and Life Promotion Research Consultancy (HELP) providing research and community education and support services locally and internationally.

Edith’s international work includes working in Bangladesh as a WHO Advisor to the Bangladeshi government.

Edith is a holder of a PhD and MSc in Medical Sciences, a Bachelor’s degree in Education/Science, a Diploma in Community-Based Program Planning and Management, and several certificates in the health and social services fields.