
Senior Country Director
Dr. Amina Aminu Dorayi is a physician and public health professional with more than 2 decades of extensive experience in designing and managing health system and sustainable development programs aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of women, girls and communities. She is currently a Senior Country Director at Pathfinder International where she provides overall strategic leadership of Pathfinder activities in Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Democratic Republic of Congo.
Prior to this role, Dr. Amina Aminu served as a Technical Director at the USAID-funded Sustaining Health Outcomes through the Private Sector Plus (SHOPS Plus) project and a Senior Technical Advisor for Abt Associates. She was also the Associate Deputy National Program Manager and Director of Service Delivery at the DFID-funded Partnership for Transforming Health Systems Phase II (PATHS2) project.
Dr. Amina served as the Employee Advisory Committee (EAC) Representative for the Africa Region of Abt Associates. She has significant understanding of health systems in Africa, substantial management experience and has led diverse teams across multiple health interventions in the Africa region.
Dr. Amina Aminu Dorayi holds a Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria and a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the University of Liverpool, UK. She has also attended various national and international professional development courses, including one on Project Management in Global Health from the University of Washington and Improving Quality of Health Services at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. She is a member of the Nigerian Medical Association, Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria and the American Public Health Association. She is also a Fellow of the West African Institute of Public Health and African Institute of Public Health Professionals.