Yetunde Adeseluka-Oladejo
Yetunde Adeseluka-Oladejo is a Reproductive/Public Health Nutritionist, and the Convener of The Girls’ Count Initiative, a voluntary not-for-profit initiative with a vision to improve the health, well-being and provide sustainable empowerment opportunities for adolescent girls, women, orphans and vulnerable children particularly in rural and semi-urban communities.
As a Reproductive/Public Health Nutritionist, Yetunde is equipped with skills to plan and implement nutrition-agriculture sensitive and specific interventions aimed at improving the livelihood and nutritional status of the vulnerable population through research, innovations and education.
With over five years of experience in public health programming and project management, Yetunde has led her team to promote healthy lifestyle, end malnutrition, provide food and nutrition security, sustainable livelihood, women and girls empowerment, maternal and infant health.
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A notable project of the initiative is the SheHeroes Sustainable Menstrual Hygiene Project which has reached 2,750 women and girls with proper menstrual, sexual and reproductive health education and free washable, reusable sanitary pads.
Another project is SheLearned Empowerment and Mentorship Project which has reached over 600 women and girls – a project aimed at raising 5,000 highly skilled, financially independent women and girls in the next two years to have sustainable sources of income to live a sustainable livelihood.
Yetunde completed a bachelor’s degree in Medical Biochemistry from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, a master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Ibadan, and a Civic Leadership Training Certificate from Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.
Yetunde is a Nutrition Specialist at Solina Centre for International Development and Research. She is a member of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria, and is the author of the following e-books; Every Mother’s Secret-KiddiesRecipePad, Boost Your Breast Milk Food Guide and PregMumCare Food Guide which has helped hundreds of fathers, pregnant, and nursing mothers make informed food and health choices for their children’s optimal growth and well-being with the end goal of ending the scourge of malnutrition in children under 5.
Yetunde won an Active Citizenship Award 2021 in the Health Category, she is a top 35 finalist of the YALAwards-The Gambia, a 2021 YALI fellow -West Africa, a 2022 Mandela Washington Fellow-USA, 2022 ACEA fellow, a 2023 International Maternal New born Health Fellow-South Africa.