Gifty Addico, Resident Representative United Nations Population Fund, (UNFPA) Nigeria

Dr Gifty Addico is the UNFPA Resident Representative in Nigeria.

In her role as resident representative, she provides overall vision and leadership for the work of UNFPA in Nigeria and is accountable for the implementation of UNFPA’s country programme and operations.

A national of Ghana, Gifty brings over 25 years of experience in strategic leadership in international development and health programmes at global and national levels, with a focus on developing countries.

Prior to assuming her role as Resident Representative, Gifty was most recently Chief of the Commodity Security branch in the Technical Division of UNFPA, providing strategic direction and technical leadership for UNFPA’s work in family planning and reproductive health supplies.

Gifty has also served in several capacities in UNFPA including as Technical Adviser in the Technical Division, New York, and in the East and Southern Africa Regional Office, Johannesburg; Humanitarian Emergency Coordinator in Yemen; UN Reform Specialist and Policy Adviser in Rwanda, and Sexual and Reproductive Health Specialist in the UNFPA Country Support Team (CST), Addis Ababa.

Prior to these appointments, Gifty worked in various positions with the Government of Ghana at district level(s) and at the School of Public Health, University of Ghana. Gifty is a medical doctor by training. She has a Master of Public Health (MPH), from the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, and a Medical Degree from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana.