Dr. Asma Aweis is the medical activity manager for MSF at Bay Regional Hospital in Baidoa, Somalia, where she was born and raised. She leads a team of eight staff who oversee over 400 people running the emergency, sexual reproductive health, pediatric and mental health wards in one of the busiest hospitals in Baidoa.   

During the current drought and malnutrition crises, Dr. Asma mobilized a community health team to respond to increased numbers of malnourished children, and to address outbreaks of measles and cholera in the makeshift camps where thousands of displaced people are settled. Despite a humble background, and her growing up in a rural area affected by conflict, Dr. Asma kept her dreams of becoming a medical doctor and attended the Ahfad School of Medicine in Sudan. Before joining MSF in 2018, she worked in a local hospital providing care to women and children, as well as for Gargaar Relief Development Organization (GREDO) as a health project coordinator. Dr. Asma worked as a part-time lecturer at the University of Southern Somalia in 2019, and at Baidoa International University in 2020. She actively supports young women who aspire to be medical professionals. She has a postgraduate degree in Global Health and is currently completing another postgraduate degree in Humanitarian Medicine at The University of Manchester.