Dr. Juliette Tuakli
Chair of the BoardWorldwide Board of Trustees
CEO/Chief Medical OfficerCHILDAccra
Accra, Ghana
Dr. Juliette M. Tuakli is an internationally acclaimed Pediatrician and Reproductive Health specialist. She is currently the Founder and Medical Director of CHILDAccra, a full-service clinic that provides clinical care and public health care services to children and their families across the West African region.
Dr. Tuakli is also a highly respected social philanthropist, serving on the boards of Mercy Ships, Zenith Bank (GH), and United Way Worldwide, where she is the Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Dr. Tuakli is a co-Founder of the MOREMI Girls Leadership Initiative and serves as an advisor to various international organizations, corporations and the African Union.
As the first female Rotary president of the premier Anglophone club in Africa, Dr. Tuakli promoted legislation to protect the disabled, orphans and vulnerable children. Her work was hailed by the African Union in 2016 and she was elected to the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.
Dr. Tuakli has trained, taught and worked at St Mary’s Hospital, London; UCLA School of Public Health; Harvard Medical School; the Children’s Hospital of Boston; Nairobi Hospital, Kenya; and, in the Seychelles, Rwanda, Zambia, and now, Ghana.