Henrietta Ampofo

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Health || Tech || Environment & Climate || Diplomacy

  • Education

    • Oxford School of Climate Change (SoCC)

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      Climate Change
    • Yale School of Public Health

      2025 -
      Climate Change and Health
    • Azubi Africa

      2021 - 2021
      Certified Cloud Practitioner Amazon Web Services (AWS) re/start Gold class

      a. Completed 12 week, full-time, classroom based skills development and training program on IT fundamentals, AWS Cloud, and professional skills.b. Built IT fundamental skills, including: working knowledge of Linux OS, writing scripts in Python and Shell c. Learned how to apply core AWS services in the area of compute, storage and networking, including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Lamda, Cloud Formation, RDS and Route 53 d. Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills, including… Show more a. Completed 12 week, full-time, classroom based skills development and training program on IT fundamentals, AWS Cloud, and professional skills.b. Built IT fundamental skills, including: working knowledge of Linux OS, writing scripts in Python and Shell c. Learned how to apply core AWS services in the area of compute, storage and networking, including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Lamda, Cloud Formation, RDS and Route 53 d. Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical information and terminology to non-technical end users. Learned how to configure monitor and support the suite of core AWS services Show less

    • University of Ghana

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      Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - MBChB Medicine
    • University of Washington School of Public Health

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      Certificate Leadership and Management in Health
    • University of Washington School of Public Health

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      Project Management in Global Health
    • Cisco Networking Academy

      2023 - 2023
      Cybersecurity
    • Udacity

      2022 - 2023
      Programming For Data Science with Python Nanodegree Data Science

      Bertelsmann Next Generation Tech Booster Scholarship Program where I worked on the 3 projects under supervision using mainly Python and SQL including automation.

  • Experience

    • Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital

      May 2021 - now

      Korle bu Research team

      • Member, Research

        Sept 2019 - now
      • Junior House Officer

        May 2021 - May 2022
    • 37 Military Hospital

      Jun 2022 - Jun 2023
      Senior House Officer
    • Major Group for Children and Youth

      Jan 2023 - now
      Member

      Contributed to the Zero draft of the Global Youth Policy paper towards the Summit of the future.Shown here : https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/sof-major-group-children-youth-input-zero-draft-pact-for-future.pdf

    • Youth Climate Council Ghana

      Apr 2023 - now
      Member

      · Facilitator for Pre-Local Conference Of Youth (LCOY) Consultation for the National Youth Action Plan on Climate Change. Specifically, the session on Agriculture and food systems (August, 2023).· Participated in the WikiGreen conference. (May, 2023).

    • World Bank Group Youth Summit

      May 2023 - May 2023
      Delegate

      Participated in the 2023 Youth Summit on the theme “From the Ground up: Local Solutions to drive Global Impact” and various dialogues that ensued as an online delegate.Introduced to the various youth opportunities of the World Bank Group and other related entities. Had opportunity to vote to decide the Winner of the World Bank Youth Summit Pitch.

    • CHAOSS

      Aug 2023 - now
      Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Badger

      Give event badges - Gold, Sliver, Passing, Pending - particularly to Open Source Software events using a bot based on metrics of diversity equity and inclusion : indicating accommodation made for people living with disabilities, marginalised groups and dealing with incidents of harassment during such events.

    • UNFPA Ghana

      Aug 2023 - Jul 2024
      UNFPA Youth Leader (YoLe) Fellow
    • International Telecommunication Union

      Aug 2023 - Nov 2023
      Women in Cyber mentee 2023
    • YOUNGO

      Sept 2023 - now
      Member

      Migration and Climate working groupClimate and Health working group.

    • Children and Youth Major Group to UNEP

      Jan 2024 - Apr 2025

      Coordinate monthly or bimonthly meetings for 500+ youth volunteers from all regions of the worldHeld an online Environmental Health campaign in all 6 UN languages!https://www.instagram.com/p/C0LL6g3tS5z/?igshid=ODhhZWM5NmIwOQ==Organized One Health technical session during Global Youth Assembly with invited speakers from One Health Secretariat:https://www.youtube.com/live/yTOH_3RrJqQ?feature=shared

      • Environmental Health thematic facilitator

        Jun 2023 - Apr 2025
      • Member, Policy Coordination Group (PCG)

        Feb 2023 - Apr 2025
      • Member, Ocean Governance Network

        Jan 2024 - Jan 2025
    • McKinsey & Company

      Apr 2024 - May 2024
      Next Generation Women Leaders (EMEA) 2024
    • UNICEF Ghana

      Jul 2024 - Aug 2024
      Intern, Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Unit
    • Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

      Nov 2024 - now
      • Policy Network on Artificial Intelligence (PNAI) member

        Aug 2023 - now
      • Dynamic Coalition Data Driven Health Technologies (DC - DDHT) member

        Nov 2024 - now
    • Chatham House

      Mar 2025 - now
      Common Futures Conversations (CFC) participant

      Develop policy solutions and pitch them to people in governmentConnect with experts to discuss vital issuesInform people in government about the challenges youth faceDiscover Chatham House research

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Key Essentials: Trade Rules, Sustainable Development and the Law

      Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge
      Jun 2025
    • Key Essentials: The Wealth Economy, Sustainable Development and the Law

      Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge
      May 2025
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI) Career Essentials

      ALX Ventures
      Jul 2024
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    • Environment, climate change and health (ECH) for practitioners and actors guiding policy change

      World Health Organization
      Dec 2024
    • Women in Cyber 2023 mentorship

      International Telecommunication Union
      Dec 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Cyber Threat Management

      Cisco Networking Academy
      Aug 2023
    • Green Digital Skills

      INCO Academy
      Jul 2023
    • Introduction to Cybersecurity

      Cisco Networking Academy
      May 2023
    • Cybersecurity Essentials

      Cisco Networking Academy
      Aug 2023
    • Kubernetes and Cloud Native Essentials - LFS250

      The Linux Foundation
      Sept 2025
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  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by PyLadies
      PyLadiesAssociated with Henrietta Ampofo
    • Volunteer

      Issued by ISOC Cybersecurity SIG
      ISOC Cybersecurity SIGAssociated with Henrietta Ampofo
    • Member (Editorial board member of Youth Atlas 2023)

      Issued by ISOC Youth Standing Group on Feb 2023
      ISOC Youth Standing GroupAssociated with Henrietta Ampofo
    • Universal Acceptance Working Group member

      Issued by ICANN on Jan 2023
      ICANNAssociated with Henrietta Ampofo
    • Online volunteer with International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

      Issued by UNV Online on Sept 2024
      UNV OnlineAssociated with Henrietta Ampofo
    • Online Volunteer with United Nations (UN) Office for Partnerships

      Issued by UNV Online on Jun 2024
      UNV OnlineAssociated with Henrietta Ampofo
    • Global Steering Committee (GSC) member

      Issued by Children and Youth Major Group to UNEP on Jun 2023
      Children and Youth Major Group to UNEPAssociated with Henrietta Ampofo
    • Member

      Issued by Red Cross, Ghana on Jan 2012
      Red Cross, GhanaAssociated with Henrietta Ampofo
    • World Youth Assembly (WYA) - E-waste forum delegate

      Issued by Geneva Youth Call on Apr 2022
      Geneva Youth CallAssociated with Henrietta Ampofo