Matilda Kerry
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Matilda Kerry is a Nigerian physician, television host and beauty pageant titleholder. She currently a co-host on the Nigerian version of The Doctors.{{cn|date=February 2025}}
Education
Kerry attended Federal Girls College, Benin, where she obtained her WAEC certificate. Following her secondary education, she gained admission into the University of Lagos to study Medicine and Surgery. She also holds a master's degree in public health, is a member of the West African College of Public Health Physicians, and a Sexuality Leadership Development Fellow.{{Cite web |title=Sexuality Leadership Development Fellowship |url=http://www.arsrc.org/training/sldf/alumni2014.html |access-date=2017-08-29 |website=www.arsrc.org}}
Career
Kerry graduated from the University of Lagos in 2006, and now practices medicine, specialising in community medicine. She is president of the George Kerry Life foundation,{{Cite web|url=http://www.docsays.com/team/dr-matilda-kerry/|title=Dr. Matilda Kerry {{!}} Docsays|website=www.docsays.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-29}} a foundation that gives awareness about non-communicable diseases (NCD's).[http://www.punchng.com/spice/beauty/i-am-not-conscious-of-fashion-matilda-kerry/ I am not conscious of fashion –Matilda Kerry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119051248/http://www.punchng.com/spice/beauty/i-am-not-conscious-of-fashion-matilda-kerry/ |date=2012-11-19 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.georgekerrylifefoundation.com/whoweare.htm|title=GEORGE KERRY LIFE FOUNDATION|website=GEORGE KERRY LIFE FOUNDATION|access-date=2017-08-29}}
She is part of the Young African Leaders Initiative, a flagship program of President Barack Obama. In 2016, she was a Mandela Washington fellow, where she joined 1000 other young African leaders in Washington DC for the Presidential summit in 2016 to strategise on moving Africa forward.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irex.org/people/matilda-nkechiye-kerry|title=Matilda Nkechiye Kerry|website=IREX|language=en|access-date=2017-08-29}}
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Category:21st-century Nigerian medical doctors
Category:Miss Universe 2000 contestants
Category:Miss World 2000 delegates
Category:Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria winners
Category:Nigerian public health doctors
Category:Nigerian women medical doctors
Category:University of Lagos alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century women physicians