Adelina Canjala Dangola Calundungo

Adelina Calundungo has seven years of experience working in the health sector in Angola. She currently is a nurse educator at the Nursing College of Lubango (EFTSH) where she coordinates a nursing course and provides trainings. She is also a registered nurse (RN) at Rundu Intermediate hospital in Namibia. Adelina holds a diploma in Comprehensive Nursing and Midwifery from the University of Namibia (UNAM). Upon completion of the Washington Fellowship program, Adelina Canjala Dangola Calundungo plans to work on improving nurse education and helping to reduce the rate of maternal and neonatal death by creating opportunities of education and access to health care for less privileged women from small Angolan villages. Adelina was one of 100 Fellows competitively selected to participate in an 8-week internship in the United States following the Mandela Washington Fellowship academic institute.  She interned at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in August-September 2014.