Enó Isong

Enó Isong

Global health and international development communications strategist

Enó Isong’s professional background is providing programmatic and operational management for international development projects, targeting policymakers and key stakeholders. Prior to the World Bank, she was Associate Director, International Communications at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, working on designing advocacy and communications plans, strategies, and campaigns for implementation of comprehensive tobacco control policies. Before this, she served as Associate Director at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, where she managed the day-to-day projects and partnerships of the Foundation’s Africa program. Enó believes her professional commitment to sustainable and healthy families and communities, has been greatly influenced by her personal experiences as a little girl going with her mother and siblings to serve women, children and families in underserved and rural communities in Nigeria. Her focus, therefore, has always been driven to create new and innovative ways to reach, inform, captivate and mobilize targeted audiences to elevate and act on development priorities. Enó holds an Advanced Postgraduate Certificate in Core Public Health Concepts from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; an MA in Communications from Howard University, Washington DC; and a BA in English and Literary Studies from the University of Calabar, Nigeria.