Sister Beatrice Gbanga, as she is fondly called, was born to the union of Mr. James Siema
Minah and Agnes Minah Boma Sakrim, Pujehun District in Southern Sierra Leone, and were
active members of the Anglican Church of Sierra Leone.
She attended the renowned Harford School for Girls, Moyamba.
Sister Gbanga holds the following professional Nursing qualifications:
Diploma in Nursing science,( England 1972)
Specialty in Midwifery studies (England 1973)
Diploma in Nursing Education (General) (Federal Training Center for Teachers of Health
Sciences/University of Ibadan, Nigeria 1990)
Diploma in Community Based Primary Health Care (India 1994)
Diploma in Advance Health Leadership and Management, (Global Health Action, Atlanta
Georgia, 1997).
Sister Gbanga’s work experience spans a period of over fifty years including; the Ministry of
Health from 1974 to 2002 as Night Superintendent at Sierra Leone’s premier health facility
Connaught Hospital and taught at the National School of Nursing for eight years as Senior
General Nurse Tutor. She also spent a brief period as Health Coordinator of the United States
Peace Corps orientation program from 1991-1993.
In the United Methodist Church, she served in the following capacities
