News and Awards
June 2008 - Sakenay Yacoobi awarded Honorary Doctorate by Loma Linda University.
December 2007 - Gleitsman International Activist Award recipient for 2007 is Dr. Sakena Yacoobi as announced by Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
October 2007- Sakena Yacoobi received a National Role Model Award from the Eighth National Role Model Conference administered by Minority Access, Inc. The conference sited Yacoobi as one who "selflessly motivates and inspires others".
May 2007 - Sakena Yacoobi awarded Honorary Doctorate by University of the Pacific
2006 - Sakena Yacoobi elected Ashoka Fellow
July 2005 - Sakena Yacoobi among 1000 women nominated for Nobel Prize
July 2005 - Sakena Yacoobi honored with Democracy Award
Other News
February 2008 - Christian Science Monitor article including Sakena Yacoobi
Story of the month
Female doctor of ISN said: “Habiba came to the clinic 9 months ago; and said that she had amenorrhea. I referred her to the clinic laboratory for a pregnancy test. The result of lab was positive. I congratulated her but she was upset because 25 years ago she got married and had been pregnant 17 times but unfortunately all of them miscarried. I did not think that this pregnancy would be full term as before. Again I referred her to complete all the tests and fortunately all the results were normal. She had a stepdaughter. I give hope to her that this time she would have a safe delivery and her own baby. I advised her to have monthly visits at the clinic. She was given Healthy Mom and Ferfolic. When she passed the seventh month of pregnancy she suffered from hypertension and pedal edema. I referred her to the laboratory for urine analysis test. The result of her examination was proteinurea; I took management of her. Weekly she has come to the clinic for follow up; her blood pressure was under control. A night she was going to have delivery and her family took her to the hospital for delivery. She gave birth 25 years of marriage. Two days later she came to the clinic with her baby; she was very happy and appreciated me and services of the Imam Shish Nur clinic. I was thrilled to see her with her baby. It was one of my best memories. She said I can't believe that after all this time I have a child.”