Yewande Banire Advocates Nigerian Model for Women’s Hormone Health

By Yinka Olatunbosun

When Yewande Banire speaks about women’s health, it comes from a place deeper than textbooks or medical training. It comes from a lived experience. A U.S.-trained and board-certified medical provider with two master’s degrees in nursing, she is the founder of Serene Infusion and Wellness Lounge in the United States and the newly launched Serenara Wellness in Nigeria. Yet behind her professional achievements lies a personal story that fuels her mission to change how women experience perimenopause and menopause.

Banire remembers the confusion and silence she faced during her own journey through perimenopause. “I went through it, and I know what it feels like to sit in pain, confusion, and silence,” she shares. “As a provider, I realised how little was being said about this stage of life. Women are told to endure, to accept, to keep quiet. But I could not accept that. No woman should walk through this alone.”

That realisation became the foundation of Serenara Wellness, Nigeria’s first women’s hormone telehealth and concierge medicine clinic. Through this platform, Banire is creating a safe space where women can speak openly about midlife health and receive personalised care without shame or stigma.

Her journey has not been linear. She often reflects on the years she spent “in the shadows,” pushing forward even when the path felt bleak. Advocacy gave her the courage to step out, convinced that women’s health could no longer remain a silent issue. Today, she calls this her “impact-making era,” where silence has given way to bold action.

Perimenopause and menopause, often dismissed or misinterpreted, affect every woman, yet the silence surrounding them continues to rob women of their confidence and wellbeing. Symptoms like hot flashes, anxiety, fatigue, and mood changes can disrupt relationships, careers, and even mental health. Still, in Nigeria and across much of Africa, many women feel they must endure quietly. She is determined to break this silence.

“At Serenara, our mission is to give women back their voice,” she says. “We offer not just treatment but also education, so women understand what is happening in their bodies. Knowledge is healing.”

While fibroids and PCOS are also part of her work, Banire insists that perimenopause and menopause must remain central. She emphasises that the economic and social impact of ignoring these conditions is too significant to overlook.
Her team, both at Serenara and Serene in the U.S., echo her determination, celebrating her as a leader who uplifts women and creates spaces where they feel seen and supported.

Banire’s story, from silent struggle to outspoken advocate, resonates with women across borders. By combining medical science with empathy and cultural understanding, she is leading a movement that tells women, “You are not alone, your health matters, and there is help.”

Through Serenara Wellness, she is rewriting the narrative of midlife health in Nigeria. And for countless women, her voice has become the reminder they have been waiting for, that their silence can end and their healing can begin.