Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
Our Fellows
Marie Elisabeth Betsi Noma Epse Dibongue
Cameroon
National Program for the Prevention and the Fight against Zoonotic Diseases
Ministry of Health
Kebba S. Bojang
The Gambia
Program Manager of National Cancer Programme
Ministry of Health
Bongani Chikwapulo
Malawi
Chief Quality Management Officer
Malawi Ministry of Health
Francisca Tshitenge Bwalya
Zambia
National Mental Health Coordinator / Consultant Psychiatrist
Ministry of Health
Susan Chinyoka
South Africa
Head Notifiable Medical Conditions
National Institute of Communicable Diseases, a division of the National Health Laboratory Services
Nurhan Mawi
Ethiopia
Program Coordinator
Ministry of Health (MoH) / International Institute for Primary Health Care Ethiopia (IPHCE)
Onyekachi C. Subah
Liberia
Program Director, National Blood Safety Program
Ministry of Health, Liberia
Gemu Tiru Bati
Ethiopia
Director, Health System Strengthening and Special Support Directorate
Ministry of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Sarah Mohammed
Sudan
Provider, Initiated Testing and Counseling Head Unit
Federal Ministry of Health
Khansaa Ahmed
Sudan
Head of Case Management Unit
The Federal Ministry of Health, Directorate General of PHC
Rahima Shikur Ahmed
Ethiopia
Advisor, Office of the Minister
Ministry of Health
Nebongo Daniel Wa Nebongo
Cameroon
Acting Chief of Unit of Routine Immunization
Ministry of Public Health
Irvine Mchacha
Malawi
Zonal Team Lead
Ministry of Health (MOH)
Yaya Barjo
The Gambia
Principal Health Economist
Ministry of Health
Bangaman Christian Akani
Cote d'Ivoire
Medical officer
Institut National d'Hygiène Public
Simbarashe Mpariwa
Namibia
Senior Regional HIV Clinical Mentor
Ministry Of Health and Social Services, Directorate of Special Programs
Essona Matatom Akara
Togo
Health District Manager
Ministry of Health
Paul Matsvimbo
Zimbabwe
Provincial Medical Director
Ministry of Health and Child Care
Clare Obonyo
Kenya
Pharmacist
The National Treasury
Miriam Nakanwagi
Uganda
Program Officer - Paediatric HIV Care and Treatment
Seconded to the AIDS Control Program / Ministry of Health, Uganda by UNICEF
Shadi Henchiri
Tunisia
M&E Officer at HIV/AIDS National Program Tunisia
Ministry of Health Tunisia National Program for HIV/AIDS and STIs
Victus Kwaku Kpesese
Ghana
Director, Administration (Ag)
Mental Health Authority
Birikty Lulu Hagos
Ethiopia
National Family Planning Program Leader
Ministry of Health
Janilza Solange Gomes Silveira Silva
Cabo Verde
Public Health Specialist
National Institute of Public Health
Ntuli Kapologwe
Tanzania
Director of Health, Social Welfare and Nutrition Services
President's Office - Regional Administration and Local Government - Tanzania
Njideka Kanu
Nigeria
Consultant Special Grade II
National Primary Health Care Development Agency
Dynamo Ndacyayisenga
Rwanda
Ag Director of Drug Abuse and Management Unit
Rwanda Biomedical Centre
Emile Nkurunziza
Burundi
Adviser of Director, Integrated National Food and Nutrition Program
Ministry of Public Health
Mohamed Osman Mohamed
Somalia
Non Communicable Disease National Program Manager
Federal Ministry of Health and Human Services
Tumiso Mamashela
South Africa
Public Health Medicine Specialist
Limpopo Department of Health
Zainab Kwaru Muhammad-Idris
Nigeria
Project Coordinator and Manager
Kaduna State Ministry of Health
Sandra Maripe
Botswana
Ngami District Health Management Team Coordinator
Ministry of Health, Botswana
Chileshe Mapemba
Zambia
Director of Public Health Services
Livingstone City Council, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development
Anderson Flomo Jr.
Liberia
National Clinical Coordinator for Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety
Ministry of Health
Rita Larsen-Reindorf
Ghana
Deputy Director Clinical Care
Ghana Health Service
Tunde Masseyferguson Ojo
Nigeria
Consultant Psychiatrist / National Coordinator, National Mental Health Programmme
Federal Ministry of Health
Lois Oluwatoyin Olajide
Nigeria
Assistant Director/Infectious Disease Consultant
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
Celina Marjorie Zayzay
Liberia
Technical Coordinator
Ministry of Health
Esther Waryit Yonah
Nigeria
Program Coordinator CHIPS
Nasarawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency
Cecilia Monica N. Wamalwa
Kenya
Head of Division of Health Products and Technologies
County Government of Kilifi
Hillina Tadesse Tiyo
Ethiopia
Director of General for Medical Services General Directorate
Ministry of Health
Meseret Zelalem Tadesse
Ethiopia
Director for Maternal, Child, Adolescents Health, and Nutrition
Ministry of Health
Cynthia Amino Semá Baltazar
Mozambique
Field Epidemiology Training Program Director
Mozambique National Institute of Health
Faizah Abiodun Popoola
Nigeria
TB/HIV Focal Person
Ogun State AIDS/STI Control Program
Koena Joseph Nkoko
South Africa
Group Head: Health
City of Tshwane Health Department
Punjom Njefi Yves
Cameroon
Director of District Hospital
Ministry of Public Health
Sarata Ngack
Gambia
Senior Health Economist
Ministry of Health
Brenda Nansubuga
Uganda
District Medical Officer
Kampala Capital City Authority
Leilah Najjaar
South Africa
Director, Clinical Service Improvement
Department of Health
Grace Momba
Malawi
Director of Health and Social Services
Ministry of Health
Dawuda Louis
Nigeria
Health Planning Officer
Kaduna State Health Supplies Management Agency (KADHSMA)
Denver Mariga
Kenya
Technical Advisor
Ministry of Health
Taddeus Ndahepele Jonas
Namibia
Senior Health Program Officer
Ministry of Health and Social Services
Anna H. Jammeh
Gambia
Epidemiologist
Ministry of Health
Michelle Jennifer Groome
South Africa
Head – Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Firehiwot Gobena
Ethiopia
Director General
Ministry of Health
Abdulkedir Gelgelo
Ethiopia
Director General
Ethiopia Pharmaceutical Supply Agency
Modeste Gashayija
Rwanda
Health Quality Services Assurance Specialist
Ministry of Health
Abdul Mac Falama
Sierra Leone
District Medical Officer
Ministry of Health and Sanitation
Maame Yaa Pomaa Nhyira Essel
Ghana
Municipal Director of Health Services
Ghana Health Service
Suwatang Beneth Emmanuel
South Sudan
Project Coordinator
South Sudan Red Cross
Abiodun Egwuenu
Nigeria
Antimicrobial Resistance Program Manager
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
Trevor Dzenga
Namibia
HIV Clinic Mentor
Ministry of Health and Social Services
Wycliffe Dunde
Kenya
Pharmacist
Homa Bay County Public Service Board
Alfred Douba
Côte D'Ivoire
Public Health Specialist
National Institute of Public Hygiene
Adilson José De Pina
Cabo Verde
Head of Malaria Elimination Program
Ministry of Health
Peret Brenda Dadah
Nigeria
Director Planning Research and Statistics
Plateau State Primary Health Care Board
Sam Aboubacar Coulibaly
Burkina Faso
Public Health Physician
National Institute of Public Health (INSP)
Mustapha Bittaye
Gambia
Director of Health Services
Ministry of Health
Fabian Yilshal Agwo
Nigeria
Director Logistics and Health Commodities
Plateau State Primary Health Care Board
Gideon Nyaaba Abodoon
Ghana
Principal Nutrition Officer
Ghana Health Service
Ruth Belachew
Ethiopia
Chief of Staff
Ministry of Health
Sena Ahiakpah
Ghana
Senior Nursing Office (PH)
Ghana Health Service
Chizoba Abone
Nigeria
National Clinical Mentor (FCT)
National AIDS/STI and Hepatitis Control Program
Khozya Zyambo
Zambia
National Paediatric HIV Mentor
MoH UTH PCOE
Afua Animwaa Asante Twumasi
Ghana
Municipal Health Director
Ghana Health Service
Ismail Tukur
Nigeria
Executive Secretary
Zamfara State Primary Health Care Board
Stephen Sasetu
Nigeria
Director of Planning, Research, and Statistics
NASARAWA STATE PRIMARY HEALTHCARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Caroline Reindorf Amissah
Ghana
Public Health Physician
Mental Health Authority
Diana Ratsiambakaina
Madagascar
Head of Universal Health Coverage Implementation Unit
Ministry of Public Health
Jeanne Patrick
Kenya
Senior Deputy Director of Medical Services
Ministry of Health
Solome Okware
Uganda
Surveillance Officer
World Health Organization
Festus Ogada
Kenya
Assistant Chief Pharmacist
Ministry of Health/County Department of Health
Deborah Odoh
Nigeria
Deputy Director, National HIV Treatment & PMTCT Programme Coordination and Performance Monitoring
National AIDS and STIs Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria
Bernard Nsah
Cameroon
Analyst, Routine Immunization
Clinton Access Foundation
Takalani Girly Nemungadi
South Africa
Deputy Director: Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases
National Department of Health
Jean d’Amour Ndahimana
Rwanda
Director of Infectious Diseases
Partners In Health
Pendo Mwihumbo
Tanzania
District Reproductive Health Coordinator for Maternal, Newborns, and Adolescents
Ulanga District, Tanzania
Moses Mutabazi
Uganda
Senior Regional Nutritionist
Ministry of Health: Kabale Regional Referral Hospital
Philbert Muhire
Rwanda
Director General
Ministry of Health: Ruhengeri Referral Hospital
Justice Mudavanhu
Zimbabwe
Director of Non-Communicable Diseases
Ministry of Health and Child Care
Tuduetso Molefi
Botswana
Neglected Tropical Diseases Program Manager
Ministry of Health and Wellness
Aisha Omar Mohamed
Kenya
Head, Division of Quality Assurance
Ministry of Health, Kenya
Fungo Samson Masalu
Tanzania
Regional Health Officer
Government of The United Republic of Tanzania
Patience Ami Mamattah
Ghana
Municipal Director of Health Service
Ghana Health Service
Nyembezi Kasaro Malakata
Zambia
Provincial Surveillance Officer
Lusaka Provincial Health Office
Andrew Likaka
Malawi
Director of Quality Management and Digital Health
Ministry of Health and Population
Wambui Kungu
Kenya
Assistant Director of Population
National Council for Population and Development
Jaques wa nsenda Kamangu
Namibia
Deputy HIV Chief Clinical Mentor
Ministry of Health and Social Services
Matovu John Bosco Jr
Sierra Leone
Senior HIV Care and Treatment Advisor
ICAP Global Health office
Saheed Ibrahim
Ghana
Municipal Director of Health Service
Municipal Health Directorate
Ernest Gonyon
Liberia
Acting Director of Health Financing
Ministry of Health, Liberia
Temidayo Fawole
Nigeria
Senior Program Officer
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
Pauline Duya
Kenya
Head of Division of Traditional and Alternative Medicine
Ministry of Health, Kenya
Fatima Daggash
Nigeria
Program officer
Department of Public Health, Nigeria
Kalkidan Belayneh
Ethiopia
Deputy Director General
Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Agency
Irene Bagahirwa
Rwanda
Director of Injuries and Disabilities Unit
Rwanda Biomedical Center
Fon Edwin Atunji
Cameroon
District Medical Officer
Ministry of Public Health, Cameroon
Lucas Nyamekye Kofi Annan
Ghana
Senior Administrative Manager (Policy Analyst)
Ministry of Health, Ghana
Olajumoke Bamidele Aladenola
Nigeria
Deputy Director Planning Research And Statistics/Desk Officer, Medium Term Sector Strategies (MTSS) In HMB
Hospitals Management Board (HMB)
Hossan Ajuck
Kenya
Project Manager
East Africa Kidney Institute (EAKI)
Ramatu Abdulkadir
Nigeria
Head of Pharmacy Department
National Ear Care Center
Solomon Woldeamanuel Birru
Ethiopia
Expert Public Health Professional
Federal Ministry of Health
William Rutagengwa
Rwanda
Director General
Rwanda Ministry of Health
John Kamulegeya
Uganda
Senior Medical Officer
Nakasongola District Local Government
Ikrama Hassan
Nigeria
Chief Medical Director
State Specialist Hospital, Nasarawa
Gloria Ntow-Kummi
Ghana
Deputy Director
Ghana Health Service
Abdulkarim Ibrahim Dahiru
Nigeria
Deputy Director Health Planning, Research and Statistics
Nasarawa State Hospitals Management Board
Moorine Penninah Sekadde
Uganda
National Paediatric TB coordinator
Ministry of Health
Elizabeth Naukusi Wangia
Kenya
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Ministry of Health
Abiola Olubunmi Ogunenika
Nigeria
Ondo State Program Manager
Ondo State Ministry Of Health; Saving One Million Lives Program for Results
Joyce Mutanu Kyalo
Kenya
Policy and Planning Advisor
Health Policy Plus-Palladium Kenya
Samuel Kwame Buabeng-Frimpong
Ghana
Head of Center For Health Information Management
Ghana Health Service/Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Division
Eyerusalem Bekele
Ethiopia
Partnership Coordination Team Coordinator
Federal Ministry of Health
Joanne Ondera
Kenya
Component Lead Healthcare Financing
German Development Cooperation
Upendo John Mwingira
Tanzania
Program Manager NTD and Research Scientist
Ministry of Health - National Institute for Medical Research
Moses Barima Djimatey
Ghana
District Director of Health Service
Ghana Health Service
Hentsa Haddush Desta
Ethiopia
Public Health Specialist
Ministry of Health
Blen Ayele Kebede
Ethiopia
National Drug-Resistant TB and Childhood TB Program Manager
Ministry of Health
Edwin Exaud Swai
Tanzania
National Program Officer
Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC)
Cordelia Mboijana Katureebe
Uganda
National Cordinator, Paediatric and Adolescent HIV care, AIDS Control Program
Ministry of Health
Zufan Abera Damtew
Ethiopia
Director, Health Extension and Primary Health Service Directorate
Ministry of Health
Birara Melese Yalew
Ethiopia
National Nutrition Case Team Coordinator
Ministry of Health
Daniel Gebremichael Burssa
Ethiopia
Chief of Staff , State Minister's Office
Ministry of Health
Desalegn Tegabu Zegeye
Ethiopia
Director, Policy and Planning Directorate
Ministry of Health
Selorm Botwe
Ghana
Sub Metro Director of Health Services
Ghana Health Service
Lucy Kimondo
Kenya
Assistant Director
National Council for Population and Development
Wesley Oghera
Kenya
Assistant Chief Pharmacist
Ministry of Health
Maureen Nyambura Kimani
Kenya
Program Manager
Ministry of Health
Ebba Abate Waktola
Ethiopia
Director General
Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI)
Christian Rusangwa
Rwanda
Deputy Chief Medical Officer - Chronic Care
Partners In Health
Oyeladun Okunromade
Nigeria
Assistant Director, Surveillance and Epidemiology
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
Nkeng Eva Mulutsi
South Africa
Director: Forensic Mental Health
National Department of Health
Lucy Mecca
Kenya
Assistant Chief Pharmacist
Ministry of Health, National Vaccines and Immunization Program
Pogisho Samuel Daddy Matthews
South Africa
Deputy Director: Nutrition services
Department of Health, Limpopo Province
Chrispin Mandiwa
Malawi
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Ministry of Health
Evaline Lang’at
Kenya
Health Research and Non-Communicable Disease Program Coordinator
Ministry of Health
Fatma Kabole
Tanzania
Head of Unit/ Program Manager Neglected Tropical Diseases Unit Zanzibar
Ministry of Health Zanzibar
Moono Hansombo
Zambia
District Health Director
Ministry of Health
Biruk Abate Halallo
Ethiopia
Director of Policy, plan, M&E Directorate
Federal Ministry of Health
Kabiru Ibrahim Getso
Nigeria
Public Health Physician/Field Epidemiologist
Ministry of Health, Kano State
Loko Bongassie
Ethiopia
Director General
Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Agency
Clement Avoka
Ghana
Technical Officer in Disease Control
Ghana Health Service
Moses Ray Ogwang
Uganda
Assistant District Health Officer (Environmental Health)
Kole District Local Government
Rebone Ntsie
South Africa
Director: Nutrition
National Department of Health
Joel Muhoza Mubiligi
Rwanda
Chief Medical Officer
Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima
Arnold Ikedichi Okpani
Nigeria
Senior Medical Officer/Technical Officer
National Primary Health Care Development Agency