WomenLift Health has selected the inspiring leaders below to participate in the second East Africa Cohort of the Leadership Journey, a fully-funded leadership initiative designed to support women through the challenges and opportunities of advancing to senior leadership positions in global health.
Akaco Ekirapa
Health Team Leader/ Health Adviser
Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (British High Commission, Nairobi)
Alida Ngwije
Senior Program Manager
Clinton Health Access Initiative
Amisa Rashid
Founder and Executive Director
Nivishe Foundation
Angelique Mugirente
Community Based Maternal Newborn and Child (CBMNCH)Technical Coordinator
Jhpiego
Anne Musuva
Regional Director, East and Southern Africa
ThinkWell
Basiliana Emidi
Principal Research Scientist
National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania
Beatrice Mushi
Program Manager
MUHAS-ORCI-UCSF Cancer Collaboration
Beth Kangwana
Executive Director
Population Council- Kenya
Carolyne Njuguna
East Africa Hub Director & Kenya Country Director
PATH
Cecilia Akatukwasa
Regional Qualitative Research Coordinator
Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration
Chonge Kitojo
Malaria Project Management Specialist
USAID
Doreen Ondo
Program Officer PMTCT/DR
Ministry of Health Uganda
Elizabeth Oele
Epidemiologist/Grants and Sponsored Programs Lead
Kisumu County Department of Health
Emmily Koiti Modi
Executive Director and Medical Doctor
South Sudanese Women in Medicine (SSWIM) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Ethel Makila
Director for Communications Advocacy and Policy
IAVI
Florence Sibomana
Senior Program Officer on NCDs
PATH
Idyoro Ojukwu
Resident Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
MATER MISERCORDIAE HOSPITAL
Jackline Aridi
Faculty /Director
Strathmore University
Janet Muriuki
Acting Senior Director Health Workforce Development
IntraHealth International
Justine Tumusiime
Research Coordinator
PATH
Khizra Syed
Head - Digital health transformation
Department of Health, Kisumu County
Marie Grace Sandra Musabwasoni
Assistant Lecturer
University of Rwanda
Mary Josephine Mbidde
Senior Technical Advisor, Malaria
The AIDS Support Organization (TASO)
Millicent Alooh
Regional director, NEST BMET implementation
Rice University
Rose Aliano
Assistant District Health Officer
Ngora District Local Government
Sarah Kutika Nyagabona
Clinical Oncologist and Researcher
Muhimbili National Hospital
Stella Mujaya
Country Director (Data.FI Project) and Country Representative (Palladium)
Palladium
Sylvia Vito
Africa Head
Eva Pharma International
Sylvia Wamuhu
Reproductive Health Director
Population Services Kenya
Valentine Dushimiyimana
Ag. Strategic information Specialist
Rwanda Biomedical Centre/Research Innovation and Data Science Division
