Dr. Bolanle Oyeledun

Dr. Bolanle Oyeledun is the Chief Executive Officer at the Centre for Integrated Health Programs, a position she has held from September 2013 till date. She received her Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Lagos in 1995. Prior to this she received her MBBS from the University of Ibadan in 1987. She holds a certificate in Health Management from the Harvard school of Public Health as well as a Master’s of Science Degree in Community Health and Health Management from Heidelberg University, Germany. An associate fellow of the National Post Graduate Medical College (Public Health), Nigeria (equivalent to MRCP UK), she was also a Gates-Packard visiting fellow on the Population Leadership Program of the University of Washington Seattle, USA. (2001-2002). She worked with the Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs (JHU/CCP) Nigeria between 2000 and 2005, where she rose to become the deputy country director. In 2005, she became an Associate Research Scientist at the Columbia University, International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP New York where she worked on PMTCT programs in Swaziland and Lesotho. She later became the Country Director for ICAP Nigeria from 2006 to 2011 where she was seconded to head the new local NGO, Center for Integrated Health Programs (CIHP). Since then, she has gone ahead to lead CIHP to win grants on The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, WHO/CIDA/INSPIRE: Lafiyan Jikin Mata, WHO/CIDA funded 3 country implementation science research Project, The PEPFAR/CDC funded “Strengthening Skills and Competencies of Care Providers for Enhanced Service Delivery (Scope) Project” Project, The Bridging the Gaps and Enhancing Sustainability through Policy Advocacy and Leveraging Resources to Undeserved States (BRIDGES & BRIDGES PLUS) Projects, the “Partnering Effectively to End AIDs Through Result and Learning” (PEARL) Project and The MTN Foundation (YDDMIS) Yellow Doctors Mobile Medical Clinic Scheme amongst others. She was the first ever female chairperson of the Technical Review Panel (TRP) of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) Geneva, Switzerland: 2008 to 2011 where she led the TRP reforms. She also chaired the Independent Review Committee of the Gavi Alliance from 2014 to 2018. She continues to demonstrate excellent leadership in Public Health and in HIV/AIDS activities with an experience of working with Governments across Sub –Saharan Africa, specialized foundations (GAVI Alliance, The Global Fund for AIDS Treatment and Malaria), U.N agencies in particular UNAIDS, WHO, UNFPA and UNICEF as well as international and local non-government organizations. She has over twenty (20) scientific papers and articles in scientific journals and books and has experience working across over thirteen countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. In 2018, she also started “Candid conversations with Bola O”, a face to face dialogue to encourage women (and men!) to come together and share experiences on issues that are not often talked about in the Nigerian society.