Sualiha Abdulkader Muktar is a public health and leadership professional with over 15 years of experience across government, international organizations, and global health partnerships. At the Institute of Primary Health Care Ethiopia (IPHC-E), she provides strategic and technical leadership to advance PHC capacity, conducts research on women’s leadership in Ethiopia and sub-Saharan Africa, and supports South-to-South collaboration. Her expertise spans health systems strengthening, gender equity, sexual and reproductive health, policy development, and leadership coaching, consistently integrating program management and governance to drive equity-focused health system transformation.
She holds an MPH and an MBA, and is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), bridging technical public health expertise with leadership development in equal measure.
She is inspired by women leaders who elevate overlooked priorities, link frontline realities with policy, and lead with both technical skill and relational intelligence, seeing women’s leadership as essential to equity, resilience, and lasting health system change.
Fun fact: Sualiha is a reflective solo traveler who draws insights from conferences and cafés alike, because she believes data tells stories, and the best leaders know how to read both.