2022 East Africa Cohort

WomenLift Health has selected the emerging leaders below to participate in the inaugural 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.

Alice Oyuko

Senior Health Advisor-HST
Save the Children International

Caroline Tatua

Health Technical Advisor
The International Rescue Committee

Carolyn Aling' Achieng'

Technical Advisor HRH: Curriculum and Quality Assurancey
Clinton Health Access Initiative

Cordelia Katureebe

National Coordinator HIV Care and Treatment
Ministry of Health Uganda

Elizabeth Onyango

Head, Division of Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Control
MOH

Emily Njuguna

Senior Technical Advisor for Africa Region (Maternal, Newborn, Child Health, and Nutrition-MNCHN),
PATH

Esther Lwanga Walgwe

Resource Mobilization Lead, International Programs
Population Council, Inc

Evelyne Opondo

Senior Regional Director for Africa
Center for Reproductive Rights

Grace Miheso

Chief of Party
Breakthrough ACTION Kenya

Hellen Barsosio

Senior Clinical Research Scientist
KEMRI

Ines Kaze Gege Buki

Country Director
Chemonics

Jacqueline Kitulu

Board Member, Chair Training, Assessment, Registration and HR Committee
Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council

Joyce Wanderi

Chief Program Officer
Girl Effect

June Musau

Country Engagement and Support Coordinator
Financing Alliance for Health

Justine Bukenya

Lecturer
Makerere University

Lilian Langat

Programme Analyst
UNFPA

Linda Nabitaka Kisaakye

Senior Program Officer PMTCT
Ministry Of Health Uganda

Lise Mumporeze

Emergency & Critical Care Physician. Head of Accident & Emergency Service
King Faisal Hospital, Kigali

Dr. Mary Nyangasi, MBChB (UON), MPH (Kenyatta University), PGCert (Graduate Institute Geneve), MSc Transformative Oncology candidate (University of Manchester)

Dr Mary Nyangasi

Technical lead for the Global Breast Cancer Initiative, WHO Global Cancer Team

Maurine Murenga

Executive Director
Lean on Me Foundation

Milly Kaggwa

Senior Technical/Clinical Advisor-SRH/MNCH
Population Services International (PSI)

Nelly Munyasia

Executive Director
Reproductive Health Network Kenya

Njeri Nyamu

Regional Program Manager
Jhpiego

Pauline Irungu

Director Policy and Public Affairs
Pfizer

Rachel Mutuku

Sr.Technical Advisor -AYSRH
PSI

Rael Mutai

Regional Technical Advisor MNH, (East Africa)
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM)

Sheila Ogoma

Technical Advisor Malaria Entomology
CHAI

Suzanne Kiwanuka

Head, Health Policy Planning and Management Department
Makerere University School of Public Health

Symphrosa Tindi

Medical Services Manager
Nairobi Women's Hospital

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