2022 EAST AFRICA COHORT:
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY

LIFT-OFF EVENT

April 25 & 26, 2023

Thank you for being a part of Lift-Off and celebrating the remarkable 2022 East Africa Leadership Journey Cohort with us.

You can watch the recordings of the cohort members’ presentations below.

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Leadership Project Presentations

Centering Women & Girls in Health

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Watch: Alice Oyuko's "Anticipatory Action in Mitigating Gender Based Violence in Humanitarian Crises: Focus on Save the Children in Afghanistan"

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Watch: Caroline Tatua's "Integrating a Gendered approach into Maternal Health programs in Humanitarian setting"

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Watch: Emily Njuguna's "Personal Sustainability: An Analysis of Resilience among Women in Healthcare"

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Watch: Evelyne Opondo's "Barriers to Afrocentric approach to effective sexual reproductive health and rights advocacy in Kenya"

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Watch: Justine Bukenya's "Improving utilization of cervical cancer screening services by female sex workers in Uganda"

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Watch: Mary Nyangasi's "Impact of the use of E-learning Platforms in Enhancing Cervical Cancer Knowledge and Awareness among Primary Health Workers in Kenya"

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Watch: Maurine Murenga's "Promoting a Feminist, Intersectional and Gender- Transformative Approach to Pandemic Response"

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Watch: Nelly Munyasia's "Women Health Care providers as change agents for SRHR"

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Watch: Rachel Mutuku's "Developing a systematic internal AYSRH cross learning framework based on lessons from PSI's adolescent project: A360"

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Watch: Rael Mutai's "Centering women in health through provision of comprehensive Sexual Reproductive Health Services: Inclusion of SRH services in the Kenya National UHC Policy and Roadmap"

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Catalyzing Institutional Change

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Watch: Esther Lwanga's "Strengthening Country-Level Communication Strategies to Improve Health Research Utilization"

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Watch:Hellen Barsosio's "Brown Bag Thursdays: A forum to nurture women scientists at KEMRI-CGHR to enable entry, growth and sustainability in science"

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Watch: June Musau's "Developing a wellness program for tertiary level medical students in Kenya"

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Optimizing Pathways To Leadership

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Watch: Grace Miheso's "Catalyzing a leadership mindset among female health care workers"

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Watch: Ines Kaze Gege Buki's "Building a resilient health supply chain workforce in Rwanda"

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Watch: Jacqueline Kitulu's "KMPDC Talent development and succession planning: Building on a mentoring approach"

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Watch: Joyce Wanderi's "Shifting towards sustainable and lasting solutions; how do we influence the development sector"

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Watch: Lilian Langat's " Catalysing Girl Leadership: Strengthening the leadership capacity of Telanet Secondary School Students’ Council"

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Watch: Suzanne Kiwanuka's "Enhancing Women Leadership At Makerere University College of Health sciences: Towards Intentional Scale Up and Sustainability"

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Building Integrated and Resilient Health Systems

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Watch: Cordelia Katureebe's "Leveraging Donor support to strengthening Systems for Governance, Health work force and Finance at Regional. Referral Hospitals in Uganda"

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Watch: Elizabeth Onyago's "Access to Hypertension and Diabetes Essential Medicines at Primary Healthcare Facilities: A Case of Makueni County"

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Watch: Linda Kisaakye's "Bringing it altogether: Integrating interventions for AGYW across health programs (HIV prevention, care and treatment and SRH) and across sectors (health, education and gender/community) in Uganda: A case of Kawempe division and Kawempe National Referral Hospital"

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Watch: Lise Mumporeze's "Health related emergency tips for parents in Rwanda"

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Watch: Milly Kaggwa's "Creating Transformative Quality of Care Approaches that Foster Agency and Empowerment of Women and Girls"

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Watch: Sheila Ogoma's "Entomology and Research Mentorship in Low and Middle-Income countries: Engaging and leveraging women led communities to spark interest of young women in scientific research careers and leadership"

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Watch: Symphrosa Tindi's "A project to reflect the gains made in health facilities post Covid – 19 and preparedness for future pandemics"

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Thank you for joining our Lift-Off Event!

You can read more about the 2022 East Africa Cohort Members here.