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