Dr. Eleanor Namusoke Magongo is a Pediatrician and Child Health Specialist with 20 years of experience leading pediatric and adolescent HIV programs across Sub-Saharan Africa. She has served at Uganda’s Ministry of Health STI/AIDS Control Program for over 13 years, where she leads the national program for children and adolescents living with HIV. She sits on several high-level advisory bodies including the global PEPFAR Scientific Advisory Board, WHO Adolescent HIV Service Delivery Technical Working Group, Child Survival Working Group, and WHO HIVReSNet Steering Group.
Dr. Magongo’s career spans clinical roles at Mulago National Referral Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, program coordination at the Joint Clinical Research Centre, and technical advisory roles at Management Sciences for Health, eflecting steady progression from bedside care to national policy leadership.
She holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, a Master of Medicine in Pediatrics and Child Health, and training in Implementation Science Research.
She is energized by hearing women’s voices rise in leadership spaces, and believes amplifying those voices is essential to building more equitable, responsive health systems.
Fun fact: Dr. Magongo writes gospel music and loves singing and dancing to it.