Dr Mayowa Alade is the Special Adviser to the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare in Nigeria. In this role, she provides technical support to various landmark healthcare transformation and reform programs, including the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative (NHSRII) through the Sectoral Wide Approach, anchored around reducing maternal and child health outcomes in Nigeria; the Human Resources for Health policy/Managed Migration policy; the Social Action Fund, among others.
Prior to this, she worked with the World Bank in Nigeria as a Health Specialist. At the World Bank, she provided technical support to maternal and child health (MCH) programs and health systems strengthening innovations including three large projects – Nigeria State Health Investment Project (NSHIP), the Nigeria Polio Eradication Support Program, Nigeria Immunization Plus and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACT) Project.
Dr Alade interfaced with policymakers from the national and subnational governments and other key stakeholders including development partners like GAVI, Gates Foundation, WHO, USAID, and UNICEF on resource allocation for health, restructuring of health care or administrative institutions, and analysing existing evidence for better decision making. She holds a medical degree from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, a Masters in Public Health (MPH) from the University of Glasgow, UK, and a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in Leadership, Management and Policy from Boston University School of Public Health, USA.
