Professional Experience
2024: Senior Technical Consultant, IntraHealth International, Washington DC, USA
Reporting to the CEO and President of IntraHealth, I co-led the development of the new global health strategy for IntraHealth International and Global Communities. Both organizations went through a merger in May 2024 and are working on combining and prioritizing their technical streams based on the forward market for the next three years. In addition, I lead, advise and support new business efforts in the areas of HIV/AIDS, MNCH/FP, HSS, and Global Health Security and provide technical assistance to a diverse portfolio of programs. .
2020: Managing Director,, Global Health Programs, Chemonics, Washington DC,, USA
Member of the Global Health Division leadership team. Responsible for providing global technical leadership and management to field based global health programs. Technical core areas supported by the division included HIV/AIDS, RMNCH, Malaria, and Health Systems Strengthening. Contributed to the division's thought leadership, business development and strategic initiatives.
2020: Global Health Consultant, World Health Organization, Washington DC, USA
Working closely with the WHO Department of Global HIV, Hepatitis and STI programmes in Geneva , the WHO Philippines office, Global Fund, USAID Philippines, UNAIDS Philippines, Philippines Department of Health and other state and non-state actors, I lead the development of the Tenofovir, Lamivudine and Dolutegravir (TLD) transition operational plan and ensured there was consensus among all the actors on activities, timelines, metrics and the necessary training package.
2020: Health Policy Consultant, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, Washington DC, USA
Working closely with the Policy and Global Affairs Unit, I joined the pool of global health experts and served as a peer reviewer of reports and documents developed on the non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa. Most of the recommendations coming out of my reviews were taken up by sub-Saharan African countries implementing COVID-19 non pharmaceutical interventions.
2016 – 2019: Director of Program Sciences and Technical Support, FHI 360, DC, USA
Member of Global Health Population and Nutrition leadership team. Responsible for providing global technical leadership and management to team of 140 staff in 7 divisions (health services research utilization, health systems strengthening, technical support, social behavior change, strategic information and lab sciences)working across the global health research to practice continuum.
Technical core areas supported by department include HIV / AIDS, RMNCH / FP, NCD, Malaria, AMR, WASH, Nutrition, NTD, TB, for projects in the Asia Pacific, Caribbean, East, Southern and West Africa regions.
Activities undertaken by department include business development, thought leadership and technical assistance to field programs.
Projects supported were funded by US government (USAID, CDC, USAID, NIH), UK department of health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UN agencies and pharmaceutical companies.
2007 – 2016: Country Director, I-TECH, University of Washington, Gaborone, Botswana
Member of organization’s senior leadership team. Responsible for technical leadership and operational management of a team of 75 staff. Technical core areas supported included HIV / AIDS, TB / HIV, Health and laboratory system strengthening (HSS and LSS), and M&E. Activities included strategic and change leadership, financial and program management, business development, technical assistance, and thought leadership. Supported projects funded by US government (CDC and HRSA) through central and bilateral cooperative agreements.
2013-2015: Africa Region Director, I-TECH University of Washington, Gaborone, Botswana
Member of headquarter leadership team. Managed country directors and teams in nine sub-Saharan African countries leading US government funded HIV and HSS projects. Activities included building capacity of in-country leadership for effective project management and change management, recruitment of key positions in country, restructuring teams for optimal project performance; reviewing/assisting with the development of annual plans, funder applications and reviewing donor reports prior to submission, and facilitating learning and adapting sessions between country programs.
2005 – 2007: Acting Country Director/Director of Programs, ICAP, Columbia University, Tanzania
Member of in country senior leadership team. Responsible for technical leadership and operational management of a team of 100 staff. Technical core areas supported included HIV care and treatment, PMTCT, HIV testing, integration of HIV testing and treatment into MNCH, integration of HIV and TB services, early infant diagnosis, and community HIV services. Supported projects funded by the US government (CDC and USAID) through central and bilateral cooperative agreements.
1990 – 2004: Primary Care Physician, Gaborone, Botswana and Harare, Zimbabwe
Responsible for providing pediatric and obstetrics/gynecology services and clinical care to adult and pediatric HIV patients. Supported the roll out of critical RMNCH initiatives such as the safe motherhood initiative and post-abortion care. Contributed to the establishment of the first comprehensive family centered HIV clinic.
Appointments and Affiliations
2009-present: Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Global Health, University of Washington,
Seattle,WA,USA
2020-present: Board of Directors, The Addis Clinic, Nashville Tennessee, USA
2023-present: Academic Editor, PLOS ONE, San Francisco, California, USA,
2023-present: Academic Editor, Frontiers in Public Health, Lausanne Switzerland,