Thandi Katlholo is a Program Officer for the Botswana National TB Program (BNTP) in the Ministry of Health, where she was charged with coordination of social marketing and communication plans to support the Program’s Strategic Plan. Among her achievements was the development and dissemination of the first BNTP Communication Strategy, 2013-2017, which she managed. Thandi has more than seven years experience in public health practice in behavioral change communication with the United Kingdom National Health Service within the Public Health development service and Ministry of Health, Botswana. She also volunteered with George House Trust, UK, an HIV/AIDS support NGO, from 2006 to 2010. Thandi obtained her Bachelor of Science degree from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2004 and her Master of Science in Public Health and Society from Salford University in 2007 as well as a Certificate in Community Health Training from Blackburn College (2010). Thandi’s interests include program development; behavioral change communication programs and public health policy development.

Onalenna is currently based at the Botswana Ministry of Health headquarters, where she supports the development and implementation of the Health Leadership and Management Development Program (HLMDP). HLMDP is a CDC funded program designed to strengthen leadership capacity at various levels of the health system in order to improve health outcomes at a system level. Prior to this assignment, she functioned in various capacitities in the public health sector including lecturer, head of the department for the Family Nurse Practitioner Program, and Deputy Prinicipal at the Institue of Health Sciences-Gaborone, where she was overseeing curriculum implementation for 8 mutlidisciplinary health training programs. Onalenna is a graduate of the University of Botswana (BSn), Johns Hopkins University, USA (MSn), University of Limpopo, South Africa (MPH), and University of Otago, New Zealand (PhD). Her primary research interest lies in the area of health sector reforms and health system performance.  

Rose Motlalepula Sianga is a Head of Department for the General Nursing Programme at Kanye SDA College of Nursing in Botswana. She is also a registered nurse & midwife and is one of the few Child health nurses in the country. Ms. Sianga obtained her Bachelor of Nursing education from the University of Botswana in 1992 and her Master of Nursing (Child Health) from The Flinders University of South Australia, in 1998. She has a total of 29 years of experience in nursing, including 21 years as a Nurse-Educator. Ms. Sianga has been involved in both classroom and clinical teaching and has taught courses such as Parent and Child health Nursing, Child Health Nursing, Leadership and Management, Family Assessment, and Research. She has also served in various functional committees of the college, including the Institutional Research Review Board, the Research and Publication Committee, and the Examinations Committee. For the past 6 years she has served as a board member of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Botswana, and she has also been involved in the Workplace Violence Prevention Project, which is run by the Nurses Association of Botswana, as one of the District Team Leaders.  She is very interested in strengthening her skills in research and policy development.

Patrick M. Mburugu is a consultant paediatrician at Garissa Provincial General Hospital in the Northeast Province of Kenya, where he has served since 2011. He earned his Paediatrics and Child Health specialty from the University of Nairobi (MMed), where he currently serves as adjunct faculty in the College of Health Sciences. He participates in a variety of activities, including clinical work, teaching, research and mentorship. Dr. Mburugu has special interest in program development and implementation, health innovations and research. He hopes to participate in program development and facilitate innovations that will improve health outcomes and shape health policy throughout the region.

Mary Inziani Matilu is a research officer at the Kenya Medical Research institute (KEMRI), and working towards her specialist registration as a pediatrician at Mbagathi District Hospital. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery and a master’s degree in Medicine, Pediatrics and Child health from the University of Nairobi. She also holds a master’s degree in Tropical Medicine from Nagasaki University, Japan. She has eleven years of experience in clinical medicine. Mary is an early career scientist at the Centre for Virus Research at KEMRI. Her interests are in infectious diseases, especially pediatric HIV and arbovirus research. Currently, she is practices clinical medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at Mbagathi District Hospital where she trains and mentors junior doctors, clinical officers, nurses and nutritionists. She is a co-PI on a proposal seeking to determine factors that hinder adherence to treatment for children with clubfoot, a study that will be funded with seed money by the Micro-Research group. Mary is also involved in developing a protocol for a study that will assess innate immune functions in children with moderate acute malnutrition during nutritional recovery. Through participation in the Afya Bora Fellowship, she hopes to form networks and collaborations, as she establishes her research and mentoring career.

Dr. Mugane is a Paediatrician working with the Kenyan Ministry of Health. He is currently stationed in Mwingi District Hospital, where he has been working for nearly three years. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Mugane has much experience in hospital administration and leadership. He served as Medical Superintendent of the hospital for a period of one and half years from October 2011 to May 2013. During his tenure, he was credited with forging strong partnerships with NGOs and other partner organizations working in the health sector. These collaborations have led to improved service delivery in the facility and recognition of the hospital as a Centre of Excellence in HIV/AIDS Care by the International Center for Aids Care Program (ICAP). Prior to his work at Mwingi District Hospital, he served as Medical Officer in-charge of a hospital and later as District Medical Officer for 3 years, where he was responsible for overseeing health services in Tigania West District. His interests lie in project management and clinical and operational research.   

Dr. Kosgei is a paediatrician practicing at Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. She graduated from Moi University, Eldoret, in 2004 with an MBChB and subsequently completed a yearlong internship at Kenyatta National Hospital. She then began working with the Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV (AMPATH) at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital for three years. Thereafter, she pursued her Master of Medicine (MMed) degree in Pediatrics and Child Health. Her main interests currently are in paediatric HIV.

Richard Cherutich currently serves as a Nursing Officer working at Kenyatta National Teaching and Referral Hospital (KNH), where he coordinates research and mentors junior research colleagues. He holds a Master’s in Public Health from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Aga Khan University – Kenya campus. In addition, he has undertaken training and short courses in Principles of HIV research at the University of Nairobi, Clinical Management of HIV from the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington, and Fundamentals of Project Management from the organization Project Management for Development Organizations. Since 2009, Richard has been involved in array of tasks, including analysis and written reports concerning voluntary testing and counseling and clinical audits and policy changes at KNH. He also has taken part in orientating and mentoring the newly posted staff, coordinating and facilitating continuous education and professional development among the staff in seminars/workshops, and writing standard operating procedures and research protocols. Richard’s main interests are in HIV/AIDS, disease control, epidemiology and the use of computer technologies in health care and research.

Dr. Ramadhani Abdallah Noor is a physician with a background in Public Health. Noor is currently working as a Research Associate with the Africa Academy for Public Health (AAPH), a partner organization to Management Development for Health (MDH) in Tanzania. In this position, he manages a clinical trial unit for the Harvard School of Public Health’s (HSPH) collaborative trials, focusing mostly on Malaria prevention. He studied Public Health at HSPH and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is internationally certified by the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP, USA), demonstrating his ability to be actively involved in clinical trial sites, development, coordination, and leading international research consortia. He has worked as a coordinator and manager of various integrated projects focusing on health research; Noor has acquired capacity and capabilities to manage tightly regulated multi-centered international trials in Africa, in conformity with applicable international standards. Previously, he served as a research associate with the Departments of Nutrition and, later, Global Health & Population at the Harvard School of Public Health. He has experience in Nutrition, Vaccinology, Malaria, TB and HIV-related research. 

Alfred Meremo is a lecturer in the Internal Medicine Department at School of Medicine at University of Dodoma (UDOM) in Tanzania. In his current position, he is involved in teaching, supervising elective studies and offering bedside teaching to medical students, as well as conducting research. He also heads the UDOM Haemodialysis Unit and conducts ward rounds and manages specialty clinics at the UDOM Medical Center. He earned his medical degree (MD) from Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in 2008.  He acquired his Internal Medicine specialty (MMed) from the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences in 2012 and is fully registered as specialist physician with the Medical Council of Tanganyika. Her research interests include infectious diseases, especially HIV and STDs, and Global Health research ethics.Her research interests include infectious diseases, especially HIV and STDs, and Global Health research ethics.Her research interests include infectious diseases, especially HIV and STDs, and Global Health research ethics.His research interests include Nephrology and Infectious Diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria.

Benedicta Masanja is the Technical Director at Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS), an indigenous Tanzanian NGO which supports the Government of Tanzania, through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in delivering comprehensive quality HIV and AIDS prevention, care and treatment services currently in Pwani and Mtwara regions. She provides technical guidance and oversees clinical HIV and AIDS care, including adult and paediatric HIV care and treatment, pharmacy and laboratory systems, reproductive and child health, namely PMTCT and Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV. Additionally, she supervises cervical cancer screening, adherence and psychosocial support, and tuberculosis/HIV and monitoring and evaluation. She received her Doctor of Medicine degree in 2001 from the University of Dar es Salaam and qualified as a specialist in Internal Medicine (MMed) during 2008 at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS). Benedicta also holds a Masters in Public Health Methodology from Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Belgium. She has over 10 years experience within the health sector in Tanzania and has worked in various capacities in rural and urban settings to promote health through clinical and public health work. She initially managed the first PMTCT Plus program in Mbeya, one of the first regions in Tanzania to implement a PMTCT program. Before joining THPS, Benedicta served as Senior Technical Officer for Quality Improvement of Clinical Services with Family Health International (now FHI360), where one of her primary efforts was a Quality Improvement program to strengthen the continuum of care for HIV/AIDS patients.

Dr. Joshua is an Obstetrician/Gynaecologyist with a background in Public Health, serving with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Tanzania. He was educated at three different universities in Tanzania, including the Hubert Kairuki Memorial University (MD), International Medical and Technological University (MPH) and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MMed-OB/GYN). He serves in a Ministry of Health attachment post at Machame Hospital in the Kilimanjaro Region of Northern Tanzania were he is a Program Manager for the HIV/AIDS control program and a Clinician in the OB/GYN Ward. Dr. Joshua is also a full time lecturer at Machame Clinical Officers’ Training College. 

Cordelia Katureebe-Mboijana is a Paediatrician with 12 years of experience in HIV/AIDS care with expertise in the areas of PMTCT, early infant diagnosis, pediatric and Adolescent HIV care and ART. She has engaged in program planning, implementation, and monitoring for PMTCT and Peadiatric HIV programs. She received her MBChB from Mbarara University of Science and Technology and Masters of Medicine (Pediatrics and Child Health) from Makerere University in Uganda. She also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Trials from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is currently working as a Senior Technical Advisor for EMTCT and Peadiatric HIV with the SUSTAIN project, a USAID funded project supporting 16 public hospitals in Uganda in comprehensive HIV care and treatment. Here, she provides strategic technical guidance for strengthening hospital health systems for the successful implementation of EMTCT and Peadiatric HIV services in line with the National standards as well as leading quality improvement initiatives and operations research. She also carries with her experience in training, mentoring and developing of clinical protocols and has served as a national trainer and member of the National EID sub-committee.

Tom Ngbairano is a lecturer in the Department of Nursing at the Makerere University College of Health Sciences.  Tom has also worked at Program for Accessible Health, Communication and Education (PACE) in the Women’s Health Program. At PACE, he coordinated a Reproductive Health Program in 13 districts of central Uganda, which trained Health Workers in long-term methods of family planning. Through this program, family planning services were availed to thousands of women, especially those in semi-urban and rural areas.  Tom is a specialist in adult health Nursing and has had additional trainings in Public Health Leadership, Health Systems Research, and Family Planning. Tom is interested in conducting research to determine the psychosocial adaptation and coping abilities in persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and how these abilities can be enhanced to improve the quality of life of PLWHA. He is also interested in developing tools for use in health sciences research and teaching.

Dan Senjovu is a senior medical doctor at the Infectious Diseases Institute where he is responsible for steering institutional development and the coordination of trainings. He has more than 5 years of training in malaria and HIV, and he is also a project manager for a health system strengthening project that is purposed to improve the capacity of mid-level health practitioners to properly manage TB and HIV. He previously served as the medical superintendent of a district hospital and a health coordinator in refugee settlement. He is an international trainer and has been involved in policy formulation on integrating the use malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in the routine service delivery.  He is interested in system strengthening research and entrepreneurship.

Hilda Tibenderana earned her MBChB from Mbarara University in 2001 and her MPH from Melbourne University, Australia, in 2008. She is currently working as a Senior Program officer with Research Triangle Institute International (RTI). RTIs activities are aimed at increasing access to and utilization of comprehensive HIV care and treatment services among Ugandan military personnel and their families. She supports the planning, budgeting, implementation and evaluation of a number of program activities at RTI. She is also involved in capacity building, health system strengthening and quality improvement initiatives. Hilda has also been involved in HIV/AIDS research activities and has presented her findings at both local and international forums.

Olivia Bahemuka received her Doctor of Nursing (DNP) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and has been employed at UAB Hospital in the capacity of the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) for Hematology-Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant. She has expertise in nursing practice and nursing education, including staff development and patient education. She has also been involved in nursing leadership, administration, preceptor development and nursing mentorship programs in the inpatient setting at various hospitals. As a CNS she has managed, trained and developed nurses at the bedside in evidence-based practice and process improvement projects. While at the North Carolina Area Health Education Center Program, she worked to develop a regional curriculum for continuing nursing education and was also involved in grant management and community program development. She has led numerous interdisciplinary medical teams to work on a voluntary basis in Uganda for over 15 years, starting from her nursing school days. She has held positions on the North Carolina Nurses Association, Central Alabama Chapter Oncology Nurses Association (CACONS) and has served one term as board member on the Uganda North American Association (UNAA) national board. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Society, Transcultural Nursing Society, American Nurses Association, and the Healthcare Educators of Alabama (HEAL).

Alex is a physician with an interest and experience in public health and human rights work. He has worked in India, Haiti, Guatemala, and South Africa, and his research has ranged from studying HIV-related stigma amongst rural and urban Indian men to TB surveillance through post-mortem case finding in South Africa. He completed medical school and the Osler Internal Medicine Residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Prior to his medical training, he conducted his doctoral research on tumor growth factors and chaperone proteins at the University of Oxford, through the Marshall Scholarship. Through the Afya Bora Fellowship, Alex hopes to gain experience in working with ministries of health and donors to scale up and evaluate effective public health projects.

Dr. Hosey is a Fellow with the Afya Bora Consortium in global health leadership. She received her Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Community Health Nursing at the University of Washington in 2013, and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2007 from UNC Charlotte. She is an experienced nurse educator, and has demonstrated leadership in policy and advocacy through her appointment as the Secretary of the University of Washington Graduate Student Senate and as the Vice President of the University Bookstore Board of Trustees. Dr. Hosey is currently working in Kenya with I-TECH on the development and implementation of a gender-based violence information system.

Mabel Magowe is a lecturer and coordinator for the integration of HIV and AIDS into UB curricula in the School of Nursing at the University of Botswana (UB). She conducts workshops for lecturers in HIV/AIDS content and in curriculum integration to enable them to integrate and teach relevant HIV/AIDS content in their respective programmes. Dr. Magowe obtained a Diploma in General Nursing (1979) and Midwifery (1980), a Bachelor of Nursing Education (1986), Master of Nursing Science with specialty in Midwifery (1992), and a PhD in Nursing (2008) with research focus on HIV prevention and behavior change. Her dissertation focused on development and psychometric evaluation of instruments on safer sex communication for young Botswana women and their male sexual partners. She is currently involved in a risk reduction and HIV/STI and Pregnancy prevention intervention for adolescents in Botswana, which replicates a “Being a Responsible Teen” (BART) intervention that worked for adolescents in the US.

Ludo K. Nkhwalume is the Head of Department for the General Nursing program in the Institute of Health Sciences Francistown in Botswana. She holds a Master of Philosophy in International Community Health from the University of Oslo and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Howard University in Washington DC. Ludo has worked for over 12 years in Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital as a Registered Nurse-Midwife up to 1999; there after she joined the Institute of Health Sciences Francistown as a Lecturer to date. As Head of Department, her responsibilities include ensuring that all programmes are planned for, implemented and evaluated in accordance with the Ministry of Health‘s policies and goals in order to meet the set targets within the National Development Plan.

Vincent Setlhare received his MD from the University of Dar es Salaam and interned at Princess Marina Hospital in Botswana. After internship, Dr. Setlhare set up a private practice in rural Botswana providing primary health care. He then received his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Botswana. Later he enrolled as a Family Medicine resident at the University of the Witwatersrand. During this time, the HIV/AIDS epidemic became fully blown in Botswana, and it inspired Dr. Setlhare to choose the research topic “The experiences of people living with HIV/AIDS” for his Masters degree. Two years ago, Dr. Setlhare joined the University of Botswana School of Medicine, where he is currently the Acting Head of the Department of Family Medicine.

Neo Tamuhla is from Botswana, and is a nurse by profession (General Nursing and Midwifery) and has a Master’s of Public Health Degree. Neo Tamuhla currently works for Botswana-UPenn Partnership as a Programme Research Coordinator for Bisson Studies, and has recently been given the position of BUP Research Compliance Officer.

Dr. Amos Ayunga is a consultant physician at Garissa Provincial Hospital, and has been working with the Ministry of Health in Kenya since completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Nairobi in 2002. He also holds a Masters degree in internal medicine which he completed in 2009. He has been adjunct faculty for the University of Nairobi students rotating through the hospital under the programme of PRIME-K, and teaches at Mt Kenya University on a part-time basis. Dr. Amos is interested in sub-specializing in international public health and carrying out major international research programmes on HIV/AIDS and non-communicable diseases.

Angeline Chepchirchir is a lecturer at the school of Nursing Sciences, University of Nairobi. She completed her undergraduate degree (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) in 2000 and Master’s degree in Medical Microbiology in 2007, both from the University of Nairobi. She is a nurse practitioner, trainer and researcher. Angeline has a wide exposure in research methods through training, academic work and community diagnosis. She has been involved in teaching and supervision of students for the last seven (7) years to include clinical work, community diagnosis and research projects. Angeline has undertaken research in the fields of mycology (superficial fungal infections), intimate partner violence, nursing informatics, and community awareness on vesico vaginal fistula. Her interest is to build on the scientific research skills and to undertake quality research to improve health outcomes and shape policy.

Harun Kimani is a lecturer in the School of Public Health in Kenyatta University, Kenya where he teaches community health and biostatistics to medical students. He is also a graduate student in the Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ITROMID) at JKUAT. His PhD thesis is entitled ‘Determinants of delivery by skilled birth attendants: A cohort study of pregnant women in Mbooni district’. Kimani studied medicine in Nairobi University between 1987 and 1992 and did a Masters in Public Health at Moi University in 2000. He has worked for many years in the ministry of health in Kenya rising to the level of District Medical Officer of Health. Kimani is interested in designing affordable maternal health programmes in resource poor setting, and his research interest is in the area of maternal health.

Koki Muli-Kinagwi is a medical doctor with over 11 years experience in health care. She also holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Nairobi. She works with the African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF), the largest non-governmental health organization based in Africa, as the Kenyan HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria programme manager providing administrative and technical leadership and management of projects. Prior to this she was the project manager for the CDC-funded Kibera HIV prevention, care and treatment project based in the Kibera slums of Nairobi. She also previously worked as the director of AfriAfya- a Kenyan health knowledge management organization. Koki has experience in project management and leadership as well as knowledge management and documentation. Her interests are in programme management and health systems strengthening.

Dennis Gichobi Magu is a researcher and trainer at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). Dr. Magu graduated from Aga Khan University-Hospital in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and in 2009 completed a Master’s Degree in Public Health at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in collaboration with Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ITROMID). In 2012 he received his Ph.D. in Epidemiology from JKUAT. As a trained researcher he has conducted nationally funded collaborative surveys (such as Kenya National Micro Nutrient Survey (KNMS) and substance abuse and sexual risky related behaviors among the youth in Kenya) and worked in HIV research, presenting findings and publications in international forums and conferences. In addition, Dr. Magu is an accredited Trainer of Trainers by Ministry for Public Health and sanitation in Kenya, having trained students on HIV epidemiology and research.

Winfred Mwangi is an obstetrician and gynaecologist at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya. Dr. Mwangi graduated from Moi University with an MBChB in Medicine and Surgery and completed a Masters in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Nairobi in 2011. She presented her thesis entitled “Utility of surrogate markers for CD4 Count among HIV infected pregnant women in western Kenya” at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) conference in 2011. Currently, Dr. Mwangi is involved in offering clinical care, including ART for pregnant women and cancer of cervix screening and treatment for HIV positive women, through the AMPATH program. She is an honorary Lecturer at the Moi University School of Medicine. Her research interests include infectious diseases, especially HIV and STDs, and Global Health research ethics.

Mathias Abuya is the country director of Jesse Rhode Foundation in Tanzania and a pediatrics complex manager at Shirati Hospital in Mara region -Tanzania. He is the clinical instructor at the department of Pediatrics Health and HIV/AIDS counseling. Mathias has 3 years of professional experience in HIV/AIDS and TB case management and over five years of community health education. That is inclusive of providing technical assistance for leadership, strategic planning on hospital development and monitoring & evaluation for medical nursing students as well as medical doctors’ education programs as interns or exchange program students from the United State of America (Touro University). He holds a Masters of Public Health from the International Medical and Technological University (2011), Bachelor of Science in Medicine from Hubert Kairuki Memorial University (2009), and Diploma in Clinical Medicine from Mvumi College of Clinical Medicine Dodoma (2002).

Jairy Khanga works for Mbeya City Council as a Medical Officer in charge of the city hospital. Dr. Khanga has over 10 years of experience in health management system and service delivery in the areas of human resource management, financial management, health planning and coordination, monitoring and evaluation, program management and training. He also has experience in working with government and non-government organizations in various management aspects such as Reproductive and Child Health, OVC programs, CTC for HIV/AIDS, CBDA for family planning methods and Monitoring and Evaluation. Dr Khanga holds a Master of Public Health degree from Tumaini University, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College, Tanzania and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from International Medical and Technological University based in Dar es Salaam. He also has a certificate in Family Planning Service Provision from Exeter University in United Kingdom, and Leadership Skills studied in Tanzania.

Dr. Ramadhani is a Medical doctor and a Public Health specialist, with more than fifteen (15) years working experience in the Health sector. She has spent ten years working in the area of HIV and AIDS and Reproductive and Child Health Section in The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW). For the past 18 months she has been the Programme Manager for the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) where she is leading the health sector response to HIV and AIDS. Prior to joining the NACP she spent 8 years in PMTCT work, where she was the first National Coordinator for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV Services (PMTCT).

Hellen Neema Siril is a Public Health Evaluations Coordinator in the department of strategy information at the Management and Development for Health (MDH) organization. Dr. Siril graduated from Mbarara University of Science and Technology-Uganda with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) in 2004. She then worked as a physician in Uganda before moving to Tanzania to work as a HIV care clinic manager and a study physician. In 2008 she completed a Master’s degree in Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health with a thesis work titled “Modeling of Pandemic flue Boston USA.” Later, she joined the MDH HIV care program in Tanzania as a health care quality improvement program manager, then switched to head a new unit of Public Health Evaluations. Dr. Siril has over 5 years experience of clinical management of HIV infected patients, research and health care quality improvement approaches. Dr. Siril is interested in public health systems reform in developing countries.

Joel Bazira is a researcher, Clinical Microbiologist and Senior Lecturer in the department of Microbiology in the faculty of Medicine at Mbarara University of Science and Technology. He holds an MBChB and PhD in Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis from Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda, as well as a Master of Medicine in Microbiology/Immunology from University of Dar es Salaam. Dr. Bazira is a recipient of a German Academic Exchange Scholarship (DAAD) in 2006, a World Health Organization/ Tropical Disease Training grant (which funded his PhD study) in 2007, and an HIV research Trust Fellowship in 2008 to study methods of improving diagnosis of tuberculosis among HIV infected individuals.

Peter Elyanu is a pediatrician with 11 years experience as a doctor and 5 years experience in planning, implementing and monitoring Paediatric HIV/AIDs programs at the health facility, district, and national levels. He received his Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery and Masters of Medicine (Pediatrics and Child Health) from Makerere University in Kampala. Currently, Dr. Elyanu provides strategic and technical leadership and guidance at national level for strengthening systems to scale-up paediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment. He is also highly experienced in training and mentoring facility teams and health care workers on various health initiatives.

Christine Mugasha is a paediatrician working at Infectious Disease Institute in the outreach department. The outreach department houses projects focusing on health systems strengthening and capacity building for local governments and community based organizations. She supports grant writing, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The main technical areas she supports include paediatric care and treatment, as well as PMTCT.

Charles Osingada is Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Nursing at Makerere University College of Health Sciences. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Makerere University and Master of Arts in Bioethics from Case Western Reserve University. In January 2012, he obtained a Master of Public Health from Makerere University. His dissertation was on determinants of malaria prevalence among pregnant women in two sub-counties of Kumi district in Uganda. Charles Osingada has served as a Head of Department of Nursing at Makerere University and has taught in the same department for eight years. He is also a member of the Bioethics Working Group- an association of Ugandans trained in bioethics. He has participated in conducting trainings in research and clinical ethics. Charles has special interest in the areas of program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

Jaclyn Hagon received her Master's degree from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in 2012. As part of the Advanced Practice Public Health Nurse specialty, Jaclyn honed her interest in infectious diseases through completing an academic minor and clinical residency in HIV/AIDS care, as well as participating in malaria research in Zanzibar, Tanzania. As a Master's student she assisted in the development of a community-based HIV medication adherence program. She has also spent time working globally in Guatemala, Haiti and Tanzania. These experiences have shaped her specific interests in global health, which include program development and evaluation addressing infectious diseases. In addition to academics, Jaclyn has worked for the last four years as a clinical nurse in the emergency department.

Jason Madrano holds a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree from the University of Washington. He is a community health nurse specializing in cross-cultural and global health, and his interests lie at the intersection of health, technology, and policy. Jason worked with the city and county health department to plan, implement, and evaluate a number of programs on text messaging (SMS), including vaccination reminders, employee communications, emergency messages for the Deaf community, and treatment and appointment reminders for the county TB clinic. Dr. Madrano also managed a database to track patients for a community primary care clinic serving uninsured patients. He used the database to create clinical treatment reminders, as well as monitoring and evaluation of health, disease, and treatment measures at the patient and the clinic levels.

Onalenna Lemo is employed by the Nurses Association of Botswana as Project Coordinator for the Care of the Carers Program funded by BOTUSA through the CDC. The program coordinates and trains health care workers in the formation of support groups to promote and enhance their wellbeing. She holds an MSc in Community Health Nursing from Wayne State University (USA). During this period of study, Onalenna worked as a volunteer for the Junior League of Detroit at the Detroit AIDS Consortium. In 2009, she completed an MPA from the University of Botswana. She taught at the National Health Institute for 17 years were she has developed some of the crop of nursing leaders, was later deployed to head the Health Manpower Recruitment, Deployment and Utilisation Unit of the Ministry of Health for five years. She moved to the Performance Improvement Unit of the Ministry of Health were she took up the position of Deputy Performance Improvement Coordinator installing and monitoring systems for national health care delivery in Botswana. Onalenna’ scholarly interests are in strategic management and leadership, health policy, and primary health care.

Hildah Molate is a Senior Nursing Officer in Princess Marina Hospital (Botswana Government-Ministry of Health) and has been a nurse for the past 18 years, specializing in Community Mental Health (Psychiatric) Nursing. Hildah holds a Master’s of Public Health, from Curtin University of Technology (Australia), a Bachelor of Nursing Science (University of Botswana), Post-graduate Diploma in Community Mental Health and a Diploma in General Nursing (University of Botswana). Hildah Molate currently heads the Psychiatric Unit in Princess Marina Hospital and a member of the performance improvement committee, which oversees the overall performance in the hospital and spearheading the accreditation process of Princess Marina Hospital with the Council of Health Services Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA). Hildah’s scholarly interest is in international health.

Ms. Rankopo is a Clinical Practice Officer at the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Botswana, Ministry of Health. She is a nurse with extensive experience in clinical practice at primary health care and tertiary care levels. She received both Master and Bachelor of Nursing degrees from Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia; diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery respectively from Institute of Health Sciences in Gaborone. Ms. Rankopo served ten years in the public service, two years in a government-aided facility, and six in the private sector. She worked in clinics and hospitals before joining the training institute working as a Nurse Lecturer. In 2004, she worked as a Clinical Data Coordinator responsible for collecting, editing, retrieving, and analyzing clinical data in an HIV/AIDS clinic (Botswana Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence). In 2008, Ms. Opelo Rankopo joined the Ministry of Health at the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Botswana as a clinical practice officer responsible for the establishment and enforcement of policies, procedures and standards for nursing and midwifery practice in Botswana.

Lillian Lemo Segwagwe works as Head of the Department for Family Nurse Practice Program at Kanye SDA College of Nursing in Botswana. After completing her diploma in General Nursing in 1986, she went to Gaborone Institute of Health Sciences to pursue her Diploma in Midwifery. Ms. Segwagwe graduated in July 1987 and worked at Kanye SDA Hospital as a Registered Nurse. She served as an Assistant Lecturer at Kanye SDA College of Nursing from September 1988 to July 1991. In 1991 she went to Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia for her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and minor in Education; graduated in 1993 and joined Francistown Institute of Health as a Lecturer. In 1995 she went back to do a Master of Science in Nursing and minor in Education. She is an adult health generalist and she can function as a clinical specialist and also as a nurse practitioner. Her training also prepared her to work as a case manager. After graduation, she returned to Francistown Institute of Health for two years and then returned to Kanye SDA College of Nursing where she was given a post of Senior Lecturer. Heading the General Nursing Program for seven years, Segwagwe was assigned to pioneer the Family Nurse Practice Program in 2005. Apart from working as Head of Department, she actively provides direct care to patients in primary healthcare settings. She has also served as a Chairperson of Registration Committee for Botswana Nursing and Midwifery Council for three years from 2007 to 2009. Her dream is to pursue Doctorate in Management or Public Health.

Sarah Bett is a nursing officer at Kenyatta National Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya. She worked as a staff nurse at various hospitals including Aga Khan University Hospital and Nairobi Hospital before completing her Master’s in Public health at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. In addition, she completed a Master’s of Science in Nursing (Pediatric) in 2009 from the University of Nairobi. At Kenyatta, she is responsible for clinical teaching for the students, and coordinating continuous medical education, research, and clinical audit in the pediatric department, as well as unit management. Sarah’s main interest is pediatrics, public health and epidemiology.

James Gitau graduated from Moi University in 2001 with a degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB). He was posted to Nakuru Provincial Hospital in the same year to fulfill his one-year statutory internship requirement before full registration by the Medical Board in Kenya. In 2002, he moved onto Lodwar District Hospital in Northern Kenya as a medical officer where he stayed until 2004. He subsequently joined the University of Nairobi to pursue studies leading to a Master’s degree in 2008 in Pediatric Medicine. James then went to Garissa Provincial Hospital in North Eastern Kenya as a pediatrician. He has a major interest in research and is keen to uphold evidence-based medicine as the key to providing quality healthcare.

Lucy Kabare is a consultant obstetrician, gynecologist, and honorary lecturer at the University of Nairobi. She was educated at the University of Nairobi where she received both MBChB and MMed in Obstetrics and Gynecology and also earned a postgraduate diploma in STI there. She has worked as a medical officer for six years in various hospitals. She is currently working toward a PhD in Public Health at the Jomo Kenyatta University. Her scholarly interest is in reproductive health.

Eddah Karijo is a nursing officer at Kenyatta National, Teaching, and Referral Hospital where she has worked since 2006. In 2006, Eddah resigned from the Nairobi Hospital where she had served as a clinical trainer to nursing students and a preceptor to newly employed nurses in Maia Cabbery Floor (MCF) since 2005. Eddah worked at Consolata Mission Hospital and was responsible for managing both the medical and maternity wards. Eddah successfully implemented the PMTCT project by Catholic Medical Mission Board at Consolata Mission Hospital. Eddah studied community health nursing at St. Luke’s School of Nursing and a received a Higher Diploma in HIV/AIDS management and control at Kenyatta University. Eddah received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Aga Khan University and then enrolled in a Master’s degree in Public Health (Monitoring and Evaluation) at Kenyatta University. Eddah has conducted a research in PMTCT and has been involved in a Baseline survey of maternal newborn child health (MNCH) with AMREF. Her current thesis is on “Data quality from the health management information system”. Eddah’s scholarly interests include HIV/AIDS and health information systems.

Nerry Kittur is currently a nursing officer coordinating infection prevention and control activities at Kenyatta National Hospital. She previously served at the Department of Surgery as a training coordinator between 2004 and 2009 in the same institution. Nerry holds a Master’s in Public Health from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Nursing from University of Eastern Africa, Baraton. She also holds a postgraduate diploma in Healthcare Management from Kenya Institute of Management. Since 2004, Nerry has participated in research, coordinated continuous professional development among nurses at Kenyatta National Hospital. Nerry is interested in disease control and epidemiology, specifically in the field of HIV and AIDS.

Samuel W. Ndungu is an obstetrician & gynecologist at Mbagathi District Hospital in Nairobi. He is in charge of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and is involved in the training of medical officer interns and clinical officer interns. He was the Medical Superintendent of Maralal District Hospital. Samuel was educated at University of Nairobi’s School of Medicine, where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine & Surgery and a Master’s degree in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Samuel has a major interest in HIV/AIDS research. He was one of the study doctors in the Kesho Bora ( ‘A better tomorrow’ in Swahili) PMTCT study, a multi-center randomized controlled trial that compared various PMTCT regimes.

Mr. Ngure is the study coordinator for the UW collaborative Partners PrEP Study at the Thika Site, Kenya. Before joining the PrEP study team, Kenneth worked as a study coordinator for the UW HIV-HSV2 Transmission Clinical Trial. From 2004 to2005, he served as Program Director for the Organization of African First Ladies Against AIDS (OAFLA) where he coordinated programs which focused on HIV prevention, treatment, care and support among women, orphans, and vulnerable children in Kenya. He is currently completing his PhD in Public Health at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, and an MSc in Clinical Trials from the University of London. Kenneth was recently awarded the African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship. Kenneth received his MPH and BSc.N degrees from the University of Nairobi and an Executive Master of Science in Organizational Development degree from the United States International University. He also received 2 postgraduate diplomas in HIV/STI Management and Clinical Trials from the University of Nairobi and University of London respectively. In 2010, Kenneth was an International AIDS Research and Training Program Scholar at the University of Washington, his training appointment, included taking the Qualitative Methods in Health Services course (HServ 521) and analyzing data from a pilot study on barriers to couples HIV testing. Kenneth’s scholarly interests include fertility intentions and contraceptive use among HIV positive women and HIV serodiscordant couples.

Mucho Mizinduko is working as research clinician for Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, Mwanza, Tanzania. He graduated from Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in 2007 and was awarded his Doctor of Medicine degree. From October 2007 to October 2008, he did his post medical school internship at Mbeya Consultant Hospital in Mbeya, Tanzania. Apart from being research clinician, Mucho has mainly served as a research team/site leader responsible for overall site activities. As part of capacity-building within Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, he received a grant to attend a short course on epidemiology and medical statistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 2010. Since graduation, his career interest has been in public health research.

Hawa A. Nyange is currently a medical doctor and site manager for Muhimbili University-Dar es Salaam City-Harvard University (MDH) HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Clinic at Tandale in collaboration with Tanzania’s Ministry of Health. Her main activities include supervising the clinic monitoring and involving in quality improvement of services in the areas of HIV/AIDS, including Management of Adults/pediatric HIV/AIDS, PMTCT,TB/HIV. From 2006 to late 2007, Dr. Hawa served as medical doctor and Coordinator of Health Officers Training Program at Edna Adan Charitable Hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland responsible for coordinating the health officers program and running the inpatients and outpatients clinic managing diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, diabetes, hypertension, diarrheal diseases, and pneumonia. From 2005 to mid-2006, Dr. Hawa worked with the MUHAS-Harvard project as a physician, where she was also attending to patients with HIV/AIDS, giving them health education about HIV/AIDS and other opportunistic infections, prescribing ARVS to them and treating any other conditions they had. Dr. Hawa received her MD at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. Dr. Hawa is a member of different organizations such as Medical Women Association of Tanzania (MEWATA), Tanzania Medical Students Association (TAMSA), and Roots and Shoots. Dr. Hawa’s scholarly interest is in public health and disease prevention, program management, and monitoring and evaluation.

Riziki O. Ponsiano worked as the Mkuranga District medical officer from 2006 to 2007. He served as the medical officer-in-charge of the Mkuranga District Hospital for three years from 2003 to 2005. During that period, he was also working as the District Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Coordinator, District Lymphatic Phiraliasis Eradication Coordinator, and District Measles and Acute Paralysis Program Coordinator. Dr. Ponsiano was educated at the University of Dar es Salaam where he received his MD degree and completed his medical internship at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center. Dr. Ponsiano received his MPH in Social and Behavioral Health Sciences and a postgraduate certificate in Maternal and Child Health from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the US. He is currently working as the project coordinator of Human Pappiloma Virus Vaccination Program in the Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (MITU), National Institute for Medical Research, the program which aims to inform the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare on the feasibility of introducing school-based HPV vaccination programs in Tanzania. Dr. Ponsiano’s area of interest is theory-based analysis of social-behavioral factors attributable to maternal and infant deaths in developing countries.

Alice K. Simwinga is currently the site manager and assistant medical officer at the Muhimbili University-Dar es Salaam City-Harvard University (MDH) HIV Clinic Sinza Hospital in Dar es Salaam, which is one of the PEPFAR funded program since January 2006. Prior to that, she was a general clinician. Alice coordinates HIV/AIDS care and treatment clinics in adults, pediatrics, PMTC, and TB/HIV. She has long experience in HIV/AIDS leadership, particularly with interest to social sciences. Dr. Simwinga attended psychosocial care and counseling for HIV-infected children and adolescents in 2008. She supervises two new ARVs refill sites in Kinondoni District for stable case management. She also headed VCT project sponsored by Axios Foundation from 2003 to 2004 and served as the Secretary General of Doctors’ Membership Club at Tumbi Special Hospital. Dr. Simwinga completed an advanced diploma in clinical medicine in 2002 at Mbeya Medical Training Centre. She was awarded best student in surgery and obstetrics and gynecology. In 2009, she completed her postgraduate diploma in social work where she specialized in social development. She is interested in HIV/AIDS program/project management, M&E, public health, and table tennis.

Richard Muhindo received his BScN in Nursing at Makerere University in 2004. In August 2004, he worked with Masaka Regional Referral Hospital as an intern nurse until the following year. Richard worked as a branch coordinator and service provider for Reproductive Health Uganda, an affiliate of IPPF. In 2008, he worked as a clinical instructor with Mulago School of Nursing & Midwifery. He received his Masters in Public Health degree from Maastricht University in Holland in 2010. Currently he is a volunteer lecturer in the College of Health Sciences’ Department of Nursing at Makerere University. He is particularly interested in reproductive health and family planning, and adolescent reproductive health.

Ziadah is a teaching assistant at the Department of Nursing College of Health Sciences, Makerere University. She has worked as a course coordinator and clinical instructor for Medical Nursing and Palliative Care for four years. Since 2006, she also supervises undergraduate students’ research. She received both her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics degrees at Makerere University. Her research interest is in malaria.

Joyce Nankumbi has been a teaching assistant in the Department of Nursing College of Health Sciences, Makerere University since 2006. In 2008, Joyce began to pursue a Master’s degree in Applied Human Nutrition at the same university. She joined Mulago Teaching and National referral hospital as a clinical nurse in 2005 for one year. She received her Bachelor of Nursing from Makerere in 2005.

Benson Tumwesigye Tuhwezeine is a public health specialist working with Ministry of Health Uganda. He is currently the national coordinator for HIV Counseling and Testing in the STD/AIDS Control Program-Ministry of Health. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) from Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda and a Master’s degree in Public Health from Makerere University. He has worked as quality improvement technical adviser/technical coordinator in the Quality of Care for HIV Program in the Ministry of Health in Uganda and University Research Co. LL (URC). During the time at URC, he trained and mentored several health workers in quality improvement (QI). Benson also spearheaded the Technical Working Group (TWG) that developed national QI indicators on HIV/AIDS care and treatment. He has trained and mentored Master’s students and fellows in QI at Makerere University’s School of Public Health. In his current position, he has been coordinating HCT implementation, and has led the review of a new HCT policy. His interest is in health policy and programming with an emphasis in strengthening health systems.

Lisa Gatti is a doctoral student in Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. She also holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing and a Master’s of Science in Nursing (MSN) from the University of Pennsylvania. Her MSN is in the field of health leadership, with a focus on women’s health. Most of Ms. Gatti’s prior research has been related to nutrition, particularly maternal and infant nutrition. She has been trained in both quantitative and qualitative methods and has conducted a variety of funded research projects, both with multi-disciplinary teams and independently. Since 2008, Ms. Gatti has spent the majority of her time in rural Guatemala conducting community-based research and working for a private hospital, Hospitalito Atitlan, as their development manager. From 2006-2008, she held a T32 doctoral fellowship at the Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of Pennsylvania. She was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in 2010 and the Advanced Trainee Scholarship in Nursing in 2005. Prior to working in Guatemala, Ms. Gatti also worked and in Mexico, training nurses, Thailand, researching the national and private health systems, and France, studying language. Ms. Gatti is interested in international healthcare development.

SoSon Jong completed her MS in Advanced Community Health and International Nursing and received her MS in Global Health Science at the University of California, San Francisco in 2009. Korean by birth, SoSon received her BS in Nursing at Seoul National University. She spent two years as a volunteer nurse at Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, learning fluent Amharic. Since 2007, she has worked on HIV/Oncology unit in San Francisco General Hospital as a registered nurse. Her broad global health interest is in community health and access-to-care.

Aliza Monroe-Wise is a second year resident in Internal Medicine at University of Washington Medical Center. Dr. Monroe-Wise graduated from Columbia University with a BA in African American Studies in 2002. She then spent a year conducting HIV prevention research in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In 2005 she completed a Master’s degree in Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Her thesis was entitled “Married, Monogamous Women at Risk: The Sexual Relationships and Behaviors of Married Men in Chennai, India.” Dr. Monroe-Wise then entered Stanford School of Medicine in 2005. As a medical student, she worked on an HIV counseling and testing study in Uganda and an HIV chemoprophylaxis study in Brazil. She started her residency in Internal Medicine at University of Washington after graduating from medical school in 2009, and was then accepted into the Global Health track there. Dr. Monroe-Wise is the Western Region representative to the American College of Physicians’ National Council of Associates. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and playing capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art.