2023 EAST AFRICA COHORT:
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY

LIFT-OFF EVENT

April 24 & 25, 2024

Thank you for being a part of Lift-Off and celebrating the remarkable 2023 East Africa Leadership Journey Cohort with us.

You can watch the recordings of the cohort members’ presentations below.

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Leadership Project Presentations

Centering Women & Girls in Health

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Watch: Akaco Ekirapa's "Scaling up capacity for women in leadership to influence and advance domestic resource mobilization for Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights programmes in Kenya"

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Watch: Alida Ngwije's "Share Your Light Initiative"

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Watch: Angelique Mugirente's "Teenage pregnancies and its consequences in quality of life: Developing peer mentorship model about sexual and reproductive health in Rwanda"

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Watch: Dr. Basiliana Emidi's "Community views and support: Empowerment of community women to participate in vector control activities in Mwanza, Tanzania"

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Watch: Beth Kangwana's "Bridging the gap between evidence and advocacy initiatives in Kenya: Teenage pregnancies"

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Watch: Cecilia Akatukwasa's "Conceptualizing community pathways for community mobilization approaches to strengthen support for school retention and promoting SRH outcomes for adolescents"

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Watch: Doreen Ondo's "Holding each other’s hand to enhance performance"

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Watch: Emmily Kioti Modi's "Empowering Career-Progress Pursuits of Women in Medicine through a Career Boost Hub"

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Watch: Dr. Florence Sibomana's "HealthyHer Project"

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Watch: Dr. Idyoro Ojukwu's "Practices of women attending Mother and Child Health clinic towards cervical cancer screening and prevention programs at Juba Teaching Hospital"

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Watch: B. Eng. Millicent Alooh's "African women in Biomedical engineering mentorship support"

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Watch: Rose Aliano's "The role of leadership in improving family planning uptake through the private sector"

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Watch: Sylvia Wamuhu's "Firing up girls’ talent to break the poverty cycle and improve their health today and in the future"

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Watch: Valentine Dushimiyimana's "Increasing Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) screening uptake to improve quality of life for women living with HIV in Rwanda"

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Catalyzing Institutional Change

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Watch: Anne Musuva's "Uplifting Precious Blood Girls through sisterhood"

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Watch: Jackline Aridi's "Lifting As We Climb: Career growth strategies for the next generation of Early Career Researchers"

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Optimizing Pathways To Leadership

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Watch: Amisa Rashid's "Fellowship program empowering muslim women in the health field to cultivate their leadership potential"

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Watch: Dr. Beatrice Paul Mushi's "Representation of Tanzanian women in healthcare: Empower and improve diverse gender leadership"

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Watch: Carolyne Njuguna's "Women Inspired Resilient, Engaged & Disrupting (W.I.R.E.D)"

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Watch: Ethel Makila's "Supporting women leadership in Global health research"

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Watch: Dr. Sarah Kutika Nyagabona's "Empowering women in research: A peer mentorship program for advancement and inclusion"

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Building Integrated and Resilient Health Systems

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Watch: Chonge Kitojo's "Assessment of the implementation of decentralized Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine procurement and distribution approach to ensure the availability of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine (SP) at a lower-level sustainability in mainland Tanzania"

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Watch: Elizabeth Oele's "Examining the leadership and implementation of selected public health services through a gender lens in Kisumu"

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Watch: Dr. Janet Muriuki's "Strengthening institutionalization of HRH planning and management tools to generate data on health workforce for informed decision making"

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Watch: Justine Komunyena Tumusiime's "Factors affecting menstrual health for nurses and midwives at workplaces in Uganda"

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Watch: Dr. Khizra Syed's "Impact of use of drone technology on uptake of Sexual Reproductive Health Services amongst adolescent girls in Kisumu County"

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Watch: Mary Josephine Mbidde's "Strengthening community systems to advance health and equity efforts against Malaria in pregnant women and children under 5 years"

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Watch: Stella Mujaya's "Empowering councils’ managers to take leadership in data review and decision making"

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Watch: Dr. Sylvia Vito's "Importance of promoting the health and well-being of young people especially girls and women in urban slums on prevention non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and enhancing health knowledge"

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Thank you for joining our Lift-Off Event!

You can read more about the 2023 East Africa Cohort Members here.