WomenLift Health has selected the inspiring leaders below to participate in the second East Africa Cohort of the Leadership Journey, a fully-funded leadership initiative designed to support women through the challenges and opportunities of advancing to senior leadership positions in global health.

Health Team Leader/ Health Adviser
Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (British High Commission, Nairobi)

Senior Program Manager
Clinton Health Access Initiative

Founder and Executive Director
Nivishe Foundation

Community Based Maternal Newborn and Child (CBMNCH)Technical Coordinator
Jhpiego

Regional Director, East and Southern Africa
ThinkWell

Principal Research Scientist
National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania

Program Manager
MUHAS-ORCI-UCSF Cancer Collaboration

Executive Director
Population Council- Kenya

East Africa Hub Director & Kenya Country Director
PATH

Regional Qualitative Research Coordinator
Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration

Malaria Project Management Specialist
USAID

Program Officer PMTCT/DR
Ministry of Health Uganda

Epidemiologist/Grants and Sponsored Programs Lead
Kisumu County Department of Health

Executive Director and Medical Doctor
South Sudanese Women in Medicine (SSWIM) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Director for Communications Advocacy and Policy
IAVI

Senior Program Officer on NCDs
PATH

Resident Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
MATER MISERCORDIAE HOSPITAL

Faculty /Director
Strathmore University

Acting Senior Director Health Workforce Development
IntraHealth International

Research Coordinator
PATH

Head - Digital health transformation
Department of Health, Kisumu County

Assistant Lecturer
University of Rwanda

Senior Technical Advisor, Malaria
The AIDS Support Organization (TASO)

Regional director, NEST BMET implementation
Rice University

Assistant District Health Officer
Ngora District Local Government

Clinical Oncologist and Researcher
Muhimbili National Hospital

Country Director (Data.FI Project) and Country Representative (Palladium)
Palladium

Africa Head
Eva Pharma International

Reproductive Health Director
Population Services Kenya

Ag. Strategic information Specialist
Rwanda Biomedical Centre/Research Innovation and Data Science Division