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Kulule Makonnen Duffera has over 20 years of experience in WASH and public health and which ranges from national and international level to direct program management and implementation support.

She has vast experience of managing large budgets and grants supported by WB, AfDB, EU, CIDA, SIDA, DFID, UNICEF and many more.

Kulule worked as WASH team lead at the Federal Ministry of Health in Ethiopia for 7 years. In this role, she managed the national WASH program for the Federal Ministry of Health, coordinating with the Ministries of Water and Education.

Kulule also served as consultant WASH specialist for WHO and spent 7 years with UNICEF in Ethiopia, when she worked with Federal Government and UNICEF to develop the WASH Annual work plan and participated in the development of key sector documents, including the Government/UN country program documents, Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP- Health GTP-2), Universal Access plan for WASH, Ethiopian ONE WASH national program,  the national WASH and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) strategic master plan, the Ethiopian National Sanitation and Hygiene Strategic Plan of Action and Sanitation Marketing Guideline and the business model.

Kulule hold MSc. in Environmental Sanitation from the University of Gent, Belgium

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Duke Mobegi is a seasoned Project manager with extensive senior management experience across Eastern and Southern Africa in public health, health financing and Health system strengthening

He has over 13 years’ experience managing different health projects with many donors like CDC, USAID, Global fund and Multinationals like Danone and GSK. Currently Duke serves as a regional project manager for a project funded by GSK in 13 countries.  In this role, he has helped countries implement health projects that have improved and saved many lives. Duke oversees a diverse health program that includes Human resources for health capacity building, nutrition and health system strengthening and WASH.

Duke holds a BA (University of Nairobi) MPH (Moi University). He is also a trained Clinician and currently pursuing a PHD in public health.

Outside of work, Duke loves sports and mentoring young people

In his position, Gilbert Wangalwa provides overall leadership to the project; fosters quality improvement and performance; provides administrative, financial, human resources, monitoring and evaluation oversight, contributes to knowledge management, operations research and advocacy; and responsible for networking, relationship management and compliance. During his 12 year tenure at Amref health Africa in Kenya, Gilbert has been the Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor at Amref Health Africa in Kenya. He previously worked with Pathfinder International in Kenya, Merlin in Kenya and Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). He has published and presented broadly on such topics as maternal health, child health, HIV care, sexual and reproductive health, and Monitoring and Evaluation among others.

Gilbert holds a Masters of Public Health from Maseno University in Kenya and a Bachelor Degree in Economics from Egerton University in Kenya.  He is a long time member of the CORE M&E Working Group, Lot Quality Assurance Sampling Technical Advisory Group, and Health Systems Action Network.

Kassahun Negash has worked in government and non-government organization at different capacity for more than  18  years. He started his carrier as expert on the field of epidemiology focusing on the prevention and control of epidemic prone diseases in Southern Nation, Nationality and People sate. From 2003 to 2008 he worked in Federal Ministry of Health and contributed much in the reform of health system in Ethiopia.

Since 2008 he has been working in Amref Health Africa as project manager, M&E and Research manager and program manager. As responsible person for resource mobilization he was able to initiate and take a lead role in business development and oversee number of projects. He published more than five papers in health development.

Kassahun has MD, MPH and MA in Measurement and Evaluation.

Dr Ndirangu Wanjuki is a tech-savvy accredited coach & entrepreneurial strategist. He brings more than 20 years’ experience developing and providing leadership for public health initiatives in Africa. He is passionate about the application of social entrepreneurship and shared value as vehicles for sustainable social impact.

Dr Ndirangu is on a mission to contribute to transformation of the health of people in Kenya by positioning Amref Health Africa to be a leading catalyst for change in the health & wellness sector. The local NGO has an ambitious plan to train 120,000 front-line health workers, improve quality, access to health care, and financial protection from catastrophic health expenditure for 25 million people In Kenya. Dr Ndirangu acknowledges that Amref cannot achieve these alone – therefore ‘we seek shared value partnerships with those who share a common purpose to transform the health of Kenyans for good’.

Team leadership & people development is Dr Ndirangu’s overarching and highly developed capability. Working with a passionate Senior Management Team, he is providing leadership for programs (grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements) worth over USD 40 million – ensuring sound management of finances, procurement, human resources, M & E, quality, compliance, and risk. The programs span: health systems strengthening focusing on HRH, health care financing, and community development; reproductive, maternal & child health; HIV, TB, malaria; response to NCDs through lifestyle & workplace wellness initiatives; and water, sanitation & hygiene.

Dr Ndirangu’s academic qualifications include: MBA; MPH; MBChB; PD-Executive Coaching.

Vice-chair, Kenya Healthcare Federation (2018 -current)
Co-chair, SDGs Kenya Forum (2019 – current)

Education:

Certificate in Economic Evaluation of Global Health – University of Washington
Master of Science in Infectious Diseases – University of London (LSHTM)
University of Nairobi – MBChB

Career:

She has more than 15 years’ experience spanning the fields of health systems strengthening for universal health coverage, health care policy development, pharmaceutical medicine and clinical research. She is known and respected for program refinements and building credibility and partnerships across cultures and with leading national and international private, public, and non-profit health sector stakeholders. She has participated in the development of key national and international policies and guidelines across many African countries. She has served as organization representative at national and international forums, conferences, technical working groups, and advisory boards.

Awards:

• Upcoming Human Rights Defender of the Year Award Nominee 2017 – for demonstrating courage and impact in the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the health care space during the doctors’ industrial strike and the 2017 elections period in Kenya.
• Business Daily Top 40 Under 40 Women 2016 – Based on her outstanding contribution to the segments of the economy in matters health in Kenya inspiring confidence in the fact that the country is on the path of progress despite the many challenges.

Dr Catherine Kanari holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) from University of Nairobi and Master of Public Health degree from International University of Leeds UK. She has more than 12 years’ experience in the health sector in Kenya; including working in  the public, private and NGO sector. Dr Kanari  joined Amref Health Africa within Amref enterprises limited as the Clinical Lead. Before joining the Amref Enterprises limited, she worked with PS Kenya as the Technical Service Delivery Lead where she provided technical oversight on various programs covering private sector, research for development and communication for prevention strategies. Her docket currently includes a novel public private partnership flourishing in Makueni in kenya with various financing models being explores as well as a consortium program integrating non communicable diseases ( diabetes hypertension and cancer) in Meru county with an envisaged scale up in Rwanda and Ethiopia.