Leadership & Service

Led regional digital health programme leadership across 47 AFRO member states, including development of national digital health strategies, interoperability frameworks (FHIR, HL7, LOINC), and eHealth/mHealth focal point networks. Drove $24M USAID-funded digital health initiative spanning surveillance, outbreak response, and primary health services.

Managed $18M Japan-funded immunization IS portfolio across 10+ Asia-Pacific countries. Coordinated multi-partner digital health governance with WHO, Gavi, World Bank, and DFAT. Led cross-border telehealth policy harmonisation for migrants and directed near-real-time vaccination intelligence systems across 20+ countries.

Selected as a World Bank Government Analytics Fellow alongside the Harvard Post-Doctoral Fellowship, contributing to analytical work on health system performance and data-driven governance frameworks for LMICs.

Designed and delivered competency-based HIS curriculum and eHealth/mHealth capacity building programmes for national focal points across all 47 AFRO member states. Created networks of digital health champions embedded within Ministries of Health accross 47 member states in Africa.

Regular peer reviewer for high-impact global health and digital health journals. Contributions span manuscript review for surveillance systems, digital health interoperability, immunization information systems, and AI analytics for health.

Teaches MPH-level courses in programme design and grant development. Actively supervises undergraduate and MSc students through capstone, thesis, and dissertation processes, providing structured academic mentorship and skills development in global public health.

Developed and implemented open-standards digital health interoperability frameworks across 47 WHO AFRO member states and 10+ Asia-Pacific countries. Work supported alignment of national digital health architectures with international standards including FHIR R4, HL7, LOINC, IHE profiles, and CQL clinical quality language for decision support.