Dr. Ibironke Oyatoye is a Health Economist with UNICEF – New York Headquarters’ Immunization Financing Team. She has led and co-led UNICEF’s health financing and economics initiatives focused on COVID-19 vaccination across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This includes costing, coordination and deployment of financial resources, and budgeting to promote scaleup of COVID-19 vaccination.
Ronke has 14 years of experience in health systems strengthening including health financing and health policies. Prior to joining UNICEF, she worked with UNFPA, the World Bank and Clinton Health Access Initiative. Her work experience spans Nigeria, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Samoa, Niue, Tokelau and Cook Islands in addition to other LMICs she supports under the UNICEF portfolio.
Ronke is a licensed Medical Doctor in Nigeria. She also holds a Master of Science in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).
ioyatoye@unicef.org