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Dr Sebastian Ilomuanya is a medical doctor and public health specialist. He has over 10 years of progressive experience in designing and implementing health systems strengthening strategies across different programs and countries in Africa and Southeast Asia. He has worked in both the private and public sectors where he has used business management principles to improve health outcomes. He is currently a Senior Program Manager with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, a role that enables him to provide thought leadership on management systems and capacity, and immunization financing and sustainability.
Dr Praveena Gunaratnam is an epidemiologist and public health specialist with over 20 years of experience in Australia, the Asia Pacific region and at the global level. She is currently the Director, Primary Health Care for CHAI Laos, where she has worked for the last 5 years including with the Government of Laos and other partners to support an effective and sustainable transition of the Lao EPI away from Gavi support.
Faith Mutuku is a programme management specialist with over 10 years of diverse experience in designing evidence-based health interventions. Faith has rich technical experience in vaccines and immunization, that goes beyond service delivery to data, policy and health system strengthening. In life and at work, Faith is passionate about equality and supporting people to make informed decisions. Before joining CHAI, she worked as a Consultant at Deloitte EA with a focus on public sector consulting and is currently leading CHAI’s work in service delivery and new vaccine introductions.
Victoria Wanjohi, a seasoned Public Health Professional with 11 years of work experience, is the Program Manager for Health Financing at Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) Kenya. She plays a vital role in supporting the Ministry of Health and County Governments in establishing sustainable health financing strategies to optimize the process of raising, utilizing, and allocating financial resources to drive impactful improvements in service delivery in PHC facilities. She is passionate about enhancing access to quality healthcare at PHC and actively contributes to the development and implementation of impactful initiatives related to health financing.
Kikelomo Lambo, MPH is a public health expert with over 10 years of progressive experience in health system planning and development, including maternal and child health, while working with government, donors, and partner agencies within the public and private sectors. Kikelomo Lambo is currently a Senior Manager at Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), where she leads a team that provides strategic and technical guidance on the immunization supply chain, Immunization Financing, Service Delivery, Campaign effectiveness, and institutional capacity strengthening of health system interventions to the government of Nigeria. She also leads a team that advocates and sensitizes for increased allocation to health and Immunization which has resulted in the allocation and release of ~$231M for immunization from Domestic resources.
Sima Unogu is a finance professional with vast experience in audit and financial reporting, transaction advisory, and business process redesign. Sima started her career in the audit and assurance unit of one of the Big 4 accounting firms in Nigeria and later transitioned to the deals advisory unit where she led projects on capital raising, financial due diligence, and business analysis. She is currently an associate on the vaccines program at CHAI where she leverages her prior experience to provide support to the Federal Government of Nigeria on immunization financing. This support includes accurately estimating the country’s annual immunization funding need and advocating for the timely release of the country’s obligation to immunization financing.