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For the 8th Episode of the Project Umoja Podcast, we have the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Paul Ngwakum Akisa. Dr. Ngwakum is the Regional Health Advisor for UNICEF (The United Nations Childrens Fund) in Eastern and Southern Africa, responsible for 21 countries under his current mandate. Dr. Ngwakum is responsible for technical and strategic guidance of UNICEF offices in eastern and Southern Africa, providing support to governments in coordination with partners for situational analysis, planning, implementation, and monitoring of key health interventions with a focus on health system strengthening. Before joining the Regional Office, Dr. Ngwakum was UNICEF Chief of Health and Nutrition for Zimbabwe and Zambia. He also served as Chief of Child Survival and Development for UNICEF Madagascar. Previously, Dr Ngwakum worked for UNICEF on Immunization, Maternal and Child Health as well as Nutrition in South Sudan, Angola, and Mozambique. Before joining UNICEF, Dr. Ngwakum worked for two years as a hospital doctor in his home country Cameroon. He also has eight years of work experience with Doctors’ Without Borders in different capacities responding to health emergencies in Rwanda, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Chad, Haiti, and as medical coordinator in Mali. Dr. Ngwakum is a medical doctor from the University of Yaoundé-Cameroon. He holds a master’s degree in Public Health from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, and a certificate in health care financing from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.
For the 8th Episode of the Project Umoja Podcast, we have the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Paul Ngwakum Akisa. Dr. Ngwakum is the Regional Health Advisor for UNICEF (The United Nations Childrens Fund) in Eastern and Southern Africa, responsible for 21 countries under his current mandate. Dr. Ngwakum is responsible for technical and strategic guidance of UNICEF offices in eastern and Southern Africa, providing support to governments in coordination with partners for situational analysis, planning, implementation, and monitoring of key health interventions with a focus on health system strengthening. Before joining the Regional Office, Dr. Ngwakum was UNICEF Chief of Health and Nutrition for Zimbabwe and Zambia. He also served as Chief of Child Survival and Development for UNICEF Madagascar. Previously, Dr Ngwakum worked for UNICEF on Immunization, Maternal and Child Health as well as Nutrition in South Sudan, Angola, and Mozambique. Before joining UNICEF, Dr. Ngwakum worked for two years as a hospital doctor in his home country Cameroon. He also has eight years of work experience with Doctors’ Without Borders in different capacities responding to health emergencies in Rwanda, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Chad, Haiti, and as medical coordinator in Mali. Dr. Ngwakum is a medical doctor from the University of Yaoundé-Cameroon. He holds a master’s degree in Public Health from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, and a certificate in health care financing from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.