Kerry Mangold is a principal the Genesis Health practice and the Programme Director of the South to South Learning Network. She has over 14 years’ experience in sexual and reproductive health and rights work, with a strong focus on adolescent girls and young women. She has experience in developing, coordinating and managing the implementation of multi-sectoral national HIV prevention programmes, as well as in designing and conducting research, developing evidence-based policy documents, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring operational and financial compliance of project work for international donors and development partners. Kerry’s technical expertise is focused on HIV, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and key and vulnerable populations. Kerry has an academic background in business, science and arts with wide-ranging experience and exposure in the field of public health in South Africa and Southern Africa. Kerry holds a master’s in Anthropology form the University of the Witwatersrand, an honours in Microbiology from Rhodes and a postgraduate diploma in Management (Business Administration) from Wits Business School.
Ayesha Ismail is the Director of the Insight 2 Implementation offering under SSLN Her expertise is within turning evidence and research into usable projects. Ayesha has a special interest in sexual and reproductive health (SRH), and understanding how we can decrease inequities in SRH service provision and increase the quality of care. Ayesha has an honours and a master’s degree in Human Genetics, a bachelor's in Molecular and Cell Biology as well as a postgraduate diploma in Management, all from the University of the Witwatersrand.
Thomas Ofem is a Senior Technical Adviser in the Health Practice, head of the BeSci portfolio, and Regional Lead for the SSLN West and Central Africa Region. Thomas is a dedicated Public Health Professional with over 20 years of experience in public health, including designing, implementing, and evaluating Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) programs around Malaria, HIV/AIDS, sexual, reproductive health and family planning (SRHFP), maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH), as well as gender-based and sexual violence prevention. He holds a Ph.D. in Health Education and Promotion, a Master of Public Health, a Master of Science in Mass Communication, and a BSc in Medical Physiology.
Missie Oindo (BA, MCHD) - A public health and development professional serving as the SSLN Regional Lead-East Africa, with a track record in design, delivery and evaluation of initiatives focused on sustainable health and well-being of vulnerable and under-served populations in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa. She has extensive expertise in technical assistance and coordinating multi-sectoral HIV and integrated health programming in Eastern Africa, backed by 14 years of experience.
Mohamed is the Regional Lead for the Southern Africa component of the SSLN. He also provides direct support to the Zimbabwe champion team. Holding a masters in population studies his areas of interest and experience include public health, mobile health, HIV/AIDS, quantitative and qualitative research, behavioural science, and industrial psychology. He has been with the SSLN from the start of the programme and continues to support countries in sharing and learning good HIV prevention practice.
Jerry Okal is a seasoned public health researcher specializing in research uptake and implementation across Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently associated with the Population Council in Kenya, he plays a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and optimizing the utilization of research findings related to critical healthcare domains. His areas of expertise encompass social determinants of health, HIV/TB, malaria, and sexual and reproductive health concerns affecting young people and key vulnerable population groups in low- and middle-income countries
Madonna Emmanuel is an associate in the Health Practice, Genesis Analytics. Madonna has a master's degree in epidemiology from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and has received training from the University of Washington in leading, monitoring, and assessing global health programs. She has 9 years public health practice experience spread across monitoring and evaluation, descriptive and analytical investigations, clinical trials, capacity building, and stakeholder management, having managed projects supported by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other organizations. In addition to her role as the Country Engagement Lead for Ghana and Nigeria on the South-South Learning Network, Madonna also supports the monitoring and evaluation of the programme.
Wendy is a Social and Behaviour Change , Adolescent and Youth, and learning Expert. With over 12 years experience, she has worked with NGOs, donors, National and county governments in designing, implementing community and learning projects in areas of HIV, RMNCAH mainly focusing of Preventive and promotive health. She enjoys conducting trainings in different topics of expertise and interacting with communities by employing user centered approaches such as HCD. Wendy holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Sciences ( Sociology, Social Administration) and Gender Studies) and a Masters of Arts degree in Project Planning and Management . She is a member of board for the USAID initiated County Endelevu Initiative for Kakamega County ( Kenya ) and leads a number of philanthropic activities for adolescent young people and women.
Katlego Motlogelwa is a Technical Support Advisor in the Health Practice at Genesis Analytics. With over a decade of experience, he possesses a diverse background in Project and Operations Management, Knowledge Management, Strategic Planning, and Health Economics, and has worked across various African countries, including Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, and Malawi. Previously, Katlego served as an Adviser for the UNAIDS Regional Support Team for East & Southern Africa. Notable accomplishments include setting up an operational system, managing funds totaling over 2 million US$ in 18 months to facilitate access to Global Fund funding for multiple countries and providing technical guidance to UNAIDS-led initiatives. Katlego holds a Mastes in Molecular Physiology, an Honours degree in Human Physiology, and a Bachelor's in Health Sciences, all from the University of the Witwatersrand. His passion lies in HIV prevention, and he wishes to leverage Behavioral Economics strategies and Edu-tech to enhance health and development in Africa. In his current role within the South-to-South HIV Prevention Learning Network (SSLN), he provides expertise in technical assistance design, planning, and implementation.
Boris Gbehi is the Francophone Africa Coordinator in the Health practice. He based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Before joining Genesis, he was a medical officer in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. Beyond clinical care, Boris has managed health-related projects covering the areas of disease prevention and outbreak response. He has also worked in several national and multinational companies as an occupational health and safety manager. He is passionate about preventive medicine and the use of data for health action. Following his medical studies, Boris completed specialist degrees in Public Health and Occupational Health from the University Félix Houphouët Boigny (UFHB) in Abidjan.
Maria Mensah is the SSLN Country Engagement Lead for Malawi and Tanzania and is based in Kenya. She plays an important role in enhancing the countries HIV prevention programmes through sharing of best practices across Africa.
Lamek is a global health professional, serving as the Country Engagement Lead for the South to South Learning Network (SSLN) in Eswatini and South Sudan. With extensive expertise in HIV program management, he plays a pivotal role in fostering knowledge exchange and collaboration among these countries and network members, contributing to the enhancement of HIV prevention programs within the network.
Kamogelo Nunu is an analyst in the Health practice at Genesis Analytics. She holds an honours degree in Microbiology and Biotechnology from the University of Witwatersrand. On SSLN, she currently serves as the Country Engagement Lead for South Africa and Zambia. She also plays a pivotal role in coordinating PSAT and PSAT Lite completion across SSLN countries.
Lekoetse Mahao is an analyst in the Health practice at Genesis Analytics. She holds a master’s degree in Health Economics and an honours degree in Applied Development Economics, both form the University of the Witwatersrand. She currently serves as the Country Engagement Lead for Botswana and Mozambique and the Activity Lead within SSLN.
Toluwani Oluwatola is a Senior Associate with the Health Practice. He has extensive experience working across various public health programs in Nigeria, focusing on areas such as social health insurance, routine immunization, and human resources for health. Before his current role, Toluwani served as a Learning Associate for a multi-year national health financing project. He also led other research on the technical efficiency and quality of care in Nigeria’s primary healthcare system. Toluwani holds a bachelor’s degree in dental surgery from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.
Has 25 years of professional experience in the global health sector ranging from HIV to sexual and reproductive health and disability. She has held leadership roles across large scale intervention projects with key populations funded by BMGF, USAID, CIDA and the Government of India. Along with her team, she led several Technical Support projects on HIV prevention, across more than 15 countries in Africa. She has led several research projects including two RCT on reducing IPV against sex workers and school dropout among adolescent girls. She is currently based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Lucy Maikweki, has over 20 years working with people to design sustainable and people cantered solutions to address various development challenges. Areas of expertise include development of social and behaviour change communication including demand generation for health products and services, strategy development, human cantered design, project implementation, budgeting and budget management. Lucy has led development of numerous prevention campaigns in Kenya including piloting biomedical interventions like HIV self-testing and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis programs in Kenya. She has been involved in conducting landscaping analysis to inform development of market entry strategies for some of the biomedical interventions in various countries.
Kerry Mangold is a principal the Genesis Health practice and the Programme Director of the South to South Learning Network. She has over 14 years’ experience in sexual and reproductive health and rights work, with a strong focus on adolescent girls and young women. She has experience in developing, coordinating and managing the implementation of multi-sectoral national HIV prevention programmes, as well as in designing and conducting research, developing evidence-based policy documents, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring operational and financial compliance of project work for international donors and development partners. Kerry’s technical expertise is focused on HIV, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and key and vulnerable populations. Kerry has an academic background in business, science and arts with wide-ranging experience and exposure in the field of public health in South Africa and Southern Africa. Kerry holds a master’s in Anthropology form the University of the Witwatersrand, an honours in Microbiology from Rhodes and a postgraduate diploma in Management (Business Administration) from Wits Business School.
Sarah has worked in public health for over 15 years. She is a health specialist with skills in designing, implementing and evaluating programmes. Her multidisciplinary experience in over 20 African countries spans qualitative and quantitative research, monitoring and evaluation, HIV prevention, and behavioural sciences. She has a particular interest in adolescent girls and young women.
Thomas Ofem is a Senior Technical Adviser in the Health Practice, head of the BeSci portfolio, and Regional Lead for the SSLN West and Central Africa Region. Thomas is a dedicated Public Health Professional with over 20 years of experience in public health, including designing, implementing, and evaluating Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) programs around Malaria, HIV/AIDS, sexual, reproductive health and family planning (SRHFP), maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH), as well as gender-based and sexual violence prevention. He holds a Ph.D. in Health Education and Promotion, a Master of Public Health, a Master of Science in Mass Communication, and a BSc in Medical Physiology.
Dr. Julie Pulerwitz is the Senior Technical Lead on i2i/SSLN, providing technical guidance/support for the project overall and selected products and dissemination. A senior socio-behavioral scientist based at the Population Council, leading implementation science research focused on HIV, stigma, violence, and gender inequalities. She has worked in 20+ countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas and has developed widely used tools, such as the GEM Scale (gender attitudes) and the SRPS (couple power dynamics.)
Sanyukta Mathur is a public health researcher committed to evidence generation and evidence use to enhance policy and programs. My current areas of research include HIV prevention, new product introduction, gender and empowerment, multi-purpose prevention technologies, sexual and reproductive health, and digital tools for health.
Dr. Tun is a social and behavioral scientist whose research has focused on improving the lives of vulnerable and marginalized groups in Africa and Asia through her research on strategies to overcome barriers to HIV and sexual health services. She leads studies to develop community-based interventions and other innovations to increase HIV prevention (e.g., HIV self-testing, PrEP) and treatment uptake.
Ann Gottert is a socio-behavioral scientist with the Population Council. Dr. Gottert has over 15 years of experience conducting applied research to inform programs and policies related to sexual and reproductive health and rights, using advanced quantitative and qualitative methodologies. She received her PhD and MPH from UNC School of Public Health and BA from Brown University.
Micah Fineberg is a Senior Associate in the Genesis Analytics Health practice. On SSLN she supports the strategic communications. She is interested in behavioural science to improve health behaviours and outcomes, with her foremost work focusing on treatment adherence for both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Micah holds a master's in Public Health for Development from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management from the Wits Business School. She also has an honours in Human Genetics from the University of the Witwatersrand and a bachelor's in Human Physiology from the University of Pretoria.
Titus Ogello is M&E expert currently serving as the M&E lead for South to South Learning network. He has over 8 years of experience in development, strengthening and implementation of M&E systems in health and education programmes. Titus expertise include development and implementation of M&E frameworks, designing & implementing evaluations, data management, digital data collection, outcome harvesting, capacity assessment, stakeholder analysis data analysis and reporting. He has a bachelor's in Population Health from Kenyatta University.
Dr. Faran Emmanuel is an Epidemiologist, currently serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences and an Associate Director - Technical Collaborations at the Institute for Global Public Health, University of Manitoba. He is also an adjunct faculty at the Health Services Academy. Dr Emmanuel has an extensive research and program experience of working with key and vulnerable populations and has contributed significantly through research and public health program development in Pakistan and multiple countries in South East Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. His research has led to the understanding of Infectious diseases especially HIV among key populations and has been used extensively to develop key populations HIV prevention programs globally. Dr Emmanuel also has worked in designing frameworks for assessment of Universal Health Coverage programs in Pakistan and has profound expertise in quantitative research and data analyses. Dr Emmanuel has been a member of various technical groups and teams and is an important team member of the global “Program Science team” of the University of Manitoba.
Nokulunga Twala is an analyst in the Genesis Analytics Health practice and is based in Johannesburg. Nokulunga supports SSLN's monitoring and evaluation team, focusing on data analysis and visualisation. She has an honours and bachelor's in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. Additionally, she is an alumna of the Data Science and Analytics programme at Explore AI Academy and the ArcGIS Pro Basic programme from Esri College, South Africa.
Rediet is an analyst at Genesis Analytics, Health Practice, based in London. She supports Insight 2 Implementation offerings under SSLN and has experience in qualitative research and impact analysis in HIV prevention programs. Additionally, Rediet has four years of clinical experience in remote areas of Ethiopia, where she led outreach programs to promote maternal and child health. Rediet holds a medical degree from Addis Ababa University and a joint master’s degree in Health Policy, Planning, and Financing from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Kamogelo Nunu is an analyst in the Health practice at Genesis Analytics. She holds an honours degree in Microbiology and Biotechnology from the University of Witwatersrand. On SSLN, she currently serves as the Country Engagement Lead for South Africa and Zambia. She also plays a pivotal role in coordinating PSAT and PSAT Lite completion across SSLN countries.
Tsholofelo Ramosime is the Travel and Workshop Coordinator for the South to South Learning Network based in Johannesburg South Africa. Over the past 17 years, she has worked in travel management and MICE (Meetings Incentives Conferencing, and Events) for governments and corporates as a coordinator and account manager. She is a detail-orientated organizer with a passion for cultivating strong relationships. She has obtained an Alison Collage Project Management Certificate, from the Academy Of York a qualification in Business Performance Management, and from Shaw Academy a diploma in Digital Marketing.
Karabo is a Senior Project Coordinator at Genesis Analytics, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Currently, Karabo supports the South-South Learning Network which operates across 15 Countries in Africa. He has over a decade of experience in organising and coordinating workshops, conferences, and mass-volume events and meetings across South Africa and the African continent as a whole. He is passionate about Project coordination, especially in the HIV/AIDS space. Karabo has completed his B-tech degree in Business Communications from the Tshwane University of Technology, and has completed short courses in Social media marketing and Online reputation management from Shaw Academy, Effective public speaking and presentation skills from Southern Business School (SBS) as well as a Measuring and evaluation fundamentals certificate from Global Health e-Learning Centre. He has also completed an online short course in Project management.
Tonny Gaffane currently serves as the Program Coordinator for the Insight 2 Implementation (i2i) offering under the SSLN initiative. i2i operates across 15 countries and is dedicated to synthesizing and contextualizing evidence to inform comprehensive HIV prevention responses. Funded by the prestigious Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, i2i represents a critical effort in addressing one of the most pressing global health challenges of our time. Armed with a Bachelor of Development Studies, Tonny boasts over five years of hands-on experience in community development, stakeholder engagement, and project coordination. His journey in the development sector has been marked by a steadfast commitment to empowering communities and fostering sustainable change.
Peliswa Sitifini serves as our Finance Officer, bringing a wealth of expertise with a Bachelor's degree in Finance and a Postgraduate Diploma in Internal Auditing from Nelson Mandela University. With a strong background in financial management, budgeting, and financial reporting, Peliswa is dedicated to maintaining the financial integrity and transparency of the SSLN team, ensuring fiscal responsibility and sustainable growth.
Saul is a medical doctor and epidemiologist, who has worked in HIV prevention across Africa for the past two decades. He acts a senior technical advisor for SSLN, and heads up the Health team at Genesis Analytics.
Sarah has worked in public health for over 15 years. She is a health specialist with skills in designing, implementing and evaluating programmes. Her multidisciplinary experience in over 20 African countries spans qualitative and quantitative research, monitoring and evaluation, HIV prevention, and behavioural sciences. She has a particular interest in adolescent girls and young women.
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