Maxwell Dalaba

Maxwell is a trained health economist and senior research fellow at the University of Health and Allied Sciences. Maxwell has over 20 years experience in health research.

Otene Ogwuche

Otene Ogwuche holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria. He is skilled and experienced in different areas of community-based interventions, program development, project management, development communication, social campaigns, design and planning of large scale behavior change campaigns, monitoring and evaluation, financial management for projects, data collection for […]

Shahreen Chowdhury

Shahreen Chowdhury is a Research Associate at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, specialising in implementation research to advance inclusive health systems in Nigeria and Liberia. Her work focuses on improving case management for skin Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), with a particular focus on mental health and disability inclusion. Passionate about fostering community-level inclusion, Shahreen […]

Wosen Ketema

Dr. Wosen Ketema (MD) is a dermatologist at Boru Meda Hospital-Dermatology Referral Center, Dessei, Ethiopia. Dr. Wosen specializes in research focusing on skin neglected tropical disease at the center as a principal investigator, study physician and clinical trial coordinator.

Grace Ajege

Grace trained as a zoologist and is currently on an MPH programme at the Liverpool John Moore’s university. She has eleven years experience in the development sector, eight of which are in the NTDs sector. She currently works with Sightsavers as the The Technical Manager SAFE, and provides support to NTD implementing NGOs across 16 […]

Yona Yangaza

A public health advocate, NTDs team lead of One Health Society, medical researcher, visionary and charismatic leader, and a core member of the working group WHO Skin-NTDs Advocacy and Communications.

Margaret Gyapong

Margaret Gyapong is a medical anthropologist. She has a PhD in Epidemiology and is interested in implementation research that makes an impact on the lives of the populations being studied. Over the years, she has focused on mentorship and capacity-building in the area of tropical diseases research.

Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum

Medical and public health professional with long-standing experience as an NTD Program Manager with skills in infectious diseases control and elimination. Nana-Kwadwo is an Epidemiologist and Global Health Specialist, Research Scientist and Educator.

Mary Nyamongo

An anthropologist with over 34 years in the area of NTDs. Has served on several national and international committees including the APOC Technical Consultative Committee (TCC) Regional Program Review Group (RPRG) for Africa and Chair of the Advooacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) Technical Working Group (TWG) for MoH, Kenya.

Doris Njomo

Doris Njomo has led the implementation of research studies using various designs such as quasi-experimental and pre-test, intervention and post-test studies. Having worked closely with the Kenyan Ministry of Health (MOH), she has been conducting implementation research studies in line with the MOH programmes targeting prevention, control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases such as […]