Nigeria

Marleen is a health governance specialist with over 14 years of experience in the international development sector. She has held leadership and advisory roles on public health projects in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. She brings experience in health data systems, reproductive health and health security. At present she is Project Director for MamaYe! project which fosters advocacy partnerships that make health systems more accountable to women's needs.

Ronke is a public health nurse/midwife committed to improving access to safe, sustainable, high-quality reproductive health services for women and girls. With over 20 years’ experience in clinical and preventive interventions in the public, private and NGO sectors, Ronke’s technical expertise includes institutional capacity building, health system strengthening and quality assurance. She is currently responsible for Clinical Quality Assurance.

Amina is a public health expert with over 25 years’ experience working in complex, low-resource settings in the government and non-governmental sectors providing leadership and technical support to ensure the delivery of quality health and development services. She is focused on building a solid platform for er team and their various programmes, to meaningfully contribute to the development and strengthening of Nigeria’s health system.

Esther has over 17 years’ experience in design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects in Nigeria. She has demonstrated ability in establishing and building multi-stakeholder accountability mechanisms and collaborations with government. She is passionate about unlocking financing bottlenecks and influencing policies for improved maternal new born health. Esther currently provides strategic leadership and technical oversight for effective/efficient implementation of the Evidence for Action – MamaYe, project in Nigeria.

Michael is a health system strengthening expert with special interest in health financing and policy. He leads the Sustainability output comprising health financing and accountability pathways for the WISH programme in Nigeria. Michael believes that Universal Health Coverage is attainable in resource-constrained countries and has provided technical assistance to national and subnational Governments in Nigeria on this subject over the last decade.