Profile – Green Zone

Education:

St. Joseph's School, Rapogi; University of Nairobi; London School of Economics and Political Science; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; University of Kent
Qualifications:

Bachelor of Nursing Sciences; MSc Health Policy Planning and Financing; PhD Social Policy/Health Economics
Work History:

Ministry of Health; University of Nairobi; PHILIPS Africa Research Hub; University of Kent; World Health Organisation
Current Job:

Epidemics Intelligence Analyst; Assistant Lecturer
Employer:

World Health Organisation; University of Kent

Favourite thing to do in my job: Providing health solutions to governments and policy makers.
About Me

I am a mentor, leader, writer and hobby photographer.
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When I am not researching on different government policies, I am probably playing soccer or somewhere in the gym pretending to be lifting weights.
My work

Using knowledge in healthcare and economics to help shape government policies.
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I am a mentor, health policy and health economics researcher, a lecturer of health policy and health economics, and a policy analyst. My interests lie in maternal and neonatal child healthcare, health economics and policy, political economy and health policy. I specifically use policy, econometrics, and economics theories to implement and evaluate health programmes. My PhD work was about free maternity policy in Kenya.

My past work has involved implementing and evaluating the voucher scheme project at the Ministry of Health-Kenya; running public-private partnerships at Philips Research Hub; teaching health policy and research at the University of Nairobi and currently University of Kent; and mentoring students.

I currently support the World Health Organisation Africa Regional office with Epidemics intelligence of COVID-19.
My Typical Day

Attending meeting with different stakeholders (governments, colleagues, potential employers and collaborators); teaching health policy and research; writing articles; and running or playing soccer (weather and lockdown permitting).

Boniface Oyugi