Jesca Nsungwa Sabiiti

Assistant Commissioner, Division of Child Health, Ministry of Health, Uganda

Jesca Nsungwa Sabiiti is currently Assistant Commissioner, Division of Child Health in the Ministry of Health, Uganda. As child health expert with a doctorate in Health Systems Development and a Masters in Pediatrics, she brings in more than fifteen years experience in developing, implementing, managing, researching health programs in Uganda. She has collaborated with UN agencies, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, supporting scientific and professional groups in the areas of community, primary and institutional child health care systems, IMNCI, HBB, premature birth deaths prevention, MPDSR and birth defects newborn sepsis among others. She has championed a number of newborn and child health programs including IMCI and community case management. She has also been at the forefront designing innovations and extending newborn health services to primary care levels. She has evaluated many public health programs and innovations in Uganda and elsewhere. She has done policy, program implementation and formative research and peer reviewed publications. She also served as co-president of the Uganda Pediatric Association. She was selected and trained as a Millennium Development Goal 4 champion and is also a member of several organizational management boards.