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Jesca Nsungwa SabiitiAssistant Commissioner,

Division of Child Health, Ministry of Health, Uganda

Jesca Nsungwa Sabiiti is currentlyAssistant Commissioner, Divis

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 yearsexperience in developing, implementing, managing, researching

health programs in Uganda. She has collaborated with UN agenci

inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, supporti

scientific and professional groups in the areas of community, prim

and institutional child health care systems, IMNCI, HBB, prematur

birth deaths prevention, MPDSR and birth defects newborn sepsis

among others. She has championed a number of newborn and ch

health programs including IMCI and community case managemenShe 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 Ugand

and elsewhere. She has done policy, program implementation and

formative research and peer reviewed publications. She also serv

as co-president of the Uganda Pediatric Association. She was

selected and trained as a Millennium Development Goal 4 champ

and is also a member of several organizational management boar