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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