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Public health physician with expertise in infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, and primary health care programs strengthening including immunizations, family planning, nutrition education, control of diarrheal diseases, water and sanitation. ? Extended multi-sectoral in strategic planning and investing for results. ? Extended experience in designing, planning, and implementing country programs in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia ? Strong experience in managing public health programs ? Extended clinical |
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Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
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Dr. Nkinsi has spent more than twenty years working in a variety of capacities in developing countries as leader in the global health field While his professional assignments have varied, he has remained professionally active in primary health care, infectious diseases, reproductive health, HIV/ AIDS prevention, rural water supply and sanitation.Dr. Nkinsi began his career with the Congolese Ministry of Public Health in 1983 as the Chief Medical Officer of the Kikwit Health District. After achieving his masters’ degree, Dr. Nkinsi worked for Save the Children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Cameroon. In 1996, Dr. Nkinsi joined CARE as Health Sector Coordinator in Cameroon. In addition to his responsibilities in Cameroon, Dr. Nkinsi was nominated Reproductive Health Advisor for CARE country offices in the West Africa Region, including Madagascar and Haiti in 1998. He joined CARE’s headquarters in Atlanta, GA in 1999 as the Director for the CARE-CDC Health Initiative (CCHI). He was responsible for leading, cultivating and sustaining a major strategic long-term partnership between CARE and the CDC on a variety of innovative global health programs. Dr. Nkinsi joined the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) in November 2002 as Senior Program Officer for HIV, TB and Reproductive Health in the Global Health program. During his tenure at BMGF, Dr. Nkinsi has made major contributions to a broad range of HIV/AIDS initiatives. He helped to conceive and design two of the largest BMGF-supported programs: AIDS Initiative in India (Avahan) and the African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP) in Botswana. From August 2004 to May 2011, Dr. Nkinsi also served as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of ACHAP. Dr. Luke Nkinsi joined the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation in June 2012 as Project Director of 'Strengthening Surveillance of Infectious Diseases in Central Africa (SURVAC) Project. SURVAC's overarching goal is to support integrated surveillance activities and response capacity for vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) and other selected priority diseases. More recently, Dr. Luke Nkinsi has worked as the Director for CDC Foundation operations in West Africa since October 2015. His main role was to assist CDC-Guinea Office and the Ministry of Guinea in the fight against Ebola outbreak.
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Education: |
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Dr. Nkinsi received his medical degree from the University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and his Master of Public Health (Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics) from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
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Years of Experience:
More than 20 years |
Highest Qualification:
Doctorate |
Languages:
English, French, Kikongo, Lingala, Swahili |
Nationality:
United States
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LinkedIn Profile:
www.Linkedin/in/DrLukeNkinsi
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