/ Chairman, MD, MPH

A public health physician with over 30 years’ experience on the field spanning Community based integrated health intervention, Maternal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS, Childhood Immunization/ Polio Eradication, and Infection Prevention and Control.

She was born in Lagos Nigeria 68 years ago and was educated mostly in Lagos with the highest degree being a Masters in Public Health from the College of Medicine University of Lagos. She is widely travelled and had actively participated in many Public health International academic Conferences and workshops.

Abimbola Sowande is a public health physician with over 30 years’ experience on the field spanning Community based integrated health intervention, Maternal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS, Childhood Immunization/ Polio Eradication, and Infection Prevention and Control.

She had served as Senior Immunization Program Officer on BASICS II project, managing the USAID Making Medical Injections Safer (MMIS) project, and as the Country Director for AIDSTAR-One.  She is a very well appreciated clinician with significant management and programmatic experience, including work with USAID-funded projects. Her experience in the field of infection prevention and control and health care waste management that was part of the Nigerian CDC IPC Curriculum development team and Nigerian Haemorrhagic Fever Guideline review being a Trustee of Nigerian Society on Infection Control (NSIC) formerly NICA. She had served as Treasurer of the Infection Control African Network (ICAN) and African Regional Coordinator and Board of Trustee, International Federation Infection Control (IFIC). She is currently the Chair of NSIC.