Lorna Tumwebaze

Dr. Lorna Tumwebaze is currently working in Global Policy and Advocacy at the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation. She is the lead for policy and resource advocacy TB and HIV delivery work in high epidemic burden countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia. Prior to joining the foundation in Nov 2015, Lorna provided leadership as the Deputy Executive Director with of Partners in Population and Development (PPD), an alliance of 26 governments with Permanent UN observer and Diplomatic status to advance heath diplomacy; triangular and South-South Cooperation (SSC), and private sector partnership for health, population and development. She was a member of the executive leadership & PPD Board, comprised of ministers from Health, Finance, and key social sectors charged with population & development programs. Lorna previously worked with the public sector (Ministries of Finance and Health), the United Nations (UNFPA, WHO), International Non-Government Organizations (CARE International, Child Fund International, International Youth Foundation, John Hopkins University Health Communications Partnership) in the Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America regions. She has provided leadership and technical responsibility for health, education, population and development programs with a focus on: health diplomacy; HIV/AIDS; Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH); Family Planning (FP); Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH); Highly Vulnerable Children (HVC); infectious diseases; Primary Health Care (PHC), expanded program on immunization (EPI), health & surveillance systems strengthening, economic strengthening programs, gender based programming, and both informal and formal education. She is a medical doctor and public health specialist. She started off her career working as an internal medicine clinician at Mulago national teaching and referral hospital Makerere University, and as a resident physician with the American embassy in Uganda. She received her education from Makerere University Medical School Uganda - East Africa; Boston University School of Public Health Massachusetts; and the Universities of San Francisco and Berkeley California USA. Lorna has lived & worked in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Uganda and USA. Has provided leadership for multi-sector health, education, population and development programs in: 1) Sub-Saharan Africa - Benin, Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia, Zimbabwe 2) North Africa and the Middle East - Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia 3) Asia and the Pacific - Bangladesh, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri-Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Yemen. 4) Latin America & the Caribbean - Caribbean islands, Colombia, Mexico. Key areas of interest: Public policy; health diplomacy; women’s, children and adolescent health; South to South Cooperation; partnerships with government and non-state actor (donors, private sector, cultural & faith-based institutions); philanthropy in low and middle-income countries (LMIC’s). EMPLOYMENT HISTORY The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Policy and Advocacy: HIV and TB, based in Seattle Washington USA, Nov 2015 – to-date, Partner’s in Population and Development (PPD): Deputy Executive Director, based in Dhaka Bangladesh 9, Nov 2011 - Aug 2015. Child Fund International: Director - PEPFAR/USAID programs, based in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, Oct 2008 - Nov 2011. Johns Hopkins University, Health Communication Program: Executive Director, Africa Network for Strategic Communication in Health and Development (AfriComNet), based in Kampala Uganda, Jan 2007 - Sept 2008. International Youth Foundation (IYF): Regional Director - East and Southern Africa, based in Kampala Uganda, Jan 2005 to Sept 2006 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Country Coordinator, African Youth Alliance program, based in Kampala Uganda, Nov 2000 to Dec 2004 CARE International: Advisor, Health & Education Sectors, based in Kampala Uganda Oct 1997 to Oct 2000 Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Population Secretariat, Uganda Reproductive Health Resident Consultant, based in Kampala Uganda, Jan 1996 to Oct 1997 Institute of Public Health, Makerere University Medical School: Residency for the joint Master of Medicine and Public health, Feb 1994 to Sep 1994. Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization (UNEPI), Ministry of Health - Uganda, Residency for joint Master of Medicine and Public health, Entebbe Uganda, Oct 1993 to Feb 1994 American Embassy Uganda: Resident Physician, based in Kampala Uganda, up to Dec 1992. Ministry of Health, New Mulago National Referral & Teaching hospital, Department of Internal Medicine: Medical Officer, based in Kampala Uganda, up to Dec 1992.