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Patrick Kagurusi

Patrick Kagurusi

Country Manager, Amref Health Africa Uganda

Dr. Kagurusi is a Public Health Specialist with more than 19 years of experience in both Technical, Managerial and Strategic Public Health. His interest and practice is in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) and WASH. He is currently the Deputy Country Director and RMNCAH Technical Advisor at Amref Health Africa in Uganda. His work involves design and technical oversight over public health and development interventions as well as research. He has worked with remote communities, especially young people, women and girls, to helping them to achieve life skills. He has also worked in the public and private health sector as well as the academia at Makerere University School of Public Health.

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Project News Empowering Young People to Make Healthy Sexual and Reproductive Health Choices: Lessons from Heroes for Gender Transformative Action in Uganda
Henry WasswaLilian Kamanzi MugishaPatrick KagurusiMichael MuyongaDolly AjokAnne Ballard Sara, MPH September 26, 2024

Knowledge SUCCESS, in collaboration with the WHO/IBP Network, is featuring implementation stories that showcase implementers who have successfully navigated complexities to deliver impactful outcomes. This feature story on the Heroes for Gender Transformative Action Program (Heroes4GTA).

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