Nduku Kilonzo

Nduku Kilonzo is the executive director of the National Aids Control Council (NACC) of Kenya.[1][2]

Nduku Kilonzo
Born1974 (age 48–49)
Kenya
NationalityKenyan
CitizenshipKenya
Alma materMoi University, KenyaLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine
(PhD in Tropical Medicine, Gender & Health)
Occupation(s)Educator, Businesswoman
Years active2008 — present
Known forPublic Health, Research
TitleDirector
National Aids Control Council of Kenya

Background

During the 1990s, while working as a teacher in rural Kenya, she became aware of the gender disparities facing her female students. As time passed, Nduku focused on the relationship between gender-based violence and the spread of HIV. Later, she studied at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, graduating with a PhD in Tropical Medicine, Gender and Health.[3]

Career

In 2012, she became manager of the Kenyan non-profit organization, LVCT, a Kenyan NGO focusing on reducing the transmission of HIV/AIDS. In May 2014, she was appointed to her present position of executive director of the National Aids Control Council (NACC) of Kenya.[2]

She is also an Advisor in Gender and Rights Advocacy Panel to the World Health Organization. She serves as an editor of Reproductive Health Matters, a peer review journal and is a member of the Public Health Association of Kenya.[2] She is a Commissioner with the Lancet Commission for Health in Sub-Saharan Africa.

References
  1. Murumba, Stellar (31 May 2016). "New HIV infections drop to 78,600 per year". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  2. Otieno, Rawlings (12 May 2014). "Dr Nduku Kilonzo appointed director of National AIDS Control Council". The Standard (Kenya). Nairobi. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  3. HPPC (10 April 2012). "Health Policy Project: Evidence - It's What Works". Healthpolicyproject.com (HPPC). Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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