Management Team

Dr. Andrew Nyandigisi

Dr. Andrew Nyandigisi is a health professional with over 17 years of experience in designing and managing public health programs in Kenya. Dr. Nyandigisi worked for 10 years with the Ministry of Health (MoH) where he was part of the team that designed the functions of the two levels of government prior to service devolution. As part of the technical leads in the MoH, he was one of the change agents that oversaw the review and design of the National Malaria Strategy. He was also part of the core team that developed the Community Strategy currently used in implementing community health services.

He also served as MoH partnerships and resource mobilization focal person, where he developed a wide stakeholder network as he coordinated the work of a diverse range of donors, IPs, and government agencies and managed grants provided by CDC, USAID, Global Fund to fight HIV, TB and Malaria (GFATM), World Bank, DFID/UKAID, and UNICEF. In this position, he was also successful in lobbying The National Treasury to increase its level of counterpart funding as a means of sustaining gains made in the health system by donor funded programs. Dr Nyandigisi is an active member of the Kenya Healthcare Federation’s health financing committee tasked with defining the role of the private sector in attaining universal healthcare. 

Dr Nyandigisi was also involved in evaluating the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency in 2010 as part of an audit by The Global Fund and USAID on capacity to effectively handle and deliver donor funded commodities for HIV, TB and malaria. In addition, he designed and implemented the first ever quality of care assessment for monitoring quality of malaria case management. This assessment was recognized as a best practice by the WHO Regional Office and was rolled out in other African countries.

Dr Nyandigisi is the current Chief Executive Officer at Health Strat where he as served as principal investigator (PI) for several PEPFAR funded grants over the last 9 years. He continues to provide oversight and ensure technical and financial compliance of projects implemented across all 47 counties with over 500 staff and funding levels of $25M. He holds an MSc in Health Economics and Policy, MBA in Strategic Management and Bachelor of Pharmacy.

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Cecilia Keiru

Ms. Cecilia Keiru is an experienced organizational development and program management professional with over 20 years of experience in successful management of teams and organizational business systems and processes. She has the ability to translate strategy into management objectives with measurable key performance indicators. Her authentic, results-focused leadership style inspires commitment, creativity and success.

As the Director of Projects and Operations at Health Strat,  Cecilia oversees implementation of business strategies and optimizes the organization’s operational capabilities for sustainable growth aligned to the company’s strategic vision. She also leads the organization’s business operations including line-management of Finance, Human Resource, Procurement, Logistics and ICT departments. In addition to this, Cecilia serves as the Business Official for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants  where she provides leadership in management of the projects and supports the administrative compliance in accordance with USG/CDC regulations and policies, as well as manages the donor fiscal information including drawdown and reporting.

She further directs all new grants on-boarding and contracting processes, and ensures respective projects meet reporting requirements within stipulate deadlines. Her ability to provide stewardship through innovations is impeccable, such as cost effectiveness and efficiency in project implementation .

Her previous experience includes working with Queensland Health Government, Critical Care Research Group in Australia, where she successfully managed multi-country stakeholders to achieve set research objectives. Within a year, she was able to transform The Centre of Research Excellence for Advanced Cardio-respiratory Therapies Improving Organ Support (CRE ACTIONS), from the weakest to the strongest performing research centre,  through jointly designing frameworks to monitor performance, defining clear project milestones and outcomes with close monitoring and reporting, and improving collaboration and communication between global collaborators and stakeholders within research groups in over 10 different countries. Cecilia has also held various roles as the Chief Operating Officer & Director of Health Programs at University of Maryland, Kenya Programs; Executive Officer at Kenya Paediatric Association; Branch Management & Development at Toyota East Africa Limited; Administration Officer at Kenya Bus Services Limited;  and Service Ambassador at Standard Chartered Bank.

4 Things You Didn’t Know About Cecilia:

  • Results, transformation of lives and restoration of humanity are most rewarding to me.
  • I love to spend time with family; living through new experiences, immersing in different cultures and creating memories.
  • I have a soft spot for children and golden agers making me an ardent supporter of initiatives aimed at these two groups.
  • I am a barista in the making.

Education: Master of Science in Organizational Development (MSc.), United States International University (USIU), 2011Diploma in Business Management, Kenya   Institute of Management, 2005 and Bachelor of Education (BEd), Catholic University of Eastern Africa, 2001

 

Dr. Prisca Muange

Dr Muange is a Public Health Specialist who is motivated by a vision for healthy families and quality lives, she aspires to deliver quality public health care by diligently practicing gained knowledge and experience, innovating to address health care gaps, mentoring and training medical practitioners, supporting medical research and policy development.

Dr Muange is diversely experienced in designing, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating health care programs, technical advisory, clinical practice in the NGO, public and private sectors. She has 15 years’ experience in adult and pediatric HIV Care and Treatment, eMTCT and TB treatment, Maternal, New- born Child and Adolescent Health, Nutrition and Reproductive health, while applying evidence-based practice to improve quality of health care provision and inform policy.

She is accustomed to lead ambitious and complex health programs through senior management, technical leadership and strategic direction as well as engaging and leading stakeholder relationships in donor, government and private sectors. Her areas of professional strengths include: 

  • Team leader with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills refined through multicultural and multifunctional team experiences.
  • Recognized for excellence as a result of sustaining high performance standards Program design, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation excellent planning, organization and problem-solving skills.
  • Epidemiology and operational research.
  • Public health quality improvement.
  • Project evaluation.
  • Excellent capacity building and mentorship skills Stakeholder engagement and
  • Proposal writing.

Prisca also enjoys cooking, knitting and swimming.

Dr. Stanley Njoroge

Dr. Stanley Njoroge Ng’ang’a is a Technical Assistance-Team lead with an ability to organize people and systems in order to achieve set objectives. He has vast experiences in Pharmaceutical and Health Supply Chain management and training. Over the last 12 years, he has successfully managed four large PEPFAR funded programs where he ensured uninterrupted commodity supply, trained and mentored healthcare workers on pharmaceutical care and management of commodities.

Dr. Njoroge holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Nairobi with several Post Graduate professional education and training in Managing Drug Supply in Developing Countries, Supply Chain Capacity Development, Pharmacovigilance, Adult and Paediatric ART training, Innovative Training Methodologies and the Establishment and Operationalization of Medicines and Therapeutic Committees. He is a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya and is registered with the Pharmacy and Poisons Board. He brings to Health Strat a depth of experience in problem solving in respect to health systems barriers, capacity building, program development and continuous quality improvement. Here, he continues to work collaboratively with the county and national health systems to strengthen commodity management and security through establishment of the County Commodity Security Committee and the County Medicine and Therapeutics Committee. He supported piloting of the integrated supply chain management model in Kakamega and Kisumu Counties in line with PEPFAR journey to self-reliance. Prior to joining Health Strat, Dr. Njoroge worked with the University of Maryland Global Initiative, Catholic Relief Services, Ministry of Health and Interlab Pharmacies. He has contributed in the following publications: Improving Commodity management at level two and three health facilities in urban setting. NjorogeS1, Namazi J1, Nyabiage L1, Odhiambo F1, Ojoo S1, Maina E2, Amoroso A1 University of Maryland School of medicine, Institute of Human virology Ministry of Health. The use of EMR supply chain module to improve supply chain management David Masese1, Richard Ngethe1, Stanley Njoroge3, Lucy Nganga1, Lanette Burrows2, Bobby Jefferson2 1Futures Group, Kenya, 2Futures Group, USA, 3Maryland Global Initiative Corporation Kenya.

Caren Oburu

Caren Oburu has over 16 years of experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, focusing on advancing the use of evidence in decision-making at national and international levels. As an M&E specialist, she has helped organizations and teams achieve pivotal and comprehensive M & E reforms in public and private sectors across programs implemented by the Government of Kenya (GoK), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local organizations in advancing Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) using Collaboration Learning and Adaptation (CLA) efforts throughout the program cycle including strategic planning, project and activity
design and implementation. Caren holds an MSC in Health Information Management, a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma in Health Records and Information Management.

Caren has experience in strengthening technical assistance and mentorship at county and sub county levels through providing leadership in data quality audits and orientation on
data use for decision making (DDIU). In addition, she has extensive experience in development and implementation of MERL plans, use of monitoring systems and platforms for reporting purposes, indicator selection and definition, target setting across indicators and overseeing and directly contributing to development, customization and implementation of M&E tools and systems to collect, aggregate and analyze data to inform program performance.

Caren has supported the implementation of PEPFAR funded programs in the areas of HIV prevention and treatment, TB, PMTCT, GBV, DREAMS, OVC, RMNCAH, WASH and nutrition.

Previously Caren worked for USAID 4BetterHealth Project as the M&E Lead. Prior to that she worked as M&E Advisor for the USAID/Kenya and East Africa Afya Jijini Program, Head of M&E at Health Strat, M&E Officer at International Medical Corps, Data Manager at Food for the Hungry and Senior Data Officer at Pathfinder International.

Caren is also a strong champion for empowerment and equity. She is currently participating in the 2024 East Africa Signature Leadership Journey by WomenLift Health; a program designed to equip women leaders in global public health with the essential tools, mentorship, and coaching support needed to amplify their power and influence.

CHRP Gibbons Khatiebi

Ms. Gibbons Khatiebi is a seasoned, Certified Human Resource Practitioner (CHRP-K) and a member of the Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM) with over 9 years of experience in both international and local non-governmental organizations. Gibbons holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Human Resource Management from Kabarak University and a Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management from the IHRM. She is currently pursuing her Master of Business Administration in Strategic Management at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.

With a deep understanding of human resource and its critical functions, Gibbons continues to make immense contributions to organizational functions. Previously, she worked as a Project Human Resource Manager at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Switzerland where she was the focal person between MSF and the Ministry of Health, overseeing the design of monthly HR reports, payroll preparation, financial management and coordination of HR processes for MSF staff and Human Resource for Health (HRH).

Additionally, Gibbons has worked with Deloitte Kenya as a HR consultant for EGPAF-Elizabeth Glaser Pediatrics Aids Foundation and Ministry of Health – Homabay. She has also served at CARE International and Clovers Management and Training Consultants where she provided consultancies to SANLAM, ABSA, The Brooke East Africa, Libya Oil, The Royal Danish Embassy and JICA. 

She brings with her a wealth of experience in calculating the operational HR needs and the corresponding budget to effectively ensure the number and capacities required for the project, and to facilitate budget monitoring. She planned and supervised the associated processes (recruitment, training/integration and evaluation, detection of potential development and communication) of the personnel. Additionally, she provided support to line managers in the application of internal communication policies to stimulate the active participation of staff and their commitment to organizations.

At Health Strat, she is responsible for:

  1. Overseeing human resource plans, legal compliance, policies, and procedures
  2. Estimating, forecasting, and anticipating requirements, trends, and variances
  3. Alignment to program budgets and resources, developing action plans, measuring, and analyzing results
  4. Initiating corrective actions, minimizing the impact of variances, and ensuring their execution
  5. Management of HRH
  6. Providing support to the Business Development team

She is dedicated to continuous improvement and implementing best HR practices, collaborating with different teams, providing guidance and support to managers, support staff and facilitating a positive work environment.