Folake Olayinka
NationalityNigerian
OccupationMedical Doctor

Health Worker

Project Director

Folake Olayinka, physician and global health leader. Since October 2020, she has served as the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Global Immunization lead/STAR Fellow. She also served as Technical and Strategy lead for the COVID19 Vaccine Access and Delivery Initiative Washington DC, United States.

Prior to joining USAID Washington, she worked with JSI Arlington VA, USA from August 2015 to October 2020 as Project Director MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity (MRITE); Senior Immunization Advisor and Immunization Center Senior Leadership team member and Global Immunization Team Leader USAID's Flagship Maternal Child Survival Program aimed at ending preventable maternal and child deaths.[1]

She has been the Program Director of Support to National Malaria Program,(SuNMAP) a UKAID funded project supporting Nigeria's National Malaria Control Program and to provide comprehensive malaria control technical assistance, led by Malaria Consortium.[2]

She is a member of WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) and also serves on the SAGE working Group on COVID-19 vaccines. From 2010 to 2014, she was a member of WHO Immunization Practice Advisory Committee (IPAC). She serves on the WHO African Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group (RITAG) and is a scientific advisor for the African Leadership Initiative for Vaccinology Expertise, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.[3][4][5][6][7]

Some of her works are in routine immunization, polio eradication, maternal and child health (MCH), HIV and malaria programs.[8]

She is an ASPEN New Voice Fellow and Fellow of the WomenLift Health Leadership program Stanford University USA.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "Folake Olayinka – Maternal and Child Survival Program". 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  2. ↑ Thomas, Chris (17 January 2014). "Beyond mosquito net hand-outs: the fight against malaria in Nigeria". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "WHO | SAGE Working Group on Covid-19 vaccines (established June 2020)". WHO. Archived from the original on July 10, 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "WHO | Dr. Folake Olayinka". WHO. Archived from the original on June 23, 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Folake Olayinka". JSI. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Folake Olayinka". WomenLift Health. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Folake Olayinka". Maternal Child Survival Program. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  8. ↑ "GPEI-Women Leaders in Polio Eradication: Dr. Folake Olayinka". Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  9. ↑ "Folake Olayinka". WomenLift Health. 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  10. ↑ "About the North America Journey". WomenLift Health. 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2023-04-11.


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