Rose Mary Nakame, MPH

Bio

Rose Mary Nakame is a health equity optimist committed to advancing equitable systems across Africa and globally. Her work spans health systems strengthening, resource mobilisation, immunization delivery, emergency coordination, academic leadership, community-centered approaches to addressing rural health inequities and mentoring the next generation of health leaders.

She is the Founder of REMI East Africa, a storytelling-driven initiative established to amplify rural health workers' voices and promote people-centered health systems. She has contributed to continental and national public health efforts through senior technical and coordination roles at institutions such as the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and FHI360, supporting vaccine delivery systems, supply chain strengthening, and multi-country incident management coordination and response across Africa.

Rose has also contributed to global health leadership education at the University of Global Health Equity, where she provided teaching support, contributed to curriculum development, and mentored nursing and midwifery leaders in quality improvement and systems transformation.

She is a Senior Fellow for Health Equity and a Global Atlantic Fellow affiliated with George Washington University and the Atlantic Institute at University of Oxford. She is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow through the U.S. Department of State and a recipient of the 2022 Global Heroines of Health Award from Women in Global Health.

She holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Manchester, an Advanced Nursing Certificate from Lapland University of Applied Sciences, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Clarke International University.