Rose Mary Nakame, MPH
Non-profit Leader & Nurse

Bio
Rose Mary Nakame has a passion for health equity, women's empowerment, mental health, rural health system strengthening and pandemic/epidemic control. She believes that this all starts from hearing community stories and perspectives which communicate their priorities, successes and the change they desire. Over the years, she has led teams to pioneer grassroots initiatives and collaboratively worked on others in Africa, Europe and the United States.Rose is the founder and executive director of REMI East Africa and the founding board member and past chair of Irise Institute of East Africa. She also provides consultancy to a number of organizations such as FHI360, CARITAS, CARE International and Save the Children on issues such as vaccine delivery, women's public health and advocacy. Rose holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Manchester, an advanced Nursing Program certificate from University of Applied Sciences, Finland and a Bachelor of science in Nursing from Clarke International University.
Rose is a Global Atlantic Fellow, 2022 Global Heroine of Health awardee by Women in Global Health nominated by Sabin Vaccine Institute, 2020 Bright Ideas awardee awarded by University of Manchester, 2019 Recognizing Excellence Around Champions of Health finalist, 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow, and 2018 recipient of the Wisconsin Idea Award.
Professional Interests & Expertise
Advocacy,Coaching and Mentoring,Community Health,Community Organizing,Community Partnerships,Disease Control and Prevention,Education,Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs),Fundraising,Gender Equity,Government,Health and Technology,Health Finance,Health Systems,Health Workforce,Healthcare Innovation and Transformation,Human Rights,Journalism and Storytelling,Leadership,Maternal and Child Health,Mental and Behavioral Health,Non-Profit,Nursing,Outreach and Education,Policy/Advocacy,Program Development,Public Health,Public Policy,Research,Research, Measurement, and Evaluation,Rural Health,Stakeholder Engagement,Universal Health,Youth Development
Organization
REMI East AfricaLearn more about Rose Mary's work:
Blog
If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu
Award
Heroine of Health 2022
Feature
How is storytelling helping health workers vaccinate people in rural Uganda
Webinar
Why are immunisation rates declining?
Opinion Piece
The role of nurses and midwives in delivering vaccines in low resource settings and the power of storytelling to sustain their voices
Video
COVID19 Global Conversation: Uganda
Video
REMI East Africa exploring the challenges and successes of COVID-19 vaccination in rural Uganda
Opinion Piece
Mental Health at a Cost, Inequality
Blog
How is storytelling helping health workers vaccinate people in rural Uganda?