Harriet Kivumbi is a Ugandan medical doctor and public health specialist with over 15 years of experience working in HIV/AIDS, tropical diseases, and international development. She holds degrees in medicine, international health, and project management. Her experience includes clinical work, consulting for NGOs and UN agencies, and managing public health programs related to HIV/AIDS, malaria, nutrition, and emergency response. She is currently the Public Health Specialist for the ACCESS-SMC malaria prevention project in 7 Sahel countries.

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CV Harriet Kivumbi
MD, M.Sc. International Health, M.B.A-Project Management
Surname: Kivumbi
Names: Harriet
Gender: Female
Nationality: Ugandan
Tel contacts: +256772737006
Email: harriet.kivumbi@yahoo.com/
harriet.kivumbi@gmail.com
Skype: harriet.kivumbi
Profile Summary
I am a Health, HIV/AIDS and Development specialist. A medical doctor trained at Makerere University
College of Health Sciences, in Uganda. I hold a Master of Science degree in International Health, from
the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Berlin, Humboldt University, Charité Medical School, and an
MBA- Project Management, from Sikkim Manippal University, India. I am an active alumnus of the ITM
Berlin and the Tropical European Education Scheme (TropEd), an international network of member
institutions for higher education in international/global health. I was faculty member in the Department
of Family Medicine at the Walter Sisulu University, in South Africa; and a board member at the School of
Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences. I am published in the health and
development sector, including writing for the Roll Back Malaria newsletter, the East African and
Ugandan local dailies and inputs in the development of tools and materials on HIV/AIDS.
My early career involved work as a medical practitioner, in clinical care and treatment of mostly tropical
diseases, including Malaria, TB and HIV and I was a casualty doctor for five years, in South Africa. For
more than 15 years now, I have worked extensively as an HIV/AIDS expert, specializing in the
mainstreaming and integrating health in development and humanitarian settings. I have been involved
in tropical medicine work, response to disease outbreaks like cholera, Ebola and malaria. I have worked
in public health campaigns on HIV and Malaria prevention; promotion of combined approaches to HIV
prevention including EMTCT, promotion of Insecticide Treated Nets, Indoor Residual Spraying, Nutrition.
I have held roles as; Executive Director, Project Director, Technical advisor and Health and Development
Consultant. I have worked with International NGOs like the Red Cross Society, Malaria Consortium,
ActionAid, Save the Children and Oxfam. With Oxfam I worked coordinating the multi-stakeholder
HIV/AIDS mainstreaming program in the Horn East and Central Africa, covering 7 countries, supporting
200 CSOs on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in a gender sensitive manner. With Malaria Consortium, I cover 7
countries in the Sahel region. I worked for UN agencies including UN REACH (Renewed Efforts against
Childhood Hunger and Under Nutrition) –a collaboration between UNICEF, WFP, WHO and FAO, aligned
to the Global SUN (Scale Up Nutrition) Movement; UNFPA and UNAIDS/WFP or the Joint AIDS Task
Team. Projects for bilateral agencies including DFID, USAID, DAFDT and DANIDA I am passionate on
leadership, business development and writing for health and development. I have made presentations
at global conferences. I am fluent in English, and with a working knowledge of French.
Education and Training
 Master in Business Administration (MBA), Sikkim Manippal University, India, 2013
 Master of Science in International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Humboldt, University,
Berlin, Germany/TROPED Scheme,2004
 Post Graduate Diploma in International Health, ITM, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany,1999

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 Bachelors - Human Medicine and Surgery, College of Health Sciences, Makerere, University,
1990
Short courses/seminars/Master’s degree modules and mentorship programs:
 Effective project leadership Seminar, 2016, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Berlin
 Health and Human Rights Seminar, 2014
 Scientific Writing, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2014
 Action research and qualitative methods, Institute of International Child Health, University
College of London (UCL)
 Advanced Leadership, International Institute of Advanced -Leadership,
 Quality Management assessment, European Foundation for Quality Management
 Food security and Nutrition, USAID Feed the Future Project, African Lead
 Quality in International Health Management, Centre for Community Health, University of
Heidelberg
 Safe Motherhood Policy and Practice, Institute of International Child Health, UCL
 Essential Public Health, Institute of International Child Health, UCL
 Leadership in food security under African Lead, a USAID funded project, 2011
 The International AIDS Society Conferences: 2004-2010
 The Joint Annual AIDS Review Conference & Mid Term Review for the National Strategic Plan in
Uganda
 Entrepreneurship and management workshop-UNDP/Enterprise Uganda-2008
 International Conference on Knowledge Management by Oxfam Novib-the Hague-2008
 Supporting Southern Advocacy with INTRAC, UK -2004
 Training of Trainers on HIV/AIDS in emergencies; UNAIDS/OCHA/IASC regional workshop,
Nairobi-Kenya-2004
 Regional Disaster Response Team training, Nairobi, 14 days.-Red Cross-2002
 Team building/ group dynamics workshop with Uganda Management Institute and the Law
Development Centre 2002
 Epidemiological design and analysis Workshop with Child Health and Development Centre,
 Makerere University-1999
 Family Medicine courses; holistic care; scientific writing, with the University of Transkei,
 Republic of South Africa -1992-1995
 IFRC HIV/AIDS Psychosocial support conference, Copenhagen, 3days - 2001
 Post abortion care training of trainers with IPPF and UPMB-1998
 Several TB control workshops-1996-1999
 WHO Regional GAVI and Mass Measles Workshop, Entebbe 5 day-1998
Workplace experience- Short and Long term assignments
August 2015 to date: Public Health Specialist- ACCESS-SMC Project, Malaria Consortium.
ACCESS-SMC is a UNITAID-funded project, led by Malaria Consortium in partnership with Catholic Relief
Services, which is supporting National Malaria Control Programs to scale up access to seasonal malaria
chemoprevention (SMC) to save children’s lives across seven countries in the Sahel (Chad, Burkina Faso,
Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Guinea and The Gambia. By demonstrating the feasibility and impact of SMC at
scale, ACCESS-SMC will promote the intervention’s wider adoption. Other key partners include London
School Hygiene Tropical Medicine, Management Sciences for Health, Medicines Malaria Venture and
Speak up Africa. More information on the project: www.access-smc.org

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I lead on providing technical oversight for the roll out of seasonal malaria chemoprevention.
 Provide technical expertise at regional, country and district level to the National Malaria Control
Programme (NMCP) and partners to increase capacity building in the areas of operational planning ,
gap analysis and resource mobilisation from development partners
 Provide support and guidance to Malaria Consortium country offices and partner staff to address
challenges and bottlenecks in the design, planning, implementation and M&E of SMC programmes
in collaboration with NMCPs
 Work with Country Project Managers to determine technical needs and collaborate with the Africa
Technical Director to develop and resource quarterly technical support plans
 Liaise with Malaria Consortium global technical staff and key partner staff to facilitate exchanges
between project countries in order to share experiences, materials and capabilities, including best
practices and lessons learned in SMC and related aspects of malaria prevention and control
 Work with external consultants to develop, pilot and implement SMC Calc, a user friendly software
to model the impact of SMC administration on other malaria interventions
 Contribute to the development of Behaviour Change Communications tools and resources, in
collaboration with consortium partners
 Support the development and implementation of lessons learning, sharing internally and externally
 Develop abstracts for submission to peer-reviewed journals and presentation at public health
conferences
 Work with technical officers in country offices to enhance linkages between the project and other
programmes
 I have supported Malaria Consortium bidding and fundraising proposals to the Global Fund and to
UNITAID
January 2015 to March 2015: ‘Super Donor’ Project Manager, ActionAid in DRC
Project Director- for a multi-donor project with AAI-UK and AAI Italy I oversee the planning,
implementation, and tracking the progress of project deliverables. Effectively manage the project and
ensure that beneficiary participation and community relations are enhanced in all phases of the project.
Specifically, Ensure Food security and livelihood activities youth empowerment, education and women’s
right activities; Manage and train project staff based upon the related sectorial principles and standards.
Work with a wide range of stakeholders both at local, provincial and national in the project sectors to
get their input and involvement in the programme. Ensure that the project is well documented for
reporting, visibility and fundraising purpose.
January 2015: Consultant/ Funding Bid/Proposal Writer, ActionAid in Lesotho
I supported ActionAid in Lesotho to prepare a funding bid proposal to UNDEF, in line with UNDEF
guidelines. Document review, Governance Concept Paper design, entering in the system and
presentation to UNDEF, working hand in hand with AAI Lesotho teams
November 2013 to Dec 2014: National Facilitator- UN REACH Inter-agency partnership, Uganda:
REACH is Renewed Efforts against Childhood hunger and Undernutrition, joint partnership FAO, WHO,
UNICEF and WFP. As the National Facilitator, I supported the Government of Uganda SUN Coordinator,
Office of the Prime Minister, Directorate of M&E and Coordination to: Increase awareness of nutrition
problems and their solutions. REACH in Uganda was funded by Canadian Development Agency (DAFDT)
 Conduct in-depth scoping and analysis which bring a comprehensive agreed upon snapshot of
the country’s nutrition situation and identify which actions should be prioritized and brought to
scale.

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 Strengthen national nutrition policies and programs; enhance and ensure the inter-sectoral
approach to nutrition is integrated into policy documents and plans at the government level.
 Support Uganda multi-sector Nutrition Scale Up response to address the root causes of under
nutrition, bringing together stakeholders from different sectors to have a common vision
 Was part of the Global REACH network, that covers 13 countries, and is coordinated from
Rome/WFP Globally
 Contributed to Global Scale Up Nutrition movement discussions, involving 50 countries
 Supported Uganda Government- Planning and Strategizing for Nutrition, delivery of SUN
movement priorities, report writing and conceptualizing actions
 Supported writing of Uganda Nutrition Policy for the post 2015 development agenda
October 2013: Consultant- Team Lead: ChildFund Uganda, Operational research to understand causes
of low male involvement in Antenatal care & services for the Elimination of Mother To Child
Transmission of HIV, and Village Health Team capacity to mobilize for Maternal Child Health in Gulu and
Kitgum, Northern Uganda, September 2013-November 2013: Designed study protocol, Trained research
assistant, Supported field data collection and data analysis Report Writing and submission final sign off
June to September 2013: Consultant/Gender Expert: UNFPA/Uganda, 7th Country Program Evaluation
The main objective of this Country Program Evaluation was to provide evidence of program
performance and achievement of planned results, provide accountability to stakeholders; and to inform
the development of the Eighth UNFPA programme support to the Government of Uganda through
feedback of lessons learned. In line with TORs, I lead preparation of the winning bid for the National
firm, and I lead the assessment of Gender programming, and integration in sexual reproductive health,
population and development, I coordinated the national team inputs to the process, helped prepare the
evaluation design plan in line with UN DOS evaluation standards, designed data collection tools, carried
out field visits to UNFPA partners and stakeholders, Government and CSOs across the country. I lead the
report writing, debriefing of the evaluation team and the final presentation to stakeholders, report
refining and presentation to DOS.
Dec 2012 to March 2013: End Project Evaluation Team Leader for USAID/Uganda,
Supported USAID to measure the impact, lessons learned, and best practices for Hospice Africa
programs on palliative care training, service provision, and advocacy in a gender sensitive manner.
Duties included: coordinating team; designing data collection, analysis and management tools;
conducting field visits to the USAID Hospice partners and beneficiaries and preparing weekly reports and
final draft reports, which was published by USAID.
October to December 2012: HIV in Emergencies Assessment Team Leader for WFP/UNAIDS South
Sudan
Provided technical support to UNAIDS, the South Sudan AIDS Commission, and the Ministry of
Humanitarian Affairs to conduct an assessment of HIV response and protection in emergency affected
areas in South Sudan, Designed data collection tools, synthesized documents, conducted field data
collection, compiled draft report that was presented to the UN Coordination Team.
Developed Advocacy Paper on behalf of UNAIDS to integrate HIV in Emergency response and I made key
policy recommendations on HIV integration in the WFP Country Strategy

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June 2012: Evaluation Team Leader for ActionAid International/DRC.
Evaluated country programs from 2006-2011 in DRC; the assignment included: evaluation design, field
data collection, data analysis, report writing, and strategic advice on new programmatic directions.
Programs evaluated included Gender, and Women empowerment projects, sustainable livelihoods,
climate adaptation, education and humanitarian relief response/advocacy
July to August 2012: Evaluation Team Leader for ActionAid International/Burundi.
Evaluated country programs from 2006-2011 in Burundi; the assignment included: evaluation design,
field data collection, data analysis, report writing, and strategic advice on new programmatic directions.
Programs evaluated included Gender, and Women empowerment projects, sustainable livelihoods,
climate adaptation, education and humanitarian relief response/advocacy
Dec 2011 to Mar 2012: Health Program Manager for Save the Children Uganda
Head of the Health Nutrition HIV/AIDS Portfolio, led the Strategic Management, Reporting, Oversee
implementation and M&E process for all health programs, managed data, and submitted final reports.
Was part of the GREAT project, Gender Relations Equality and Transformations that was implemented in
partnership with Save the Children US, in Northern Uganda
March 2012 to Dec 2012: Director/Project Manager: AIDS Knowledge Management and
Communication Initiative, Project Manager for DFID Uganda
Led the launch of the DFID, AIDS Knowledge Management and Communications in Uganda and advised
on strengthening, health system. Authored synthesis reports on ending the vertical transmission of HIV
in Uganda in line with the MDGs and increasing learning on maternal reproductive health and new-born
health. This report, on EMTCT released in December 2012, evaluated issues on gender and family
centred community engagement.
June 2010-August 2011: Director: Makerere University African Centre of Excellence on Quality of
Health Care, School of Public Health
 Delivered strategic leadership and technical support to teams in the areas of Monitoring
&Evaluation, Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health, Family Planning, Paediatric AIDS, and
infectious diseases.
 Was overall manager for the Paediatric AIDS Program, ANECCA and the Campaign to Eliminate
Paediatric AIDS (CEPA)
 Nutrition _FANTA Project, Facilitated National level nutrition planning in Uganda and trained as
Nutrition champion, networked public and private sector
 Ensured quality including gender analysis for programs, as well as timely reports to donors,
including quarterly and annual M&E, financial, and narrative reports
 Supervised and directly managed the RCQHC team of senior health specialists, including
coaching and mentoring in the areas of health and development.
 Supervised and managed financial resources and systems
 Engaged at a senior level with academic leaders and health specialists across governments in
sub-Saharan Africa, including USAID East Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda, DRC, and Pretoria and ECSA-
Health, the regional inter-ministerial body for Health.
August 2002-May 2010: Regional HIV/AIDS Policy Coordinator: Oxfam International/Oxfam GB
 Led the strategy development, context analysis, delivery, and design of M&E frameworks in a
gender sensitive manner

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 Designed training workshops, including associated curriculum, and executed workshops in
countries across the region, reaching more than 200 CSOs in the 7 regional countries
 Led a process of HIV/AIDS mainstreaming in a gender sensitive manner program initiation,
development and expansion starting from regional level and setting up teams in Kenya, Uganda,
Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia and the horn of Africa.
 Designed advocacy strategy and participated in Oxfam campaign on ending violence against
women. Supported partner project work with most-at-risk-populations and minorities.
 Was part of the female condom campaign group
 Directed the development of cross-country/regional health strategies with a global, regional,
national and local consultative process.
 Led the establishment of the Regional HIV/AIDS in Emergency network that was housed by
UNOCHA, and later moved to UNAIDS RST ESA. The network supported the design and rolls out
of IASC guidelines on HIV/AIDS in emergencies and gender in emergencies.
 Was part of the global Oxfam International HIV working group, and the regional working group
August 2000 – August 2002: Senior Health Coordinator: Uganda Red Cross Society/IFRC
 Delivered technical advisory services on gender and health issues concerning HIV/AIDs,
immunization, humanitarian response, and refugee health.
 Initiated and developed national and international programs on HIV/AIDS control, blood donor
recruitment (funded by CDC), first aid services and training, community based health care,
Malaria control and immunization.
 Mobilized the first national campaign on ending AIDS stigma, working with PLWHIV,
 CSOs, NGOs INGOs, and government ministries of Health and Disaster (URCS). The work
attracted donations from UNAIDS, ECHO, USAID and many other bilateral, resulting in tripling of
budgets in 2 years.
 Managed the M&E process for the South Western Uganda refugee program and served as a
member of the project evaluation team.
September 1997-June 1999: Medical Director, Adventist Medical Centre, Kampala, Uganda
 Served as chief liaison officer in delivery of medical care for tropical diseases.
 Worked with Ministry of Health and the Local Governments on urban cholera out-break
 response.
 Initiated and developed community project proposals,
 Established relations and participated in the World Bank supported Kampala District STI
 project...HIV/AIDS prevention work
 Personnel management, leadership and technical advice- Unit had 28 staff members
 Clinical care – tropical diseases like malaria, and epidemic outbreaks like Cholera
1991-1995: Medical Officer and Lecturer, Walter Sisulu University (Formerly University of Transkei)
Medical School, Department of Family Medicine, Nelson Mandela Hospital and Republic of South
Africa
 Trained medical undergraduates, participated in department development of clinical research
protocols, and implemented clinical research, journal club presentation, and discussions.
 Served a dual role as Medical Officer at Umtata National Hospital, Republic of South Africa.
Responsibilities included delivery of primary health care services and participation in clinical
research.

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Writing works- Policy/Program Documents
1) Lead writer- Concept note on Democratic Governance Project- for Action Aid Lesotho, a bid
submitted to UNDEF
2) Lead support to writing team for Uganda Nutrition Policy paper- NDPII Nutrition Issues Paper for
Uganda for the post 2015 Development Agenda
3) Lead writer, Report from the National Nutrition Forum 2013/ Annual Report, for the GoU-
Nutrition Action Plan
4) Lead writer, Country Program Evaluation for UNFPA/GoU, covering Gender, Population and
Development and Reproductive Health, 2013.
5) Lead writer, Key Business Success Factors for establishing private medical services in Kampala
Uganda, MBA- thesis, 2013.
6) Lead writer, Final Evaluation Report: USAID Funded Hospice Africa Uganda Program, 2013.
7) Lead writer, Evaluation Report: ActionAid International Country Programs in DRC &Burundi from
2006-2011, 2012.
8) Lead writer, The Facilitator’s Guide for Learning Events on Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in a gender
sensitive manner in Development and Humanitarian programs.
9) Lead writer, ‘Working Paper on Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Uganda,
what will it take to achieve the MDG targets?’ 2012.
10) Lead writer- Oxfam’s strategies for the mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS in Development and
humanitarian work ( 3 program strategies 2003, 2006 and 2010)
11) Lead writer –Oxfam’s Knowledge Management Strategy for the Joint HIV Program in Horn East
and Central Africa, 2007
12) Lead writer for – Oxfam’ advocacy strategy for the Joint Oxfam HIV program in Horn East and
Central Africa, 2007
13) HIV prevention interventions targeting out of school urban slum youths: An exploratory
descriptive study from Kampala Uganda (Master’s thesis), 2004
14) Wrote several articles for the Roll back Malaria newsletter- 1998-2000
15) Wrote articles local newspapers- Bukedde, The East African on Tropical Health, including Malaria
References
1. Mumtaz Mia, Strategic Information
Advisor, UNAIDS South Sudan. Tel:
+211912112299
Email:miam@unaids.org.
2. Joseph Balironda, Research and
Planning Officer
HIV/AIDS Office|MONUSCO|Goma, DR
Congo
Tel: +243 976 399 010
Email: balironda@un.org
3. Dr Justine Bukenya, Makerere
University School of Public Health
Senior Lecturer, Researcher
Email: jbukenya@musph.ac.ug
Tel: +256772446355
4. Donald Kasongi Executive Director
Governance Links Tanzania Secretary to the
Board -Nile Basin Discourse .P.O Box 1923
Cellular :+ 255 754 830 828 MWANZA-
TANZANIA skype: donald.kasongi
www.governancelinkstz.or.tz