Championing Global Health and Public Policy Innovations

Elevating global health through evidence-informed insights, visionary leadership and strategic collaborations

Areas of Expertise

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Health Policy Advisory

Crafting evidence-based policies and strategies that strengthen health systems, improve equity, and drive sustainable outcomes.
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Research & Analysis

Designing and conducting rigorous health research, transforming data into insights that shape decision-making and public health interventions
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Program Development & Management

Supporting organizations to design, implement, and evaluate programs that address pressing health challenges at community, national, and global levels.
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Strategic Communication

Building communication and community engagement strategies for governments, multilateral agencies, and INGOs in high-stakes health and humanitarian crises.

Research and Policy Engagements

Strengthening health systems through research

I provided technical assistance on GAVI’s Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) support at sub-national and national levels in Nigeria. This involved review and development of situational analysis, fiscal space analysis, programme support rationale, grant performance and accountability framework.
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Generating evidence to ramp up vaccine production in Africa

Supporting decision-makers with rigorous evidence and contextually relevant insights based on an understanding of the policy ecosystem for vaccine research and development (R&D) and manufacturing in Africa
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Influencing national-level pandemic response

Coordinated a multistakeholder team, including civil servants and development partners, to develop and implement strategies for COVID-19 vaccine crisis communication and demand generation across Nigeria. I also provided technical assistance (TA) to the Nigeria Immunisation Technical Advisory Group (NGI-TAG).
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Futureproofing Africa’s health systems

Working with Oxford University’s Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI) as a Policy Specialist on the Africa Pandemic Sciences Collaborative. Find out more here 

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About Me

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I am

Adebisi Adenipekun

As a policy specialist with the Mastercard Foundation-funded Africa Pandemic Sciences Collaborative, I support translating pandemic research to policy and practice in Africa. Previously, as a Graduate Student Researcher with the Policy and Practice Research Group, Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI), I supported the scoping review of research prioritisation for high-consequence pathogens to facilitate better global pandemic preparedness and response.

I also evaluated the appropriateness of the WHO research cycle framework for high-consequence pathogens research priorities and proffered policy-related recommendations.

I have ten years of experience in health policy and advocacy, public health research, and management consulting. I have worked as an Engagement Manager with a management consulting firm and, at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, was seconded to provide technical assistance to the Federal Government of Nigeria in the COVID-19 response as the Deputy Programs Manager (Policy and Strategy) for the COVID-19 vaccination Crisis Communication Centre (CRICC). Earlier in my career, I founded Lighthouse Global Health Initiative, a non-profit that works with vulnerable populations – adolescent girls and boys and rural and slum dwellers in Nigeria – to lead healthy and productive lives.

I studied for a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree at Obafemi Awolowo University and a Master of Public Health (Health Policy and Management) at the University of Ibadan. I also did a Global Health Leadership Accelerator certificate program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA. I got my Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, as an AfOx-Mastercard Foundation Graduate Scholar.

 

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Experience

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Policy Specialist @University of Oxford, Pandemic Sciences Institute in collaboration with Science for Africa (SFA) Foundation in Nairobi, Kenya

Nov 2023 Present
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Visiting Fellow (AfOx-Mastercard Foundation Ubuntu Year-of-Service) University of Oxford, Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI)

Sept 2023 Jan 2024
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MPP Summer Project Researcher @University of Oxford, Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI)

Jun 2023 Sept 2023
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Deputy Programmes Manager – Vaccinations Policy and Strategy, CRICC @National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) - Secondment

Oct 2021 Sep 2022
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Engagement Manager - Research, Policy, and Advocacy @Sydani Initiative for International Development

Jan 2020 Sept 2020
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Co-founder & Team Lead @Lighthouse Global Health Initiative (Non-profit)

Nov 2016 Dec 2019
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Pharmacist @General Hospital, Hospitals Management Board, Niger State

Dec 2015 Oct 2016
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Teaching Assistant @Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University

Sept 2014 Sept 2015

Education

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) candidate @University of Oxford, United Kingdom

2024 Present
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Master of Public Policy (MPP) @University of Oxford, United Kingdom

2022 2023
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Master of Public Health (Health Policy and Management) @University of Ibadan, Nigeria

20172019
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Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

2006 2014
Continuous Professional Development
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Global Health Leadership Accelerator @Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA

2020
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Project Management in Global Health @University of Washington, USA

2020
Pan-Atlantic University

Social Sector Management certificate course @Enterprise Development Centre, Pan-Atlantic University

2018
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Initiatives

REAHL Initiative

Raising Excellent African Health Leaders Initiative. It is a mentoring platform for penultimate and final year students studying health related courses in Africa

LGHI

Lighthouse Global Health Initiative (LGHI) is a non-profit organization which envisions a world where vulnerable populations (especially adolescents,

girls and women) are empowered to lead healthy and productive lives. Our strategy for achieving this vision is through our CARPPS (Capacity building, Advocacy, Research, Public health interventions, Partnerships and Service delivery) approach. Some of the previously implemented projects of LGHI include: World Diabetes Day celebrations; “Your Health First Campaign” which provided free health information and services for domestic workers (over 90% of whom are women) working in Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun state; the #SaveTheCervix cervical cancer campaign with an estimated reach of 426,475 people; Rural Contraceptive Access Campaign (RCAC) Phases 1 & 2 which improved awareness and support of boys and men on family planning and directly benefited over 2,000 rural dwellers in Niger and Osun states of Nigeria.

 

 

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Nuggets of Wisdom (NoW)

NoW is a WhatsApp Group channel where I share weekly inspirational messages based on biblical principles for leading healthy, productive and successful lives.

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REAHL Initiative

Shaping the Next Generation of African Health Leaders

Mentorship for penultimate and final-year undergraduates in health-related fields across Africa.