Dr. Obinna Onyekwena
Deputy Director, Gates Foundation
Dr. Obinna Onyekwena leads the Gate Foundation’s infectious disease advocacy work and its investments to advance financing and policy goals related to HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, neglected tropical diseases, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. In that role, he led a team that supported the government in strengthening the use of data to reduce the impact of HIV, TB, and malaria by expanding and strengthening services across high-burden regions. He also led studies to understand district-level platforms for decision-making on maternal and child health in Northern Nigeria.