Our team
PRRINN-MNCH is managed by a national management team based in Kano, along with the four State Team Managers. The national team is best placed to listen to the needs of national level stakeholders and to develop with them approaches to programme challenges that are culturally sensitive and context specific. Our United Kingdom programme office provides contractual support. The Programme Management Board offers internal governance and oversight. Senior Technical Advisers provide extra technical support.
Programme Management Board (PMB)
The Programme Management Board provides support to the in-country management team and oversees internal governance of the programme.
Bryan Haddon is a health systems management analyst who specialises in the management, planning, appraisal and reform of the health sector. He has over 30 years experience in the sector and in the past decade has worked in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania. He is Executive Chairman of Health Partners International and was part of the Management Board and a Senior Technical Adviser for the Partnership for Transforming Health Systems (PATHS), Nigeria (2002-2008).
Susan Grant is a specialist in humanitarian best practice interventions in the context of relief and development. Over the past two decades she has overseen change management processes, supervised multi-donor programmes and led processes of change management in different countries, in situations of emergency, transition and development. She has worked as Country Director for Save the Children in Liberia, and currently works in this role in Nigeria.
Ike Osakwe is a chartered accountant with over 25 years experience in financial management, organisational systems reviews, strategic and corporate planning, and accounting systems development. He is Managing Director of GRID Consulting, Nigeria. His experience includes providing financial management services for the Benue Health Fund Project in Nigeria (1999-2001), and being on the Management Board for the Partnership for Transforming Health Systems (PATHS), Nigeria (2002-2008).
National
The in-country team is led by the National Programme Manager, Dr Idris Garba, and the Deputy National Programme Manager, Dr Rodion Kraus.
Dr Idris Garba, MD, MPH, has worked in health services for over 30 years at all three levels (primary, secondary and tertiary). He is a specialist in health services and procurement management, hospital reform, and senior programme management. He has extensive experience of working in Northern Nigeria, both within the health sector and within government. He has also worked closely with many international organisations. Most recently he was a senior adviser and consultant to the Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria, from 2000 to 2008.
Dr Rodion Kraus, MD, is a health systems expert and experienced programme manager with extensive experience working within African health systems, particularly in health sector reform in the public sector in Southern Africa. He has 10 years of experience at senior health management level in the public sector, and has been facilitating rationalisation of hospital and district health services in a number of provinces in South Africa since 1999 and in Malawi since 2005.
National technical advisers
| Midwifery Adviser | |
| Anthony Aboda | MNCH Adviser |
| Ben Anyene | National Immunization Policy Adviser |
| Emmanuel Sokpo | Health Systems Management Adviser |
| Fatima Adamu | Social Development Adviser |
| Godwin Afenyadu | Health Systems Research Manager |
| Henry Doctor | Operations Research Adviser |
| Halima Ben Umar | Communications Adviser |
| Solomon Mengiste | Health Information Management Adviser |
States
Each state has its own staff team which is led by a State Team Manager (STM) and includes State Programme Officers and LGA (Local Government Area) Engagement Officers as well as finance, logistics and support personnel.
Jigawa State Team Manager
Yusuf Yusufari has worked in the health sector for 20 years, with extensive experience in the areas of capacity building, immunization service delivery and social development. Prior to becoming State Team Manager in Jigawa he was the PRRINN-MNCH State Senior Programme Officer for Yobe.
Katsina State Team Manager
Dr Musa Usman Matazu played a leading role in the development of the integrated supportive supervision checklist (ISS), supported the establishment of the Eminent Persons Group and multiple training workshops in DHIS software in his capacity as PRRINN-MNCH Senior State Programme Officer. He was a Board Member (2004-2006) of the Federal Medical Centre in Katsina and has been involved in advocacy with the State Government.
Yobe State Team Manager
Dr Eric Amuah has over 25 years experience in public health, with particular expertise in health systems strengthening, coordinating research activities and programme management. Most recently, he was Lecturer and Field Coordinator at the University of Ghana (1998-2005) before taking up the position of State Team Manager in Yobe.
Zamfara State Team Manager
Dr Ahmad Abdulwahab specialises in public health, programme management and monitoring and evaluation. He has worked in the health sector for 14 years. Prior to becoming State Team Manager for Zamfara he was Director of Primary Health Care and Disease Control at the Yobe Ministry of Health (2005-2007).
Senior Technical Advisers (STAs)
Our Senior Technical Advisers provide expert support and guidance in their respective fields throughout the life of the programme.
| Dr Ahmed Gana (HERFON) | Advocacy and change agents |
| Dr Andrew McKenzie (HPI) | Health management systems |
| Anne McArthur (HPI) | Vaccine management |
| Dr Anthony Klouda (SC UK) | Demand creation and equity |
| Bryan Haddon (HPI) | Governance |
| Cathy Green (HPI) | Demand creation and equity |
| David Melody (SC UK) | Public finance management |
| Ebeneezer Ajimokunola (GRID) | Financial management |
| Eric Swedburg (SC UK) | Maternal, neonatal and child health |
| Prof Sally Findley (Columbia University) | Operational research |
| Amrita Gill-Bailey (JHU-CCP) | Behaviour change communications |
| Margaret Caffrey (LATH) | Human resources |
| Michael Siebert (HPI) | Human resources; health management systems |
| Nynke van den Broek (LATH) | Maternal, neonatal and child health |
| Patrick Okonji (GRID) | Public financial management |
| Dr Shehu Sule | Governance |
| Simon Foot (HPI) | Governance |
| Vincent Shaw (University of Oslo) | Health Management Information Systems (HMIS); knowledge management |
Implementing partners
PRRINN-MNCH is managed by a consortium led by Health Partners International, who run the programme's UK office, and also comprising GRID Consulting and Save the Children, UK.
The programme also has several associate and network partners:
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University (MSPH)
Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON)
John Hopkins University-Centre for Communications (JHU-CCP)
Liverpool Associates for Tropical Health/Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LATH/LSTM)
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
University of Oslo
Transaid
Ahmadu Bello University
