Cdr. Rachel T. Idowu, MD, MPH
Building sustainable global health systems to prevent, detect, and respond to health crises at the earliest possible moment; establishing public health platforms in the context of humanitarian emergencies
As a U.S. government senior medical expert, Dr. Idowu oversees over $100 million of HIV clinical programs in seven geographic provinces, and she partners with the Mozambican Ministry of Health to design, investigate, implement and evaluate programs that ensure prompt diagnosis, initiation of treatment and viral suppression in HIV patients. She also designs, establishes and administers response framework for humanitarian crisis in northern Mozambique (Cabo Delgado Province); hires, trains and supervises eight medical doctors and technical program officers; and provides epidemiological and disaster management expertise to CDC country office leadership.