HIV Prevention, Care & Treatment
Contributed to Key Populations programming, policy, capacity building and service delivery, including the scale-up of SMC, PrEP, HIV self-testing and KP programmes.
MARPI LEADERSHIP
Dr. Peter Kyambadde
Executive Director, MARPI
National Coordinator, Key Populations/STI Program, Ministry of Health, Uganda.
Medical DoctorMB.Ch.B., Makerere University
Public HealthMPH, University of Manchester
Leadership20+ years in HIV/TB, SRH & STI programming
Key PopulationsNational technical leadership and programming
PROFILE
Professional Profile
Dr. Peter Kyambadde is the Executive Director of the Most at Risk Populations Initiative (MARPI) and the National Coordinator for the Key Populations/Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Program at Uganda's Ministry of Health. He is a licensed medical doctor with a Master of Public Health and postgraduate training in project planning and management.
His professional experience spans more than 20 years in programme design, implementation, coordination, capacity building and research in HIV/TB, sexual and reproductive health, STI prevention and control, with extensive technical expertise in Most at Risk, Key and vulnerable Populations.
According to his biographical sketch, he serves on Ministry of Health technical committees and working groups covering Key Populations/STI, PrEP, ART, PMTCT, DSDM, SMC/VMMC, AGYW, condoms and SRH/HIV, and has contributed to national policy formulation, implementation and monitoring.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Academic Foundation
1991
MB.Ch.B. — Makerere University
Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics/Gynaecology and Paediatrics.
2008
Postgraduate Diploma — Uganda Management Institute
Project Planning and Management.
2011
Master of Public Health — University of Manchester, UK
Public Health.
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY
Selected Positions & Appointments
Executive Director, MARPI
Since 2008, providing management, coordination, leadership and programming at MARPI Clinic.
National Coordinator — Key Populations
National coordination of the Key Populations Programme at the Ministry of Health since 2008.
National Technical Working Group
Co-Chair of the Ministry of Health Key Populations Technical Working Group since 2014.
National HIV Prevention Committee
Member of the Uganda AIDS Commission National HIV Prevention Committee since 2010.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH & POLICY
Areas of Technical Contribution
STI Prevention & Control
Led and supported STI policy, guideline development, provider capacity building and national STI surveillance activities.
PrEP & Combination Prevention
Contributed to the rollout of PrEP for Key Populations and provided technical support to expansion of PrEP services across Uganda.
Key Populations & Harm Reduction
Contributed to KP-friendly service guidelines, harm reduction guidance, gender and sexual diversity guidance, and community empowerment.
SRH & Adolescent Health
Contributed to research and programming focused on access to sexual and reproductive health and HIV services among adolescents, youth and vulnerable populations.
TB/HIV
His earlier career included TB research and contributions to TB/HIV collaborative work and research on HIV-associated tuberculosis.
RESEARCH & EVIDENCE
Research, Policy & Knowledge Translation
Dr. Kyambadde has participated as a Principal or Co-Investigator in research studies, contributing to study design, planning, implementation and monitoring, and to the uptake and application of findings at programme and policy level.
His biographical sketch records contributions to published and submitted work covering female sex workers, urban refugees and displaced youth, STI testing and diagnosis, HIV prevention, sexual and reproductive health, violence, PrEP and TB/HIV.
Selected published work
Examples include studies published in African Health Sciences, BMC Health Services Research, Journal of the International AIDS Society, BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, Conflict and Health and other peer-reviewed outlets.
PROJECT & PROGRAMME LEADERSHIP
Selected Programme Responsibilities
Implementation Science Research on PrEP Delivery and Costing within MAT and NSP services for PWUD in Uganda
Sub-Recipient Principal Investigator role, contributing to study design, planning, implementation, monitoring and policy uptake.
Uganda HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Reduction Strategy — Global Fund
As Executive Director of MARPI, provided leadership and management, accountability, project oversight and technical support for planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting.
Accelerating epidemic control in Kampala region
Provided project oversight and technical support in project planning, implementation design, monitoring and project accountability under the CDC-supported programme.