Eleanor Namusoke Magongo is a Paediatrician and Child Health Specialist with 15 years leading teams to implement, monitor and scale up pediatrics and adolescent HIV programs in Uganda. She successfully led the development of a decentralized HIV Drug Resistance (HIVDR) and third-line ART program in Uganda.She is the Principal Investigator of the Uganda Pediatrics ART (UP-ART) cohort in Uganda that utilizes real-world Electronic Medical Records (EMR) data to guide evidence-based implementation.
She is the founder of the Paediatrics and Adolescent HIV Learning Collaborative for Africa (PAHLCA), a meeting that brings together Ministry of Health Paediatrics and Adolescent HIV programme managers and their respective country stakeholders from over 30 African countries to promote peer-to-peer learning. Dr. Magongo is also the founder of the International Paediatrics HIV/AIDS Symposium for Africa (WWW.IPHASA.ORG). She is a member of the WHO Adolescent HIV Service Delivery Technical Working Group (ASWG), Child Survival Working Group (CSWG,) a WHO HIVReSNet Steering Group.
She is a member of the NIH-Fogarty funded Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment Implementation Science Alliance (AHISA) and is a fellow at the HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Health Implementation Science Research (HIGH-IRI) Institute at the Washington University in St Louis Missouri USA. She is a member of a member of the PENTA ID Network, a global scientific network dedicated to child health.
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