Program participants have come from a range of countries.
Malaria Vaccine Advocacy fellows have come away from the program with strengthened communication skills and focused advocacy plans, often gaining international media attention and affecting positive policy change. Participants in the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 programs are listed below alphabetically by year.
2012 fellows
Eric Achidi, Acting Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon
Muhammed Afolabi, Research Clinician, Medical Research Council Laboratories, Gambia
Harry Boateng, Pediatrician, Presbyterian Hospital/Lead Clinician, Malaria Vaccine Research, Malaria Research Centre, Ghana
Mark Kaddumukasa, Lecturer, Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Uganda
Simon Kariuki, Chief, Malaria Branch/Principal Research Officer, Research and Public Health Collaboration, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Kenya
Georges Ki-Zerbo, Regional Malaria Adviser & Coordinator, Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, Congo-Brazzaville
Scholastica Lan, Programme Manager, Nigerian Academy of Sciences, Nigeria
Christine Mubiru, Primary Policy Analyst, Ministry of Health, Uganda
Ally Olutu, Senior Research Clinician, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Institution, Kenya
Kafaruki Shubis, Research Scientist, Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania
2011 fellows
Daniel Amoako-Sakyi, Lecturer and Head of Microbiology Department, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Edith Annan, National Professional Officer, Medicines and Health Technologies, World Health Organization (WHO), Ghana
Ibrahim Bello, Senior Hospital Consultant, Department of Family Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Nigeria
Alassane Dicko, Scientific Director, National Institute of Health, University of Bamako Research Programs at the Malaria Research and Training Center, Mali
Elizabeth Juma, National Malaria Control Program Manager, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Kenya
Noah Nyende, Research Officer, Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS), Uganda
Mahamadou Aly Thera, Head of the Mali Malaria Vaccine Development Unit (MMVDU) at Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC), Mali
Lucas Tina Otieno, Research Officer/Physician Investigator, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)/Walter Reed Project, Kenya
Charles Wanga, Communications and Publications Officer, JHPIEGO, Tanzania
2010 fellows
Abdoulaye Diabaté, Researcher, Institut de Recherche en Science de la Santé (IRSS)/Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Public Health Specialist, Head of Surveillance, Ashanti Regional Health Directorate, Kumasi, Ghana
Benson BA Estambale, Director, University of Nairobi, Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
Christine Manyando, Head of Public Health Department, Tropical Diseases Research Centre (TDRC), Ndola, Zambia
Samuel Kofi Newton, Clinical Research Fellow, Kintampo Health Research Center, Kintampo, Ghana
Mary Olapeju Otsemobor, Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant/ Malariologist, Wajomate Consultants (Formerly Deputy Director/Head M&E, National Malaria Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health), Nigeria
Felicia Owusu-Antwi, National Program Officer, WHO Ghana/RBM, Accra, Ghana
Alfred B. Tiono, Head, Public Health Department, Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
John N. Waitumbi, Research Director, Walter Reed Project, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kisumu, Kenya
2009 fellows
George Olusegun Ademowo, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training, College of Medicine, at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Thomas Gordon Egwang, Executive Director of the African Academy of Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya; CEO, Uganda Media for Health, Kampala, Uganda; Director General and CEO of Med Biotech Laboratories, Kampala, Uganda
Tinto Halidou, Senior Scientist, Institut de Recherche en Science de la Santé/Centre Muraz, Nanoro District Hospital, Nanoro, Burkina Faso
Gertrude Chapotera Kalanda, Clinical Trials Coordinator, Research Support Centre, College of Medicine at the University of Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi
Kwadwo Ansah Koram, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Epidemiology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Ramadhani Abdallah Noor, Clinical Trials Coordinator, African Malaria Network Trust, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
James Aggrey Oloo, Network Director, African Malaria Network Trust, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Norbert Mwamburi Peshu, Director, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
Donath S. Tarimo, Lecturer in Parasitology and Medical Entomology, Department of Parasitology/Entomology, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2008 fellows
Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, Clinical Researcher, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon
Daniel Ansong, Consultant Pediatrician and Senior Clinical Investigator, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
Kwaku Poku Asante, Clinical Research Fellow, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana
John Tanko Bawa, Project Manager for the Agogo Malaria Vaccine Research Site, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Agogo, Ghana
John Gyapong, Director, Health Research Unit, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana
John Peter Andrea Lusingu, Co-principal Investigator/Epidemiologist, National Institute for Medical Research, Korogwe, Tanzania
Pasiens Stephen Mapunda, Director, Centre for Enhancement of Effective Malaria interventions, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Jean Bosco Ouédraogo, Regional Director, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de las Sante, Ouagadougou, Burkina faso
Ruth Owusu, Research Physician and Clinical Research Fellow, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana
2007 fellows
Antoinette Ba-Nguz, Senior Program Officer, PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Bethesda, MD
Andrew Kitua, Director General, National Institute for Medical Research, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Wilfred Mbacham, Associate Professor of Public Health Biotechnology, Biotechnology Center, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Bernhards Ogutu, Principal Research Officer, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kisumu, Kenya; Senior Clinical Trialist, Malaria Clinical Trials Alliance (MCTA), INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana
Seth Owusu-Agyei, Director, Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC), Kintampo, Ghana
Boemo Sekgoma, HIV & AIDS Officer, Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum, Windhoek, Namibia
2006 fellows
Fred Binka, Dean of the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana; Project Manager, Malaria Clinical Trials Alliance (MCTA), Accra, Ghana
Daniel J. Carucci, Director of Science and Director, Grand Challenges in Global Health, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Carter L. Diggs, Senior Technical Advisor, US Agency for International Development (USAID) Malaria Vaccine Development Program, Washington, DC
Col. D. Gray Heppner, Head, Malaria Vaccine Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Silver Spring, Maryland
Adrian V.S. Hill, Professor of Human Genetics, Chairman of the Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine and Director of the Jenner Institute, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Rose Leke, Director, Biotechnology of the Centre and Professor of Immunology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Carole Long, Head, Immunology, Malaria Vaccine Development Branch (MVDB), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institutes of Health (NIAID/NIH), Rockville, MD; Adjunct Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, MCP-Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA
Melinda Moree, former Director, PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), Bethesda, MD
Magda Robalo World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative, Windhoek, Namibia