Position

Vice-Chairman

September, 2019 - To Date

Education

Dr. Samuel Juma is a graduate of Kenya Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme and was part of the Cohort 10. Dr Samuel has a PhD in Public Health. He also has masters qualifications in Public Health and in Epidemiology, and a Post graduate Diploma in Leadership and Management. He is also an EMERITUS Scholar.

Career & Experience

As a Public Health Specialist, Dr Samuel has more than 11 years of practice having worked both in the MOH and UN system. Currently, he manages the Gavi Health Systems Strengthening Project that is aimed at improving immunization coverage and addressing the barriers to equity in access to immunization services in Kenya.

Publications

He has been an author in several papers both as a principal author and co-author including:

• Juma, S., Karama, M., & Gura, Z. (2016). Perceptions of Mothers and Health Professionals on Caesarean Section as A Way of Delivery at a County Referral Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 2(4)
• Juma, S., Nyambati, V., Karama, M., Githuku, J., & Gura, Z. (2017). Factors associated with caesarean sections among mothers delivering at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya between January and March, 2015: a case-control study. Pan African Medical Journal, (ARTISSUE)
• Wambura, G., Mwatondo, A., Muturi, M., Nasimiyu, C., Wentworth, D., Hampson, K., Bichanga, P., Tabu, C., Juma, S., Ngere, I. and Thumbi, S.M., 2019. Rabies vaccine and immunoglobulin supply and logistics: Challenges and opportunities for rabies elimination in Kenya. Vaccine.