Fatu Yumkella has more than thirty-five years combined national and international experience in the fields of Population and Public Health. Fatu has extensive proven capability and experience in, Program Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Program Development, Social Science Research, Human Resources for Health (HRH), Training and Performance Improvement gained in Kenya, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Fatu has consulted for the Government of Sierra Leone, International and Local NGOs, UN Agencies as well as Multilateral agencies including the World Bank, UNICEF, and UNFPA during the past decade. Fatu has written a number of technical and scientific papers and is a member of International Organizations. Fatu served WHO Onchocerciasis Control Programme (OCP) and the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) in successive scientific committees over a decade (2003 – 2015).
Since taking the position as the Dalan Chief Executive in 2006, Fatu’s leadership and foresight places a strong emphasis on the strengthened coordination capabilities to ensure senior associates as well as research associates collect data in an organized and meaningful manner. The commitment to excellent research leads to the generation of high quality products that lend themselves to programmatic recommendations and academic publications.