Miriam Chipimo

Dr. Miriam Chipimo leads the development and implementation of the Africa team’s regional infectious disease strategy, which focuses on scaling up delivery of high-impact, cost-effective health and nutrition solutions across the continent. She is based in the foundation’s office in Nairobi, Kenya.

Over her two-decade career, Miriam has worked to scale up reproductive health and family planning programs in a number of African countries. She contributed significantly to reducing maternal mortality in Zambia, validating the first successful national efforts to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission (including in Cuba), and scaling up prevention and treatment programs for malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV. Her research findings have been published in peer-reviewed journals.

Miriam is a physician and has a master’s degree in public health. Before joining the foundation in 2024, she worked in the United Nations system as well as for the government of Zambia.

Her passion is promoting the well-being of women and children in Africa.