Dr. Ama Kwansima Essel

Ex-Officio

Dr. Ama Kwansima Essel

Dr. Ama Kwansima Essel (MBCHB, MSc, MWACP) is a dedicated Community Health Physician Specialist (West African College of Physicians) with a Masters in Public Health (MPH), from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and over 20 years of work experience at national, regional and international levels, over 15 years working in Ghana. She is a member of the West African College of Physicians. She has over 20 years of clinical and public health experience. She has been managing Global Fund grants in over six countries (including Ghana and Nigeria) as the Senior Public Health and Monitoring and Evaluation (Malaria, HIV, TB and Resilient and sustainable systems for health, RSSH programs) specialist for the Local Fund Agents for over 12 years. She has managed grants running into billions of dollars. She understands the gaps in the health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa including challenges in procurement of health products and logistics management systems. Dr. Ama Essel is results-oriented supporting the teams and countries she has worked in to perform to meet the set targets for results-based funding.