Ms Yolanda Moyo
Research Student - DrPH - Public Health & Policy
United Kingdom
Yolanda Moyo RN, MSc, is currently a DrPH student, until recently she was Head of Government Affairs Africa at Illumina, based in Johannesburg South Africa. Her role was to manage and maintain government and stakeholder relations to enable the adoption of genomics technology in Africa. Before joining Illumina, Yolanda worked at IAVI as a Senior Director for Policy and Advocacy based in Nairobi Kenya. At IAVI she led the strategic design and implementation of advocacy activities across IAVI鈥檚 overall Africa portfolio, as well as key aspects of policy advocacy, ranging from policy analysis to advocating for evidence informed policy change. Additionally, she led research preparedness activities in Africa to ensure gender balance, recruitment and retention in clinical research, and meaningful engagement with communities most affected by infectious diseases.
Yolanda has over 18 years鈥 experience in private and public sectors, academia, product development, clinical trials, managing regulatory compliance of health research including medical devices, gained in Europe and Africa. She has a master鈥檚 degree in Clinical Drug Development from Queen Mary University of London, UK. Yolanda is passionate about access to life saving health technologies by those who need them the most, she has spent most of her career advocating for equitable access to health and health technologies in Africa, inclusion of patients and civil society in policy making processes.
Yolanda has over 18 years鈥 experience in private and public sectors, academia, product development, clinical trials, managing regulatory compliance of health research including medical devices, gained in Europe and Africa. She has a master鈥檚 degree in Clinical Drug Development from Queen Mary University of London, UK. Yolanda is passionate about access to life saving health technologies by those who need them the most, she has spent most of her career advocating for equitable access to health and health technologies in Africa, inclusion of patients and civil society in policy making processes.
Affiliations
Department of Global Health and Development
Faculty of Public Health and Policy
Teaching
I will be teaching and facilitating learning as a seminar leader on the Msc Health Policy program this year 2023.
Research
HIV prevention, health policy, policy analysis, global health policy agenda setting, health systems in LMICs.
Disease and Health Conditions
HIV/AIDS
Cancer
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Tuberculosis
Country
Kenya
South Africa
Nigeria
Uganda
Zambia
Rwanda
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
Euro area
Selected Publications
2019
Advanced healthcare materials