For many social entrepreneurs working towards universal health access, government partnership is a critical strategy for achieving systems-level change. Partners bring unique value to the table but forging effective and lasting partnerships isn’t easy. This session will explore two cases where government and global health NGOs are working together to realize the aspiration of universal healthcare. Public officials and social entrepreneurs will share candid and timely lessons from their active collaborations.
Director of Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Lesotho
Biography
PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME : THABELO RAMATLAPENG
SEX : FEMALE
MARITAL STATUS : MARRIED
PHYSICAL ADDRESS : QOATSANENG HA TSAUTSE CATHEDRAL AREA MASERU
POSTAL ADDRESS : BOX 745, MASERU 100
TELEPHONE : (+266) 22312111 (HOME)
(+266) 62851085 (CELL)
(+266) 51867303 (CELL)
E- MAIL : tramatlapeng@gmail.com
NATIONALITY : LESOTHO
PASSPORT NUMBER : DB 000544
LANGUAGE : FLUENT IN ENGLISH, SESOTHO & RUSSIAN
RESUME
Dr. Thabelo Ramatlapeng is a Public Health Specialist. She completed her medical training in 1979 at Kharkov Medical Institute in the then USSR, she later got her Master Degree in 1982 at Hadasssah School of Public Health in 1982.
Dr Ramatlapeng has worked in the health sector of Lesotho from 1983, where she worked as head of Disease control in the Ministry of Health. She was part of the health team that introduced Primary Health Care in Lesotho post Al-MA ATA. She held several positions in the Ministry of Health. In 1998 she was promoted to the position of Director General of Health Services the position she held until 2004 when she opted for early retirement.
In 2004 she worked for Lesotho Red Cross Society as its Secretary General until 2006. In 2007 she joined UNFPA and worked as SRH advisor until 2012. In 2015 she re-joined the Ministry of Health as Public Health Specialist to assist with the implementation of reforms
Director of the Community Health Services Division, Ministry of Health, Government of Liberia
I was born May 15, 1976 and begin my primary education in 1979. I became a professional health worker when I graduated as a Physician Assistant from the Tubman National Institute of Medical Arts in Liberia in 2009. Over the years, I have serve in many different positions in the health care delivery system in Liberia including both clinical and public health roles. I have benefited from different trainings both locally and internally. My love for community health was stimulated when I lost two of my clients (one HIV/TB co-infection male and a positive HIV pregnant mother) which I strongly believe that they would not have die if only there were Community Health Workers in those remote communities Thereafter, I was promoted as the Community Health Department Director (2012 to 2018) a position which I use to improve the health care system in River Gee and reforming the community health program. Currently I serve as the Director for the Community Health Services Division of the central Ministry of Health and with the passion to achieving greatness, I am of the strongest conviction that with the support of all you, we can build a stronger linkage between the community and the Primary Health Care System with the aim to achieving Universal Health Coverage for all here in Liberia.
Lisha McCormick is Chief Executive Officer of Last Mile Health, an organization that partners with governments to build strong community health systems that equip professionalized community health workers to provide essential, primary healthcare in the world’s most remote communities. Under her leadership, Last Mile Health has grown from a district-level pilot in Liberia to an international organization partnering with four governments to reach over 12 million people at the last mile, while also working globally to transform community health financing and practice through initiatives like Africa Frontline First.
Executive Director, Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship
Erin is the Executive Director of CASE at Duke University. CASE is a leader in the field of social innovation, serving as a hub for research, teaching and practitioner engagement. Erin also serves as an Adjunct Faculty member with Duke University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative teaching a course on Social Innovation and advising a course on Impact Investing.
Prior to her work at Duke, Erin worked in the nonprofit, public and private sectors including as a consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton, developing public-private partnerships at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), working on private sector development issues at the World Bank, and serving at a nonprofit think tank. She has a BA from Duke University and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Connect with her on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/erinworsham
Dr. Abera Leta, M.D., M.P.H., is a physician with over 17 years of experience in project management, health program implementation, and health system strengthening. Dr. Leta currently serves as Executive Director of PIH-Lesotho (PIH-L), where he is responsible for health system strengthening initiatives across Lesotho. Dr. Leta is a leading technical advisor to the Ministry of Health for its National Health Reform. Dr. Leta previously served as TB/HIV Program coordinator for the World Health Organization in Ethiopia. Dr. Leta received an M.D. from Addis Ababa University, and an M.P.H. from the School of Community Health at the University of Nottingham.
