Dr. Krishna Jafa is the CEO of Medic. Medic is the technical steward and core contributor to the Community Health Toolkit (CHT), an open-source digital platform that supports health workers to provide essential care in their communities. A physician and epidemiologist with 28 years' experience, Dr. Jafa has held leadership roles at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Population Services International, and the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention where she oversaw financing, design, management, delivery, monitoring, and evaluation of health programs and research across the donor, private, non-governmental, and public sectors. Dr. Jafa has deep expertise in health systems strengthening and digital health innovation to achieve universal health care. A committed advocate for women’s and girls’ empowerment and reproductive rights, she holds a medical degree from Rajasthan University (India), an MPH from Harvard University, and is an alumna of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service.
