3 ways Africa can improve the health of women and children
By lowering barriers to private involvement, Africa can revolutionize its healthcare systems root and branch.
Temitayo (Tayo) Erogbogbo is Director, Multilateral Organization Engagement at MSD and leads global advocacy for the MSD for Mothers initiative. Tayo has over two decades of combined private sector and international development experience, 17 years of which is within the pharmaceutical industry occupying multiple roles that include commercial responsibilities in sales, and marketing; other responsibilities including government affairs, patient engagement and communications covering national, regional and global responsibilities.
In his current dual role, he’s responsible for advancing health equity through programmatic and advocacy collaborations that deliver policies and practice changes that improve health outcomes by strengthening health systems' capacity and resilience.
Tayo was Executive Director for the Wellbeing Foundation, Africa between 2012 and 2014 and led the Adolescent and Youth Engagement at Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) between an international Non-Governmental Organization hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO).
He earned a BSc in Management Sciences from Loughborough University and MSc Information Technology for Management from Coventry University.