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Milly
Nakatabira

Research Associate

Departmental Affiliations

Primary
Division
Health Systems

Contact Info

Research Interests

Health systems; Health systems strengthening; Gender, Gender analysis, health equity; monitoring, and evaluation; quality of care; evidence-based decision-making; knowledge translation into practice; qualitative research; literature reviews.

Experiences & Accomplishments
Overview

Milly Nakatabira uses research and technical expertise to address key issues for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for women, children, and adolescents within health systems in low-resource settings. 

Milly Nakatabira focuses on strengthening health systems in low and middle-income countries to particularly address the reproductive and sexual health needs, preferences, and rights of women, children, and adolescent girls most affected by gender inequality. Her work has been mainly in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH), and in adolescent HIV prevention. Milly has worked as a consultant at UNICEF in adolescent HIV prevention, a monitoring and evaluation officer for USAID-funded adolescent HIV prevention programs under CARITAS in Uganda, and a Research Assistant at Catholic Relief Services in Uganda. 

Education

Mater of Science in Public Health, Lund University, Sweden, 2019

Bachelor of Science in Ethnobotany, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, 2013

Honors & Awards

Swedish Institute scholarship for Global Health Professionals 

Select Publications
Projects
Monitoring and Action for Gender and Equity Project
Equitable Maternal Care for Women with Disability (EMeralD) study