Dr Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha is medical doctor with specialist training in paediatrics, infectious disease, and public health. She has extensive experience as a public health professional working in academia, the public sector, the NGO community, and international organizations. Most recently she was the Senior HIV Specialist on EMTCT and Paediatric HIV for UNICEF’s global HIV/AIDS programmes working with teams to improve outcomes for children and their families.
A national of Kenya, Dr Mbori-Ngacha holds a degree in medicine and a master’s in paediatrics from the University of Nairobi School of Medicine; and a master’s in public health (epidemiology) from the University of Washington, Seattle. Dr Mbori-Ngacha’s research area is in the field of PMTCT and Paediatric HIV. She has served on several DSMBs of ground-breaking studies and sits on several national and international advisory committees related to her expertise.
