Public Health Expert & Policy Researcher
14+ years of experience working in both public, private and NGO sector
About Easter Olwanda
Public health expert and health policy researcher with 14 years’ experience in evidence-based decision-making. With expertise in evidence synthesis, health economics, economic evaluation, health technology assessment, resource tracking, and costing, she translates research into policy. She collaborates with stakeholders and advances healthcare systems, practice, knowledge, and policy through research and publications.
Works & Projects
Highlight of key consulting assignments done or in progress
Project
Scoping review of the current status of workforce nutrition at national, county level (Nairobi, Nakuru, and Nyandarua county governments) & private sectors.
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Project
Integrated resource tracking
Futures Health Economics and Metrics Ltd/The Global Fund
Project
Immunization Financing Analysis and Development of a Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM) Strategy for Sustainable Immunization Financing in Kenya
Health NGOs' Network (HENNET)
Project
Systematic review on evaluating the impact of integrated school-based mental health literacy programs on health and educational outcomes of school-going adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Project
Scoping review for SRMNCAH Big Idea 2 Project Understanding Infertility and its Effects on Sexual Reproductive Health and Well-being among Men and Women in Africa.
African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Project
Costing of the Package of Essential Non-Communicable Interventions (PEN Plus) National Operational Plan 2023/24-2029/30
Futures Health Economics and Metrics Ltd.
Let's Work Together
Open to consulting opportunities, research collaborations, and advisory roles in health and policy.