Health Systems Strengthening in Low and Middle Income Countries

Dr. Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, a medical graduate with an MSc in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, MBA, MPH, and MSc in Global Health Policy and Management, holds a Ph.D. in Public Health and is a Fellow of the West Africa College of Physicians (Community Health).

With over 18 years of experience in public health, he specializes in health systems strengthening, primary health care, disease prevention, capacity building, and outbreak response. As an adjunct professor of Public Health, he has supervised over 10 Ph.D. and MPH candidates and published more than 310 manuscripts. His Google Scholar profile has over 95,000 citations, an h-index of 82, and an i10-index of 180. He is the West Africa Regional Programme Lead at the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.