Jane Rahedi Ong'ang'o

MBChB, MPH, Ph.D.

Dr. Jane Rahedi Ong’ang’o is a medical doctor and Principal Research Scientist working at the Centre for Respiratory Disease Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). She is a Public Health Specialist with an interest in health programme implementation and operational research of interventions geared towards control of both communicable and non-communicable conditions. She has played the role of principal investigator for various population based surveys and also served as a research team coordinator. She has provided a leadership role in coordinating national surveys including; The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project, Kenya (2012, 2018), The Kenya National TB Prevalence Survey (2016), and Kenya STEP Survey for Non-Communicable Diseases Risk Factors (2015) and the prevalence of tobacco use among tobacco related illnesses in the 4 national hospitals of Kenya (2021).

Dr. Ong’ang’o has keen interest in health system strengthening research for the improvement of lung health. She is a member of various technical working groups in the Ministry of Health including; Monitoring/Evaluation and Research, Social Protection, Drug Resistance TB. She has participated in the development of various work documents of the TB program including the current National Strategic Plan (2019 -2023), the Practical Approach to Lung Health (PAL) guidelines and the policy on Social Protection for TB and Leprosy patients. Her other areas of interest include capacity building of healthcare workers, programme evaluation and social protection issues related to TB disease.

Institution Link: https://www.kemri.go.ke