Dr Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi is a Global Health specialist who combines research with clinical work and innovative health system projects to sustain health services for infectious diseases in Africa. She has over 15 years’ experience working in Uganda. She served as head of clinical services at Infectious Diseases Institute Makerere, University and in 2015 she established the Academy for Health Innovation, Uganda at IDI. The Academy has supported over 50,000 beneficiaries and 5000 health care workers across 11 projects including an e-learning platform, an interactive voice response tool, Call for Life, and the ARTAccess app for supplying HIV medicines in private pharmacies. Currently she is working on a drone project for supplying medicines on islands in Lake Victoria. She is also a Principal Research Associate in Public Health at University of Cambridge. She is a Fellow Royal College of Physicians, London and the Faculty of Public Health. Research interests: Africa, eHealth, Global Health, Healthcare delivery/services, HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases
