Country Director
Dr. Ginette Hounkanrin brings 20 years’ post-graduation experience cutting across clinical medicine and various public health programs in low- and middle-income countries especially in the sub-Saharan Africa with about 10 years in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights program management. Dr. Hounkanrin has international field experience in providing strategic leadership and technical support to national authorities as well as Civil Society Organizations in Family Planning/Reproductive health field. Throughout her various positions, she has acquired excellent competences in managing multi countries programs and projects grants and has demonstrated excellent ability to work in multi-cultural environments as well as building effective working relationships within and outside different organizations she worked with.
In recent years she has focused on managing and overseeing scaling up of Adolescents Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights interventions in various west and central Africa sub region.
Beside her Medical Degree, Dr. Hounkanrin holds an MPH in Population and Health and a Global Adolescents Health Certificate from the University of Melbourne. She has also attended various national and international professional development courses and is member of multiple global technical groups and networks including the Family Planning High Impact Practices Technical Advisory Group.