Dr Irene Mukui

Irene Mukui is a Medical Epidemiologist with more than 17 years of experience in clinical and health programme management. She holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree from the University of Nairobi and an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Washington in Seattle, USA and is a Fogarty Global Health Fellowship alumnus. 

Irene Mukui currently works as a HIV Access and Medical Affairs Leader in the DNDi Africa regional office.

She previously served in various leadership roles in Kenya’s Ministry of Health, including the Deputy Head of the Universal Health Coverage Secretariat at the Ministry, Deputy Head of Kenya’s National AIDS and STI Control Programme, Programme Manager for HIV Care and Treatment for more than eight years and the lead for pre-exposure prophylaxis.

She has contributed widely to the global HIV response as a member of the WHO HIV treatment Guidelines Development Group for many years. Irene Mukui has been involved in implementation research across HIV prevention and treatment with her current focus being on HIV treatment and outcomes among children and adolescents, mental health among adolescents living with HIV and HIV drug resistance. She also serves as the Co-Chair of the WHO HIVResNet and its Steering Group.