Dr. Lorna Tumwebaze is an MD and public health specialist from Uganda, East Africa. She is currently working with the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation as the interim East Africa Regional Representative, and the Global Policy and Advocacy officer for HIV and TB high burden countries, based in Seattle Washington USA.
Prior to joining the foundation, Lorna provided leadership as the Deputy Executive Director with Partners in Population and Development, an alliance of 27 governments (comprising over 60% of the world population) with Permanent UN observer and Diplomatic status to advance heath diplomacy and South-South Cooperation (SSC) for health and global development.
She has provided successful leadership and technical responsibility for health and social sector programs including control of pandemics and infectious diseases through her work with the public sector (Ministries of Finance and Health), the United Nations (UNFPA, WHO), International Non-Government Organizations (CARE International, Child Fund International, International Youth Foundation, John Hopkins University Health Communications Partnership).
Lorna started off her career working as an internal medicine clinician at Makerere university- Mulago national teaching and referral hospital and resident physician with the American embassy in Uganda.
She received her education from Makerere university medical school Uganda- East Africa; Boston University School of Public Health; and the Universities of San Francisco and Berkeley California.
Lorna has worked extensively with many low- and middle-income governments in Sub-Saharan Africa South East Asia, north Africa and the middle east, and Latin America.