Mercy Wanjala: Rising Star in Family Medicine

Dr Mercy Wanjala is a graduate of the University of Nairobi School of Medicine, she holds a Master of Comprehensive General Medicine from the University of Medical Sciences of Havana, and an MBA in Healthcare Management at Strathmore University Business School. She currently works at the County Government of Embu Health Department as a Family Physician and Primary Healthcare Coordinator. She has held prominent positions, including Head of Primary Health Care, Embu County and National secretary for the Kenya Association of Family Physicians. She sits on the National technical Working Group on Primary Health Care and the Technical Group for National Cancer Strategic Information, Research, Registration and Surveillance. She served as a visiting Lecturer in Primary Health Care in Global Health at the University of Global Health Equity-School of Nursing and as part-time lecturer in Health Services Leadership at Kabarak University Department of Family Medicine. She held leadership roles in the Africa Forum for Primary Health Care, WONCA Working Party for Quality and Patient Safety, WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice and Women in Global Health Kenya Chapter. In 2023 she won the Young Family Doctors Rising Star Award from the Africa Region of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) and the WONCA Sydney Conference Full Scholarship.