Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Dr. Kendra Njoku is a medical doctor and public health professional with over 17 years of wide and varied experience in global health both at the local and international frontiers. She has driven innovations resulting in health system strengthening, supporting multiple governments, organizations, and health facilities. Her expertise and experience spread across quality management, patient safety, digital health solutions, data management, capacity building, self-care management and disease management. Since 2015, Dr. Njoku has served as Faculty/Improvement Advisor at Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). In this role, she supports several countries and organizations across the Africa and Middle East/Asia regions in using quality improvement methodologies to achieve the SDG3 goals. Through her support and capacity building, the impact of large-scale learning collaboratives and initiatives have resulted in reduction in premature mortality, maternal and neonatal mortality, transmission of HIV from mother to child, as well as improved clinical processes. She is a seasoned faculty, teaching in in-person and virtually, in the multiple QI capacity building programs run by IHI across several countries for the past seven years. She has an MScPH from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and is a Certified Improvement Advisor. She is super passionate about using quality improvement methods in reducing mothers and babies dying during childbirth, loves traveling and building memories with family and friends.