Scholarships
LAPTOP Scholarships help young professionals from low- and middle-income countries to defray the costs of pursuing training opportunities in supply chain management. To learn more about past scholarship recipients, look below.
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Previous Scholarship Recipients
2022 (with support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation)
Hubert Alofa
Benin
Hubert, a pharmacist at the National Pharmaceutical Regulation Agency of Benin, plans to improve his logistics skills in order to enhance the health supply chain system in his country.
Mary Anuoluwapo Arubuola
Nigeria
Mary is a public health graduate and researcher from Nigeria, interested in health equity and easy access to health services, especially on the African continent.
Lamegou Francois Badjadouna
Togo
Francois works as a supply chain data analyst in Togo where he plans to boost national supply chain systems by improving end to end data visibility for better decision making.
Nosiba Elsafi Mustafa Abd Elhaleem
Sudan
Nosiba is a part-time lecturer at Elneelain University in Sudan with a keen interest in women’s health and international human rights.
Sait Malick Kebbeh
Gambia
Sait is a pharmacist in Gambia with extensive experience in supply chain management and a passion to improve access to affordable and high-quality health supplies.
Shylet Kwashira
Zimbabwe
Shylet, a nurse by training, is now working as a pharmacy manager at a provincial hospital in Masvingo, Zimbabwe.
Martin Makuek
South Sudan
Martin is a cold chain logistics officer at the South Sudan Ministry of Health, where he supports the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines.
Folita Malanda
Malawi
Folita, a pharmacy technician working at a rural faith-based institution in Malawi, aims to help solve the supply chain challenges in her country.
Celestine Diyen Ndam
Cameroon
Celestine works as a supply chain officer, helping deliver quality healthcare to vulnerable women and young people in Cameroon.
Raphael Odame
Ghana
Raphael is a programme officer with the Family Health Division, Ghana Health Service. He has a keen interest in sexual and reproductive health commodity security.
Uchenna Bernadine Opara
Nigeria
Uchenna is a pharmacist and supply chain professional from Nigeria, passionate about bridging the supply chain gaps in her country’s public healthcare system.
Haruna Muhammad Sabo
Nigeria
Haruna is a warehouse pharmacist working toward optimizing logistics, transportation, distribution and warehouse management in Nigerian health supply chain management.
Genet Alemu Tirfie
Ethiopia
Genet works as a Quantification Officer in the HIV, TB & Malaria team at the Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency.
2021-2022 (Latin America and the Caribbean round, with support from USAID)
Barbara Merlain Bonny
Haiti
As a Logistics Advisor at UNFPA, Barbara wants to tackle the unique challenges that the health supply chain systems are facing in her own country in order to improve access that meet the needs of affected populations, especially in remote areas.
Jesica Carino
Argentina
Jesica is a pharmacist in Argentina experienced in supply chain issues.
Jose Ramon Cisneros
Nicaragua
José has a joint degree in Pharmacy and Chemistry and works at the health ministry in Nicaragua.
Grace Delgado
Bolivia
With a degree in bio-chemistry and pharmacy, Grace is a national pharmacy manager in Bolivia.
Riphat Demar
Haiti
Riphat is a pharmacist specializing in reproductive health supply access.
Elias Enrique Garces
Chile
Elias works for CENABAST in Chile in the logistics management and distribution of health supplies to private pharmacies at affordable and regulated prices.
Jose Granados
Nicaragua
José Antonio Granados works for PAHO/WHO in Nicaragua, as a consultant where he provides technical expertise for hospitals and Health Centers nationwide.
Ralph Guilbaud
Haiti
Ralph works as a pharmacist and health logistician for UNICEF in Haiti.
Jolinette Pierre
Haiti
Jolinette is a pharmacist committed to strengthening the Logistics Management Information System of her organization to increase access to real-time stock data in Haiti.
José Enrique Ventura Pinedo
Perú
José is a pharmaceutical chemist, with experience in the public and private health supply chain sectors and in formulating public health policies.
Joseph Shellande
Haiti
Joseph is a nurse at the Mirebalais University Hospital in Haiti.
Angel Saucedo Salas
Bolivia
Angel has worked for the last decade in the National Regulatory Agency of Bolivia, where the information of more than 3,000 first-level care establishments of the public health system is consolidated.
Sandra Pulgarin
Colombia
Sandra holds a degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and now works as a consultant for the UNFPA LACRO office. Read her story
2021 (with support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation)
Hope Fortunate Achiro
Uganda
Hope is a senior pharmacist in the National Medical Stores, planning on helping fix supply chain problems so more lives can be saved. Read her story.
Olatunde Temitope Bedford-Egunjobi
Nigeria
Olatunde hopes to tackle the unchecked entry of substandard and falsified drugs into the national market.
Abass Hamza
Ghana
Abass has a background in public health and nursing, and founded HACEP-Ghana, a youth-led organization providing SRHR services to young people.
Wesley Kukutu
Solomon Islands
Wesley is a pharmacist who plans to promote and support a resilient and sustainable health commodity supply chain in the Solomon Islands. Read his story.
Fara Emile Millimouno
Guinea
Fara witnessed his country’s struggle to distribute healthcare supplies during the Ebola crisis and wants to build up national health systems.
Dr. Nancy Mucogo Njeru
Kenya
Dr. Mucogo has a background in pharmacy and health economics and is keen on building resilient, efficient and responsive supply chain systems that assure value for money. Read her story.
Nkoli Lilian Nnamonu
Nigeria
Nkoli is a public health pharmacist contributing to SRH, WASH and supply chain management in the humanitarian sector in Nigeria, especially in the crisis-affected North Eastern regions. Read her story.
Bikila Deriba
Ethiopia
Bikila, a supply chain expert at Ethiopian Public Health Institute, plans to improve and strengthen the national public health supply chains systems.
Prosper Comla Senamede
Togo
Comla works in humanitarian logistics; his upcoming training will also help him pilot logistics, transport and distribution operations.
Seblework Teklehaymanot
Ethiopia
Seblework is a pharmaceutical warehouse & distribution specialist who hopes to help build up a sustainable healthcare supply system in her country.
2014 (with support from Bayer)
Clemence Matsika
Zimbabwe
This LAPTOP Scholar is today a frontline firefighter in Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 response. Read his story.
Wadhah Hubaishi
Yemen
Wadhah’s LAPTOP-supported course of study immediately supported his supply chain work in war-torn Yemen. Read his story.
Other recipients included:
Numfor Alenwi Munteh
Cameroon
Khyber Khishki
Afghanistan
Lebende Francois Minougu
Burkina Faso
Kouassi Abel
Cote d’Ivoire
2012 (with support from PATH)
Kossivi Afanvi
Togo
A LAPTOP scholarship helped this general practitioner and pediatrician in his work as Health Director of the Lacs District in Togo, on the Benin border. Read his story.
Simplice Kamdem
Cameroon
Simplice credits his course of study for the promotion that saw him manage a multi-million dollar project. Read his story.