The ACHAP Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Khumo Seipone as the organisation’s Chief Executive Officer. Dr Seipone is a medical doctor and Public Health Specialist having acquired a Doctor of Medicine, Masters of Public Health and Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and is well recognized for her leadership in Health especially in HIV/ AIDS response in Botswana. She is the founding Director of Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention and leaves the Ministry after 20 years of service as a Deputy Permanent Secretary and the Director of Health Services whose role was to ensure quality of health services through the development and implementation of health care policies, standards and regulation of health services within government and private sector.

She has Executive Leadership and Risk Management training with a proven record of good leadership and management especially in development, execution of strategy, building effective teams, strategic partnerships and implementation of quality Public Health Sector programs. She is a firm believer in individual and community empowerment in delivery of health care supported by strong health systems that provide quality health outcomes.

In her role as a member of the National AIDS Council and Chairperson of the UN Health and HIV Sector Coordinating Component GROUP (CCG) and Deputy Chairperson Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM), she opened opportunities to network internationally to lobby for regional support at SADC. She also opened networking opportunities at the U.N, North and South America including China and Brazil in the south to south cooperation support and resource mobilization for the health sector including showcasing Botswana’s achievement in the control of HIV/AIDS and primary health care.

She is the former Chairperson of the Food Control Board and Health Research Development Committee. She was also a board member of Bureau of Standard Council, Health Professions Council and the Botswana Harvard Partnership Board, Chemical Weapons Prohibition Board and former additional member of a high ranking Committee responsible for establishment of the Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital. Dr Seipone is also a former chairperson of the Health and HIV Component Coordination Group of the Government, UN Programme.

Prior to the current position, Dr Seipone held several portfolios within the Ministry of Health and Wellness internationally including Deputy Permanent Secretary, Health Services, National PMTCT Program Manager, Public Health specialist in several units such as Epidemiology and Disease Control Unit and AIDS/ STD and Medical Officer, Princess Marina Hospital.

In her role as the CEO of ACHAP she will be responsible for overseeing the expansion of ACHAP’s services offering in broader public health and the organisation’s growing footprint in southern Africa.

Dr Edward Maganu
ACHAP Board Chairperson