Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Rosemary Mburu is a global health advocate and civil society leader in Africa, dedicated to building political will for improved health outcomes across the continent. Her expertise spans conducting policy analysis, garnering political support for health, influencing decision-making processes, mobilizing civil society and community voices for action, and promoting good participatory practices in clinical trials.

Rosemary has extensively worked on supporting civil society to engage with decision-makers at community, national, regional, and global levels. She is a civil society organizer working on building and strengthening civil society networks and platforms for health-related advocacy and campaigning in Africa.

She builds spaces that facilitate African civil society’s leadership in global health and works to create political will towards improved health outcomes for all in Africa by engaging with governments, key multilateral and bilateral institutions, and other decision-makers.

Rosemary has served in various capacities within the global health architecture including on the UHC2030 Steering Committee as a CSO representative, the UNITAID Communities Advisory Group, GAVI CSO Steering Committee, and the Vaccine Advocacy Resource Group (VARG). She has also served as an advisor for the (i) the Lancet Commission on a synergistic approach to universal health coverage, health security, and health promotion; (ii) the WHO Advisory Group for SDG3 Global Action Plan R&D, Innovation and Access Accelerator.

Rosemary has co-authored several peer-reviewed journal articles including on global health in the age of Covid-19 (Health and Human Rights Journal); clinical trial ethics (International Journal of Clinical Practice); investments in HIV Prevention Research (African Journal of Reproductive Health); Biomedical HIV Prevention (BMC Proceedings); and primary health care  (Lancet Global Health blog).

Rosemary is currently pursuing a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in Public Health and Leadership at the University of North Carolina. She holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Ohio University, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Frostburg State University, and a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) from Kenyatta University.