Laura Hoemeke, MPH

Director, Communications and Knowledge Management

Laura Hoemeke has 20 years of experience in health communication and international health, including field assignments in the Central African Republic, Benin, Senegal and Rwanda, and short-term assignments throughout East, West, and Central Africa.  Hoemeke began her career as a journalist in Chicago, focusing on health and social issues. After working with Africare and for USAID in Benin, in early 2003, she joined IntraHealth as the Regional Director for West and Central Africa, overseeing country and regional efforts for the PRIME II Project and other initiatives.  From 2005 through early 2010, Hoemeke served as the Chief of Party in Rwanda for IntraHealth’s $30-million USAID-funded Twubakane Decentralization and Health Program.  Hoemeke has an MPH in International Health from Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health and a BS in journalism from Northwestern University. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in health policy and management at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

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