Baylor College of Medicine
Children’s Foundation - Uganda

DR. DITHAN KIRAGGA

Executive Director

Dr. Kiragga is a public health physician who brings to Baylor Foundation-Uganda 20+ years of experience in technical leadership and managing complex health programs in Africa and Asia. He previously served as a Chief of Party (COP) for three US- supported health projects, including the USAID’s Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in the North, Acholi (RHITES-N, Acholi where he provided technical and managerial oversight for USAID/Uganda’s Health and HIV/AIDS project implementation across eight districts in Acholi, as well as leadership for the rollout of USAID’s quality improvement collaborative across all regions of Uganda. Dr. Kiragga has also managed critical health service infrastructure rehabilitation and established functional health systems on World Bank post-conflict projects in East Timor and Rwanda. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Public Health at Walden University, USA.