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Dr. Semnen Lambert Osakue
Founder & Chair · Public Health
Foundation / Our People
Our People
The people building Africa's child health intelligence infrastructure.
Researchers, clinicians, innovators, and community leaders — organised across four bodies: a Board of Trustees, a Scientific Advisory Board, a Founding Circle, and our operating team.
Portrait
Dr. Semnen Lambert Osakue
Founder & Chair of Trustees
A medical doctor and public health specialist, Dr. Osakue founded the Foundation to close the gap between what the evidence shows and what African families actually receive — focused on prevention, nutrition, and evidence-based support built for African contexts.
01 — Board of Trustees
Governance, strategy, and stewardship.
Responsible for the governance, strategy, and long-term stewardship of the Foundation. Up to five members in the initial phase.
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Trustee — to be announced
Paediatrics · Clinical
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Trustee — to be announced
Governance · Legal
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Trustee — to be announced
Finance · Accountability
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Trustee — to be announced
Community · Social Impact
Trustees are independent of the Foundation's mission-aligned company, ensuring decisions — including the licensing of the Evidence Vault — are made in the public interest.
02 — Scientific Advisory Board
Independent scientific guidance.
Providing independent scientific and technical guidance to ensure our work is evidence-based and impactful.
Advisor — to be announced
Research Scientist
Institution to be confirmed
Early Childhood Development
Advisor — to be announced
Paediatrician
Institution to be confirmed
Child Nutrition
Advisor — to be announced
Public Health Researcher
Institution to be confirmed
Maternal & Newborn Health
The Scientific Advisory Board is being constituted. Members offer technical guidance without formal governance obligations.
03 — Founding Circle
A community, not a hierarchy.
A multidisciplinary group of researchers, clinicians, educators, innovators, and community leaders helping shape the Foundation during its formative years.
The Founding Circle is a prestigious but flexible recognition — allowing distinguished collaborators from APHRC, universities, UNICEF, ministries, and other institutions to support KHHA Foundation without immediate governance obligations, while creating a natural pathway into more formal leadership as the organisation matures.
"The Founding Circle contributes expertise, challenges our assumptions, and helps strengthen our long-term vision for child health across Africa."
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Founding Member — to be announced
Research Scientist
African Population and Health Research Center
Early Childhood Development
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Founding Member — to be announced
Paediatrician
University Teaching Hospital
Clinical Paediatrics
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Founding Member — to be announced
Nutritionist
University of Ghana
Child Nutrition
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Founding Member — to be announced
Educator
Institution to be confirmed
Early Years Education
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Founding Member — to be announced
Innovator
Institution to be confirmed
Digital Health
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Founding Member — to be announced
Community Leader
Institution to be confirmed
Community Health
No hierarchy. No ranking. Members may later move into the Scientific Advisory Board or Board of Trustees as relationships deepen.
04 — Our Team
Leading the day-to-day work.
The operating team responsible for delivering the Foundation's research, programmes, and community work. Distinct from governance.
Executive Director
To be announced
Overall leadership, strategy execution, and partnerships.
Clinical Lead
To be announced
Clinical standards, paediatric guidance, and partner clinics.
Research Lead
To be announced
Evidence Vault, research partnerships, and publication standards.
Programme Manager
To be announced
Schools, community programmes, and country roll-out.
Community Manager
To be announced
Engagement with families, caregivers, and frontline workers.
Operations & Finance
To be announced
Financial integrity, reporting, and operational stewardship.
05 — Governance
How we are structured.
We hold ourselves to the standards our partners and funders expect.
Non-Profit Status
A non-profit body of Incorporated Trustees, operating solely in the public interest.
Independent Board
Governed by a multidisciplinary board of trustees spanning health, governance, and community.
Mission & Commerce, Separate
Operationally and financially distinct from the mission-aligned company, Kids Health Hub Africa Ltd.
Financial Integrity
Income and assets are applied only to our objects — never distributed for private profit.
Build healthier African childhoods with us.
We work with researchers, institutions, governments, NGOs, and funders who share our commitment to prevention.