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Yogan Pillay, Country director of South Africa, Senior Global Director for Universal Health Coverage; Start date: June 2020
Before joining CHAI in June, Dr. Yogan Pillay served as deputy director-general for health programs in South Africa’s national department of health since 2008.
Prior to that, he served the department of health in various roles, including Chief Director for Strategic Planning and Director for the district health system.
Under his leadership, South Africa’s immunization program expanded to include three new vaccines: rotavirus, pneumococcus, and human papillomavirus.
He also helped introduce two popular mobile platforms to address youth and maternal health: B-Wise improves access to health information for young people and MomConnect is a weekly text message service for pregnant women and new mothers.
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