Bridget Tusiime

Research Student

Bridget Tusiime is affiliated with The Open University's Department of Public Leadership and Social Enterprise

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Biography

Bridget is a public health professional with specialisation in health financing, project monitoring and evaluation, health systems strengthening and other related disciplines. She graduated with a BSc in Biomedical sciences from Makerere University and hold a Master’s in Public Health from Bournemouth University. Prior to her PHD she worked with the United States Agency for International development as a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist in Rwanda, She has also worked with the Uganda Virus Research Institute in the same capacity leading implementation research and building M&E systems.

During her Masters’ Bridget explored Performance Based Financing as an approach to improving health service delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her current PHD research utilises a pro-regulatory lens to explore how governments can leverage resources from the private sector to reduce health inequalities in LMICs with a case study of Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility in Rwanda.

Current Research

The Role Of Private-Public Partnerships In Bridging The Health Inequalities In Rwanda: A Case Of Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) And Financing Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) In Rwanda

Her research interests are Innovative Health Financing, Health Systems strengthening and Health Policy.