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More Than a Race : Girls Breaking Barriers and Claiming Their Space

Program Manager, Ipas DRC

Mike Mpoyi
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Dr. Mike Mpoyi is an experienced medical doctor and public health professional skilled in health system strengthening, project management, and implementation with a focus on reproductive health and infectious diseases. With over 13 years’s experience in strengthening access to healthcare in Africa, notably the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Uganda, and Burundi, Dr. Mike Mpoyi has focused his work on improving access to equitable sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), with focus on establishing youth-friendly pathways to services in stable and conflict zones for vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries.

Dr. Mike Mpoyi is the current Senior Program Manager for Ipas in the DRC. He started his career as the Coordinator of Peer Educators in Reproductive Health for a youth health-centered national programme. In 2013, he became Area Physician Manager at Premium Health Limited before becoming Country Manager in 2014.

During three years, he provided clinical and managerial oversight, ensured accurate management of pharmaceuticals stock, managed the DRC country office and national network of 75 Premium Health clinics across the DRC. From 2016 he chaired the IPPF-DRC Provincial Board of Directors ; for two years, he led the strategic thinking on positioning the organization at the regional level. In that same year, he founded Access Care, a national non-profit health maintenance organization becoming the first Chief Executive Officer. Since 2020 he has been working as the Global Technical Advisor, at Ipas US.

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Country Director, Ipas DRC

Jean-Claude Mulunda
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Dr. Jean-Claude MULUNDA has been advocating for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and universal access to high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare, including access to legal and safe abortion, for more than 12 years. In this way, he played an instrumental role in the Maputo Protocol domestication and Comprehensive Abortion Care Standards and Guidelines development processes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the last six years in close collaboration with in-country partners, government officials, parliamentarians, and donors.

Dr. Mulunda is the current Country Director for Ipas in the DRC. He previously managed reproductive health projects with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Planned Parenthood Federation’s DRC affiliate.

Dr. Mulunda received medical training at the University of Kinshasa, program management certification in Israel, and fundraising certification at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

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More Than a Race : Girls Breaking Barriers and Claiming Their Space

More Than a Race : Girls Breaking Barriers and Claiming Their Space

by Fabrice | Sep 26, 2026 | Activities & Events

At the fifth Congo Roller Sports Cup, a youth-led organization used sport to spark conversations about gender-based violence, contraception, and girls’ power to make decisions about their lives and futures.  From August 28 to 30, 2026, the Stade des Martyrs hosted the...
Creating an Enabling Environment for Adolescent Girls in Burundi

Creating an Enabling Environment for Adolescent Girls in Burundi

by Fabrice | Jul 7, 2026 | Activities & Events

For many adolescent girls in Burundi, life-changing decisions and circumstances can emerge at a very early age, often before they have access to the information, support, and opportunities they need to make informed choices about their health, education, and future....
Transforming Attitudes to Build Safer and More Inclusive Schools in the DRC

Transforming Attitudes to Build Safer and More Inclusive Schools in the DRC

by Fabrice | May 15, 2026 | Activities & Events

This blog was written by Habygaelle Muzie Kimbal Lombo, Patience Lisasi Lisika, and Nadia Lobo Jive (Ipas DRC). This blog documents the process of developing a Values Clarification and Attitude Transformation (VCAT) training toolkit, highlights key lessons learned,...
Creating space for informed choice : supporting young people’s bodily autonomy in the DRC

Creating space for informed choice : supporting young people’s bodily autonomy in the DRC

by Fabrice | May 7, 2026 | Activities & Events

On April 3, the Democratic Republic of Congo took an important step forward in strengthening sexual and reproductive health (SRH) prevention with the launch of a new youth‑focused initiative at the National Institute for Health Education and Promotion (INPESS). Led by...
Advancing Justice for Women in the DRC: Innovation, Accountability, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Advancing Justice for Women in the DRC: Innovation, Accountability, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

by Fabrice | Apr 10, 2026 | Activities & Events

For several years, Ipas DRC has engaged in regional and global advocacy spaces to help shape the legal, policy, and institutional environments that determine women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo....
National Dialogue on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the DRC: A Strategic Lever for Women’s Bodily Autonomy

National Dialogue on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the DRC: A Strategic Lever for Women’s Bodily Autonomy

by Fabrice | Apr 10, 2026 | Activities & Events, Institutional news

Organized in Kinshasa in October 2025 by the Ministry of Health, in partnership with Ipas RDC and made possible by funding from the FCDO as part of the WISH2 project, the second national dialogue on the sustainability of the sexual and reproductive health rights...
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