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Health Education School Clubs in Kasaï: Empowering Students with Knowledge to Protect Their Lives and Futures

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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Health Education School Clubs in Kasaï: Empowering Students with Knowledge to Protect Their Lives and Futures

Health Education School Clubs in Kasaï: Empowering Students with Knowledge to Protect Their Lives and Futures

by Fabrice | Mar 17, 2026 | Activities & Events

In Kasaï Province, an assessment of the CTS ecosystem—child marriage, adolescent pregnancy, and school dropout— revealed deeply rooted challenges affecting adolescents, particularly girls. These interconnected issues continue to undermine girls’ education, health, and...
Validation of the CTS Action Plan: A Coordinated Provincial Commitment to Protect and Empower Adolescent Girls

Validation of the CTS Action Plan: A Coordinated Provincial Commitment to Protect and Empower Adolescent Girls

by Fabrice | Mar 6, 2026 | Activities & Events, Institutional news

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, harmful practices such as child marriage, unintended adolescent pregnancies, and gender‑based violence continue to undermine the rights and well‑being of adolescent girls in Kasaï. These challenges—rooted in social norms, economic...
Promoting the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in the heart of Pakadjuma

Promoting the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in the heart of Pakadjuma

by Barb Baranski | Oct 26, 2024 | Activities & Events

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Pakadjuma neighborhood in Kinshasa’s Limete commune is sadly known for its poor conditions, high prevalence of prostitution, criminality, rape and other forms of violence. Beneath this harsh reality, the area is home to...
20th Anniversary of the Maputo Protocole

20th Anniversary of the Maputo Protocole

by Habygaelle Muzie | Dec 12, 2023 | Activities & Events

Ipas DRC brings a new vision of a DRC where every woman, regardless of her social and ethnic class, has the potential to achieve all her social, cultural, economic, and political goals

Ipas Democratic Republic of Congo: At the forefront of the fight against gender-based violence

Ipas Democratic Republic of Congo: At the forefront of the fight against gender-based violence

by Habygaelle Muzie | Dec 4, 2023 | Activities & Events

No matter the cause, humanitarian crises often mean an increase in sexual and reproductive health needs—yet access to safe abortion remains one of the most forgotten of those needs. Ipas Democratic Republic of Congo is making sure that access to abortion is included in humanitarian aid response to the devastating armed conflict in North Kivu.

Ipas DRC celebrates Women’s Rights with the Netherlands Embassy

Ipas DRC celebrates Women’s Rights with the Netherlands Embassy

by Habygaelle Muzie | Mar 24, 2023 | Activities & Events

To mark the closure of Women’s Month, which commemorates women’s rights, Ipas DRC participated in an event organized by the Dutch Embassy in the DRC last Thursday 23rd March, the exhibition on ‘The situation of displaced women in Kanyaruchinya camp’. Alongside...
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