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Program Manager, Ipas DRC

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.

Research and Innovation

We are piloting new technology-based community outreach strategies to meet the evolved needs of women and girls

Nurse Nisa

Nurse Nisa is a chatbot—a computer program designed to simulate a WhatsApp text chat between a trained health provider and person seeking information. A collaboration between Ipas and the social impact technology company Dimagi, Nurse Nisa is programmed to address frequently asked questions about contraception and self-management of abortion with pills.

Nurse Nisa offers a wide array of abortion- and contraception-related content, including general information on abortion and contraceptive methods, plus topics like the legality of abortion, how to find safe and effective abortion pills, contraception myths and misconceptions, religious opposition to abortion, and how to protect yourself from COVID-19 if you do need to seek in-person health services.