Lola Dare

African Council for Sustainable Health and Development

Dr. Lola Dare is a community physician and medical epidemiologist. She graduated MB;BS from the College of Medicine University of Ibadan in June 1985; obtained Masters of Science degree in Epidemiology (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) in 1991; awarded certificates in Population and Development and International Health as David E. Bell and Takemi Fellow of the Harvard School of Public Health, USA in 1994 and 2000 respectively; fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College in the Faculty of Community Medicine and member of the West African Postgraduate Medical College in the same Faculty. Dr. Dare also holds a certificate in Advance Management from INSEAD, the European Business School in France.

She has been involved in health policy research and systems development in Africa with a focus on the identification of novel strategies to engage communities, households and the wider African civil society in sustainable development. Her activities have also involved the identification of culturally sensitive and adaptive mechanisms for community co-financing and management in what is implemented as the Oriade Initiative. The African Regional Office of the World Health Organization has awarded this Initiative as one of the best NGO practice for Poverty and Health in Africa in 2001.