Tshiamo Reginald Keakabetse

Tshiamo Reginald Keakabetse is the National Coordinator for the Maternal and Newborn Health program in the Public Health Department of the Ministry of Health in Botswana. He has eight years’ experience in policy planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of health care for women and newborns. He holds a master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Melbourne in Australia with an emphasis on reproductive health and rights. The Washington Fellowship program will provide him a platform to implement strategic activities towards breaking the vicious cycle of gender based violence (GBV) and its impact on orphans and vulnerable children. He plans on providing skill-based training and empowerment workshops for survivors of GBV and their children with an emphasis on providing contextual, individualized, and practical solutions to ending GBV.  Tshiamo was one of 100 Fellows competitively selected to participate in an 8-week internship in the United States following the Mandela Washington Fellowship academic institute.  He interned at Population Council in August-September 2014.