Kevin Wafula Rombosia
Dr. Kevin Wafula Rombosia is a Kenyan physician, geospatial epidemiologist, and health-system strategist whose work blends data science with frontline quality improvement. As Director of SafeCare & Accreditation at the PharmAccess Foundation, he oversees standards, audits, and digital scorecards for more than 4,800 clinics and hospitals in eight African countries, linking quality ratings to low-interest financing and National Health Insurance Fund reimbursement.
Rombosia pioneered the use of GIS in HIV care, mapping viral-suppression gaps across Kisumu County and guiding the Ministry of Health to redeploy mobile clinics, an approach that cut missed-appointment rates by 32 percent in two years. His team has since expanded the model to maternal health, building an AI-powered dashboard that predicts stock-outs of oxytocin and blood products in rural facilities.
In 2023 he co-chaired Kenya’s Health Data Collaborative working group on service-delivery indicators, and in 2024 led PharmAccess’s partnership with MTN to pilot a WhatsApp-based quality self-assessment tool for micro-clinics. A recipient of the 2019 Kenya Excellence in Healthcare Leadership Award, Rombosia is an Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity and a member of WHO’s Digital Health Technical Network.
Away from policy tables he mentors medical interns and authored Dreams on a Motorcycle (2021), an autobiographical reflection on resilience, innovation, and the pursuit of people-centred care.