She is a medical practitioner with post graduate training in occupational and public health. She has over 20 years’ experience in clinical practise and public health working in both the private and public sectors.  

She has vast experience in policy and guideline development, training, monitoring and evaluation of policy implementation and overall coordination of the TB programme. She has also served in several WHO Guideline Development Groups, WHO Working Groups, National TB Think Tank, National Essential Medicines List Committee. She has co-authored several publications and coordinated the national surveys on the TB prevalence, TB patient cost and TB Community, Rights, Gender and Stigma.