Folake Olayinka

Since October 2020, she has served as the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Global Immunization lead/STAR Fellow.

She also served as Technical and Strategy lead for the COVID19 Vaccine Access and Delivery Initiative Washington DC, United States.

Prior to joining USAID Washington, she worked with JSI Arlington VA, USA from August 2015 to October 2020 as Project Director MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity (MRITE); Senior Immunization Advisor and Immunization Center Senior Leadership team member and Global Immunization Team Leader USAID's Flagship Maternal Child Survival Program aimed at ending preventable maternal and child deaths.

She serves on the WHO African Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group (RITAG) and is a scientific advisor for the African Leadership Initiative for Vaccinology Expertise, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

[3][4][5][6][7] Some of her works are in routine immunization, polio eradication, maternal and child health (MCH), HIV and malaria programs.