Dr. Job Nyangena Nyameino, M.D., MSc.

Medical Doctor | Digital Health Professional

📧 job.nyameino@gmail.com | 📱 +254 722 876979 | 🌐 jobnyangena.com

Professional Experience

Safaricom Plc

Tribe Lead - Health Tech, Public Sector Digital Transformation
April 2024 - Present | Nairobi, Kenya

Leading the digital health transformation initiative within Kenya’s largest technology company, working directly with government partners to implement nationwide healthcare digitization.

Team Leadership: Direct a multidisciplinary team of 50+ professionals including product owners, software engineers, UI/UX designers, project managers, and solution architects
Digital Health Public Infrastructure: Spearheading the establishment of Kenya’s national health information exchange as key technical partner to the Ministry of Health

Ministry of Health - Kenya

Senior Deputy Director - Division of Health Informatics
May 2023 - March 2024 | Nairobi, Kenya

Led Kenya’s national digital health strategy and implementation as head of the MoH’s health informatics division.

Strategic Leadership: Co-led government efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) using digital health as a foundational pillar
Policy Development: Instrumental in developing key legislation including the Digital Health Act (assented October 2023), Health Data Governance Framework, and Kenya Health Enterprise Architecture
Community Health: Part of the team that worked on the national rollout of electronic Community Health Information System (eCHIS), onboarding 25,000+ community health promoters and registering 1,000,000+ households

Institute of Biomedical Informatics, Moi University

Lecturer & Researcher
July 2017 - July 2023 | Eldoret, Kenya

Advanced health informatics education and research while contributing to significant USAID-funded digital health initiatives.

Academic Leadership: Taught core health informatics modules including Foundations of Health Informatics, Health Informatics Standards and Terminologies, and Clinical Decision Support Systems
Research Excellence: Co-Principal Investigator for PISBIC project (USAID-funded), a collaborative initiative between Moi University, Aga Khan University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Purdue University
Research Focus: Specialized in effective use of technology for active dissemination and implementation of clinical practice guidelines

Additional Clinical Experience

Nuffield Hospital, Cambridge - Resident Medical Officer (May 2016 - June 2017)
Mercy Mission Hospital - Medical Officer (August 2013 - September 2014)
Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital - Medical Officer Intern (April 2012 - July 2013)

Education & Training

NYU School of Global Health

Data Science Research Fellow
January 2023 - May 2023 | New York University, New York City, NY

Selected for inaugural NYU-Moi Data Science for Social Determinants (DSSD) Training Program
Focused on artificial intelligence applications in healthcare and EHR data analysis

City, University of London

MSc. Health Informatics
September 2014 - October 2015 | London, United Kingdom

Commonwealth Scholar - Comprehensive program covering clinical records, healthcare decision-making, research methods, information architecture, knowledge management, data analysis, databases, and telemedicine.

Moi University - School of Medicine

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB.ChB)
January 2006 - December 2011 | Eldoret, Kenya

Comprehensive medical education covering basic sciences and clinical clerkships across all major medical specialties.

Consulting & Advisory Work

International Engagements

WHO - Member of the WHO Global Digital Health Certification Network Strategic Advisory Group (GDHCN SAG) (May 2025 - Present)
UCSF/Government of Botswana - Enterprise Architect (January 2024 - July 2024)
The UN Foundation - Telemedicine Policy Development Consultant (September 2022 - May 2023)
World Bank/WHO - Health Informatics Consultant (February 2018 - November 2018)
Afya Research Africa - Health Informatics Consultant (September 2018 - March 2019)
National Cancer Institute - Kenya - Health Systems Consultant (May 2021 - August 2021)

Key Contributions

Developed Botswana National eHealth Enterprise Architecture (CDC/TAP funded)
Conducted comprehensive digital health landscape assessment for Kenya Health Observatory
Evaluated Kenya’s interoperability maturity and eHealth guidance adequacy

Professional Affiliations & Leadership

Licensed Medical Practitioner: Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) & UK General Medical Council (GMC-UK)
Kenya Health Informatics Association (KeHIA): Active member supporting educational symposia and HELINA conference organization
Kenya Medical Association (KMA): Immediate former co-convener of ICT Committee developing KMA’s technology strategy
Ministry of Health Technical Working Groups: Member of eHealth TWG and Universal Health Coverage Health Informatics sub-committee

Honors & Recognition

Commonwealth Scholarship | Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, United Kingdom | August 2014

Selected Publications

Nyangena, J., Rajgopal, R., Ombech, E. A., et al. (2021). “Maturity assessment of Kenya’s health information system interoperability readiness.” BMJ Health & Care Informatics, 28(1), e100241.
Nyameino, J., Rabbi, F., Mughal, K., Were, M., & Lamo, Y. (2019). “A model driven approach to the design of a gamified e-learning system for clinical guidelines.” Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 264, 734-738.
Mwogi, T., Nyameino, J., Tylleskar, T., & Were, M. C. (2018). “A scalable low-cost multi-hospital teleradiology architecture in Kenya.” Journal of Health Informatics in Africa, 5(2).
Nyangena, J., Some, K., Kuria, M., et al. (2022). “Developing harmonized benchmarks for the master of science in health informatics for the east African region.” Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 290, 907-911.

Updated July 2025