Alex Coutinho

Alex Coutinho (born 19 June 1959) is a Ugandan physician, public health advocate, academic, and a former executive director of the Infectious Diseases Institute of College of Health Sciences under Makerere University. He is the immediate past executive director of Partners In Health, Rwanda.

Early life and education. Coutinho was born on 19 June, 1959 in western Uganda, in a village on the fringes of Hoima and Masindi, to Martha Carmelina Coutinho, a nurse of Goan-Portuguese descent.

Career Coutinho's career has focused on prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Here, he extended access to HIV care and treatment for 105,000 individuals. He championed the Abstinence, Be faithful and Use a condom (ABC) strategy in schools and implemented a male circumcision program. Champion of the Hima Cement Golf Captain's prize

Personal life He married Sheila and they have three children: Neil, Jeremy and Karen.