Maureen Kimenye

Maureen Kamene Kimenye Mariita, commonly known as Maureen Kimenye, is a Kenyan physician and medical administrator, who serves as the head of the National Tuberculosis, Leprosy & Lung Disease Control Programme in the Kenyan Ministry of Health.

Background and education Kimenye was born in Kenya.

Career Kimenye is a leading authority in the treatment and control of tuberculosis in Sub-Saharan Africa. She oversaw the development of a mobile computer application, Tibu, which allows doctors to track records of over 550,000 tuberculosis patients in Kenya. She has helped Namibia and Ethiopia replicate the app.

She has a passion for teaching and is responsible for the education of over 1,000 people about how to treat tuberculosis. Using teleconferencing, she helps experts teach classes on tuberculosis. Some callers join with 15 or 30 other individuals within the call. The app, known as TB Echo, can host as many as 4,500 callers, simultaneously.

Other considerations In September 2018, Business Daily Africa, a Kenyan, English language, daily newspaper, named Kimenye among the "Top 40 Under 40 Women in Kenya in 2018".