Chrysantus Shem
Former Country Director, Kenya
Chrysantus Shem was country director at PRB Kenya, based in Nairobi. He joined PRB in 2019. Shem has more than 25 years of experience managing multi-donor and multi-year public health programs in sub-Saharan Africa. He has previously worked in the Somali-speaking Horn of Africa region (Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti), Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Shem holds a master’s degree in medical sociology from the University of Nairobi and a bachelor’s degree in sociology and linguistics from Egerton University.
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Future Trends in Fertility Will Shape the Demographic Window of Opportunity in USAID Priority Countries
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