Marian Opoku-Agyeman is a public health professional with over seven years of experience in project management, family planning, HIV/AIDS, and emergency response. Her work includes strengthening community health systems and providing technical and operational support to Ghana’s COVID 19 response.
At Results for Development (R4D), Ms. Opoku-Agyeman is a program officer on the Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator project. She supports the work of the HSSA in Ghana by developing technical tools, concept notes, briefing materials, and other products as well as engaging stakeholders, planning and implementing activities.
Before joining R4D, Ms. Opoku-Agyeman consulted for the HSSA project, facilitating its support to Ghana’s COVID 19 response. She coordinated advisory cells formed by the presidential coordinator of the program, facilitated meetings with stakeholders, conducted research and developed briefing notes.
Ms. Opoku-Agyeman started her career in program coordination, generating data and reports for monitoring and evaluation. After completing her graduate studies, she helped implement a project on HIV. She has volunteered for the women’s mentorship program of Vital Voices in Ghana. She has also volunteered in to promote reproductive and sexual health among Ghanaian teenagers.
Ms. Opoku-Agyeman holds a master’s degree in public health from Umeå University in Sweden, and a BSc in biological sciences from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. She speaks fluent English, and is a native speaker of Twi, the Ghanaian language.
