Wilfred joins UNFPA Ghana Country Office with over 20 years of work experience, 17 of which has been gained in the international setting. Wilfred has worked in peace, development, humanitarian and recovery contexts and with Government, NGOs and the UN system.
He joins the UNFPA Ghana Country Office from UNFPA Tanzania Country Office where he was UNFPA Deputy Representative for 3+ years. He previously served as UNFPA
Deputy Representative in South Sudan (2016 - 2019) where he was also the co-chair of the UNCT Programme Management Team; co-chair of the system-wide National Task Force for the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA); and co-chair of the Results Group on Women and Youth Empowerment of the UN Interim Cooperation Framework. He was UNFPA Deputy Representative in Kabul, Afghanistan (2013 – 2016), he served on Detailed Assignment as Senior RH Adviser with the then UNFPA Africa Regional Office (August – November, 2013) in Johannesburg; and was an Assistant Representative with UNFPA Uganda Country Office from 2008 – 2013.
Prior to joining UNFPA, Wilfred worked with Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Uganda as Head of Strategy and Development leading a national programme for expansion of pediatric HIV/AIDS treatment and care, research and training in Uganda. He served as Regional Adviser with the International Planned Parenthood Federation, Africa Region (2004 – 2007) and as National Programme Manager (Director of Programmes) with Family Planning Association of Uganda (2002 – 2004). He was National Programme Officer with the Family Health Department of the Population Secretariat in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (1997 – 2002). He started his work in clinical practice at Mulago National Referral Hospital and Complex as a Medical Officer with the Ministry of Health.
Dr. Wilfred Ochan is native of Uganda and holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree from Makerere University in Uganda. He has a master’s degree in Community Health and Health Management from Heidelberg University, Germany and has attended other trainings including executive development programmes in leadership and management, SRHR, etc. from Uppsala University, Sweden; University of Witwatersrand School of Graduate Studies, South Africa; John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; etc.
