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Health policy, from Toronto to London

Jonta Kamara, a New College alumna, works on health service delivery and local medical supply manufacturing in Africa. She has held roles with UNICEF, the City of Toronto and the U.S. CDC, and has accepted a PhD place at the London School of Economics.

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Above: Jonta Kamara. Photo: Mr. Henry Pictures

Jonta Kamara (HBA 2020, NEW) earned an honours degree in health studies with a double minor in African Studies and Immunology. She later completed a Master of Public Health at King’s College London and advanced training in infectious disease epidemiology at Johns Hopkins.

Her work spans policy and fellowship roles with Nigeria’s Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain, the City of Toronto, UNICEF and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2022 she received the U of T African Alumni Association Outstanding Recent Alumni Award.

She runs a website and blog on African public health that has reached over 3,500 readers across 85 countries. Kamara has accepted an offer to start a PhD in Health Policy and Health Economics at the London School of Economics, studying the political economy of Africa’s diagnostic markets.

Jonta Kamara presenting at a University of Toronto lecture.
Jonta Kamara presenting at a University of Toronto lecture. Photo: Mr. Henry Pictures

Reported from Driving Change in Global Health: Meet New College Alum Jonta Kamara (New College news, August 17, 2026).

More from the original reporting: www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/news/driving-change-in-global-health-meet-new-college-alum-jonta-kamara/

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