Maureen Kamene Kimenye Mariita is a Kenyan physician and medical administrator, who currently serves as a Technical Assistant in the Directorate of Public Health at Ministry of Health Kenya, where she works on the nation’s COVID response. She previously served as the Head of the National Tuberculosis, Leprosy & Lung Disease Control Programme, in the Kenyan Ministry of Health. She is a leading authority in the treatment and control of TB in Sub-Saharan Africa and has spent about 15 years working in the public policy, primarily with TB, HIV, and Malaria. Maureen received her medical degree from Moi University, her Master’s in Public Health from Jomo Kenyatta University and her diploma in TB control and Epidemiology from the Research Institute of Tuberculosis (RIT) in Japan. She spent a year in a fellowship program, studying MDR TB and HIV/AIDS in Lesotho.