Joanne Peter

As Director of Jhpiego’s Innovation Hub, Joanne leads a multidisciplinary team that combines frontier technology, human-centered design, and market-based solutions to drive new models of decentralized, data-driven and person-centered care across Jhpiego’s work in 35 countries. Previously Joanne focused on supporting and championing primary care nurses, midwives and community health workers – and their connection to communities – through the Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation. She specializes in the use of health technology in low-resource settings. She has provided philanthropic support and strategic input to a portfolio of mobile health programs over the last decade, including MomConnect and mMitra – mobile messaging services that have reached over 10 million mothers and babies with vital information on health, nutrition, and early childhood development. Joanne trained in Medicine and International Development at the University of Cape Town and Oxford University respectively. She has spent her career in strategic philanthropy, including time with Google.org, the UN Foundation and DGMT working on a range of health, technology, and innovation programs. She serves on the advisory boards of Jacaranda Health and the Global Digital Health Index, and on the Peer Review Committee of Digital Square.