Alplato B. Chukpue-Padmore

"My grandfather did not die of a heart attack. He died of a policy failure — and that distinction has defined every professional decision I have made since."

Born and raised in Rivercess County, Liberia during the civil war, Alplato Chukpue-Padmore grew up in a society where access to quality healthcare was not a right but a rare achievement. The loss of his grandfather to a heart attack — because no road existed for an ambulance to reach their community — crystallized a lifelong mission: to build health systems governed well enough to reach everyone.

A policy and systems-focused professional with a background in public administration, project management, and strategic implementation, his work sits at the intersection of health systems governance, policy execution, and institutional performance — with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. He brings extensive experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives, from collaborating with the World Bank and WHO on WASH infrastructure in rural Liberia to establishing the inaugural Project Management Office at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

As co-founder and Deputy Executive Director of the Center for African Policy, he has trained over 750 health and policy professionals, sourced 18 international scholarships, and conducted 6 major seminars on health governance and infectious disease. His co-authored working paper — the Digital Health Governance Integration Model (DHGIM) — proposes an original framework for embedding digital health into fragile governance environments.

Alplato is preparing for doctoral research in Health Policy and Management, with the goal of contributing evidence-based, governance-centered strategies that improve healthcare delivery and population health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.