Mpopo Tsoele

Governance, Health | Lesotho

2024 Communities First Global Collaborative Fellow

Mpopo Tsoele

Mpopo Tsoele is a practitioner of Community Driven Development who specialises in decentralisation and decentralised services, including health services decentralisation. Tsoele works for Pitsong Institute of Implementation Research (PIIR) – a local NGO in Lesotho that works in community systems strengthening and sector implementation research. Through PIIR, Tsoele advises the current Minister of Health in Lesotho on community health systems strengthening and accountability. Furthermore, Tsoele is a member of the current Lesotho Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit (PMDU), responsible for wide public systems and structures reform design. Tsoele has over 15 years of experience working in health systems strengthening including the design of health sector decentralisation reforms. He is a strong advocate for community driven development and vertical and horizontal accountability and is passionate about research, evidence creation, and communication.