She is a Ugandan physician with a Master of Science degree and a Doctor of Public Health degree. Dr. Sekandi focuses on early detection and prevention of infectious diseases specifically Tuberculosis and HIV in Africa. Her passion is creating novel solutions that involve mobile technologies to combat global health problems and improve the health of populations. She has special interests in the emerging field of mobile health (mHealth) where she works collaboratively with professionals outside of public health and medicine disciplines such as Engineers, Computer scientists, Information technologists, to create low-cost and sustainable health solutions.