Prof. Kevin Richards O’Reilly is an esteemed expert in Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), public health research, and system strengthening, with over 35 years of experience in international public health across more than 50 countries. He currently serves as the Thematic Team Lead for Health, WASH, Nutrition, and Food Security at the African Institute for Children Studies (AICS) and its social enterprise, AICS Consulting Ltd.
In his role at AICS, Prof. O’Reilly has led several impactful projects, including a consultancy service for Kenya’s National AIDS Control Council (NACC), now the National Syndemic Diseases Control Council (NSDCC), where he spearheaded the development of HIV prevention cascades to guide county-level programmatic action in Kenya from 2019-2020. He also led a systematic review with AIDS Fonds that explored the link between capacity development and the demand for health services and rights among key populations affected by HIV. The study found improvements in health service utilization but highlighted the need for more evidence on how capacity development impacts demand for rights.
Before joining AICS, Prof. O’Reilly spent over two decades with the World Health Organization (WHO), where he held senior positions, including PrEP Team Leader in the Department of HIV/AIDS, and Chief of Surveillance, Monitoring, and Research. His career began at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where he held various leadership roles in STD/HIV prevention and research. Prof. O’Reilly is an affiliate Clinical Associate Professor Department of psychiatry and behavioural science, division of global and community health at the Medical University of South Carolina. His work with these institutions complements his role at AICS, where he leverages decades of global health expertise to drive evidence-based solutions. Prof. O’Reilly’s work has consistently focused on using the best available evidence to inform public health strategies at both national and international levels, with a particular emphasis on sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention.
