1. Christine Joyce Dradidi Ondoa is a physician and medical administrator who is regarded as one of Uganda's finest leaders, especially in ensuring that the quality of health service delivery in Uganda is improved, and discipline and ethical code of conduct among health workers is observed.
Christine Ondoa currently serves as the director general of the Uganda AIDS Commission.
Christine Ondoa was appointed to that position by the president of Uganda in February 2014.
Christine Ondoa was a member of the board of directors of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization.
Christine Ondoa was Minister of Health in the Ugandan Cabinet from 2011 to 2013.
Christine Ondoa was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011, but was replaced by Ruhakana Rugunda on 23 May 2013.
Christine Ondoa attended Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga for her high school studies.
Christine Ondoa holds the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, obtained in 1994, from Makerere University Medical School, the oldest medical school in East Africa.
Christine Ondoa holds the degree of Master of Medicine in Pediatrics, obtained in 2000, from MUMS.
Christine Ondoa has now enrolled in the Institute of National Transformation for her PhD.
Christine Ondoa did her internship at St Francis Hospital Nsambya from 1994 until 1995.
Christine Ondoa stayed on at Nsambya from 1995 until 1997, when she went back to Makerere University Medical School for her postgraduate training in pediatrics.
Christine Ondoa served as the chairperson of the governing council for Jinja School of Nursing and Midwifery.
Christine Ondoa is the mother of a son named Reuben Azi, born in 1996.
Christine Ondoa is a born-again Christian, and was ordained as pastor, on 23 April 2011, by Bishop Julius Peter Oyet at LifeLine Ministries at Mbuya, Nakawa Division, Kampala.
On 28 January 2012, Christine Ondoa was married to Thomas Udong P'ongona at Church of the Resurrection, Bugolobi.