Cinderella Muhangi Ngonzi is a health services researcher with over seven years of experience in health systems strengthening and noncommunicable diseases. She currently coordinates an mHealth research project (MEDLY Uganda) focused on enhancing self- care for heart failure patients across six regional referral hospitals in Uganda. She leads the monitoring and evaluation of the PEN-Plus project, a WHO- AFRO strategy addressing severe noncommunicable diseases at first-level referral health facilities under the Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (UINCD). Cinderella has served as a co-investigator, consultant, and research fellow on studies spanning HIV, noncommunicable diseases, maternal and child health, and sexual and reproductive health.
