Dealing with childhood diabetes

Jackie Namara Rukare is a Chartered Marketer with over 18 years experience in marketing and communications in FMCG, beverages, telecommunications and financial services. She is fascinated about how brands influence our lives and how they can used as tool for supporting sustainable business. Jackie holds an MBA - Marketing and International Business, from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

Jackie has previously worked as

• Head of Marketing, Stanbic Bank
• Senior Marketing Operations Manager, Airtel Uganda
• Group Brand Manager, Uganda Breweries Limited
• Brand Manager: Laundry and Personal Wash, Unilever Uganda

She is currently the Head of Marketing for Vodafone Uganda.

Jackie also interested in health marketing and communication as a means of educating communities for lasting behavioral change especially in regard to diabetes in children and as a tool for health advocacy.

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