Peter Okaalet began his career in medicine in 1980 as a medical officer at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Tororo, Uganda, and served at the same institution as its medical superintendent for a further two years, before venturing into private practice in Malaba (1984-1990).

He served as a medical officer with The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) in the Tororo branch, as well as a medical administrator with Bukedi Diocese, and finally as a medical coordinator and physician-in-charge at the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology clinic in Nairobi (1994-1996).

Most recently, though, Dr. Peter Okaalet was named as one of TIME Magazine’s Global Health Heroes, an honor recognized during the TIME Magazine Global Health Summit in New York City, USA, in November 2005.

Dr. Okaalet currently holds significant positions and responsibilities in several working committees on HIV/AIDS interventions with The World Bank, UNAIDS, the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance’s HIV/AIDS Strategy Group in Geneva, Switzerland, The Pan-African Christian AIDS Network (PACANET), and the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH).