Global Financing Facility

Mohammad Tawab Hashemi possède plus de 17 ans d’expérience en santé publique. Il a travaillé dans un large éventail de pays, notamment en Afghanistan, au Pakistan et au Tadjikistan. Il a dirigé en Afghanistan des projets de santé financés par plusieurs bailleurs de fonds et a apporté un soutien technique au programme de financement basé sur la performance du Tadjikistan ainsi qu’aux ONG contractualisées au Pakistan. Avant de se joindre la Banque, Hashemi a travaillé au ministère de la Santé d’Afghanistan en tant que spécialiste de la gestion des subventions et des contrats et possède une vaste expérience de travail avec le secteur non gouvernemental et le secteur public.

Sudanthi Hettiarachchi soutient le chef des programmes nationaux dans la gestion et le suivi du portefeuille. Avant de se joindre au GFF, elle a travaillé avec l’équipe de santé de l’Asie de l’Est et du Pacifique de la Banque mondiale, où elle a assuré le suivi du portefeuille de prêts pour services-conseils et analytiques ; assuré l’assurance qualité et soutenu la gestion et l’administration du Programme d’intégration des programmes de santé financés par les bailleurs du Fonds d’affectation spéciale multi-donateurs. Elle a également travaillé dans le secteur des transports de la Banque, où elle a aidé à gérer et à administrer le Mécanisme mondial pour la sécurité routière.

Sandhya Krishnan fournit un soutien administratif et opérationnel à l’équipe technique. Avant de se joindre au GFF, Sandhya travaillait au sein de l’Unité de gestion nationale du Bureau de pays en Inde, où elle a fourni une assistance opérationnelle à la Pratique mondiale Environnement et ressources naturelles. Elle a de l’expérience en suivi des opérations, organisation de visites/ateliers/voyages d’études/séminaires du Président et des cadres supérieurs ; et, réunions d’examen de portefeuille.

Munirat Ogunlayi fournit un soutien technique aux travaux du GFF sur la SRMNEA-N et la santé et les droits sexuels et reproductifs au Bangladesh et au Nigéria. Avant de se joindre au GFF, elle a assuré la gestion du portefeuille de la santé du bureau de pays de la Banque mondiale au Libéria ; travaillé avec le DFID en tant que conseillère VIH/sida et le PNUD en tant que chef d’équipe de l’unité VIH ; agi à titre de consultante principale en suivi et évaluation à ITAD Limited au Royaume-Uni et responsable de la gérance et de la coordination pour Options UK ; et, a été responsable technique du programme Voices for Change Gender au Nigéria.

Michelle Ferng aide les pays du GFF à élaborer et à mettre en œuvre des stratégies d’augmentation de leurs ressources nationales pour la santé et de l’efficacité de leurs dépenses de santé en mettant l’accent sur le renforcement de l’utilisation des données dans la prise de décision. Avant se joindre au GFF, Ferng a dirigé un portefeuille d’assistance technique pour le financement de la santé au Malawi et a soutenu la réforme de l’assurance maladie nationale au Libéria. Son expérience porte notamment sur la cartographie des ressources et l’établissement des coûts ; la planification stratégique et opérationnelle ; la conception de paquets d’avantages médicaux ; le développement de dossiers d’investissement ; la réforme de la planification et de la budgétisation ; la coordination des bailleurs de fonds ; entre autres réformes de la santé

Jean Rusatira soutient l’équipe technique et opérationnelle dans la conception, le suivi et la mise en œuvre du financement basé sur les résultats (FBR) dans les pays du portefeuille du GFF, y compris à travers le HRITF. Il a plus de 15 ans d’expérience dans la gestion des finances publiques ; la conduite d’audits ; le financement de la santé ; et, le suivi et l’évaluation de programmes de santé. Il a également travaillé en tant que consultant pour les programmes de santé de type FBR élaborés dans une perspective de levée des obstacles à l’offre et à la demande en services de santé maternelle, néonatale, infantile et adolescente.

Karin Gichuhi supports the GFF’s results agenda of the GFF to improve country-level health data collection and management systems, advocacy efforts and policy-making decisions. She is a strategic planning and program development specialist with more than 13 years of international experience in HIV/AIDS, prevention of mother-to-child transmission and maternal and child health in developing countries. She served as a team lead within USAID’s Office of HIV/AIDS, focused on the innovative application of data analysis methodology to inform country approaches, and as associate field director for the USAID–AMPATH Partnership, responsible for the rollout of PMTCT services to a catchment area of 2.2 million people in Kenya.

John Borrazzo leads the GFF’s technical support for maternal, newborn, and child health. Before joining the GFF, John worked at USAID, where he served as the deputy director of the Office of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition in Washington, D.C. and led USAID’s work in maternal and child health. He spent a decade leading USAID’s global health work in water supply, sanitation, and hygiene within the context of childhood diarrheal disease prevention as well as improved nutrition.

Jessica Flannery supports GFF-supported country operations. Flannery has over 15 years of experience focusing on implementing community-based health programs in fragile and conflict-impacted countries. She has extensive experience on health systems strengthening, program operations, qualitative research, monitoring and evaluation systems, and capacity development.

Jakub Kakietek is a health economist with 10 years’ experience providing technical assistance related to health financing, costing of basic benefit/service package, economic evaluation, and other aspects of health economics in high, middle, and low-income countries. Jakub supports countries in developing and implementing strategies to improve health financing, with a focus on resource mobilization and efficiency of resource use. Previously he worked in the HNP West Africa Unit designing and implementing Bank-financed health projects.

Genesis Samonte supports the results monitoring agenda. Samonte has more than 14 years of experience in disease surveillance, health systems strengthening, establishing and managing health information systems, and crafting strategic information for national and local health program improvement and policy development. Previously she was chief of the National HIV and STI Surveillance and Strategic Information Unit and a monitoring and evaluation specialist for maternal, child, and adolescent health at the Philippine Department of Health. 

Devy Damayanti provides administrative and operational support to the external relations and country operation teams. Before joining the GFF, Devy worked in the front office for then Senior Vice President and Special Representative to the United Nations Mahmoud Mohielden, where she was assisting the SVP and Advisers on administrative and logistical matters. Prior to that, she worked at the front office of the Country Director and Administration unit of the World Bank Indonesia country office.

David Bridges manages GFF’s donor relations and resource mobilization efforts. Prior to the GFF, he served as a senior donor relations officer at the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Secretariat, hosted by the World Bank. During his ten years at GPE, he worked on three replenishment campaigns, covering numerous donor partners in Europe. Before joining the World Bank, he worked for the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he designed and conducted business-training programs for entrepreneurs from countries in the former Soviet Union.

Charlotte Pram provides technical support to GFF’s work on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights and Gender equality. Prior to joining the GFF, Charlotte worked with UNICEF in West and Central Africa on girls’ education. Pram has worked in the field of promoting SRHR and gender equality with UNFPA in Niger and International Planned Parenthood Federation. She has also worked for Expertise France on strengthening public health systems and reforms in Cote d’Ivoire.

Carolyn Reynolds is currently a senior consultant to GFF leadership and acting lead of the GFF external relations workstream, which includes communications, donor relations, governance and partnerships. Previously she was VP of Policy and Advocacy for PATH, the global health innovation CSO, where she led a 40+ person team across 6 countries. During 18 years of service at the World Bank Group, she held a variety of positions including as Manager of External and Corporate relations for Human Development and head of global civil society engagement. In earlier roles she was Managing Director of the US Global Leadership Campaign and Director at InterAction.

Bruno Rivalan manages GFF’s advocacy and engagement with civil society and various global partners.  Bruno has over 10 years of experience in designing and implementing policy and advocacy initiatives, managing external relation teams while building relationships with government entities and the media. Previously, he was the Deputy Executive Director at Global Health Advocates based in France, where he led various advocacy campaigns and policy research related to global health and development and participated in the governance and policy shaping of Global Health Initiatives including Gavi, the Global Fund and UHC2030. 

Ayodeji Oluwole Odutolu provides technical support and operational activities for country programs. Wole is a public health physician and international development expert with more than 20 years’ experience. Before joining the GFF, Odutolu was the task team leader for several innovative operations for the World Bank in Nigeria, Guinea, Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire. He also led several analytical works especially on service delivery indicators and resource tracking study.

Adama Davida Taylor provides administrative support to the knowledge and learning team. She is currently on a developmental assignment with the GFF. She joined the World Bank in 2011 as a team assistant for the World Bank Sierra Leone country office. She has in-depth knowledge in administrative, logistics and operations support.

Alain-Desire Karibwami supports GFF member countries in the implementation of the GFF process to improve the health and nutrition of women, adolescents and children. Before joining the GFF, Alain was based in Burundi WB country office for Health, Nutrition, Population operations, including the Results-Based Financing project. He has extensive experience in performing in FCV contexts and working closely with ministries of health and finance, building on his as previous role in parliament.

Anna Astvatsatryan contributes to the digital communications and social media strategy at the GFF, including online and multimedia content development, campaigns, digital marketing and analytics. Before joining the GFF,  Anna worked for the World Bank’s Health Results Innovation Trust Fund, where she supported online communications, and in the private sector, working in digital marketing, search engine optimization and crowdfunding. 

Muhammad Ali Pate est Directeur mondial de la Pratique mondiale Santé, nutrition et population (SNP) de la Banque mondiale et Directeur du Mécanisme de financement mondial en soutien à chaque femme, chaque enfant et chaque adolescent (GFF) basé à Washington DC. Le Dr Pate, de nationalité américaine et nigériane, était jusqu'à récemment Directeur général de Big Win Philanthropy basé au Royaume-Uni. Il a précédemment occupé plusieurs fonctions de haut niveau, notamment en tant que Ministre d’État à la Santé en République fédérale du Nigéria. Il a également déjà travaillé au sein du Groupe de la Banque mondiale, qu’il a rejoint à titre de Jeune Professionnel en 2000, où il a travaillé sur les questions de santé dans plusieurs régions, notamment en Afrique et en Asie de l'Est et Pacifique.

Monique Vledder is the GFF Practice Manager and head of the GFF Secretariat.  Prior to the establishment of the GFF in 2015, Monique managed the Health Results Innovation Trust Fund, which has committed $436 million in grants linked to $2.4 billion in financing from IDA for 36 results-focused programs in 30 countries. Her expertise in maternal and child health, health financing, and health systems strengthening was built over 20 years of country experience, with a focus on southern Africa, East Asia, and Latin America for the World Bank, the U.K. Department for International Development, and World Vision International.

Country Focal Point for Ghana, Indonesia, and Rwanda  Ali Subandoro supports GFF member countries on multisectoral nutrition programs and leads technical work on strengthening frontline health systems. Before joining the GFF, Subandoro was based in the World Bank Jakarta office, where he led a multisectoral nutrition program and a social accountability project on maternal and child health. He also worked on immunization transition financing and provided cross support to the Bank’s Global Practice for Social, Urban and Rural Development and Resilience on the community conditional cash transfer project. 

Aissa Santos supports the development, implementation, monitoring, and assessment of the strategic communications and external relations team priorities. Before joining the GFF, she worked as a program assistant for Human Resources operations for the World Bank and in the HNP Global Practice. Prior to working at the World Bank, she worked as a mission coordinator for the United Nations Development Programme in the Philippines.

Augustina Nikolova leads the GFF Trust Fund financial management, ensuring compliance with all GFF administrative agreements and World Bank policies and procedures. Previously, Augustina worked with the World Bank’s Japanese trust funds (Policy and Human Resources Development and Japanese Social Development Fund). Her career spans more than 20 years across various corporate and operational units of the World Bank.

Brendan Hayes leads the GFF’s work on the sexual and reproductive health and rights agenda. Before joining the GFF, Brendan worked at Marie Stopes International (MSI), where he led the private-sector service delivery for family planning and reproductive health services, after working four years in MSI’s program in Malawi. Hayes began his career working on HIV prevention and impact mitigation efforts in Swaziland.

Ellen Van de Poel leads the GFF’s health financing workstream and supports GFF partner countries to develop and implement strategies to increase their domestic resources for health and improve the efficiency of their health spending. Before joining the GFF, Ellen was an associate professor of health economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research, which focused on evaluating health financing reforms and measuring equity in health, has been published in leading journals.

Country Focal Point for Central African Republic, Guatemala and Haiti Julie Ruel-Bergeron supports the technical and operational activities to ensure that evidence-based and context-specific nutrition interventions are integrated into country programs. Previously Julie worked as a research assistant for a Johns Hopkins University–led nutrition program impact evaluation in Malawi and as a consultant with the World Bank’s Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean regions.

Kimberly Boer leads the results monitoring for the GFF. Boer is an infectious disease epidemiologist and strategic information specialist with international experience in HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Kimberly has more than 15 years’ experience strengthening data use capacity throughout health systems in developing countries to support health policy and program development aimed at improving health outcomes. Earlier she served at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, as an associate director at the U.S. State Department in the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, and as Rwanda country director for the Royal Tropical Institute and Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development.

Leslie Elder leads the GFF’s nutrition portfolio and leads the GFF’s partnership with the World Bank’s Human Capital Project. Leslie has more than 25 years of experience in international public health, focusing on infant and young child feeding practices and maternal and adolescent nutrition in addition to broader issues of safe motherhood and maternal, newborn, and child health. Prior to joining the World Bank in 2009, Elder was senior director for Newborn Health and acting director of the BMGF-supported Saving Newborn Lives Program for Save the Children/U.S.

Luc Laviolette leads the GFF’s Country Programs workstream. Previously Luc served as human development program leader for the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of Congo at the World Bank (2013–17). He was based in Kinshasa, DRC, where he coordinated WB investments in health, nutrition, population, education, social protection, gender, and fragility. Prior to that, Laviolette was a senior nutrition specialist for the South Asia Region (2009–13), initially based in New Delhi, India and in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Maletela Tuoane-Nkhasi leads the GFF’s work on civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS). She provides advice and strategic direction to the development and operationalization of the business plan in support of strengthening CRVS systems in low- and lower-middle income countries. She is also responsible for providing advocacy and accountability for change and creating mechanisms to exchange and share technical knowledge and expertise on CRVS. Previously she was an executive manager in charge of health and vital statistics at Statistics South Africa, where she led the acquisition, processing, analysis and dissemination of statistics covering vital events from the South African civil registration system.

Maria Eugenia Bonilla-Chacin supports the health financing agenda of the GFF. Before joining the GFF, Maria Eugenia worked for the World Bank Group’s Health, Nutrition and Population unit, where she led and contributed to different operational activities and technical assistance on health financing, service delivery, and health-in-all-policies issues in the Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean regions.

Marie Yenko provides administrative and operational support to the GFF Practice Manager and governance team. Prior to joining the GFF, Marie worked for the World Bank’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice and the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Vice President’s front office on resource management, communications, and knowledge and learning. Before joining the Bank, she was assistant to the ambassador at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. and corporate communications manager of Glaxo SmithKline in the Philippines.

Marion Cros provides technical support and operational activities for country programs. Marion is a health economist with 12 years of public health experience in private consultancies, research institutions, and donors in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. She has worked in the World Bank, the European Commission, Deloitte Consulting, ThinkWell, Management Sciences for Health, Brandeis University, and EPOS Health Management.

Mirja Sjöblom supports health financing and service delivery reforms for the GFF and is the GFF focal point for implementation of the SDG3 Global Action Plan. Mirja’s expertise was built over 15 years of various assignments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Selected engagements include advising the government of China on socially responsible ways to expand private sector participation in the health sector, assessing how cancer care can be improved in Brazil, and designing large-provider payment reforms in Brazil, Haiti, and Zambia.

Petra Vergeer leads the capacity building and knowledge and learning portfolio and provides technical support to countries on design and implementation, including on results-based financing. Petra has more than 20 years’ experience working in public health and health system strengthening programs in developing countries, including fragile states.

Sneha Kanneganti leads the GFF’s private sector engagement, which includes innovative financing, private sector partnerships, and technical assistance to country governments on private sector issues in health systems. Prior to joining the GFF, she was with the Global Health Investments team at the International Finance Corporation and worked with the World Bank on developing its private sector strategy for health. 

Stephanie Saulsbury supports the GFF’s donor and partner engagement and is the task manager for the GFF’s Investors Group and Trust Fund Committee agendas. Before joining the GFF, she worked for various nonprofit organizations and foundations, including the Communication Consortium Media Center, the UN Foundation, and the Kaiser Family Foundation. Her work has focused on public health policy and advocacy and women’s and girl’s empowerment, both globally and domestically. gton and holds master’s degree from American University.

Vineetha Menon supports the GFF Trust Fund financials to ensures compliance with the GFF administrative agreements and World Bank policies and procedures. Her career spans more than 10 years with the World Bank, during which she was part of the World Bank’s Trust Fund Division, based in Chennai.

Supriya Madhavan provides technical assistance on analytical and operational work to advance the demographic dividend and improve quality of care around reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health. Before joining the GFF, Supriya worked at USAID to promote implementation research and delivery science to support maternal child health service delivery in lower- and middle-income countries. She has extensive experience working in Central, South, and Southeast Asia; the Balkans; and Sub-Saharan Africa.