Rachel Deussom is the director of the Chemonics Global Health Practice, with over 17 years of experience focusing on health systems strengthening, human resources for health, community health, digital Health, HIV/AIDS, and maternal and child health. Previously, she acted as the technical director of HRH2030 Program, USAID’s global health workforce flagship project, led by Chemonics.…
Bangladesh made remarkable improvement in population health outcomes, reducing maternal, infant, and under-five mortality rates. Despite these achievements, however, the health system in Bangladesh struggles to provide quality, affordable health services to its population, particularly the poor. Since 1997, Smiling Sun Clinics — the world’s largest NGO network of maternal and child health clinics —…
Dr. Aline Kane is a pharmacist with over 20 years of managerial and technical experience in strengthening the pharmaceutical sector in West Africa in the areas of governance, supply chain management, quality assurance, and logistics management information systems (LMIS). A native of Senegal, Aline previously managed a USAID-funded project in Cameroon, and provided procurement and…
To improve access to high-quality health products worldwide, the USAID Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management project employs cutting-edge technologies and industry best practices to make global health supply chains more efficient and reach more people.
The quality of life in Zambia has improved considerably in the 50 years since its independence. But the country’s health sector still faces daunting challenges, including high levels of HIV infection, child stunting, maternal deaths, and malaria-related illness. In partnership with the Zambian government, the USAID Communications Support for Health (CSH) project used national health…
Daniel Taddesse has more than 18 years of pharmaceutical and public health development experience with government and development organizations, including project management, system design, capacity building, monitoring and evaluation and cultivating strategic relationships with stakeholders. Currently, Daniel leads a team of more than 150 in Ethiopia for the GHSC-PSM project. He has extensive experience in…
Benjamin Ongeri is a pharmacist and a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) with more than 15 years of pharmaceutical management experience. He provides overall strategic direction for the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project in Namibia. This includes leading the development of pharmaceutical supply chain systems strengthening technical…
Robert Brookes is a public health and project management specialist with more than 14 years of experience designing and managing assistance programs across sectors of development in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He currently leads efforts to develop corporate relationships with health organizations and experts, and contributes to industry initiatives and discourse to promote and…
Dr. Kartlos Kankadze Kartlos is the senior former technical advisor for the GHSC-PSM project. Previously, he was the director of the HRH2030 Philippines buy-in and served as chief of party for the Strengthening Tuberculosis Control in Ukraine project.
Dr. Mariam Reda is a former Director in Chemonics’ Global Health Division.
Mary Lyn Field-Nguer is an HIV/AIDS expert with more than 35 years of experience supporting international and domestic health programs, including clinical service delivery, prevention and treatment, and health commodity supply chain management. She is the former director for the HIV task order under the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project.