🙏 Gratitude for our health systems and digital health experts and strategic advisors
The COVIDaction team would like to give thanks to the stellar panel of experts that supported the review process to arrive at the Top 30 Finalists for the Resilient Health Systems innovation call.
A minimum of 300 expert hours (and likely much longer) went into the first two evaluation rounds with 36 expert reviewers committed to the task. We’re so grateful for the time and expertise they shared to support the call’s selection process. All experts served in a personal capacity, bringing their health systems and digital health expertise to the review process, and did not represent the organisations with which they are associated.
Independent Expert Evaluators:
Ann Canavan, ThinkWell
Chinny Ogunro, WellSpring Health
Chris Masila, PractHealth Consulting
Cynthia Antwi-Dodoo, independent consultant
Cynthia Eldridge, Impact for Health
Danielle Bloom, independent consultant; World Bank
Donika Dimovska, Jacobs Foundation
Egbe Osifo Dawodu, Anadach Consulting Group
Emmanuel Kweyu, Strathmore University
Faraz Khalid, World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office
Farida Kabir, OTRAC LTD
Idris Bello, LoftyInc Capital Management
Ikenna Anthony Mgbedimma, Briclaffany Global Resources
Ipsita Parida, independent consultant
Irina A. Nikolic, World Bank
Jitendar Sharma, World Health Organization
Kamaliah Mohamad Noh, Cyberjaya University
Kariane St-Denis, Salient Advisory
Laura Boonstoppel, ThinkWell
Leizel P. Lagrada-Rombaua, GECC Developmental Services OPC
Lucia Okwuonye, Chemonics International
Manisha Panwar, State Government of Uttarakhand
Margaret Cornelius, independent consultant
Meenakshi Gautham, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Meredith Kimball, Gates Ventures
Moshood Abdullateef, NHS Foundation Trust and Wellvis Health
Nathaniel Otoo, Results for Development
Ngozi Ugwumba, independent consultant
Peter K. Waiswa, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Poncelet O. Ileleji, Jokkolabs Banjul
Sam Musariri, iVitalz BV
Shwetank Verma, Leo Capital
Stefan Nachuk, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Timilehin Omole, Management Sciences for Health
Tricia Bolender, independent consultant
Zahirah McNatt, University of Global Health Equity, Department of Community Health and Social Medicine
We also would like to thank the experts we consulted to guide us in the development of the concept for the call. They steered us away from “solutions looking for problems” towards a focus on the biggest vulnerabilities of low- and lower-middle-income countries to be able to maintain essential health services while responding effectively to the immediate COVID-19 crisis. The huge and positive response to the call is a testament to their insights that helped scope it.
Strategic Advisors:
Amanda Glassman, Center for Global Development
Asaf Bitton, Ariadne Labs
Chris Houston, The Humanitarian Grand Challenge
Edward Kelley, World Health Organization, Department of Service Delivery and Safety
Githinji Gitahi, Amref Health Africa
Jerry LaForgia, Aceso Global
Kelechi Ohiri, Health Strategy and Delivery Foundation
Kelly Saldana, USAID Office of Health Systems
Lisa Hirschhorn, Ariadne Labs
Maureen Lewis, Aceso Global
Nana Amma Twum-Danso, Rockefeller Foundation
Nelson Gitonga, Insight Health Advisors
Priya Balu, Public Health Foundation of India
Skye Gilbert, Digital Square, PATH
Steve Davis, World Health Organization, Digital Health Technical Advisory Group
We are excited to continue to work with this group of experts in the coming months to support organisations to scale their innovations and to share what we learn along the way. Follow our story as we continue to work and learn together.
