Saiqa Panjsheri

Experience

1. Senior Manager, Global Health Programs

   Abt Global

   Jan 2014 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   COVID-19 Emergency Response, Central Asia • Manage $20M budget, seven headquarters office staff, and 14 full-time in-country staff across four countries.• Lead USAID’s $17M Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS) COVID-19 emergency response activities in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. • Manage operations, program design, train frontline healthcare workers, and strengthen response.• Oversee media campaigns, rapid grants, and communications with USAID Washington, missions, and partners,• Coordinate with US Missions, WHO, Red Cross/Crescent, and UN to procure COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE). Global Program Management• Develop work plan, recruit, hire and train staff for Barbados, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago offices.• Oversee system operations, financial reporting, and training workshops for the Health Financing and Governance Project. DE & I Management and Gender Integration• Led gender integration workshop for 20 staff, and developed action plan for a health service delivery project in Jordan. • Led violence prevention training as part of the Sustaining Health Outcomes for the Private Sector project. Maternal & Child Health Market Center• Technical project officer for childhood diarrhea, pneumonia, and tuberculosis prevention in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria.• Advised on strategy, and designed advocacy brief and toolkit for national policymakers on family planning commodities. Stakeholder Partnerships• Led community health systems and governance leadership event with Save the Children USA, UNICEF, and the World Bank.• Organized and presented regarding cervical cancer at the 5th annual Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver in collaboration with WHO, PATH, Pathfinder, and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists.• Co-chaired and facilitated demand generation and social mobilization subgroup for the Integrated Community Case Management for Childhood Illness Taskforce.

Education

• Georgetown University

  Master of Public Policy MPP

• University of Geneva

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  2006 — 2007

• James Madison University

  Bachelor of Science - BS

  1996 — 2000