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Childhood pneumonia is one of the leading causes of child mortality in many countries, and the barriers in accessing treatment are different in each one. In India, for instance, the issue isn’t funding — it’s policy or managerial, where most of the amox DT supply ends up in higher-level or district clinics but not in lower-level, community facilities, which serve as the first point of care in the public sector.”

Anam Abdulla has over five years of experience working in the financial services industry and policy consulting in the United States, as well as experience in the development sector focusing on education, gender and health related challenges in Pakistan.

As a program officer at Results for Development, Ms. Abdulla is leading an analysis related to treatment of childhood pneumonia in Asia. The goal of this work is to identify the different barriers that exist in increasing access to amox DT — the WHO-recommended treatment for childhood pneumonia — in Asian countries, and to assess the types of support that can be provided to address these barriers. The analysis will also shed light on the behavior of consumers and whether they are they obtaining treatment in the private sector or public sector. Ms. Abdulla has also contributed to the research and analysis for a readiness assessment for universal health coverage for Niger State in Nigeria, and on the establishment of a sub-national state-to-state joint learning and collaboration network focused on health financing.

Before joining R4D, Ms. Abdulla worked for Sonecon, an economic advisory firm based in Washington, D.C., where she worked closely with Dr. Paul Stockton, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs. At Sonecon, Ms. Abdulla led research and analysis assessing inter-dependencies between the gas and electric sector in the United States and the implications for power restoration during a catastrophic, long-duration power outage. Before Sonecon, Ms. Abdulla authored a report on Pakistan’s progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals and created a district profile series assessing reproductive health and family planning indicators for 30 districts in the country. She also taught elementary school mathematics at a low-resource government school in Karachi as a Teach for Pakistan fellow during the summer of 2012.

Ms. Abdulla holds a BA in economics and math and an MA in international relations and South Asia studies from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International studies. She speaks English and Urdu.

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“We are excited to welcome Ghufron, Sania and Don to the R4D community,” said Gina Lagomarsino, president and CEO at Results for Development. “They bring exceptional experience and expertise, and they are committed to helping R4D carry out our mission of working with change agents around the globe to create self-sustaining systems that support healthy, educated people. I look forward to their counsel over the coming years, especially during this period of growth and new opportunities for R4D.”

All three of R4D’s new board members are change agents themselves — having worked on health system reforms in Indonesia, Pakistan and the United States, respectively. Sania and Don also have extensive experience launching and building nonprofits.

“Since R4D was founded in 2008, it has been guided by a distinguished group of people, including former heads of state and ministers,” said David de Ferranti, R4D’s founder, board chair and senior fellow. “I’m delighted to have Ghufron, Sania and Don join this group. They are great additions, and they have already provided valuable insights.”

Dr. Mukti is recognized for his expertise in health service quality, family medicine and epidemiology. He is the former Indonesian vice minister of health and the former dean of the faculty of medicine of Gadjah Madah University. He is also an early founding member of the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN).

Dr. Nishtar is an internationally acclaimed Pakistani physician and public health expert, and the former Minister of Health in Pakistan. She currently co-chairs WHO’s High-Level Commission on Non-communicable diseases along with the presidents of Uruguay, Finland and Sri-Lanka, and the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Healthcare. In addition, she chairs the United Nations International Institute for Global Health’s Advisory Committee. She was a candidate for Director General of the World Health Organization in 2017.

Dr. Berwick is a leading authority on health care quality and improvement. He founded and led the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), a globally recognized nonprofit, for 19 years as the CEO. He serves as a lecturer in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School, and he is a former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), appointed to this position by President Barack Obama. A pediatrician by background, Dr. Berwick has also served on the faculty of the Harvard School of Public Health, and on the staffs of Boston’s Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Drs. Nishtar and Berwick recently served together as co-chairs of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) Committee on Improving the Quality of Health Care Globally and the two recently co-authored a report: Crossing the Global Health Care Quality Chasm: A Key Component of Universal Health Coverage.

View a full list of R4D board members.

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About Results for Development
Results for Development (R4D) is a leading non-profit global development partner. We collaborate with change agents around the world — government officials, civil society leaders and social innovators — to create strong systems that support healthy, educated people. We help our partners move from knowing their goal to knowing how to reach it. We combine global expertise in health, education and nutrition with analytic rigor, practical support for decision-making and implementation and access to peer problem-solving networks. Together with our partners, we build self-sustaining systems that serve everyone and deliver lasting results. Then we share what we learn so others can achieve results for development, too. For more information, visit our website at: www.r4d.org.

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Dr. Nishtar is the CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. She previously co-chaired WHO’s High-Level Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases along with the presidents of Uruguay, Finland and Sri-Lanka. She also co-chairs the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the future of healthcare and the U.S National Academy of Sciences’ global study on the quality of healthcare in low- and middle-income countries. In addition, she also chairs the United Nations International Institute for Global Health’s advisory committee.

Dr. Nishtar is the founder and president of the NGO Heartfile in Pakistan and has previously served as a federal minister in the Pakistan government in 2013. She was Pakistan’s nominee for director-general of the World Health Organization in 2017 and was in the final shortlist of three. Earlier she was also founding chair of the UN Secretary General’s Independent Accountability Panel for Women’s and Children’s Health and chaired WHO’s Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity. She has received many international awards for her work and is widely published.

Dr. Nishtar graduated from Khyber Medical University and was the top graduate in 1986. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and holds a PhD from Kings College London.

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