Leadership
AlignMNH is a global initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development. The initiative was founded in 2020 to accelerate progress in improving maternal and newborn health outcomes and prevent stillbirths around the globe. AlignMNH is supported by a Secretariat, managed by Jhpiego, an international NGO focused on transformative health care solutions that save lives. AlignMNH works in partnership with global and country-based organizations, national-level technical working groups, and other MNH-focused initiatives to more rapidly share science, evidence and programmatic experience across the maternal and newborn health communities.
Our Steering Committee
AlignMNH is guided by an International Steering Committee of 19 global thought leaders. The Members have direct, practical, and in-depth country experience, and represent countries and communities from Ethiopia to Nepal, from Cameroon to South Africa.
The review process for new AlignMNH Steering Committee Members to join the 2023-2025 Cohort has officially concluded. Successful applicants have been notified and will be announced following the IMNHC 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa. The application process for the AlignMNH Steering Committee was incredibly competitive with close to 400 applications received from MNH Leaders around the world. The AlignMNH Secretariat is grateful for the incredible interest in joining this initiative and looks forward to engaging with interested applicants through other channels and working groups. Please stay tuned for other opportunities to contribute to the work of AlignMNH.
Steering Committee Co-Chairs
Director, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Aging
World Health Organization
Chief of Health Services, Ministry of Health Malawi
Co-Principal Investigator, NEST360
Steering Committee Members
Senior Director and Senior Scientist, Maternal and Child Health Division
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
Assistant Professor
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bayero University
Founding Director of African Centre of Excellence in Population Health and Policy
Executive Director, Center for Catalyzing Change
National Coordinator, White Ribbon Alliance
Chief Director of Women’s, Maternal and Reproductive Health
National Department of Health
UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, SRHR Expert and Distinguished Lecturer
O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law
Medical Doctor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali (CHUK)
Senior Consultant Obstetrician/Gynecologist and Senior MNCH Advisor
Nidan Hospital
Director General for INSP, Director General of Center for Vaccine Development Mali
Mali Ministry of Health and Social Development
