Carole Presern
Carole Presern | |
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 Presern and Desmond Tutu at the 2014 Partners' Forum, Johannesburg | |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Midwife, Development worker, Diplomat |
Carole Presern has been executive director of The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) since January 2011.[1]
Career
[edit]She trained as a nurse and as a midwife before gaining a degree in anthropology from University College London.[2] She also holds a doctorate in public health policy and an advanced degree in health systems management.[1]
She came to The Partnership from the GAVI Alliance, where she worked variously as Director of Change Management, interim managing director (External Relations) and managing director (Special Projects).[1] While in Geneva, Presern also worked as Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations in Geneva, covering specialized agencies, health and humanitarian affairs.[2] She worked for DFID/UK in Pakistan, Nepal and Zimbabwe.[2] Her last DFID post covered Africa (on HIV/AIDS), and as Senior Health Adviser, focused on Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[3] Her previous posts include Director of VSO Nepal, consultancies for multilateral organisations and work as a midwife at Nong Samet on the Thai/Cambodian border.[2]
She has been a member of various boards, including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, UNITAID and most recently on the board of the International HIV Alliance.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Dr Carole Presern". World Health Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d Bosley, Sarah (29 January 2011). "Carole Presern—versatile new Director of PMNCH". The Lancet. 377 (9763): 373. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60117-7. PMID 21277431. S2CID 6345068. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ "Global Fund Names Carole Presern to Head Office of Board Affairs". The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
External links
[edit]- biography at the World Health Organization