Dr. Muluken Aseresa is a seasoned global public health leader with over 30 years of experience driving large-scale health programs and strengthening health systems across Africa and Asia. He has held senior leadership roles—including Senior Technical Advisor, Chief of Party, Deputy Country Director, and Senior Advisor—where he provided strategic direction in infectious diseases, RMNCH, NCDs, NTDs, eye care, health resilience, and GBV. His expertise spans organizational development, advocacy, and resource mobilization, successfully engaging major donors from the U.S., Europe, Canada, and global foundations. He has also pioneered innovative approaches such as task-shifting strategies—training nurses as cataract surgeons, preparing health officers for emergency surgeries, and advancing volunteerism models that transformed community health programs.
Beyond program leadership, Dr. Aseresa has made significant contributions to global health research and policy. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, presented extensively at international forums, and served on WHO technical working groups, including the TB Vaccines Expert Advisory Group. His academic contributions include teaching epidemiology and health systems, mentoring graduate students, and serving as an external examiner, reflecting his commitment to shaping the next generation of public health professionals.
Floride Niyuhire, MD, MPH, is a seasoned global health leader with over 25 years of experience spanning clinical medicine, research, international public health, and large-scale program management. She has directed multi-million-dollar USAID and World Bank health sector projects across Africa, Haiti, South Asia, and the United States, with expertise in reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH), malaria, gender-based violence, epidemic preparedness and response, and health systems strengthening. Fluent in English and French, she is recognized for building strong partnerships with ministries of health, global donors, and international organizations, and for introducing innovative, context-driven solutions that deliver measurable impact. Most recently, Dr. Niyuhire served as Portfolio Director at Management Sciences for Health, overseeing programs in Ethiopia, Benin, Liberia, and Cameroon focused on epidemic preparedness and response, health information systems, supply chain transparency, and health financing reforms. She previously served as Chief of Party in Benin, where she led groundbreaking digital health initiatives and one of the country’s most impactful malaria control campaigns. A medical doctor with a Master of Public Health from Virginia Commonwealth University, she continues to champion equity-driven, sustainable health solutions that strengthen systems and expand access to life-saving care worldwide
Ezra Shimeles Tessera(MD, MPH) With over 25 years in public health, he began as a physician in Ethiopia, later heading a department at the Addis Ababa City Health Bureau. Joining Columbia University’s ICAP project during the HIV/AIDS treatment rollout, he helped initiate antiviral treatments and TPT for PLHIV. As Country Director for KNCV in Ethiopia, he led a multimillion-dollar project improving TB performance. In 2014, he became a TB Epidemiologist at the Global Fund in Geneva. Since 2021, he’s been a Senior Advisor for TB M&E on the TBDIAH project in the USA, providing technical assistance to USAID projects in Asia and Africa. He has worked with CCMs in 20 countries across Asia, Africa, Central Asia, and Europe and has published over 30 articles and presented numerous abstracts internationally. Dr. Tessera is a qualified researcher and evaluator in quantitative and qualitative methods.
Gustavo V. Bastos is an MD, MSc, and global health strategist and senior consultant with 20+ years of experience leading complex initiatives across 20+ countries. I’ve overseen portfolios up to $14M (USG, FCDO, Global Affairs Canada, Global Fund) and focus on turning work plans into measurable results. My experience spans program management and leadership; primary health care (PHC) integration; disease control and surveillance; AMR containment; health security; pharmaceutical management; health financing; policy and regulatory reform; capacity strengthening, technical assistance, and public and private sector stakeholder engagement. I also integrate digital innovation and data-to-action performance management (dashboards, early-warning/RAID), keep delivery audit-ready (grants, subawards, vendor oversight), and serve as a trusted advisor to ministries of health and partners, including WHO, PAHO, the Global Fund, and the World Bank. I also served as product owner for large-scale digital tools (e-TB Manager, QuanTB, OpenRIMS). I’m fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish and am based in the Washington, DC area.
Baz Semo MD, MPH, is a global health professional and primary care physician with over 25 years of experience in HIV and broader health programming, research, and policy. She has extensive expertise in leading high-quality, winning proposals for major international donors, including governments, UN agencies, the Global Fund, and U.S. government-funded partners. Her work has secured substantial multimillion-dollar investments across Asia (Vietnam, Philippines, Bangladesh), sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America to advance HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, health security and health systems strengthening.
Renowned for her results-oriented approach, Baz excels in high-pressure, collaborative environments, translating complex technical content into compelling, donor-aligned narratives. She has a proven record of integrating evidence-based strategies, innovative service delivery models, and rigorous monitoring and evaluation frameworks into proposals. Her expertise in HIV prevention, care, and treatment—particularly among key populations in Asia—draws on a deep understanding of social, legal, and health systems barriers to ensure contextually relevant solutions.
Fluent in English and holding an MD, MPH, and qualifications in health economics and tropical medicine, Baz combines academic rigor with practical field experience. Her commitment to equity, gender-responsive programming, and sustainable outcomes makes her a trusted leader in designing high-impact, donor-funded health initiatives.
Kassa Hailu Ketema is a public health specialist with over 24 years of experience in healthcare leadership, spanning government, NGO, and international sectors. Trained as a Medical Doctor with a specialization in Public Health and an MBA from The Open University (UK), I have held senior positions in Ethiopia’s health system, including Director of Health Programs, Deputy Head, and Head of a Regional Health Bureau. In the NGO sector, I served as Deputy Chief of Party/Technical Director for the USAID/Ethiopia Health Resilience Activity with Management Sciences for Health (MSH). At the World Health Organization, I worked in Ethiopia and Sierra Leone as TB Program Coordinator, Cluster Coordinator for Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases, and Senior Technical Advisor for Global Fund–supported programs.
My career has provided deep expertise in designing and implementing health programs, health systems strengthening, primary healthcare, global health security, surveillance, and monitoring and evaluation. I bring strong experience in leading diverse teams, managing partnerships, and fostering collaboration with governments, donors, and communities. Skilled in financial oversight and budget monitoring, I combine technical knowledge with proven leadership to deliver results in infectious disease programs, emergency management, and resilient health systems at local, national, and global levels.
Fozo Richard ALOMBAH Global Health Security (GHS) Specialist and physician with over 15 years of international technical assistance experience and 13 years of hands-on clinical and public health practice in Cameroon. He currently serves as Principal Technical Advisor for the USAID MTaPS project at Management Sciences for Health (MSH), where he provides technical leadership on the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) portfolio across 13 countries. His focus areas include antimicrobial resistance (AMR) containment, infection prevention and control (IPC), and outbreak preparedness—having played a key role in IPC responses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Previously, he was Senior Technical Advisor for clinical care on the PMI/MalariaCare project led by PATH, providing technical direction to country teams and partners in 17 countries. He also supported WHO’s Stop TB strategy through the Global TB2015 project and collaborated with the U.S. Department of Defense to train Africa Command countries on emergency preparedness using the EMAP tool.
His contributions include co-developing WHO’s MDR-TB Planning Toolkit, advancing childhood TB integration, and supporting maternal health advocacy through the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities. He has also worked with USAID, WHO, CDC, and GAVI to strengthen immunization, injection safety, and healthcare waste management programs across Africa.
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