Alliance Secretariat
The Alliance Secretariat is hosted and administered by the World Health Organization in Geneva and carries out the day-to-day implementation of the Alliance work plan, as determined by the Board.
Secretariat staff
Executive Director
Dr
Kumanan
RASANATHAN
Executive Director
Dr Rasanathan is a public health physician with a strong background in health policy and systems research and extensive experience working at different levels of the World Health Organization and within the wider UN system.
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Dr Daniela RODRIGUEZ
Scientist (Implementation research)
Biography
Daniela is a health policy and systems researcher focused on the intersection of politics and public health. She has specific interests in how evidence, actor relationships and incentives, and political commitment inform policies and programmes – from development through implementation.
Prior to joining the Alliance, she was a faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where she conducted research and evaluations on health policy and implementation, health systems strengthening, and donor transition and sustainability. She also taught and was involved in mentorship programmes.
Daniela holds a Master’s in Public Health degree in Global Health from Emory University, and a Doctor in Public Health degree from the University of California, Berkeley. She served as Chair of the Translating Evidence to Action Thematic Working Group of Health Systems Global from 2016–2021.