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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Unit heads (a. i.)

Dr Aku KWAMIE

Technical Officer

Aku is a health systems researcher. Her work has focused on applying complexity theory to health systems governance, management and leadership.

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Dr Robert MARTEN

Strategy and Partnership Officer

Robert is a public health policy specialist and leads the Alliance’s work on noncommunicable diseases, climate change and the social determinants of health.

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Dr Zubin SHROFF

Technical Officer

Zubin is a health systems specialist with over ten years of experience in the areas of health governance and financing, human resources for health and access to medicines.

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Other Secretariat staff

Mrs Kanika SOKCHEA

Administrative Officer

Biography

Kanika has a wide range of skills and extensive working experience in the areas of finance and budgeting, work planning and management and WHO management systems.

She is from Cambodia with a background in accounting and management. She has a master’s degree in business management, a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a bachelor’s degree in English Language from universities in Cambodia.

Before joining the Alliance, she worked as Programme Associate for WHO Country Office in Cambodia for almost 15 years, providing support on workplan and budget management, financial management and management of the Human Resources Plan. Kanika is a good communicator and takes ownership of challenges and problems. She was the first WHO support staff member within the region to receive an Award from the Regional Director for Excellence in Client Services. She is also the first Cambodian national to work at WHO Headquarters.