Developed Country NGO Constituency Delegation to the Stop TB Partnership Board

Members of the Developed Country NGO Constituency and Delegation

 

NameOrganizationCountry of work
Board Members
Deliana GarciaMigrants Clinicians NetworkUnited States
Alternate Board Members
Katy Kydd Wright

Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN)

Canada
Delegation Members
Joanne CarterResults USUnited States
Alex RunswickResults UKUnited Kingdom
Patrick BertrandGlobal Health AdvocatesFrance
Mona DrageLHL International Tuberculosis Foundation (LHL International)Norway
Jennifer PeakeResults International AustraliaAustralia

 Robyn Christine Waite

TB Alliance and Stop TB CanadaCanada
Constituency Members

Laszlo Madaras

MCN (Migrant Clinicians network)United States

Mike Frick

TAG (Treatment Action Group)United States

Ralf Otto-Knapp

DZK (German Central Committee against Tuberculosis)Germany

Brit Hacker

DZK (German Central Committee against Tuberculosis)Germany

Silvia Kelbert

JHPIEGOUnited States

Jennifer Kurylowicz

YWAM Medical & Training Ship - CampusAustralia/Papua New Guinea

Salman Khan

International Federation of Medical Students’ Association (IFMSA)Denmark

 

-To reach the Constituency Focal Point (CFP) of this delegation, please contact: Selamawit Bekele - selmawitadugnab@unops.org

 

 

 

-Deliana Garcia has worked for 30 years to meet the health care needs of migrant workers and other underserved mobile populations. With expertise in reproductive health, access to primary care, chronic care management and infectious disease control and prevention, Del is responsible for the development of MCN’s Health Network, a global system of bridge case management to provide continuity of care and health records transfer across international border for migrants. She serves as a liaison between the governmental and nongovernmental health organizations of the United States and other countries.

-Katy Kydd Wright is a Senior Policy Advisor and coordinates the Global Fund Advocates Network. Katy, who is based in Ottawa, Canada, spent close to a decade working for Canadian Parliamentarians in various roles at the House of Commons. Her work to introduce the first Canadian Access to Medicines regime, adopted in 2004, brought her into the field of community and civil society advocacy in global health. Katy was the Director of Campaigns at RESULTS Canada, where she led global health and poverty-related campaigns. In 2012, shortly after the formal launch of the Global Fund Advocates Network, Katy joined International Civil Society Support to coordinate GFAN and bring together voices to support a fully funded and effective Global Fund. GFAN hosted the Community and Civil Society Platform for the TB High-Level Meeting in 2018, and Katy has been a participant of the Developed Country NGO delegation to the Global Fund board since 2015. Katy joined the Developed Country NGO Delegation to the Stop TB Partnership Board in October 2019.

 

-Joanne Carter is the Executive Director of RESULTS and RESULTS Educational Fund since 2008. She works with key U.S. administration and congressional allies, partner organizations, and technical agencies to orchestrate U.S.A. and international campaigns to tackle major diseases of poverty, increase access to education, expand economic opportunity for the poorest, and reform World Bank and International Monetary Fund policies. Under her leadership, RESULTS/REF has grown to include chapters now found in every state in the US. In that time, RESULTS was instrumental in the creation and expansion of the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund, expansion of global TB funding, and provisions that require U.S. representatives to the World Bank and IMF to oppose user fees for primary health and education. As founding Project Lead for ACTION, Joanne has helped build this global health advocacy partnership across ten countries on five continents and guide its efforts to help mobilize billions of dollars of financial resources to end diseases of poverty and ensure equitable access to health.
-Alexandra Runswick is Head of Policy Advocacy and leads the team responsible for the evidence base for Results UK’s advocacy on global health, including tuberculosis. She has over 20 years experience of advocacy at a local, national and international level. Alex has particular experience of human rights based approaches and community engagement in policy making. 


-Patrick Bertrand has more than 20 years of experience in advocating for global health. He is the Director and founder of Global Health Advocates France. He is a founding member of the ACTION Global Health Advocacy Partnership consisting of advocacy organizations working to influence policy and mobilize resources to fight diseases of poverty and improve equitable access to health services. ACTION partners work across five continents in both donor and high burden countries.
Patrick Bertrand is actively involved in various health-related initiatives, including being a former member of the Gavi CSO steering committee as well as the selecting committee of the 5 % initiative.
He holds a Master in Communication from the University of Grenoble, France.

 

-Jennifer Peake is Results' Global Health Manager, bringing over 15 years of experience in health, policy, and leadership across government, corporate, and not-for-profit sectors. Her deep fascination with infectious diseases and their impact on global communities has been a driving force throughout her career, shaping her approach to public health challenges.
Jennifer excels at creating collaborative, high-performing environments, maintaining key stakeholder relationships, and implementing data-driven strategies. Her talent lies in translating complex scientific research into compelling advocacy messages, fostering strong partnerships between academic researchers and policymakers. She is particularly skilled at empowering communities to understand and advocate for evidence-based health interventions that can save lives.
Her academic credentials include a Master of International Public Health (MIPH) from University of New South Wales, where she focused on infectious disease epidemiology, a Graduate Certificate in Nutrition from Deakin University, and a Bachelor of Health Sciences from Sydney University. Jennifer has also completed additional studies in Clinical Governance and Health Informatics, strengthening her ability to tackle complex health challenges at both local and global levels.
Dr. Robyn Christine Waite is currently working as an independent consultant and squarely focusing her efforts on applying community building, project management, research, and advocacy skills to the fight to end TB. Robyn currently works with the TB Alliance to project lead and manage the Fast Track the Cure initiative. She is also an active steering committee member with Stop TB Canada. In 2023, she worked with GFAN to co-secretariat the #2023TBHLM Affected Communities and Coordination Hub, and previously, while with Results Canada she played a leading role in building and coordinating a high-impact coalition of 14 Canadian based CSOs engaged in advocacy in support of the Global Fund's 7th Replenishment. Dr. Waite holds a PhD in Development Studies from SOAS, University of London; a MSc in Global Health from McMaster University, a Graduate Diploma from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health; and a BSc in Health Promotion from Dalhousie University.