SABINE BERNARD, MPH

Washington, DC *****

718-***-**** - adgqtn@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabine-bernard-mph-60954759/

Professional Summary

Foreign policy and global health analyst with international development experience in West Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. Diplomatic experience advising foreign governments on national investment and national security strategies. Experience liaising with United Nations peacekeeping missions and bi-lateral and multilateral development agencies including World Bank, USAID, CDC, and United Nations agencies. Experience working in fast-paced and challenging operating environments globally. Fluent in French, Haitian Kreyol and basic Spanish

Skills

Strategic planning

Monitoring & Evaluation, Financial Management, Program Design

Political economy analysis

Proposal development

Salesforce, Tableau, Power BI,

EQUIST, One Health Tool,

STATA, SAS, SPSS

Work History

09/2020 to Current

Military Engagement Specialist

Arrow Security Training – Franklin, ID

Analyzed U.S foreign policy relations including China, Iran, and Europe trade relations and intelligence, developed strategic recommendations for U.S. military Special Operations 95th civil affairs battalion decisive active training strategy and curriculum.

Provided diplomacy and U.N interagency coordination subject matter expertise, role-playing, intelligence strategy and human terrain analysis for integration in defense strategy training.

Analyzed United Nations peacekeeping operations, coordination of humanitarian aid response in Afghanistan and Iraq. Developed political economy analysis and civil affairs engagement briefs for soldier trainee’s pre-detachment to Kosovo and Lebanon.

06/2018 to 06/2020

Senior Associate, Global Health

United Nations Foundation – District of Columbia, Washington

Lead coordination for South-South national dialogue on health sector investments between Ministries of Health and Ministries of Finance in Senegal and Haiti to launch$15 million- World Bank and Global Financing Facility (GFF) International Development Association (IDA) grant project for Universal Health Coverage in Haiti.

Managed relationship with U.S Government congressional officials and Department of Defense (DoD,) office of management and budget to advocate for increase USG resources to support United Nations operations

Managed high-level governmental policy advocacy between Haiti's Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, Parliamentarians, and the First Lady of Haiti to increase Haiti's national domestic allocation to HIV, TB, Malaria resources by 5% within the Global Fund grant cycle

Developed resource mapping of national and stakeholder investments; CDC, USAID, WHO, and Global Fund for HIV, TB, and Malaria commodities in preparation for Haiti's PEPFAR Country Operational Plan (COP,2019)

Lead interagency coordination for Haiti's Covid-19 response on behalf of the United Nations Foundation

Lead country-level coordination of multi- million-dollar proposal development between Haiti's Ministry of Health (MoH) and the French Government Agency for Technical Expertise (Expertise France) to strengthen MoH governance for integration of HIV, TB, and Malaria resources and programming in Haiti.

Lead United Nations and CDC interagency coordination of mid-term evaluation, costing, and revision of the national strategic plan for malaria elimination in Haiti.

Provided resource optimization oversight to Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB, and Malaria $114 million grant to Haiti.

08/2017 to 01/2018

Resource Mobilization Consultant

United Nations Population Fund – Accra, Ghana

Developed cost-effective analysis for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Ghana's investment case to support increased allocation of domestic resources for procurement of Reproductive health commodities and continuity of UNFPA country programming in Ghana.

Conducted risk assessment of Ghana’s International Development Assistance graduation and implications on UNFPA programming from domestic health sector budget allocations.

Liaised with development partners and Government representatives including World Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency, UNAIDS and The Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria, Ministry of Finance and Health to ensure alignment in reproductive health investments.

08/2017 to 12/2017

Primary Healthcare Market Access Fellow

Marie Stopes International Ghana – Accra, Ghana

Drafted policy recommendations for African Health Markets for Equity initiative to revise Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme linking private sector healthcare providers with low-income population.

Developed analysis for operational plan of African Health Markets primary health care strategy

09/2016 to 05/2017

Strategic Information Knowledge Management Intern

United Nations Population Fund – New York, New York

Lead analysis on Secretary General resolution on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) operational effectiveness and program performance for UNFPA Strategic plan 2018-2021.

Produced reports analyzing financial impact of Secretary General’s Peacebuilding Fund for Youth, Peace and Security investments in Middle East and conflict countries.

Visualized data using tableau to measure country performance against UNFPA programming targets and indicators.

Performed in depth trend analysis of domestic and international investments to RMNCA-H. developed benchmarks through use of epidemiological data sets from USAID Demographic Health Surveys

Developed briefs and analytical desk reviews for Latin America and Caribbean regional desk specialist reviews of UNFPA positioning and engagement with Peacekeeping missions in the region.

12/2014 to 12/2015

Infectious Disease Surveillance Investigator-Ebola

New York City Department Of Health – Queens, NY

Lead disease surveillance investigation of suspected Ebola Virus Disease cases under New York City Department of Health Active Monitoring period during West Africa Ebola outbreak

Ensured compliance of CDC and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) surveillance regulations, liaised with representatives of ministries of Health for effective protocol for EVD monitoring.

Conducted telephone triage through phone-based interviews for persons deemed at risk of developing Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

05/2011 to 08/2011

Research Assistant Internally Displaced Persons

Society for Applied Anthropology – Port-au Prince, Haiti

Conducted primary ethnographic research within Haiti's Internally Displaced Persons camps post 2010 earthquake. Project managed household based research to contribute to forced migration demographics data.

Lead stakeholder mapping of humanitarian aid actors / projects working on cash and livelihoods programs in Haiti including technical program design.

Monitored and evaluated humanitarian response and service delivery including Oxfam's Water Sanitation and Hygiene Response, Red Cross Cholera response and International Organization for Migration psychosocial response for forced migration

Advocated to local judiciaries, State department officials and Congressional Black Caucus for immigration policy reform between U.S and Haiti

Published author for Society for Anthropology on Diaspora experience and humanitarian relief in post- disaster country, Haiti

Education

2018

Master Global Public Health (MPH): Global Public Health Policy

New York University (NYU), NYU Abu Dhabi & NYU Accra, Ghana Cross-Continental MPH

Impact Evaluation: Effect of Domestic Manufacturing on Procurement of Substandard Anti-Malarial Drugs in Ghana

2012

Bachelor of Arts (B.A): Economics

Brooklyn College

05/2011

Bachelor of Arts: Anthropology

York College - Jamaica, NY

Publications

" Finding my Cultural Identity": My Experience as a Diaspora in Haiti's IDP Camps- Practicing Anthropology, 2013

“We can eliminate Malaria in Haiti with support from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB, Malaria”- ghostwritten op-ed on behalf of First Lady of Haiti, H.E Martine Moise Miami Herald, April 2019

“Catalyzing Collaboration: Learning Exchange between Haiti Partners and the Ouagadougou Partnership “The Medium,2019,

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