This Expert's name is Mandy Govender

Professional Experience

• I-DAIR

  Aug 2020 - Present
  Engagement and Sustainability Lead Consultant
  Aug 2020 to Current
  
  Leading collaboration agreements with institutional partners. Working with stakeholders such as governments, foundations, civil society, private sector, and international organisations (e.g., WHO) to ensure the right participation geometry at launch. In charge of external communications, events, media, outcome reports / messaging. Managing stakeholder mapping of existing partners across the globe engaged in AI and digital health ventures. Lead for regional qualitative consultations feeding into Global Research Map and the 2022 launch of I-DAIR www.i-dair.org.

• Jembi Health Systems

  May 2018 - Jun 2019
  Senior Programme Manager: Jembi Health Systems South Africa
  May 2018 to June 2019
  
  Responsibilities included multiple programme areas, with a focus on those critical to supporting the South African National Department of Health’s digital health strategy i.e., Electronic health records to allow for continued care across healthcare facilities, with a focus increasing the accuracy of the national 90-90-90 HIV Report.
  
  The programme is funded by the Digital Square (USAID-USG) initiative. The client is the South African National Department of Health. The prime is PATH.

• Singapore Health Promotion Board under the Ministry of Health Singapore Government

  Apr 2009 - Mar 2015
  Two posts held
  
  1. Deputy Director of Communicable Diseases
  This post focused on the management of the spread of HIV, TB, and Flu across the island, with a focus on detection and prevention. Regular reports on our progress would be shared and presented at the Ministerial Committee on HIV/AIDS, headed by the Minister of Health. We also worked with the Ministry of Labour etc.
  2. Deputy Director of Regional Health Systems Engagement
  Ensure that the Board achieved the 2020 goals set for high priority non-communicable diseases (within the community setting) across Singapore. covered increasing chronic disease screening and follow up, in relation to those diseases identified as priorities.