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This Expert's name is Mariana Roldao Santos, PharmD

This Expert's occupation is Pharmacist, Health Systems Strengthening
This Expert's location is Geneva, Switzerland
This Expert's nationality is Portuguese

Snapshot

Experience

10+ years

Languages

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Countries of Work

Angola, Belgium, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Portugal, Switzerland, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Areas of Expertise

  • Curriculum development
  • Process facilitation
  • Training
  • Civil society engagement
  • Community health boards
  • Health coverage schemes
  • Pooling of funds
  • Resource allocation
  • Strategic health purchasing
  • Change management
  • Health management, policy and planning
  • Institutional strengthening
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Private sector engagement
  • Regulation and enforcement
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Strategic planning
  • Strategy development
  • Data reporting and analysis
  • Health-related surveys
  • Behavior and health literacy
  • Disease prevention
  • Health promotion
  • Health protection
  • Preparedness for public health emergencies
  • Surveillance
  • Community health workers--engagement, capacity-building and retention
  • Staff motivation and retention
  • Data collection methodology
  • Indicator development
  • Performance management plans
  • Quantitative and qualitative analysis
  • Research
  • Results and logical frameworks
  • Family planning
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Malaria
  • Maternal, newborn and child health
  • Non-communicable diseases
  • Health provider capacity mapping
  • Policy analysis
  • Problems and priorities assessment
  • Root cause analysis
  • Stakeholder analysis
  • Community health services
  • Design and organization of service delivery models that include PHC and community health services
  • Health management
  • Licensing and accreditation
  • Medical audit
  • Pharmaceutical management
  • Quality and quality assurance
  • Service delivery networks
  • Facilitating stakeholder dialgoue
  • Procurement
  • Product selection and registration
  • Risk management
  • Warehousing and Distribution

Professional Experience

  • World Health Organizationb (WHO)

    Mar 2019 - Present
    Regulatory Systems Strengthening, Regulation and Prequalification
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

    Mar 2018 - Mar 2019
    Regulation, Quality Assurance, Procurement and Supply Chain Management of Medical Products
    National Healthcare Reform
  • European Medicines Agency (EMA)

    Oct 2013 - May 2016
    Chief Policy Advisor Division and International Affairs Department

Education

  • Utrecht University

    Graduated 2018
    UU-WHO Pharmaceutical Policy Analysis Course
  • Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

    Graduated 2017
    Executive Course on Global Health Diplomacy
  • Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Limited UK

    Graduated 2014
    Quality Management Systems Certificate (ISO 9001, ISO 31000)
  • University of Coimbra, Faculty of Law

    Graduated 2013
    Master in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Law
  • University of Coimbra, Faculty of Pharmacy

    Graduated 2012
    Doctor of Pharmacy/Master’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharm.D;MSc)

Publications

  • Marketing authorisation applications submitted to the European Medicines Agency by SMEs

    Published Jun 2018 View publication
  • Securing Our Health System For The Future: Striving Towards Sustaining Optimal Health For All In UK

    Published Dec 2016 View publication
  • Access to essential medicines in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Published Dec 2016 View publication

Areas of Expertise

  • Curriculum development
  • Process facilitation
  • Training
  • Civil society engagement
  • Community health boards
  • Health coverage schemes
  • Pooling of funds
  • Resource allocation
  • Strategic health purchasing
  • Change management
  • Health management, policy and planning
  • Institutional strengthening
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Private sector engagement
  • Regulation and enforcement
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Strategic planning
  • Strategy development
  • Data reporting and analysis
  • Health-related surveys
  • Behavior and health literacy
  • Disease prevention
  • Health promotion
  • Health protection
  • Preparedness for public health emergencies
  • Surveillance
  • Community health workers--engagement, capacity-building and retention
  • Staff motivation and retention
  • Data collection methodology
  • Indicator development
  • Performance management plans
  • Quantitative and qualitative analysis
  • Research
  • Results and logical frameworks
  • Family planning
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Malaria
  • Maternal, newborn and child health
  • Non-communicable diseases
  • Health provider capacity mapping
  • Policy analysis
  • Problems and priorities assessment
  • Root cause analysis
  • Stakeholder analysis
  • Community health services
  • Design and organization of service delivery models that include PHC and community health services
  • Health management
  • Licensing and accreditation
  • Medical audit
  • Pharmaceutical management
  • Quality and quality assurance
  • Service delivery networks
  • Facilitating stakeholder dialgoue
  • Procurement
  • Product selection and registration
  • Risk management
  • Warehousing and Distribution