Panel 2

Mai Hijazi, PhD

Director of the Office of Health Systems

Bureau for Global Health, USAID

Dr. Mai Hijazi is the Director of USAID’s Office of Health Systems in the Bureau for Global Health where she leads efforts to support integrated health systems programming in support of advancing UHC, primary health care and health systems resilience. She previously served in USAID’s Office of HIV/AIDS as Division Chief for the Systems and Program Sustainability Division, where her work under PEPFAR focused on advancing USAID’s role for health systems strengthening for HIV sustained epidemic control, leadership and programmatic coordination for the PEPFAR-funded Sustainable Financing Initiative and USAID's Local Partner Transition initiative. Prior to joining the Office of HIV/AIDS in 2009, Mai served as a Health Development Officer in the GH Bureau’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health, where she supported programs globally in the areas of policy, finance and advocacy for family planning and reproductive health. She joined USAID in 1997 as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow with a Ph.D. in biomedical science.

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Panel 2. The impact of funding restructuring on health systems strengthening and sustainability

Mai Hijazi, PhD

Director, Office of Health Systems

Bureau for Global Health, USAID

Mike Reid, md

Chief Science Officer

Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State

Moritz Piatti

Senior Economist

World Bank

Natalia Houghton, MS

Specialist in Health Systems Evaluation and Policy

Pan American Health Organization