Global Health Strategist  /  New York

Sahil SinghHealth systems for the places where they are hardest to build.

Strategy and programme leadership across multilateral policy, national health ministries and conflict-affected settings, from WHO negotiating rooms in New York to primary care reform in Beirut.

  • WFPHA
  • UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
  • Lebanon MoPH & UNICEF

Sacramento  →  Dar es Salaam

140

member countries in the global health task force he leads

30+

clinical sites directed across a national care network

90%

growth in programme delivery over two years of operations leadership

9

working languages, from Arabic and Dari to Tamazight

I.  Profile

Turning public health priorities into systems that hold.

Sahil Singh is a global health strategist and programme leader. He leads multi-year strategic planning for a global health policy task force spanning 140 countries, and is helping design Lebanon’s national primary healthcare and maternal and child health systems alongside the Ministry of Public Health and UNICEF.

His work joins three things rarely found in one career: country-level implementation in fragile and conflict-affected settings, multilateral policy engagement with WHO and UN stakeholders, and operational leadership of a 30+ site clinical network. He trained in global health at New York University, with expertise in evidence-based decision support, institutional coordination and health systems strengthening.

II.  Current Mandates

Three concurrent appointments, 2026.

New York, NY · HQ GenevaJul 2026 –

Global Health Task Force Lead

World Federation of Public Health Associations

  • Leads a task force across 140 member countries, building multi-year roadmaps, workplans and accountability structures.
  • Contributes policy and advocacy on global health governance, including pandemic accord negotiations and Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS).
  • Brings health systems and conflict-setting perspectives into task force recommendations.
Beirut, LebanonJul 2026 –

Senior Public Health Expert

Global Health Team of Experts

  • Leads a primary healthcare certification programme and UHC infrastructure framework with Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health and UNICEF, amid active conflict.
  • Coordinates planning for a national maternal and child health referral system, from governance to pilot-site selection.
  • Designs facility assessments, quality indicators, community health worker training and disaster-response protocols.
New York, NYMay 2026 –

Senior Advisor

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

  • Produces technical briefings and inter-agency decision-support materials during multilateral negotiations.
  • Facilitates coordination across UN entities and supports joint positions on cross-sector priorities.

III.  Record

A decade from community clinic to multilateral table.

2025 — 2026New York, NY

Co-Director & Senior Consultant

NYU Applied Global Public Health Initiative

Led needs assessments and portfolio gap analyses for senior leadership; built monitoring and reporting frameworks for donors, governments and implementing partners; supported resource mobilisation for UNICEF- and WHO-funded initiatives.

2024 — 2025Washington, DC

Program Manager, Customer Experience

Partnership for Public Service

Managed multi-stakeholder operations for a donor-funded federal initiative; convened senior officials and prepared executive briefings, decision memoranda and programme tracking systems.

2019 — 2024San Francisco, CA

Director of Operations

LifeStance Health

Directed operations for a 30+ site clinical portfolio, overseeing cross-functional teams, budgets, compliance and performance while scaling programme delivery by 90% over two years.

2015 — 2019Sacramento, CA

Clinic Manager & Translator

Shifa Clinic

Established a pro bono legal clinic during the U.S. travel ban to connect affected community members with legal advice; represented the clinic to the UC Davis School of Medicine board; coordinated free primary care outreach and provided in-clinic interpretation.

IV.  Capabilities

Areas of practice.

01Global Health Strategy & Policy Development
02Strategic Planning & Institutional Governance
03Multilateral Engagement & Government Relations
04Health Systems Strengthening & UHC
05Evidence-Based Policy Analysis & Decision Support
06Programme Design, Implementation & Evaluation
07Cross-Country Stakeholder Coordination
08Resource Mobilisation & Donor Engagement
09Monitoring, Evaluation & Performance Frameworks
10Humanitarian Health & Crisis Response

V.  Languages

Nine languages, four scripts.

EnglishEnglish
العربيةArabic
FrançaisFrench
EspañolSpanish
ਪੰਜਾਬੀPunjabi
دریDari (Farsi)
اردوUrdu
ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜTamazight
Bosanski / HrvatskiBosnian / Croatian

VI.  Education

Training.

2024 — 2026

Master’s in Global Health

New York University

2014 — 2019

B.S., Global Disease Biology

University of California, Davis · Minors in Public Health Sciences and Arabic Language & Culture

Selected certifications

  • WHO · Health Systems Resilience
  • WHO · MNCH Programming in Humanitarian Settings
  • WHO · Mental Health in Humanitarian Emergencies
  • DHIS2 · Aggregate Data Capture
  • DHIS2 · Planning & Budgeting
  • MEAL DPro · in progress

VII.  Correspondence

For advisory, policy and programme engagements.

sateshwarsingh@gmail.com