Senior Advisor, Global Health Policy  /  New York City

Sahil SinghBuilding resilient health systems in the world’s most fragile regions

Strategic and programmatic leadership spanning multilateral policy, ministerial partnerships and conflict-affected settings, from intergovernmental negotiations on pandemic preparedness to primary health care reform in Lebanon.

  • WFPHA
  • UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
  • Lebanon MoPH & UNICEF
140

countries represented in the global health task force under his leadership

30+

clinical sites under his operational direction

90%

expansion in programme delivery capacity within two years

9

working languages, including Arabic, Dari and Tamazight

I.  Profile

Translating public health priorities into durable systems

Sahil Singh is a senior advisor in global health policy whose work bridges multilateral governance and national health systems reform. He directs multi-year strategic planning for a global health policy task force spanning 140 countries and contributes to the design of Lebanon’s national primary health care and maternal and child health systems in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health and UNICEF.

His work integrates three disciplines seldom combined in a single career: country-level implementation in fragile and conflict-affected settings, multilateral policy engagement with WHO and United Nations stakeholders, and operational leadership of a clinical network of more than 30 sites. Trained in global health at New York University, he brings expertise in evidence-informed decision support, institutional coordination and health systems strengthening.

II.  Current Mandates

Three concurrent appointments, 2026

New York  ·  Geneva HQJuly 2026 — Present

Global Health Task Force Lead

World Federation of Public Health Associations

  • Leads a task force spanning 140 countries, developing multi-year strategic roadmaps, workplans and accountability frameworks.
  • Contributes to policy and advocacy on global health governance, including the WHO Pandemic Agreement and negotiations on Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS).
  • Integrates health systems strengthening and conflict-sensitive perspectives into the task force’s recommendations.
Beirut, LebanonJuly 2026 — Present

Senior Public Health Expert

Global Health Team of Experts

  • Directs the development of a primary health care certification programme and a universal health coverage (UHC) infrastructure framework, in coordination with Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health and UNICEF, amid active conflict.
  • Coordinates multi-partner planning for a national maternal and child health referral system, encompassing governance, accountability mechanisms and phased pilot-site identification.
  • Leads health facility assessments and the design of quality assurance indicators, community health worker training and emergency preparedness and response protocols.
New YorkMay 2026 — Present

Senior Advisor

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

  • Prepares technical briefings and inter-agency decision-support materials in the course of multilateral negotiations.
  • Facilitates coordination across UN system entities and supports the development of common positions on cross-sectoral priorities.

III.  Record

A decade of service, from community health to multilateral diplomacy

2025 — 2026New York, NY

Co-Director & Senior Consultant

NYU Applied Global Public Health Initiative

Led needs assessments and portfolio gap analyses, synthesising multi-source evidence into recommendations for senior leadership; developed 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

Oversaw multi-stakeholder operations for a donor-funded federal initiative; convened senior officials and partners, and developed executive briefings, decision memoranda and programme monitoring systems.

2019 — 2024San Francisco, CA

Director of Operations

LifeStance Health

Directed operations for a clinical portfolio of more than 30 sites, overseeing cross-functional teams, budgets, regulatory compliance and performance management, and expanded programme delivery by 90% within two years.

2015 — 2019Sacramento, CA

Clinic Manager & Translator

Shifa Clinic

Established a pro bono legal clinic during the U.S. travel ban, linking affected community members to legal counsel; represented the clinic before the UC Davis School of Medicine board; coordinated community outreach for free primary health care services and provided medical interpretation for patients and care teams.

IV.  Capabilities

Expertise spanning policy, health systems and humanitarian response

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

V.  Languages

Nine working languages across four scripts

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

VI.  Education

Global health at NYU, One Health at UC Davis and WHO technical credentials

2024 — 2026  ·  New York, NY

Master of Public Health, Global Health

New York University

4.0 GPA

2014 — 2019  ·  Davis, CA

Bachelor of Science, Global Disease Biology

University of California, Davis

Interdisciplinary One Health programme across the Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Minors in Public Health Sciences and Arabic Language & Culture

WHO & technical credentials

  • 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