Meet the Devex Authors

Dr. Sipho S. Moyo

Dr. Sipho S. Moyo

Dr. Sipho Moyo is ONE's Africa director. Sipho previously spent 12 years with the African Development Bank, working in in four different departments and four countries including Tanzania and Nigeria. She has served in the World Bank's office for the MENA region as well as U.N.-Habitat in Nairobi and the International Fund for Agricultural Development in Rome.
Dr. Somil Nagpal

Dr. Somil Nagpal

Dr. Somil Nagpal is based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and in his current role, serves as a cluster lead for the World Bank’s health sector programs in Cambodia and Lao PDR. Prior to joining the World Bank in 2009, Somil served at India’s Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, the Indian ministries of Finance and Health, the National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, and the World Health Organization.
Dr. Sophia Banu

Dr. Sophia Banu

Dr. Sophia Banu is an associate professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine. She’s a volunteer with the humanitarian NGO MedGlobal.
Dr. Stefan Swartling Peterson

Dr. Stefan Swartling Peterson

Stefan Swartling Peterson is a public health physician and professor of global transformation for health at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. A former global chief of health at UNICEF, he is now a visiting professor at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Dr. Stephan Klingebiel

Dr. Stephan Klingebiel

Dr. Stephan Klingebiel is head of inter- and transnational cooperation at IDOS. He holds academic roles in Seoul, Bonn, Turin, and India. He previously led the UNDP Global Policy Centre in Seoul and founded KfW's Kigali office. His work focuses on global governance, development policy, and international cooperation.
Dr. Sufia Askari

Dr. Sufia Askari

Dr. Sufia Askari is the managing director of Sight and Life. She is a medical doctor and a globally recognized public health strategist with almost two decades of experience in policy, technical support, and research, focusing on maternal, newborn, and child health; immunization; nutrition; and food security. She believes in breaking silos to put the mother and child at the center of solutions. Her work with organizations such as UNICEF, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given Sufia the opportunity to lead, design, and implement sustainable nutrition solutions in several countries. She is currently based in London.
Dr. Susan Shepherd

Dr. Susan Shepherd

Dr. Susan Shepherd is a senior adviser for ALIMA’s pediatrics and research programs. A licensed pediatrician, she joined ALIMA in 2013 to develop new strategies for the care of malnourished children. A specialist in child malnutrition for more than 10 years, she has also worked with the World Food Programme and Médecins Sans Frontières in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Dr. Tan Do Yew

Dr. Tan Do Yew

Dr. Tan Do Yew is the technical manager for companion animals for ASEAN, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand at Boehringer Ingelheim. He has more than 15 years of working experience in the animal health industry in different regional roles with extensive background in technical, regulatory, and commercial operations. He is the sustainability lead for animal health and is currently based in the regional office in Singapore.
Dr. Terence Scott

Dr. Terence Scott

Dr. Terence Scott is a technical lead for rabies at the Global Alliance for Rabies Control. Scott has worked in more than 15 low- and middle-Income countries to support their efforts toward achieving rabies elimination. He is a developer and administrator of the Rabies Epidemiological Bulletin, a surveillance system dedicated to rabies surveillance that is used in more than 48 countries globally. Scott is the World Rabies Day team lead and is the lead for the MERACON Regional Rabies Control Network.
Dr. Tom Frieden

Dr. Tom Frieden

Dr. Tom Frieden is a former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is now the president and CEO at Resolve to Save Lives and a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations.