Raquel Peck 🇬🇧🇧🇷

Responsible for the overall strategy and operations for the World Hepatitis Alliance programmes, partnership developments, fundraising and fulfilment of its mission.

** As a result of our advocacy work, 194 governments committed in 2016 to eliminating viral hepatitis by 2030. Together with our members and key partners, I led the charge to ensure the world delivers on this commitment by:

1. Ensuring that the voices of viral hepatitis patients are at the forefront of national and… Show more

Responsible for the overall strategy and operations for the World Hepatitis Alliance programmes, partnership developments, fundraising and fulfilment of its mission.

** As a result of our advocacy work, 194 governments committed in 2016 to eliminating viral hepatitis by 2030. Together with our members and key partners, I led the charge to ensure the world delivers on this commitment by:

1. Ensuring that the voices of viral hepatitis patients are at the forefront of national and global
health discussions
2. Providing global leadership in advocating for a higher profile and priority for viral hepatitis
3. Raising awareness, particularly through World Hepatitis Day and Nohep, our global elimination movement
4. Working with the World Health Organization, their regional offices and other key partners to support governments in combating viral hepatitis
5. Working directly with governments to help them establish/implement effective national strategies
6. Supporting national hepatitis NGOs with capacity & capability building
7. Reducing the stigma & discrimination associated with chronic viral hepatitis by improving education
8. Fighting for access to testing, treatment and care for all (ensuring no group is left behind; children, indigenous communities, prisoners, IDUs, migrants etc.)
9. Working with key stakeholders in the area of access to diagnostics, vaccines and new therapies
10. Advancing WHA as an influencer and advocate among leaders in international health
11.Fostering important partnerships
12.Ensuring WHA’s team is integrated and motivated to deliver ambitious projects and above all, abiding by WHA's core values: Make a Difference, Ambition, Integrity, Trust.

** As the CEO of WHA, I was also a member of Medicines Patent Pool Expert Advisory Group on hepatitis (providing advice to both MPP's management team and Board on public health strategies and clinical needs relating to their work and license agreements on hepatitis). Show less

Responsible for seven key areas:
1. Organisation's Visibility & Profile: serving as one of the public faces and key spokespeople for the World Hepatitis Alliance, representing it with credibility and enthusiasm
2. HR: managing the Alliance's team, while overseeing the running of the office as a whole
3. Reporting: producing the organisation’s Annual Report of activities
4. Partnerships: developing and sustaining relationships with key stakeholders
5. Communications: overseeing… Show more

Responsible for seven key areas:
1. Organisation's Visibility & Profile: serving as one of the public faces and key spokespeople for the World Hepatitis Alliance, representing it with credibility and enthusiasm
2. HR: managing the Alliance's team, while overseeing the running of the office as a whole
3. Reporting: producing the organisation’s Annual Report of activities
4. Partnerships: developing and sustaining relationships with key stakeholders
5. Communications: overseeing the coordination of World Hepatitis Day
6. Capacity and capability building: working with groups to support their advocacy efforts at national/ regional levels
7. Policy: working with governments, the World Health Organisation and other key parties to establish/implement national strategies for viral hepatitis Show less