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Dr. Daniel Kraushaar is Management Sciences for Health’s Global Lead for Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) and, reporting to MSH’s President and CEO, heads up a corporate-wide initiative in HSS that spans MSH’s programs worldwide. As part of that responsibility he provides support to MSH’s global and country programs. In addition, Dan is a member of MSH’s core group on performance based financing (PBF) and provides technical support to MSH’s PBF-related projects. Prior to joining MSH in 2009 Dan worked as Interim Director and Deputy Director in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Integrated Health Solutions Development division of the Global Health Program. There he was responsible for a team that developed and funded strategies and activities that accelerate and improve the introduction, adoption, and delivery of interventions aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality in neonates, infants and children. Prior to joining the Foundation, Dan was Director of USAID’s global flagship child survival project, BASICS, and Senior Fellow at Management Sciences for Health (MSH) from 2001-2005. Prior to directing BASICS, Dan worked for MSH as a senior consultant in the area of health finance, health sector reform and health system strengthening based in the US. His international resident overseas positions included the following: (1995-1997) Regional Health Finance Advisor in USAID’s Regional Economic Development Support Office for East and Southern Africa (REDSO/ESA); (1990-1995) Chief of Party, Kenya Health Care Financing Project; (1986-1990) Chief of Party, Swaziland Primary Health Care Project; (1984-1986) Country Director, Helen Keller International Indonesia; (1975-1976) Community Health Planner, CARE Indonesia; (1970-1972) Surveillance/ Assessment Officer, Ethiopia smallpox eradication program. During his career Dan has worked for 17 years in four ministries of health (Kenya, Swaziland, Indonesia and Ethiopia) and in addition for the Idaho State Health Department for 4 years (1976-1980). His technical expertise has focused on child survival, health sector reform, health financing and project management. Dan has a Doctor of Science (ScD) degree from The Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Public Health Degree.
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Working Groups are a central part of the way InterAction supports and aids its members. Working Groups are first and foremost a place for member agencies to share information that is important to them in several ways:
- by providing a way for member organizations to share information about field-based issues, concerns, and topics;
- by serving as a place for members to receive training and to share best practices with each other; and
- by offering a space for members to develop new products and materials on a given topic.
Working Groups are member driven and supported by InterAction staff (with the exception of a few non-staffed working groups). Members identify an interest, issue area, or need around which they feel their collective voices will clarify or strengthen responses. Depending on the number of member organizations interested, a meeting or consultation is planned to explore the topic and allow members to share their issues and concerns. Such consultations or exploratory meetings may lead to the formation of an on-going Working Group.
InterAction's current working groups are described below. For more information on a specific working group, contact the group's staff contact.
| Group | Description | Staff Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Urban Poverty - Urban Issues |
InterAction recognizes that the complexity and singularity of each urban setting. |
Luisa Córdoba |
| ICCC |
InterAction CTO, CIO Council |
Allen Abtahi |
| Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Sub-Working Group |
Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) Sub-Working Group |
Heather Powell |
| Task Force on Foreign Assistance Reform (TF) |
A forum for discussing and planning advocacy strategies on foreign aid reform |
Filmona Hailemichael |
| Outreach and Communications Working Group |
A skills-building and information sharing forum for member staff with grassroots advocacy, communications, and outreach responsibilities. |
Filmona Hailemichael |
| Security Advisory Group |
The Security Advisory Group advances the strategic development of InterAction member organization's safety and security management |
John Schafer |
| Iraq Working Group |
Forum for discusing and advocating on internal and external issues related to Iraq, refugees/IDPs, security & other areas impacting the NGO community |
Heather Powell |
| Humanitarian Partnerships Working Group |
A Forum for discussion and collaborative action around changing dynamics within the humanitarian community |
Elizabeth Bellardo |
| Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) |
The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Working Group meets monthly to discuss and plan advocacy strategies for issues pertaining to the MCC |
Sarah Farnsworth |
| Public Policy Committee |
InterAction's General Public Policy Working Group |
Ken Forsberg |
| Pandemic Preparedness Working Group |
The Pandemic Preparedness Working Group meets to address national and international planning for NGOs to respond to a pandemic influenza |
Elizabeth Bellardo |
| West Bank/Gaza Working Group |
The West Bank/Gaza Working Group meets monthly to discuss humanitarian access issues, coordinate Hill visits, and share operational issues |
Elizabeth Bellardo |
