Current Projects
New Initiatives || Fall 2025
CMMB x Global Volunteering Landscape | Senior Consultant: Diya Mehta
CMMB x Qualitative Research Study (QRS) | Senior Consultant: Aakash Mishra
Pakistan Hifazat Initiative (PHI) | Senior Consultant: Laibah Ashfaq
South Sudan & Haiti Health Resilience Collaborative (SHRC) | Senior Consultant: Whitney Rigodon
Tanzania Early Development Initiative (TEDI) | Senior Consultants: Gloria Adomaa Mensah Demitia and Dalanda Jallow
Climate Resilience and Health
Recent work examined climate-driven food insecurity and displacement in Madagascar, combining systems mapping and community-engaged research. Building on this, the team is exploring new partnerships to address intersections of maternal and child health with food insecurity and nutrition.
Global Ethics
The team focuses on strengthening equity in volunteer programming through mixed-methods evaluations that can be adapted for other NGOs. They developed survey and interview tools with experts to refine program guidelines and ensure meaningful community engagement.
Health Supply Systems Strengthening (HS3)
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The team maps medical supply systems and manages inventory to ensure resources reach areas of greatest need, while building sustainable partnerships to strengthen long-term supply chain resilience. Their work informed a report on Sub-Saharan African medical supply chains, presented at Harvard's 2025 Africa Health Conference.
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Resilience
The team strengthens community healthcare in Lebanon amid ongoing conflict by developing evidence-based training modules for frontline health workers in collaboration with AUB faculty and Lebanon's Ministry of Health. These modules, now advancing toward certification, empower providers while research on healthcare worker resilience lays the foundation for expansion across the MENA region.
Mycetoma Surveillance and Control
Building on evidence from the Mycetoma Research Centre and WHO, this project develops actionable surveillance and control recommendations aligned with Ethiopia’s community health and neglected tropical disease priorities. In collaboration with AGPHI alumnus Ezra Jerome, the team enhances data collection through a mycetoma surveillance application.
Highland Health Access Initiative (HHAI)
Mission: Through community-driven solutions and strategic partnerships, Highland Health Access Initiative works to bridge health care gaps by ensuring that every individual, regardless of socioeconomic status, has equitable access to quality care, wellness resources, and education.
Vision: A future where the Town of Highland and other rural communities have excellent health care, where no one faces barriers to care. Hand in hand with our community, we strive to build a healthier Sullivan County and rural America.
Recent Projects
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health | Partner: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Researched climate impacts on adolescent health and strengthened disaster preparedness across Latin America.
Maternal and Neonatal Health | Partners: BLOOM Foundation and Anáhuac University of Querétaro
Supported ultrasound trials to improve early detection of congenital heart disease in low-resource settings.
Youth Vaccination | Partner: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Created educational tools to counter vaccine misinformation and build community trust.
Impact of AGPHI
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Past Partnerships
- Anáhuac Querétaro University (Mexico)
- Autonomous University of Querétaro (Mexico)
- Backpack Health Worker Team (BPHWT)
- Birth Justice Defenders (NYC)
- BLOOM Foundation
- Grace Leadership Foundation (Mali)
- HOPE Springs Nigeria
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Ivory Coast Mothers and Children (ICMC)
- Kinding Sindaw (Philippines)
- Mycetoma Research Center (Sudan)
- Newborn Foundation
- Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- Qmetis Healthcare Tech Company
- The Lunchbox Fund
- UNICEF (Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh)
- UNICEF C4D Team (Myanmar)
- UNICEF / WHO WCARO
- UNICEF Myanmar
- WHEELS Global Foundation
- WHO Sudan
- WHO Universal Healthcare Global Partnership (with Dr. Denis Porignon)
- World Food Programme (WFP)
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Publications & Presentations
Publications
CMMB and NYU Partner to Advance Program Evaluation in Global Health Service
Global Health Ethics | 18 November 2025 | By: Anabelle Bunis, Marcia Grand Ortega, Cara Rubin, Juliana Murillo, Iqra Noor, Sahil Singh, Avi Aulakh, and Rhea Nakra
This blog post spotlights the Global Health Ethics team’s collaboration with CMMB and their poster presentation at the New York Public Health Partnership Conference.
Read the blog post hereLessons Learned from an International Summit of Newborn Pulse Oximetry Screening Programs
Letter to the Editor, Neonatology Today | May 2021 | By: Oscar San Roman Orozco
This article highlights key insights from an international summit on newborn pulse oximetry screening programs.Presentations
Facing Climate Change in Androy, Southern Madagascar
AGPHI Senior Consultants Cara Rubin and Maya Moukarzel presented a poster, “Assessing Resilience Adaptation Strategies for Communities Facing Climate Change in Androy, Southern Madagascar,” at the APHA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, in November 2025. The poster highlights AGPHI’s Climate Resilience & Health Team and its work supporting resilience strategies for communities in southern Madagascar.Strengthening Sub-Saharan Africa: Overcoming Global Barriers Within the Medical Supply Chain
The Health Supply Systems Strengthening team, led by Madison Crombie and Lab Director Haya Srour, presented at the 2025 Africa Health Conference at Harvard, highlighting findings from their literature review on medical supply chain barriers and opportunities in Ghana, Tanzania, South Africa, Ethiopia, and Uganda. They emphasized the potential of digitizing shipping and delivery data to enhance efficiency.The Impact of Mobility Restriction Measures on the Reproductive Rate of SARS-COV-2 in Querétaro, Mexico
AGPHI consultants presented at the 17th International Conference on Urban Health, conducted by the International Society of Urban Health (2021).The Impact of Environmental Factors on Human Health
AGPHI Senior Consultant, Oscar San Roman, presented at the International Conference and the POP festival for the Youth-Led Climate Action Conference (2021).Racial Determinants of Health Toolkit
AGPHI consultants designed a Racial Determinants of Health Toolkit Infographic in response to the national uprising for racial justice following the murder of George Floyd. The toolkit presents public health statistics that identify the negative health outcomes that result from racial inequality in the United States (2020).