Amanda Banda has over 16 years experience leading or providing program management and technical advocacy support nationally and globally, to influence Global Health Initiatives. She has supported international non-governmental organisations, academia, clinicians, and civil society’s engagement with global health initiatives, governments, ministries and multilateral donors on HIV, TB, COVID-19, health systems, diagnostics, health financing, human resources for health and intersectional SRHR. With a backgrounds in International Relations, Politics and Global Health Policy she has worked for Georgetown University’s O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, The Global Fund, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Wemos and AVAC, amongst others.