Gabriele Mallapaty

Gabriele Mallapaty, Country Lead for Nepal, has 25 years of experience in public health, working at the grassroots level as well as with Ministries of Health and donors in both the public and private sector. Gabriele has lived and worked in a diverse set of countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe and America. Before her recent move to Nepal, she worked at UNICEF and co-chaired the Health System Strengthening task team of the GAVI Alliance. She is also a leading authority in the field of primary health care laboratory services and has conceptualized, designed and published a website solely dedicated to this area within the public health field. Gabriele now lives in Kathmandu and speaks several languages, including German, Nepali, French, Chinese and Arabic.