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I provide high quality consultancy services for Monitoring and Evaluation in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health and especially for family planning programmes. I have carried out a substantial amount of work focusing upon BCC and socio-cultural challenges as well as issues related to health systems strengthening and task-shifting in order to address unmet need. I speak fluent French |
 Contact Sarah Castle
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Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS
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I have over twenty years’ research, programmatic and policy experience, mostly in Francophone Africa. However, I am increasingly working globally and enjoy applying best practice in a variety of cultural contexts.
Having been educated at Oxford and Harvard Universities, I spent eight years at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine where I did research, teaching and student supervision. I organised the 'Short Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research' and brought in record numbers of students who gave it glowing evaluations!
In 2007 I moved to Mali (a country very dear to my heart) and set up my own consultancy business. This quickly became very successful and took me not just around Africa but also to The Caribbean and Asia. My client base expanded rapidly and includes, amongst others, UNICEF, USAID, Save the Children, The Population Council, The World Bank, Population Services International, Marie Stopes International, Family Health International and Intrahealth International. The vast majority of these organisations have requested that I work for them on more than one occasion - I hope that speaks for itself with regard to the quality of my work!
Due to the coup d’Etat in Mali in March 2012 I sadly had to leave and am now based in London but can work anywhere. I am not afraid of ‘getting my hands dirty’ and love fieldwork (the more remote the location, the better!). However, I am also at ease doing quantitative and qualitative analysis and possess good writing skills for technical and popular audiences. I have experience in addressing the needs of hard-to-reach or highly vulnerable groups and am mindful of the importance of local participation and ownership. Whatever I do I always try to think 'outside the box'
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Education: |
Post doctoral studies: Harvard University 1993
PhD, Medical Demography :London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 1992
BA Hons Geography : Oxford University 1984
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