Antonia Pannell

Senior Research Officer, Immunisation and Health Systems Strengthening

Working groups

Immunisation and Health Systems Strengthening

Background

Antonia has extensive experience implementing in public health development and humanitarian programs.

She has a Master of Public Health and over 17 years' experience in the development and humanitarian space, with a focus on malaria, vaccines and immunisation, maternal and child health and health systems strengthening.

Within health systems strengthening, she has worked on a range of thematic issues including supply chain management of vaccines, training of healthcare workers and community health workers training, and governance of financial flow of health funds to decentralised levels.

Antonia has extensive international experience working with NGOs,WHO and donors in South Sudan, Pakistan, Yemen, the Syria region, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania.

Qualifications

2008 – MSc Public Health in Developing Countries, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
2004 – BA Human Sciences, Oxford University, UK

Positions

Sept 2023 – present: Senior Research Fellow, Immunisation and Health System Strengthening, Burnet Institute
2023: Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), Canberra, Australia
2019-2021: Health Program Manager, Danish Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya
2019: Consultant, Capacity Strengthening of NGOs on Immunisation Advocacy, African Population & Health Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
2015-2018: Senior Country Manager, Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, Geneva, Switzerland
2015: Technical Officer, Global Health Cluster, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
2014: Report Writer and Editor (Consultant), International Council of Voluntary Agencies, Geneva, Switzerland
2013-2014: Regional Program Coordinator, Syria Regional Response, International Medical Corps, Amman, Jordan
2013: Field Coordinator, International Rescue Committee, Aden, Yemen
2011-2013: Internally Displaced Persons Vulnerability Assessment & Profiling Coordinator, International Rescue Committee, Peshawar/Islamabad, Pakistan
2009-2011: Program Coordinator/Technical Officer, Malaria Consortium, Juba, South Sudan
2005-2009: Program Officer/Program Assistant, African Medical & Research Foundation, London, UK
2004: Volunteer/Communications Assistant, Médecins Sans Frontières, London, UK

Current projects

Working with communities to vaccinate children in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

We’re working with local communities in East New Britian province, Papua New Guinea, to reach unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children.