Background
Zeshi is a midwife with expertise in community and tertiary education, health service quality improvement, program design and management, community development, organisational governance, impact measurement and health management information systems. She has a strong background in working with non-government, government, and international donor partners.
Zeshi leads and provides technical support to midwifery, sexual reproductive health, and measurement-related projects within the GWNH Working Group, with a focus on the Asia Pacific Region.
Appointments
- 2022 – current: Member, International Consortium on Sexual Health and Reproductive Rights
- 2021 – current: Honorary Fellow, University of Melbourne
- 2015 – current: Board Member, Barefoot Initiative
- 2017: International Programs Committee Member, Sight for All
Positions
- 2020 – Current: Technical Officer, Global Women’s and Newborn’s Health, Burnet Institute
- 2020 – 2021: Individual consultant, World Health Organization
- 2019 – 2020: Impact and Design Manager, KIT International
- 2015 – 2019: Program Manager, Birthing Kit Foundation Australia
- 2016 – 2018: Topic Coordinator and Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Flinders University
- 2013 – 2016: Registered Midwife, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, SA Health
- 2011 – 2013: Maternal Child Health and Family Planning Advisor, CCT-Health, Timor-Leste
- 2010 – 2011: Community Health Educator, SIPPA, Solomon Islands
- 2006 – 2010: Registered Midwife, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, SA Health
- 2004 – 2008 Community Development Volunteer, Barefoot Initiative/APDA, Ethiopia
Qualifications
- 2013: Certificate of Sexual Health – Theory
- 2009: Master of Health and International Development
- 2005: Bachelor of Midwifery
Awards
- 2006: Recognition of Midwifery Excellence Award, Australian College of Midwives, SA
- 2005 Australian College of Midwives Prize for Midwifery, Flinders University
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