Patricia Mechael

Dr. Patricia Mechael is executive director of the mHealth Alliance, which is hosted by the United Nations Foundation. Patricia has been involved in global health for 15 years and has field experience in over 30 countries, primarily in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. She has worked with a broad range of institutions on research, program design and implementation, strategic planning, and policy development for mHealth and eHealth initiatives, as well as reproductive health and women’s health and rights. Patricia has a master’s degree in international health from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Hygiene and a PhD in public health and policy from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.