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Biographies

Dr Dan Chisholm is Program Manager for Mental Health at the WHO Regional Office  for Europe (based in Copenhagen, Denmark).  He works with WHO Member States and other partners to develop and implement national mental health policies and plans, as well as provide guidance, tools and advocacy for the promotion of mental health and the development of prevention, treatment and recovery services across the life-course.  He was a former Health Systems Adviser at the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at WHO Headquarters Office in Geneva, Switzerland.  

Melita Murko - Technical Officer, Mental Health Programme, WHO Regional Office for Europe

Melita is a psychologist from Bosnia and Herzegovina with over 20 years of experience in the field of mental health at the national, regional and international level. Two largest projects she worked on in the past were the Mental Health Project for south-eastern Europe, implemented under the Stability Pact’s Social Cohesion Initiative from 2002-2008, and the WHO European Declaration Better health, better lives: children and young people with intellectual disabilities and their families, endorsed by the Regional Committee in Azerbaijan in 2011.

Since June 2016 Melita has been working for the WHO Regional Office for Europe as a technical officer with the Mental Health Programme. Her primary responsibility is to coordinate the WHO Project on long-term institutions for adults with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities. The project focuses on the implementation of quality standards and promotion of human rights and recovery-oriented care in selected long-term facilities in over 15 countries.

Dr Zeinab Hijazi - Global Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Specialist, UNICEF, New York Headquarters

Zeinab has 14 years of experience supporting MHPSS programs globally. At present, she is the MHPSS specialist and technical lead at UNICEF, and provides program guidance and technical support to enhance UNICEF's approach to the provision of mental health & psychosocial support for children and families in humanitarian settings, this includes supporting UNICEF country teams in designing and implementing locally relevant, comprehensive and sustainable MHPSS strategies that (1) promote safe, nurturing environments for the recovery, psychosocial well-being and protection of children; and (2) engage children, caregivers and families, community systems and service providers at all levels of the social-ecological framework.  Zeinab has also worked with International Medical Corps and the World Health Organization, with field level experience in development, monitoring, evaluation and running of culturally appropriate MHPSS activities in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen.

Åsa Nihlén works for the Gender and Human Rights programme at the WHO Regional Office for Europe. She is a political scientist with a specialty in human rights protection and promotion through policy and law; the health and social impact of discrimination, gender stereotypes and gender equality; as well as the design of rights-based and gender-responsive/gender-transformative policy and other measures. Åsa has many years of experience in public health policy and strategy development, political analysis, management of intercountry political consultations and designing and delivering specific technical assistance to governments. Currently, her work focuses on the health impact of gender equality, sexual and reproductive health rights in Europe, health sector’s role in preventing and responding to violence against women, human trafficking, and LGBTI health rights.

Koen Sevenants, Belgian, is the MHPSS specialist  in the UNICEF led global Child Protection Area of Responsibility (CP AoR). Koen has a Ph.D. degree in child and adolescent psychology. In his 23 year of experience he worked in China, DPRK, Cambodia, Russia, Ukraine, Greece, Ghana, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Iraq, Jordan, Ecuador and the US. His main fields of expertise are MHPSS, Child Protection, Program Management and Inter-Agency Coordination. He was deployed by both INGOs (HI, Islamic relief, Action Against Hunger, etc.) and by UN-agencies (IOM, UNICEF). Koen is multilingual, father of two daughters and a passionate musician and cook.

Dr. Sheeba Harma, Regional Gender Adviser, UNICEF Europe and Central Asia. Sheeba has over eighteen years of experience in senior management and leadership on gender in development. In her current work with UNICEF she leads the technical oversight and quality assurance of the implementation of UNICEF’s Gender Action Plan and priorities in 21 countries across Europe and Central Asia. This includes ensuring gender integration in multiple sectors such as Health, Nutrition, Education, WASH, Child Protection, Migration, Emergencies and providing technical support to Gender Based Violence programmes.  She previously served as the UNICEF Regional Gender Adviser supporting 8 countries in South Asia,  and brings field experience having worked in Afghanistan in various leadership roles with USAID funded initiatives, with the Colombo Plan as their Director for Gender Programmes covering 26 member states in Asia Pacific on Access to Justice, Women Shelters and Children Support Centers and girls education field experience in Nigeria.