Mehreen Shahid is a development practitioner with over 15 years of experience in public health, education, social protection and public-private partnerships. She works with Global Health Visions (GHV) as a Senior Advisor on a range of different strategy projects; specifically, cholera control and prevention, maternal and newborn child health, food safety and security, neglected tropical diseases and more. She is also founder of the Safe Delivery Safe Mother (SDSM) organization which provides essential and life-saving maternal and reproductive healthcare services across rural, remote and low-resources communities in Pakistan. In 2023, she received the prestigious national Development Leadership Award in recognition of her maternal health, family planning and flood relief work in Pakistan. She is an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumnus, which is the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program in recognition of her expertise on natural disaster management and rehabilitation in Pakistan.  

She currently advises governments in Pakistan and abroad on health systems strengthening, strategy development and private sector engagement to enhance social impact. Previously, she has worked at the Clinton Foundation, the World Bank and McKinsey & Company in Pakistan, the U.S., UK and Middle East. She has a Master of Public Policy from the University of Oxford and has received her Public Health training from Yale University. She has spoken at prominent national and global platforms on women’s rights, social justice, gender equity and is also a TEDx speaker. She enjoys running, travelling, cricket and Urdu poetry.

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Areas of Expertise:

• Health system strengthening

• Strategy development

• Public-private partnerships

• Maternal, newborn, and child health

• Cholera control and prevention

• Food safety and security

• Neglected tropical diseases

• Strategy Development