Eckhard Kleinau

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About Eckhard Kleinau

Experienced manager and technical leader committed to advancing global public health and improving people's livelihoods through health systems strengthening, frontline health worker capacity development, cross-sector approaches, social innovation, and reliance on evidence from implementation science. Developed new corporate business and wrote successful proposals. Led a major USAID contract for over five years, enabling the Bureau for Global Health to monitor program performance, use creative but rigorous data analysis, produce flagship publications, and communicate bureau achievements effectively. Coordinated the adoption of standardized indicators with NGOs, USAID and international organizations including WHO and UNICEF. Developed and led an innovative and award-winning project integrating health, population, environmental management, and food security. Strengths/Specialties: MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE - Led multidisciplinary teams (40 staff)- Strategic planning, project design - Strategic communication, social media DEVELOPMENT SECTORS/AREAS - Health Systems Strengthening, continuous quality improvement - Human Resources for Health capacity development - Primary health care, community-based service delivery - Maternal & child health - Family planning/Reproductive health - Infectious diseases - Environmental health (water supply, sanitation, hygiene) TECHNICAL SKILLS - Epidemiology - Performance monitoring, project & impact evaluation; household & facility surveys - Data analysis, visualization, dissemination, use - Knowledge management, organizational learning - Operations research (quantitative & qualitative methods), mathematical modeling, simulation - Economic analysis, health care financing - Health & management information systems (HIS)- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)- Capacity building (short-term training, university teaching, curriculum development)- Proposal writing Fluent in English, French, & German; elementary Spanish