Purnima Mane
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Purnima Mane currently serves as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Deputy Executive Director (Programme), a position she was appointed to in March 2007. Mane joined UNFPA from the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), where she served as Director of Policy, Evidence and Partnership.
Mane joined the World Health Organization’s Global Programme on AIDS in 1994, moving to UNAIDS at its inception in 1996, where she provided oversight to the area of behavioural sciences research and gender and AIDS. She also managed the Executive Office.
From 1999 to 2003, she worked at the Population Council in New York, where she later became Vice-President and Director of International Programmes. In 2003, she went on to work for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis
and Malaria
, where she was Chief Fund Portfolio Director and Director, Asia.
She returned to UNAIDS in 2004 as Director, driving the development of UNAIDS policy, evidence and partnership work serving as a vital member of the Senior Management Team.
Mane has a distinguished track record as an international expert on gender and HIV and led the process of developing the HIV Prevention Policy, which was endorsed by the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board in June 2005.
Mane, who is Indian, holds a doctorate from the Tata Institute of Social Studies in Mumbai
, where she later went on to become Associate Professor. Before joining UNAIDS, Mane worked for over 13 years in India on public health and gender-related issues.
Mane joined the World Health Organization’s Global Programme on AIDS in 1994, moving to UNAIDS at its inception in 1996, where she provided oversight to the area of behavioural sciences research and gender and AIDS. She also managed the Executive Office.
From 1999 to 2003, she worked at the Population Council in New York, where she later became Vice-President and Director of International Programmes. In 2003, she went on to work for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
and Malaria
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. The disease results from the multiplication of Plasmodium parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases...
, where she was Chief Fund Portfolio Director and Director, Asia.
She returned to UNAIDS in 2004 as Director, driving the development of UNAIDS policy, evidence and partnership work serving as a vital member of the Senior Management Team.
Mane has a distinguished track record as an international expert on gender and HIV and led the process of developing the HIV Prevention Policy, which was endorsed by the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board in June 2005.
Mane, who is Indian, holds a doctorate from the Tata Institute of Social Studies in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, where she later went on to become Associate Professor. Before joining UNAIDS, Mane worked for over 13 years in India on public health and gender-related issues.