Mahnaz M. Harrison is the founding President, CEO of Last Mile4D. She is experienced in management of innovative health projects in the world’s remotest areas. Her talent is in collaborating with local, regional and international stakeholders to move health projects from the pilot phase to implementation. She received a Fulbright Scholarship, in 2011 to draft a Comprehensive Cancer Control Policy in the country of Georgia. This work paved the way for the establishment of LM4D, which designs innovative community-centric health, and rights-to-health solutions. Innovation of VPack4Development (V4D) technology has enabled her to bring her passion for women’s and girls’ rights to health and safety to fruition with local partners in Kenya and Uganda. They use V4D to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Kenya. V4D combins three main components: 1) education to motivate targeted communities to eradicate FGM, 2) periodic, real-time monitoring by trained field workers of a cohort of schoolgirls at risk of FGM, and 3) crisis intervention including a hotline, law enforcement point of contact and alternate housing for girls who were facing imminent cutting. Furthermore, she designed several regional programs for civil society organizations in the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Middle East to further their advocacy skills on women’s health and rights to health and being safe from abuse. Her passion is improving the health, safety and economic livelihood of women and girls in the remotest areas of the world. While using technology has been critical, it is Harrison’s expertise in designing protocols and curricula that produced successful health outcomes. She serves on the board of World Pulse, and she is a graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Advance International Studies/SAIS.
Listed skills include International Development, Capacity Building, Healthcare Management, Women Owned Business, and 26 others.