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Siddhi Aryal
Siddhi Aryal
Siddhi Aryal, PhD, is the regional director for Vital Strategies Asia Pacific and leads strategic partnerships and fundraising efforts in the region. He also provides oversight and leadership to the Singapore team in their work implementing global programmes. He is a trained public health professional with over 20 years of experience in South and Southeast Asia in designing, managing, and implementing health and development programmes in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. He has a PhD in Health Systems from Tulane University and a Master of Science in Health from University College London.

Although environmental risks are a major cause of childhood illness and death in Asia, many governments lack ready access to comparable data. Developing children’s environmental health indicators is one way to assess existing conditions and evaluate progress in improving children’s health.

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