Global Health Expert Interviews: Dr. Roman Yorick

Описание: Dr. Roman Yorick is a senior global public health leader and consultant with more than two decades of experience designing and leading large, donor-funded health programs across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. He has held senior leadership roles with organizations including HealthRight International, Pact, IntraHealth International, and USAID-funded initiatives, with deep expertise in maternal, neonatal, and child health, HIV, health systems strengthening, monitoring and evaluation, and quality improvement in countries such as Ukraine, Tajikistan, Russia, and Kazakhstan. Currently based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Dr. Yorick advises public health programs across the region, focusing on evidence-driven, equity-centered implementation at scale. Currenty Dr. Yorick is based in Kazakhstan.


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Reflection Questions:

1. Systems Change and Sustainability

Dr. Yorick explains why he moved from clinical practice to public health and emphasizes that lasting impact comes from embedding change into systems. How did his early work in Russia shape this view, and why does he see systems change as essential for sustainability?

2. Advocacy, Power, and Working with Governments

Drawing on his experience with HealthRight, Dr. Yorick contrasts “loud” public advocacy with quieter, behind-the-scenes collaboration with authorities. How does this perspective complicate common ideas about advocacy in global health, and what are the risks and benefits of this approach?

3. Navigating Donors, NGOs, and Complex Health Systems

Based on his leadership roles in Ukraine and Tajikistan and his experience as both an implementer and donor, what key lessons does Dr. Yorick offer about working across donors, governments, and communities, and how might these lessons shape your own career goals in public health?