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He also worked at the former Canadian International Development Agency CIDA as the Team Leader of the Health Specialists and brings experience as a Reproductive Health Policy Advisor and as Manager of Multilateral Health Institutions and Partnerships. Between 2007-2014 he worked at the Regional Office of the Ford Foundation in Cairo where he was a Senior Program Officer for Reproductive Health and HIV\/AIDS in part supporting implementation research and strengthening the health policy environment around sexual and reproductive health and rights. 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