Mariya Bachmaha holds a degree in public health from Brown University (USA) and in law from Ivan Franko National University (Lviv, Ukraine). She leads an NGO called “PH Capital. Public Health Experts” which unites young Ukrainian experts with experience and education in public health, health care, social police and care, law and policy to systemically impact the public health system in Ukraine.
Mariya has worked with the SDC-funded project MH4U as national stakeholder coordinator since 2019. In this role, she is responsibile for making high quality mental health services more accessible to the Ukrainian people by coordinating national stakeholders.
Previously, she coordinated research activities in Ukraine at the Brown University Ukraine Collaboration, mainly in the areas of Tuberculosis and HIV. The research focused on patient-level and system-level obstacles for effective HIV/TB patient care in Ukraine. As a WHO consultant in Ukraine and as a researcher, Mariya has focused on the performance of the national immunization system and, since 2020, she has been a member of the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG). As a WHO consultant, Mariya has worked on improving access to immunization services in Ukraine and limiting the spread of the measles outbreak in 2018-2020. As a public health consultant, she is working with national authorities and NGOs on building a public health system in Ukraine.