Rebecca Fields

Rebecca Fields is a public health specialist with more than twenty years experience working in health programs in developing countries. With an undergraduate degree in microbiology and an M.P.H. in environmental health, she has worked primarily in the areas of infectious disease control, particularly immunization, infectious disease surveillance, injection safety, and oral rehydration therapy. Currently, she directs AED's work on PEPFAR-funded injection safety projects -- specifically, activities related to behavior change, communication, and advocacy for injection safety in 11 countries. She is also a technical officer on the USAID-funded IMMUNIZATIONbasics project. Previous positions include serving as technical director for advocacy and health systems on AED's CHANGE project, where work included developing advocacy strategies for immunization and introducing behavioral approaches to improve health worker practices related to disease surveillance. Previously, during six years as co-chair of the immunization working group of the BASICS I project, and prior to that as coordinator of immunization activities for the REACH project, she supported country-level immunization system strengthening activities in over 15 countries. As an employee of the Program for Appropriate Technology for Health (PATH) for 18 years, she worked on the development and field testing of vaccine vial monitors that are now commonly in use on vaccines used in Africa and Asia.

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