Chaitali Sinha is a Senior Program Specialist with the Global Health Division at Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) with 20 years of experience with research for development in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Her areas of expertise include global health, health systems strengthening, sexual and reproductive health and rights, health information systems, gender and health, and digital innovation.

Chaitali holds a master’s degree in international affairs and a bachelor’s degree in management information systems. She has published peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and blogs on issues gender and health, gender transformative research, digital health, and health systems strengthening.