Brittney Varpilah is Last Mile Health’s Liberia Country Director. In this role, she is responsible for shepherding all of Last Mile Health’s Liberia-based projects, people, and resources in order to attain multi-year strategic objectives, annual key results, donor milestones, and overall impact in accordance with Last Mile Health’s theory of change. Brittney has worked alongside the Ministry of Health since the launch of the National Community Health Program in 2016. Over the last decade, she has contributed to the building of community health worker curriculum; coordinated donor partner funding; tested new community approaches to immunization, nutrition, and contraception; revised the national policy based on learning; and ensured continued political support for the national program.
Previously, Brittney worked at Mercy Corps in Liberia on youth development and community health programming and at World Learning where she led international youth exchange programming. She holds a Master of Arts in International Education from the School for International Training and Bachelor of Arts in International and Global Studies from the University of Maine.