Sam Rick

Samantha Rick

Former deputy director, Frontline Health Workers Coalition

Samantha Rick served as an advocacy and policy officer at IntraHealth International and as deputy director of the Frontline Health Workers Coalition. Previously, she worked with the USAID Bureau for Global Health and the Smithsonian Institution Office of International Relations. She received her master's degree in anthropology of development and social transformation from the University of Sussex.

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A Gender Lens on COVID-19

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