Carthi Mannikarottu serves as WACI Health’s Communications Lead. Previously, she was the Advocacy and Communications Officer at the Civil Society Engagement Mechanism for UHC2030 (CSEM) secretariat, co-hosted by WACI Health.

Carthi acted as the focal point for civil society and community representatives on the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. For over five years, she was engaged with UNICEF’s HIV and AIDS section on knowledge management, advocacy, and communications. Prior to this role, she was an associate in the development and expansion team of the ACTION Global Health Partnership, hosted by RESULTS Educational Fund. She began her career at TogoRun, a boutique strategic communications agency specialized in health.

Carthi holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) with a health policy analysis concentration from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science (BSc.) in Global Health from the University of Pennsylvania.