Hello everybody, my name is Sveta McGill and I have just joined RESULTS UK as Health Advocacy Officer. I originally come from Kiev, Ukraine, but have been in the UK since 2010 doing a PhD at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. My PhD thesis researched the impact of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) on HIV prevention policies and services in Ukraine which has the leading HIV rates in the European region.
My job of is now more focused on TB, and I am contributing to the Russian-language activities of the TB Europe Coalition (TBEC) – a network of activists and CSOs formed to increase the level of awareness, commitment and political will within the European Union and European Commission to fight TB. I bring to the job 15 + years of experience of working in the ex-Soviet region in public health, HIV/AIDS, TB, as well as gender policy and NGO development. I have also published a Russian-language journal “Aktualnye Infekcii” from 2007 to 2012 based in Kiev that focused on health care policy in HIV and TB, as well as programmes implemented by international donors in the region.
I am generally easy going and responsive, and try to stay positive at all times, work as a team and have an effect in everything I do. I like travel, music and musicals, walking, cooking, and spending quality time with family and friends. My favourite book is ‘Master and Margarita’ by Mikhail Bulgakov and my favourite composer is Tchaikovsky.