Caris Foundation
Elektra Carras-Terzian has a work experience that includes roles at Caris Foundation and Columbia University Irving Medical Center. At Caris Foundation, Elektra worked as a Technical Project Manager from July 2012 to December 2013, and as a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for the BEST Project from December 2013 to December 2017. Elektra then became the Monitoring and Evaluation Director for the Santé Project starting in December 2017. At Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Elektra held the position of Senior Technician at the HVTN and ACTG Clinical Research Site from August 2008 to May 2012.
Elektra Carras-Terzian completed their Bachelor of Arts degree in Behavioral Biology and Spanish from The Johns Hopkins University between 2002 and 2006. Later, they pursued their Master's in Public Health (MPH) with a focus on Epidemiology from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, which they completed from 2010 to 2012. In addition, they obtained a certification in Introduction to Probability and Data from Duke University in November 2016.
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Caris Foundation
Caris began working in Haiti in 2007 with two hospitals working primarily in the field of Pediatric HIV. Activities were focused on Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) testing of children born to HIV positive mothers. Over the years Caris has continued to support the National EID program and Women and Children living with HIV in Haiti. The foundation currently supports over 140 hospitals in all 10 Provinces of the Country, including several remote islands and hard to reach districts. Caris has seven regional offices and over 240 staff who support our mission. Our network provides coverage to over 95% of the Haitian population. We work in close partnership with the Ministry of Health, the National Laboratory of Public Health and many other organizations with similar missions in Haiti. Our work has been supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and The US Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) since 2009. In 2013 Caris was asked by USAID/PEPFAR to develop a comprehensive plan for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) affected by HIV. The Program was called “BEST” Bien et Santé Timoun, which translated means ‘child’s wellbeing and health’, and this project has since transitioned into Impact Youth, also supported by USAID, which continues the same work. In 2017, Caris began work on Project Santé - the USAID-supported health services delivery program to encourage excellence in the health system across the country. Partnering with the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), Santé focuses on strengthening the package of essential services at 164 clinical sites in all ten Departments of the country. Technical assistance is given for maternal child health, community health, nutrition, family planning, WASH, HIV/AIDS & TB, supply chain & laboratory, disaster and risk preparedness, results-based financing, and monitoring & evaluation.