Mohammad Alkhattab is a physician and Programme Manager with King’s Global Health Partnerships (KGHP), part of the School of Life Course & Population Sciences. He leads the management of health system strengthening programmes in Somaliland, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, working in close partnership with ministries of health, hospitals and local institutions to improve the quality, equity and resilience of health services.

In this role, Mohammad manages large and complex multi-year grants and contracts across the full project cycle from design and start-up through delivery, financial management and donor-compliant reporting to closeout. He provides leadership to in-country coordinators and UK-based programme officers, develops new funding proposals with institutional donors and foundations, and coordinates monitoring, evaluation and learning strategies built around clear indicators, theories of change and structured learning processes. His current portfolio spans antimicrobial stewardship, Surgical Site Infections, Fracture Care, maternal and newborn quality improvement, and health workforce development, including co-leading a national maternal quality improvement initiative at Hargeisa Group Hospital, supporting the development and adoption of a National Quality Improvement Plan.

Originally trained as a physician, Mohammad brings a decade of progressive experience managing health programmes in fragile and humanitarian settings across Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Turkey. As Senior Health Manager with the International Rescue Committee, he led the health portfolio for north-west Syria, overseeing an annual budget of around $5 million, four local partner organisations and services across 17 facilities, while strengthening epidemiological surveillance, health information systems (DHIS2) and outbreak response. As a Health Project Manager with the Independent Doctors Association from Iraq, he directed a €2.9 million programme that rehabilitated 13 primary healthcare centres, introduced solar energy, medical waste management, and data management systems, and trained more than 180 health professionals. Earlier roles with Médecins du Monde, Big Heart and the Norwegian Refugee Council deepened his expertise in partnership management, emergency response and programme design under volatile conditions.

Across these roles, Mohammad has developed particular strengths in grant and partnership management, financial oversight and donor compliance, monitoring and evaluation, and the translation of evidence into practical, context-sensitive programmes. He is committed to inclusive practice and equity-driven care, with experience tailoring services to reach women, people with disabilities and marginalised communities.

Mohammad holds a Master of Public Health from King’s College London, where he studied as a Saïd Foundation Scholar and focused his dissertation on epidemic-prone diseases and early-warning systems. He also holds a Professional Diploma in Humanitarian Health and Nutrition from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and a Bachelor of Medicine from Al-Furat University. He is fluent in Arabic and English and speaks Turkish at C1 level.