Target Tuberculosis

Staff

Volunteers

Target TB is fortunate enough to have an Intern to help support the Programmes and Fundraising Team, as well as other volunteers who regularly give up their spare time to help support our activities.

Patrons

Sir Christopher France KGCB, previously the vice-Chairman of Target TB, has now become one of our Patrons. Sir Christopher finished his career as Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence while prior to this he was at the Department of Health.

Felicity Kendal, CBE, much loved actress of the British sitcom, The Good Life, became our first Patron in 2008.  

Trustees

Dick Bird, OBE, is the Chairman and has spent 38 years as a top level VSO executive, although now retired. He is now an Honorary Vice-President of VSO and member of its Council.

Patsy Wright-Warren CBE, spent her career working as a community nurse and as a nursing adviser in the Department of Health and Social Security. After retiring, she became Projects Officer, visiting the overseas projects in India, Nepal and Tanzania each year and the Foundations in Australia and New Zealand occasionally. In 2000, she became Chairman of the Ryder-Cheshire Foundation and later of Target Tuberculosis.

Andrew Russell FCA, Hon Treasurer, retired as a partner of Mazars Neville Russell, Chartered Accountants. He has always taken a special interest in charities and Andrew is currently trustee of various other charities including the Charleston Trust and St. Mary's Hall School.

Martin Long is Head of Programmes for Send a Cow with responsibility for programme development in partnership with local partners in countries of the developing world. He previously worked for Action on Disability and Development, Healthlink Worldwide (formerly AHRTAG) and VSO in The Caribbean, Sierra Leone, Pakistan and Zambia.

Dr Maya Unnithan is a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and convenor of the MA programme in Medical Anthropology at the University of Sussex. Her doctoral work focused on kinship, gender and family relations in a poor 'tribal' community in North-West India. Since 1997 her research interest has been in the field of medical anthropology, especially in the anthropology of reproduction and health. She is a trustee of an NGO working in health in Jaipur.

Dr Melanie Newport is a Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases and International Health at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School. She has spent 3 years working in TB focused clinics in West Africa and is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

Christa Paxton is a freelance consultant, specialising in management advice for voluntary organisations. During Christa's career, which has seen two extensive periods of volunteering overseas, most recently as Management Advisor to the largest mental health charity in Cambodia, she has been Chief Executive of the British Lung Foundation, Head of Fundraising for VSO and founding director of a marine contracting company.

Dr Munirat Ogunlayi is a Nurse Midwife and holds a PhD degree in Medical Sociology. Her area of expertise includes management of health and HIV/AIDS programmes. She has worked at various levels with NGOs, private organisations, bilateral and multilateral agencies. She currently works as a consultant for ITAD Limited UK managing the Health and HIV/AIDS portfolio. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for Nigerian HIV/AIDS Vaccine and Microbicides Advocacy Group (NHVMAG).

Helen Bray is Head of Communications for the 2011 Census, run by the Office for National Statistics. She previously held roles as Corporate Affairs Director for Schering Healthcare and Head of Marketing and Sales Support for Bayer Schering Pharma.

Marcus Hickman runs a market research consultancy, Davis Hickman Ltd, specialising in marketing communications and customer contact. He was previously Managing Director of the think-tank The Henley Centre and Deputy Head of Fundraising for VSO.