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Team

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Co-Founder; CEO

Habiba has over 10 years’ experience in management consulting and in non-profits  including 80,000 Hours. She  has both studied and worked at Oxford University and is a qualified barrister. She is the granddaughter of a TB survivor and co-founded Spiro in 2023 to expand TB prevention and care to those who need it most.

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Strategic Consultant

Dr. Syed Hussain Hadi, a qualified medical doctor with a Master’s in Public Health, brings extensive executive-level experience from his tenure with the National TB Control Program of Pakistan. He specializes in strategic planning and public health policy development.

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TB Shield Lead, Punjab

Mahnoor Siddique is a public health specialist and Fulbright Scholar from Tulane University. She works for Spiro’s partner, Momentum Ventures and oversees the TB Shield work that Spiro funds in Pakistan. Her experience spans climate–health policy,  working with Gavi and on Pakistan’s first immunisation LMS platform.

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TB Shield Lead, Sindh

Dr. Shazia Shaikh is a public health and programme management professional with an MBBS and a MPH from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She brings over 10 years of management experience, including experience leading and supporting public health and development programmes in Pakistan. 

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Founder's Associate

Maya holds a BSc in Geography with Economics and an MSc in Development Studies, both from LSE. At Ultra Philanthropy, she wrote grant recommendations and conducted cost-effectiveness analyses, and she has also worked in operations at Probably Good. She supports Spiro across program operations, financial systems, and organisational growth.

Spiro's work is indebted to insights from our advisors who have deep expertise in TB research, NGO leadership, and Pakistan public health interventions:

Roxanne Heston, Policy Expert. Co-founded Spiro with Habiba in 2023.

Danya Arif Siddiqi, Founder Grassroots Health, Education and Development Initiative 

Ronald Abraham, Co-Founder and Board Director, IDinsight

Leo Martinez, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Boston University

Kobto Kaura MD PhD, Director TB Department, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease​

Anca Vasiliu MD PhD, Postdoc, Baylor College of Medicine

Huda Sarwar PhD, Institute of Public Health, Lahore

Patrick Stadler, Co-founder Pour Demain and New Incentives

Dr Basharat Khan, E4H, formerly National TB Program Pakistan and Global Fund

Supporters:

Charity Entrepreneurship provided training, initial funding, and the research that inspired this project.

Spiro is proud to be a member of the Stop TB partnership.

Spiro TB is a project of Players Philanthropy Fund, Inc., a Texas nonprofit corporation recognized by IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178,ppf.org/pp). Contributions to Spiro TB qualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

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