The MENTOR Initiative
Richard Allan has a strong background in international health and emergency response. Richard started their career in 1983 as a Technical Officer for the Baptist Missionary Society. Richard then worked as a Research Scientist at Oxford University's Institute of Molecular Medicine, focusing on pediatric malaria. In 1994, they joined a humanitarian organization as an Emergency Team Technical Officer. Richard later became a Set Up Manager for Tearfund's Emergency Team in 1996. From 1997 to 2000, they served as a Senior Health Advisor for MERLIN. Richard then worked at the World Health Organization as a WHO RBM Coordinator for Malaria Control in Complex Emergencies from 2000 to 2002. Richard is currently serving as the Company Director for The Mentor Initiative.
Richard Allan earned their Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, with a focus in Parasitology, from the University of Portsmouth. Richard attended this school from 1980 to 1983. After that, Richard pursued a Master of Science degree in Parasitology at Bangor University, where they studied from 1987 to 1988.
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The MENTOR Initiative
The MENTOR Initiative works with the world's most vulnerable and hard to reach communities to reduce death and suffering from tropical diseases. Since 2002, MENTOR has been responding to global humanitarian crises to save lives. We stay for as long as it takes to help people recover – working side by side with communities, health workers and health authorities to leave a lasting impact. Our first and last considerations are the needs of the people we serve. Working in insecure and high risk environments we establish large scale disease control during humanitarian emergencies. At the same time, we develop the capacity for the long-term sustainable control of these diseases. We collaborate closely with communities, health workers, health authorities and other international organisations to establish effective surveillance, preventative and curative services and learning for the future. The strength of our partnerships bring together knowledge, power and resources for the greatest impact. Our investment in targeted operational research brings evidence-based and proven disease control solutions to all our programmes. We use this learning to innovate, reduce costs and influence international policy and practice. We will always uphold the highest professional values, standards, quality and accountability and our teams are committed to stay until the job is done.