Portfolio · Government Digital Services & Decision Science

Sherriff
Abdul-Hamid

Product Leader  ·  Global Health Economist  ·  Decision Scientist

I build decision-support tools that help governments, funders, and program officers allocate scarce resources more fairly — particularly when evidence is incomplete and the people affected have the least power to influence the decision. 10+ years directing $200M+ in resource allocation for USAID, UNDP, and UKAID across West Africa and the United States.

EB1-A Extraordinary Ability Obama Foundation Leaders Award U.S. Dept of State Fellow Harvard Business School USAID · UNDP · UKAID

Featured Work

Four Tools. One Mission.

Production-ready decision-support tools for SNAP program officers, Medicaid administrators, and global health funders. Each generates a downloadable McKinsey-style PDF policy report.

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Medicaid · Healthcare

Medicaid & Healthcare Access Risk Monitor

State-level coverage risk scoring for all 50 US states. Identifies where Medicaid access pressure is highest across insurance gaps, cost burden, income capacity, and rural reach — with structured policy briefs and priority-band classification.

For: State Medicaid officers · Federal policy teams

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SNAP · Food Security

Safety Net Risk Monitor

Proactive SNAP and food security vulnerability targeting. Identifies communities at highest risk before they reach crisis point — with structured policy briefs, plain-language regional insights, and immediate recommended actions per area.

For: SNAP outreach coordinators · State food security teams

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Budget · Allocation

Public Budget Allocation Tool

Need-based government budget distribution across regions. Generates a ministerial-grade decision brief with risk flags, implication analysis, and immediate action steps — designed for program directors managing benefits delivery cycles.

For: Government program directors · Budget administrators

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Global Health · CEA

GovFund Allocation Engine

Cost-effectiveness decision tool for global health funders. Models cost-per-life-saved across malaria, nutrition, and social protection interventions — with sensitivity analysis and bottom-line funding prioritization recommendations.

For: Global health funders · USAID · Gates Foundation officers

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Additional Tools

More from the Portfolio

Supporting tools covering global health data pipelines and supply chain optimisation.

Global Vaccination Coverage Explorer
WHO vaccination data across 190+ countries — automated ETL pipeline for public health program managers and researchers.
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Humanitarian Procurement Optimiser
Linear programming tool for logistics cost minimisation across field program supply chains in low-resource environments.
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Research & Writing

Published Analysis

Public-facing research applying cost-effectiveness frameworks to real funding decisions in global health.

What Does It Cost to Save a Life?

The same budget that saves 80 lives through cash transfers saves 220 through ITNs. A cost-effectiveness framework comparing malaria interventions across Sub-Saharan Africa — with sensitivity analysis, funding prioritization, and an honest account of where the model breaks down.

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About the Work

Built for Decisions That Cannot Wait for Perfect Evidence

Every tool in this portfolio was built to answer one question: what do you do when evidence is incomplete, resources are limited, and a decision still has to be made?

I have spent a decade building frameworks for exactly that situation — across international development programs in West Africa, safety net benefits delivery in the United States, and global health funding decisions reaching millions of underserved people. These tools are the public-facing expression of that work. Contributions to this body of work formed the basis of a successful EB1-A Extraordinary Ability petition — approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2024.

EB1-A Extraordinary Ability — USCIS, 2024 Obama Foundation Leaders Award — Top 1.3%, 2023 Mandela Washington Fellow — Top 0.3%, U.S. Dept of State Harvard Business School — Senior Executive Program USADF + Citibank Grant — Top 0.1% globally Invited — VP Kamala Harris VVIP Event, U.S. Embassy Ghana Invited — UN Food Security Program, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield