Sidra Bashir is a Program Manager for COVID-19 Policy Response Project titled “Smart Containment with Active Learning (SCALE)’ at CERP. She has previously worked as a Program Support Officer with UNFPA and as a Data Analysis Consultant at Population Welfare Department, Govt. of Punjab under the WISH2ACTION Programme, aiming to improve sexual and reproductive and maternal health in Pakistan. Sidra holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from University of Edinburgh, UK and has completed her Bachelor’s in Biotechnology from Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore.