Sagrario Colindres

Sagrario Colindres  is a Honduran medical doctor with a master’s in project management and more than 15 years of experience in strengthening public health systems and improving decentralized service delivery through donor-funded and government initiatives. Her work bridges clinical expertise with high-level coordination, capacity building, and program implementation across sectors such as health, nutrition, education, migration, and local governance.

Sagrario has held key leadership and advisory roles in USAID-funded initiatives, including serving as Regional Office Manager and Health Advisor with USAID’s Honduras Local Governance Activity implemented by DAI. She has coordinated multisector teams, designed monitoring and evaluation systems, and ensured compliance with donor policies and procedures. Her work includes supporting decentralized health managers in planning, monitoring, and improving quality of care, as well as developing methodologies, strategic plans, and community engagement tools.

She has led institutional and civil society strengthening processes through training, participatory planning, and technical assistance in regions across Honduras. She also brings experience in pandemic response, having provided coordination and M&E support for COVID-19 interventions at regional and hospital levels, including with the Inter-American Development Bank, UNICEF, and national health entities.

Her approach is rooted in systems thinking, interagency collaboration, and improving health equity through inclusive, community-based strategies.

Areas of Expertise

• Primary health care and nutrition services

• Decentralization and municipal health governance

• Project planning, M&E, and results-based management

• Health system strengthening and quality improvement

• Community participation and civil society engagement

• Public health emergency response (COVID-19)

• Institutional capacity building and training of health managers

• Design of methodologies, service charters, and learning tools

• Technical assistance for donor programs (USAID, IDB, UNICEF)

• Interinstitutional coordination and field supervision

Languages

• Spanish (native)

• English (basic working knowledge)

Geographic Experience

• Honduras (national and subnational levels)