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Professor

Josephine Borghi

Professor of Health Economics

Global Health and Development

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  • Professor of Health Economics
    Global Health and Development
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BIO

I have been a Health Economist for 20 years. Following an MSc in Health Economics at the University of York, I began working at the LSHTM in 1999. Following a year as a Consultant in Central and South America, I returned to the LSHTM in 2002 to work on the economic evaluation of maternal and newborn health programmes.

In 2006 I completed my PhD, which explored the measurement of non-health benefits from health interventions within a cost-effectiveness analysis in Nepal. From 2007 I was based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania at the Ifakara Health Institute, where I led evaluation research on health insurance schemes and payment for performance. I returned to London at the end of 2012 and have been involved in evaluating the effects of health financing reforms on health systems in a range of countries.

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor in Health Economics
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2018 - present
  • Associate Professor
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2013 - 30 Sep 2018
  • Lecturer in Health Economics
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2007 - 30 Sep 2012
  • Research Fellow
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London7 Jan 2002 - 30 Sep 2006
  • Research Assistant in Health Economics
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom1 Oct 1999 - 30 Nov 2000

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Technical Advisor
    Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of1 Aug 2007 - 28 Dec 2012
  • Visiting Research Scholar
    International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenberg, Austria1 Sep 2021 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Independent consultant health economist
    Instituto Centro Americano de la Salud, Managua, Nicaragua1 Jan 2001 - 30 Mar 2001
  • Independent consultant health economist
    FunSalud, Mexico City, Mexico2 Apr 2001 - 29 Jun 2001
  • Independent consultant health economist
    Bemfam, Recife, Brazil2 Jul 2001 - 31 Aug 2001
  • Technical Officer
    World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland2 Oct 2000 - 29 Dec 2000

DEGREES

  • PhD, Health Economics
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
  • MSc, Health Economics
    University of York, United Kingdom
  • BA, Economics, Politics and Philosophy
    University of York, United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • French
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Spanish - Latin American
    Can read, write, speak and understand

RESEARCH CENTRES

  • Centre for Evaluation
  • Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health
  • Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre
  • Global Health Economics Centre
  • Centre for Data and Statistical Science for Health
  • Centre for Statistical Methodology

REGIONS & COUNTRIES

  • Brazil
  • China
  • Ethiopia
  • Lebanon
  • Mozambique
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

TOPICS & DISCIPLINES