Prof Josephine Borghi
Professor of Health Economics
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.
Affiliations
Centres
Teaching
I helped design and teach on the Distance Learning module Evaluation of Public Health Interventions.
Research
My research focuses on understanding the effect of health financing reforms and global challenges like climate change and COVID-19, on the ability of health systems to deliver effective and affordable services to the population. I am also interested in the design and effect of policy interventions targeted at making health systems more sustainable and resilient. I am currently leading the REACH project which aims to inform health system adaptation strategies related to routine maternal and child health care in the context of floods and heatwaves in Brazil and Zambia. I am also leading the FINTRACK study which examines how COVID-19 has affected health care financing in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire.
My background is in health economics and I have experience leading research projects involving a range of methods including: economic evaluation of health care programs, mixed methods evaluation of complex interventions and theories of change, and system dynamics and agent based modeling.
Her research is primarily focused on vulnerable populations, such as mothers and children, refugees, and poor populations in low- and middle-income settings.
Selected Publications
