Sangeeta Mookherji

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Bio

Dr. Mookherji's current research interests include: methods for evaluating interventions to improve health systems performance; using multiple case study methods for program evaluation; mapping health systems capacity and quality; tuberculosis control, urban health, and maternal and child health. Her current research work focuses on drivers of immunization systems performance and integration of reproductive health services with HIV/AIDS initiatives.

Dr. Mookherji has worked in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Denmark, Ethiopia, India, Morocco, Nigeria, Palestine, Tanzania, Uganda and the US, and has lived in 5 of these countries. Before joining GWU, Dr. Mookherji worked for 15 years evaluating a variety of public health program areas, most recently on the Five-Year Evaluation of the Global Fund, as well as GAVI HSS, tuberculosis, urban health systems, neonatal health, and reproductive and child health.

Expertise

Expertise:

Program Evaluation

Reproductive Health

Children's Health

Global Health

Education:

Bachelor of Arts (Comparative Literature, Economics), University of Pennsylvania, 1990
Master of Health Science (International Health), Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 1994
Doctor of Philosophy (health economics), Johns Hopkins University, 2002

Teaching:

PubH 6410: Study Design and Ethics
PubH 6411: Global Health Data Collection (DC, Bangladesh and Kenya)
PubH 6412: Global Health Data Analysis (DC, Bangladesh and Kenya)
PubH 6437: Global Health Program Evaluation

Community Service:

Dr. Mookherji is a reviewer for the following peer-reviewed journals: IUALTD journal, Journal of Health Economics, Global Health Governance.

She is a Founding Member of the DC Health Systems Board, a forum in the Greater Capital Area for discussion and debate about current issues in health systems research and policies relevant to low and middle income countries.

Dr. Mookherji teaches Quantitative Data Analysis at the James P. Grant School of Public Health in Bangladesh, and in the HIV/AIDS Program Evaluation course at the Copenhagen School of Global Health.

Research

Research:

Methodology Advisor, Africa Routine Immunization Systems Evaluation (ARISE), Oct 2010-Dec 2011, awarded through JSI Inc., Gates Foundation Learning grant

Principal Investigator, Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health activities with HIV/AIDS (June 2011-March 2012), funded by WHO and the Global Fund

Publications

Publications:

The Five-Year Evaluation of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Synthesis of Study Areas 1, 2 and 3.
Sherry J,, Mookherji S, Ryan L. The Five-Year Evaluation of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Synthesis of Study Areas 1, 2 and 3. March 2009. Calverton, MD: Macro International; 2009.

Systems thinking for health systems: Challenges and opportunities in real-world settings?
Adam, T., S. Mookherji, S. Campbell, G. Reid, L. Gilson and D. Savigny. ?Systems thinking for health systems: Challenges and opportunities in real-world settings?. Chapter 4 in Systems Thinking for Health Systems Strengthening. Flagship Report of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research. Geneva: WHO; 2009.

The Five-Year Evaluation of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Evaluation of the Global Fund Partner Environment, from Global to Country Level, in relation to Grant Performance and Systems Effects, including 16 country studies.
Mookherji, S. et al. The Five-Year Evaluation of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Evaluation of the Global Fund Partner Environment, from Global to Country Level, in relation to Grant Performance and Systems Effects, including 16 country studies. June 2008. Calverton, MD: Macro International; 2008.

Using Incentives and Enablers to Improve TB Program Performance: Summary of current evidence.
Mookherji, S. and A. Beith. Using Incentives and Enablers to Improve TB Program Performance: Summary of current evidence. Arlington, VA: Management Sciences for Health, Inc., July 2006.

Food support to Tuberculosis Patients under DOTS: a case study of the collaboration between World Food Programme and the National TB Control Program in Cambodia.?
Mookherji, S., and D. Weil (2005) ?Food support to Tuberculosis Patients under DOTS: a case study of the collaboration between World Food Programme and the National TB Control Program in Cambodia.? Arlington, VA: Management Sciences for Health and Stop TB Partnership

Incentives and Enablers for Improved DOTS Performance: report of the Management and Performance Improvement Specialist.
Mookherji, S. (2005) Incentives and Enablers for Improved DOTS Performance: report of the Management and Performance Improvement Specialist. Prepared for the World Bank Pre-Appraisal Mission to Phase II of the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme, India. Management Sciences for Health: Boston, MA.

Incentives and Enablers for Improved DOTS Performance: report of the Management and Performance Improvement Specialist. Prepared for the World Bank Pre-Appraisal Mission to Phase II of the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme
Mookherji, S. (2005) Incentives and Enablers for Improved DOTS Performance: report of the Management and Performance Improvement Specialist. Prepared for the World Bank Pre-Appraisal Mission to Phase II of the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme, India. Management Sciences for Health: Boston, MA.

Food support to Tuberculosis Patients under DOTS: a case study of the collaboration between World Food Programme and the National TB Control Program in Cambodia.?
Mookherji, S., and D. Weil (2005) ?Food support to Tuberculosis Patients under DOTS: a case study of the collaboration between World Food Programme and the National TB Control Program in Cambodia.? Arlington, VA: Management Sciences for Health and Stop TB Partnership.

How do you reach the urban poor? Developing a community-based strategy for urban primary health care services: findings from the Baseline Participatory Evaluation Study.?
Mookherji, S., N. Jahan, and H.R. Seraji, ?How do you reach the urban poor? Developing a community-based strategy for urban primary health care services: findings from the Baseline Participatory Evaluation Study.? Report prepared for the Bangladesh Urban Primary Health Care Project, Asian Development Bank, July 2000.

Introducing new vaccines into Morocco's Expanded Programme for Immunization: current costs and future projections?.
Mookherji, S. ?Introducing new vaccines into Morocco's Expanded Programme for Immunization: current costs and future projections?. Report prepared for WHO, Geneva, and Partnerships for Health Reform, USA, March 1999.

Case study on the Costs and Financing of Immunization Services in Morocco?.
Khaddar, M., S. Mookherji, D. DeRoeck, D. Antona, ?Case study on the Costs and Financing of Immunization Services in Morocco?. Special Initiatives Report No. 18, Partnerships for Health Reform, Abt Associates Inc., Bethesda MD, September 1999.

"Operationalizing Household Food Security in Rural Nepal"
Gittelsohn, J., S. Mookherji and G. Pelto (1998), "Operationalizing household food security in rural Nepal", Food and Nutrition Bulletin: vol. 19 (3): 210-222.

Sangeeta

Mookherji, PhD, MHS

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Sangeeta Mookherji

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