Interests
Universal health coverage; health systems; health economics and financing; antimicrobial resistance (AMR); non-communicable diseases (NCDs); infrastructure epidemiology; aid architecture; health in small island communities.
Skills
Sustainable health financing and universal coverage; programme design and review; policy analysis; report writing, dealing with complex issues in a comprehensible manner
Background and relevant experience:
- PhD in Health Economics, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
- Multiple roles in HLSP/Mott MacDonald 1995-2020, including Global Practice Leader for Health
- Numerous projects as technical consultant and project director, in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe
- Vice-chair of National Health Service Board and chair of Inntegrated Joint Health/Social Care Board, Scotland
Recent projects include:
As Mott MacDonald staff member:
- Founder and manager, workstream on Infrastructure Epidemiology
- Leader, Antimicrobial Resistance and Multisectoral Work, Innovation Fund
Consultancies
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Health in Pakistan: The case for more - and better - health expenditure
- Transport for London, 2020. Health and wellbeing implications of property management strategy.
- UK Department of Health, 2016-ongoing – Fleming Fund (antimicrobial resistance), 2016-7, Ghana early investment country team leader, plus responsibility for political economy analyses and value for money. 2019-ongoing, Chair of the international Expert Advisory Group on Fleming fund grants.
- WHO and Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, 2017-2018. Work on global resource mobilisation to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
- UNAIDS, 2016-2017 – Team leader, Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Economic Reference Group.
- DFAT (Australia), 2015-2016 – Team leader for design of DFAT-funded health programme in Solomon Islands (adaptive budget support).
- DFAT (Australia), 2016 – Support for an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) on finalising its documentation for a project related to alcohol and gender-based violence.
- WHO, South East Asia Office, 2015 – Author of Community-based Health Services: a vital part of Universal Health Coverage and participated in the SEARO Technical Consultation on Strengthening Community-Based Health Care Services, New Delhi, June 2015.
- DFAT (Australia), 2014-2015 – Team leader for design of DFAT-funded health programme in Tonga. Subsequent consultancies 2015-18 to support introduction of Essential Health Package in Tonga.
- DFAT (Australia), 2014 – Team leader of appraisal of DFAT’s investment in health in Vanuatu from 2010-2014, and recommendations on how to refocus the investment to achieve Australian aid objectives and meet health needs in Vanuatu.
- Gates Foundation, 2014-19 – Health economist, evaluation of Better Immunisation Data.
- WHO, 2014 – Lead author of health financing section of Health for the World’s Adolescents, WHO. Published as a book chapter, 2016.
- Gates Foundation, 2014 – Deputy team leader, evaluation of Disease Control Priorities Network.
- WHO, 2013 – Review of JANS in Sudan (Joint Assessment of National Strategies).
- AusAID, 2013 – Team leader for review of AusAID-funded health programme in Tonga, the Tonga Health Systems Support Programme.
- AusAID, 2013 – Author of paper on macroeconomics and health.
- DFID, 2012-2016– Health economist, Evaluation of Adolescent Girls Programme in Zambia.
- WHO, 2012 – Preparation of advocacy paper for the International Health Partnership on aid effectiveness in health.
- WHO, 2012-2013 – Workshops for countries applying for GAVI funding for Health Systems Strengthening, lead facilitator and course designer.
- DFID, 2012-2013 – Development of aid effectiveness advocacy papers for Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia.
- GAVI, 2012 – Development of policy for GAVI’s support to fragile states.
- HLSP Institute, 2012 – Publication of Scaling up health services: challenges and choices. (Available in English and French).
- Ethiopia, 2011 – Team leader on work to recommend how to strengthen aid effectiveness in the health sector. Commissioned by the Ministry of Health’s Joint Core Co-ordination Committee. Presented paper at meeting of International Health Partnership, WHO Geneva, October 2011.
- GAVI, 2005-2015 – Close involvement with GAVI Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) since it began in 2005. Lead author of the business case which designed the HSS window and co-author of subsequent board paper requesting additional funds for HSS. On GAVI HSS task team on behalf of DFID. 2007-2009. Until 2015, work on a call-down contract with GAVI providing country-specific support on HSS.
- DFID, 2010 – Technical evaluator (Ghana, Jordan) of Medicines Transparency Alliance (META).
- WHO, 2007-2009 – Author of a series of technical briefs on ‘hot topics’ in health systems. Topics are the role of the private sector; scaling up; community health workers; service integration; and essential health packages.
- NORAD, 2009 – Report to address the following questions – how can the Government of Norway best use its money and political influence to further the health MDGs? How can the global health aid architecture be made more efficient?
- Health and Fragile States Network, 2008 – Co-author of “Health System Reconstruction: Can it contribute to state-building?”
- WHO, 2007 – Lead facilitator, global consultation on management and leadership in the health sector of low income countries.
- UNFPA, 2006 – Updating their technical distance learning materials on reproductive health and HIV&AIDS – project manager.
- Government of Ethiopia, 2005-2007 – Advisor to Minister of Health on health systems and on harmonisation among donors. Numerous visits to Ethiopia.
- Global Fund, 2007 – Senior member of Independent Review Panel. Adjudicated cases where there was a dispute between the Secretariat and Board.
- Malawi, 2006 – Work on BLM (Malawian NGO) business plan, so that BLM could potentially benefit from MOH SWAp funding.
- WHO, 2006 – Wrote “Economics and Financial Management – What Do District Managers Need to Know?” Making Health Systems Work Series, Working Paper # 3. WHO, 2006.
- DFID, 2005 – Paper on the costs of health services for the poorest.
- Stop TB and Roll Back Malaria, 2004-2005 – Research on international funding.
- Review of DFID-funded Health Research, 2004 – Health systems expert for one programme and policy/research relevance expert for three other programmes.
- UNFPA Documents, 2004 – Developed training materials in SWAps and guidelines on reproductive health commodity security/aid instruments.
- Malaria Training, WHO, 2003 – Designed and delivered training for international malaria workers, Ethiopia.
- Health Economist, Central Medical Stores Project, DFID, Malawi, 2001-2002 – Responsibility for work on organisational status, budgets, cash limits and drug prioritisation and quantification.
- Team Leader, DFID, Pakistan, 1999-2000 – Evaluation of Lady Health Workers’ Programme.
Personal:
Catriona is British and lives in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. Previously she has lived in Ghana, Malawi and Denmark, and has worked extensively in Ethiopia. For a full CV and list of publications email Catriona at the address given at the top of this profile.
