Viviana Mangiaterra

Viviana Mangiaterra is SDA Associate Professor of Practice in Health Policy since 2020. She is the Director of the Masters in International Health Management, Economics and Policy (MIHMEP). Viviana had global career in international public health. The main focus of her work has been on strategic planning; policy development; health system strengthening; technical advice for program implementation in the field of reproductive, maternal, child and adolescent health, gender, HIV and malaria; and partnership-building with a wide range of stakeholders. She has gained broad operational research experience in public healthcare in developing countries.

She has carried out several research projects in key areas of public health. For the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, she has led ongoing 3-year multi-country quality improvement operational research on the integration of HIV, TB and malaria services in antenatal care using a standards based assessment methodology. Her research aims to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of integrated service delivery on outcomes and impact for these three diseases in mothers and newborns.