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Fernando Maldonado Costa

Department
Education
Title
Senior Advisor and Master’s Programme Coordinator

Fernando is a medical doctor and a field epidemiologist with 11 years of professional experience mostly in Latin American and sub-Saharan countries. 

Over the last 11 years he has gained experience in a wide range of fields including research methods, monitoring and evaluation, and education. Fernando is currently involved in different projects focusing in institutional capacity building and M&E. In addition, he coordinates and facilitates several sessions within the Epidemiology and Statistics module of the Master in Public Health at KIT (ICHD).

Projects

  • Cash and Voucher Assistance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Humanitarian Settings and Fragile States

    • Institute
    • Project

    Cash and voucher assistance (CVA) refers to programs where cash or vouchers, exchangeable for goods or services, are directly provided to community members. CVA can help improve access to and the utilisation of health services, by reducing direct and indirect financial barriers and incentivising the use of free preventive services. There is also a growing […]

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  • Sexual Violence in Humanitarian Settings: Nigeria, Yemen and Haiti

    • Institute
    • Project

    This project aims to increase the ability of humanitarian actors to identify and respond to the needs and rights of victims of sexual violence. It also aims to improve the availability of services for sexual violence survivors. The study will generate evidence, identify good practices and disseminate lessons learnt about sexual violence in six different […]

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  • Building Resilient Local Health Systems in Sudan—Training the Trainers

    • Institute
    • Project

    KIT trained 39 staff members from Sudan’s Federal and State Health Ministries and the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office. The goal is preparing them for training 184 Locality Health Management Teams. In turn, the Locality Health Management Teams each provide health care for between 70,000 to 500,000 people. The Locality teams carry out the […]

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  • TB REACH: Piloting and Monitoring Innovative Interventions for TB Control

    • Institute
    • Project

    In collaboration with health consultants, KIT Royal Tropical Institute developed an analysis method and monitoring and evaluation tools for measuring the effectiveness of tuberculosis detection innovations. Improving case detection in poor and vulnerable populations Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Globally more than three million people with TB remain undiagnosed each […]

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  • Monitoring and Evaluation Training Package for the International Health Regulations (IHR)

    • Institute
    • Project

    Royal Tropical Institute(KIT) developed at the request of the World Health Organisation a 2,5 day module on monitoring and evaluation for the International Health Regulations (IHR) for IHR National Focal Points. The training was piloted in Bratislava, December 2016 and will be rolled out over all WHO regions in 2017. Detecting, assessing, reporting and responding The […]

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