Emre Özaltın is based in Maputo, Mozambique as the Program Leader for the Human Development Practice Group in the Southwest Indian Ocean, covering the Health, Education, and Social Protection Sectors.
He has over 20 years of experience in Global Development. His current work focuses on program implementation in FCV settings; designing multisectoral programs to build human capital; and donor coordination for sustainable development financing.
Emre leads country strategies in Human Development, works closely with country teams in the development and supervision of Human Development programs, and is responsible for multi-sectoral synergies and ensuring technical quality across the World Bank portfolio. He leads the policy dialogue in Human Development, supporting client countries to develop solutions to key development challenges.
Emre holds a Doctorate in Health Economics from Harvard University and a Masters in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from McGill University.
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BLOGS
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Duran D, Bauhoff S, Gaudet T, Konan C, Özaltın E, Kruk M. The role of health systems context in the design and implementation of performance-based financing: evidence from Cote d’Ivoire. BMJ Global Health 2020; 5: e002934.
Le Pape MA, Núñez Suárez JC, Mhayi A, Haazen D & Özaltın E. Developing an HMIS Architecture Framework to Support a National Health Care eHealth Strategy Reform: A Case Study from Morocco. Health Systems & Reform 2017; 3:1, 56-67, DOI: 10.1080/23288604.2017.1265041
Alaref J, Awwad J, Araujo E, Lemiere C, Hillis SA & Özaltın E. To Ban or Not to Ban? Regulating Dual Practice in Palestine. Health Systems & Reform 2017; 3:1, 42-55, DOI: 10.1080/23288604.2016.1272980
Perkins JM, Subramanian SV, Davey Smith G & Özaltın E. Adult height, nutrition, and population health. Nutr Rev 2016;74(3):149–65. pmid:26928678
Özaltın E. The long and short of why taller people are healthier and live longer. International Journal of Epidemiology 2012; 41: 1434-1435.
Subramanian SV, Özaltın E. Progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4. The Lancet 2012; 379: 1193-1194.
Özaltın E, Subramanian SV. Why we need to rethink the strategy and time-frame for achieving health-related MDGs. International Health 2011; 3(4): 246-250.
Finlay J, Özaltın E, Canning D, The association of maternal age with infant mortality, child anthropometric failure, diarrhoea and anaemia for first births: evidence from 55 low- and middle-income countries. BMJ Open 2011; 1:e000226. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000226.
Subramanian SV, Özaltın E, Finlay J. Height of nations. PLoS One April 2011; 6(4): e18962. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018962.
Balarajan Y, Ramakrishnan U, Özaltın E, Shankar AH, Subramanian SV. Anemia in low- and middle-income countries: an overview. The Lancet 2011; 378(9809):2123-35.
Subramanian SV, Perkins JM, Özaltın E, Smith GD. Weight of Nations: a socioeconomic analysis of women in low- to middle-income countries. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2011; 93(2):413-21.
Özaltın E, Subramanian SV. Association between maternal height and childhood outcomes. Journal of the American Medical Association 2010; 304(6):638-639.
Özaltın E, Hill K, Subramanian SV. Association of maternal stature with offspring mortality, underweight and stunting in low-to-middle income countries. Journal of the American Medical Association 2010; 303(15): 1539-1540.
Bleich SN, Özaltın E, Murray CJL. What is the relationship between satisfaction with the health care system and patient experience? Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2009; 87:271-278.
Salomon JA, Tandon A, Murray CJL, World Health Survey Pilot Study Collaborating Group. Comparability of self rated health: cross sectional multi-country survey using anchoring vignettes. BMJ 2004; 328(7434):258.
BOOK CHAPTERS & TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
Murray CJL, Özaltın E, Tandon A, Chatterji S, Sadana R. Empirical evaluation of the anchoring vignette approach in health surveys. In: Murray CJL, Evans DB, eds. Health systems performance assessment: debates, methods and empiricism. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2003:369-400.
Ustun TB, Chatterji S, Mechbal A, Murray CJL, WHS Collaborating Groups. The World Health Surveys. In: Murray CJL, Evans DB, eds. Health systems performance assessment: debates, methods and empiricism. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2003:797-808.
Ustun TB, Chatterji S, Villanueva M, Bendib L, Celik C, Sadana R, Valentine N, Ortiz J, Tandon A, Salomon J, Cao Y, Wan Jun X, Özaltın E, Mathers M, Murray CJL. WHO Multi-country Survey Study on Health and Responsiveness 2000-2001. Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, Working Paper #37. World Health Organization. Geneva, 2001.