Building a National Mortality Surveillance System in Mozambique: The Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action Project (COMSA)
Department & Center Events
Population, Family and Reproductive Health (Wednesday Seminar Series)
Agbessi Amouzou, PhD
Professor
International Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Agbessi Amouzou is a demographer (graduated from PHRF in 2006, when it was PFHS), and currently Professor in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, USA. His interests are in the measurement and analysis of coverage of high impact reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) programs in low and middle-income countries (LMIC); evaluation of the effectiveness these programs, and in the measurement and monitoring of maternal, neonatal and child mortality and cause of death. For the past few years, he has been leading the development and implementation of a sample registration system in Mozambique. He is active in global public health research and practice, and plays leading role in key technical and accountability initiatives in MNCH, including the Countdown to 2030 for women, children, and adolescents.