Kavita Singh

Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Maternal and Child Health

CPC Office: 214 CPC North
CPC Phone Number: (919) 966-6668

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Kavita Singh (Ongechi) is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health and the Senior Technical Advisor for Maternal and Child Health for the MEASURE Evaluation project. She trained as a demographer at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Singh's main areas of interests are the evaluation of maternal and child health and HIV prevention programs. She also is interested in research focused on reaching the most vulnerable groups (including the poorest, displaced populations and orphans) with interventions. She is currently co-PI on two evaluations of Gates-funded projects in Ghana which aim to improve maternal, infant and child health outcomes. Current projects within MEASURE Evaluation are examining the influence of maternal factors on neonatal mortality and evaluating a quality improvement approach for the implementation of the WHO's guidelines on PMTCT and infant feeding. Dr. Singh has worked in Ghana, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. She teaches courses on global maternal and child health and research methods.

Information updated on 2/28/2013