Alex Ergo is a Senior Health Economist with Broad Branch Associates. He started his career in global health twenty years ago as a health economist with Médecins Sans Frontières in Chad.

He has lived and worked in numerous countries, from middle-income to fragile states. These include Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Senegal, Slovakia and Tanzania. His professional expertise includes the development of national health insurance, the design of performance-based financing schemes, the strengthening of health information systems, results-based management, economic evaluation and strategic planning. Alex has tackled health systems challenges from different perspectives and positions, namely service delivery NGOs, Ministries of Health, local health authorities, bilaterals such as Danida and DFID, and multilaterals such as WHO and the World Bank.

He has conducted research and analytical work in the areas of health equity and results-based financing. Alex received his masters in Health Economics from University of York in the UK and his PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. When he's not working on health, he's enjoying a good glass of wine over jazz, that is after his 5-year old is fast asleep.

(Contact: alexergo@broadbranch.org)