Jean Christophe Fotso Director of Research, Monitoring & Evaluation Concern Worldwide USA 355 Lexington Avenue, 16th Floor; New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: +1-646-532-3150 (office); +1-646-678-9291 (Cell) [email protected]; [email protected]

Adjunct Assistant Professor Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA [email protected]

Profile

 Research in a range of content areas including maternal, newborn & child health; family planning; adolescents sexual & reproductive health; food and nutrition; and health work force  Focus on vulnerable populations, women and children, and leveraging of mobile health (mHealth) facilities for health systems strengthening  Performance monitoring and rapid evaluation in support of program implementation and continuous adjustment of interventions  Mixed-methods evaluation to identify what works and why, and inform the process of bringing cost-effective solutions to scale  Large-scale data collection and analysis, and synthesis of actionable information on program performance and impact from multiple data sources  Generation of evidence and learning, and communication to various audiences at national, regional and global levels  Networks and partnerships building

Countries of Professional Experience

 Eastern & Southern Africa: , , Madagascar, , South Africa, , ,  Western & Central Africa: , , DR Congo, , , Senegal,  South Central Asia: India (States of Uttar Pradesh and Odisha)

Computer Literacy

 Statistical Software: STATA, SPSS, MLwiN  Database Management: Microsoft Access  Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel  Word processing: Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, EndNote

Languages English: Full proficiency French: Mother tongue Spanish: Very basic

Jean C Fotso 1 of 8 Membership of Professional Associations 2014- : African Evaluation Association (AfrEA), Accra, Ghana 2005- : International Society for Urban Health (ISUH), New York, USA 2004- : Union for African Population Studies (UAPS), Accra, Ghana 2003- : Population Association of America (PAA), Silver Spring, MD, USA 2003- : International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Paris, France 1996-2000: Cameroon’s National Council of Statistics

Education 2004: PhD in Demography, University of Montreal, Canada 1987: Statistician, Institute of Statistics, University of Paris VI, France 1984: MSc in Applied Mathematics, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon 1983: BSc in Mathematics, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon

Work Experience 2013/03 - Present: Director Research, Monitoring & Evaluation; Innovations for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (MNCH); Concern Worldwide USA, New York, USA.  Ensures the Innovations for MNCH program’s activities and field projects in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leonne and India are technically sound and state-of-the-art.  Leads the design, and oversees the implementation of evaluation activities by our global research partners (John Snow Inc., and Options UK) and consultants, ensuring robust research designs and sound data gathering and analysis methodologies.  Guides and continuously reviews and validates work plans and budgets of the global research partners, their in-country partners and other consultants.  Oversees the analyses and generation of findings and evidence from the Innovations program, and their wider dissemination to policy, programs, and research stakeholders.  Leads technical publications, conference papers and presentations, peer-reviewed publications, research and policy briefs, and other public materials.  Within Concern Worldwide USA, champions the commitment to measurement and learning on results and impact, and evidence-based programming and reporting.  Supports the growth of the organization, contributing to strategic planning and fund raising, and providing technical support in proposal development, project implementation and evaluation, advocacy and post-project transitions. 2012/09 – 2013/03: International Consultant, Population & Reproductive Health, Nairobi, Kenya  For Population Action International, Washington, DC: Conducted a landscape analysis of the family planning and reproductive health environment in Kenya  For UNICEF New York: Conducted an evaluation of Round 4 of UNICEF’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) program

2009/04 – Present: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Public Health; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA  Co-supervises Masters and PhD students  Contributes to, and presents academic talks and seminars

Jean C Fotso 2 of 8 2008/01 - 2012/08: Head, Population Dynamics and Reproductive Health (PDRH), African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Nairobi, Kenya  Defined the strategic directions for the PDRH Research Program, led or contributed to the development of proposals, and, in conjunction with the Human Resources Department, identified, recruited and nurtured the program’s staff.  Oversaw the implementation of funded projects, including setting annual targets for projects and staff; ensuring that all projects deliverables are met on a timely manner and within the budgets; reviewing and signing off project reports to donors and partners; strengthening the cohesion of the team and its progress towards shared goals; and conducting mid-year and end-year appraisals.  Represented the Program and the institution to high-level meetings and fora, and developed and nurtured mutually beneficial partnerships and collaborations with institutions and organizations at the national, regional and international levels.  Under my leadership, the Program moved from a mere collection of small, short-term, Kenya-centric projects, to a coherent program with major projects being implemented not only in Kenya, but also in many other African countries (e.g., Nigeria, Senegal, India, Ghana, Bangladesh, Ethiopia).

2004/09 – 2007/12: Post-doctoral Fellow (2004-2005), Associate Research Scientist (2005- 2007), and Research Scientist (2007); African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Nairobi, Kenya  Contributed to the design of the content of work on population and reproductive health.  Contributed to, or led the design and implementation of programs of data collection and research on urban poverty, nutrition and health in selected African countries.  Contributed to the administration of a longitudinal survey on poverty and health dynamics in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya.  Led projects on fertility, reproductive, maternal and child health, and lead or contribute to proposal developments.  Led a case study on the effects of population growth on the achievement of the MDG on child mortality, and presented the findings to the United Kingdom’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health in June 2006 in London.

1995/01 – 2000/09: Senior Statistical and Economic Analyst, Cameroon National Employer’s Association (GICAM), Douala, Cameroon  Designed and published quarterly reports on the economic situation and prospects of the economy.  Designed, established, and maintained databases on Cameroonian economy using quarterly surveys with corporations and their professional organizations.  Represented the private sector at the national or sub-regional levels, on issues of investment and exports, economic growth and social progress, and sub-regional and regional integration.

1987/10 – 1994/11: Chief Service, Research and Statistics; Cameroon Brewery Company (SABC), Commercial & Marketing Division, Douala, Cameroon.  Designed and implemented statistical information systems.  Compiled, analyzed, and synthesized information on supplies, production and sales monitoring.  Carried out market share studies.

1987/10 – 1995/06: Part-Time Lecturer, , Cameroon  Taught Applied Mathematics at the Advanced School of Economic and Commercial Sciences.  Taught Statistics at the University’s Institute of Technology.

Jean C Fotso 3 of 8 Publications Published Refereed Articles Fotso JC & Fogarty L. 2015. Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 & 5: strengthening human resources for maternal, newborn and child health. BMC Health Services Research 15: S1 Fotso JC, Higgins-Steele A, Mohanty S. 2015. Male engagement as a strategy to improve utilization and community-based delivery of maternal, newborn and child health services: Evidence from an intervention in Odisha, India. BMC Health Services Research 15: S5 Vesel L, Waller K, Dowden J, Fotso JC. 2015. Psychosocial support and resilience building among health workers in Sierra Leone: Interrelations between coping skills, stress levels, and interpersonal relationships. BMC Health Services Research 15: S3 Higgins-Steele A, Waller K, Fotso JC, Vesel L. 2015. Peer-driven quality improvement among health workers and traditional birth attendants in Sierra Leone: Linkages between providers’ organizational skills and relationships. BMC Health Services Research 15: S4 Fotso JC & Tsui A. 2015. Leveraging mobile technology to reduce barriers to maternal, newborn and child health care: a contribution to the evidence base. African Population Studies 29(1): 1597-1606. Fotso JC, Robinson AL, Noordam AC, Crawford J. 2015. Fostering the use of quasi-experimental designs for evaluating public health interventions: insights from an mHealth project in Malawi. African Population Studies 29(1): 1607-1627. Fotso JC, Bellhouse L, Vesel L, Jezman Z. 2015. Strengthening the home-to-facility continuum of newborn and child health care through mHealth: Evidence from an intervention in rural Malawi. African Population Studies 29(1): 1663-1682. Higgins-Steele A, Noordam AC, Crawford J, Fotso JC. 2015. Improving care-seeking for facility- based health services in a rural, resource-limited setting: Effects and potential of an mHealth project. African Population Studies 29(1): 1643-1662. Elazan S, Higgins-Steele A, Fotso JC, Rosenthal M, Rout D. 2016. Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and child health in the community: task-sharing between male and female health workers in an Indian rural context. Indian Journal of Community Medicine 41(1): 34-38 Fotso JC, Izugbara C, Saliku T, Ochako R. 2014. Unintended pregnancy and future contraceptive use among slum and non-slum women in Nairobi, Kenya. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth Kimani-Murage EW, Fotso JC, Egondi T, Abuya B, Elungata P, Ziraba AK, Kabiru CW, Madise N. 2014. Trends in childhood mortality in Kenya: the urban advantage has seemingly been wiped out. Health & Place 29: 95-103. Irani L, Speizer I, Fotso JC. 2014. Association of couple characteristics on contraceptive use among women and their male partners in urban Kenya. Int. Perspectives on Sexual & Reproductive Health 40(1): 11-20 Fotso JC, Speizer I, Mukiira C, Kizito P, Lumumba V. 2013. Closing the poor-rich gap in contraceptive use in urban Kenya: Are family planning programs increasingly reaching the urban poor? International Journal for Equity in Health 12:71. Faye CM, Speizer I, Fotso JC, Coroon M, Koumtingue D. 2013. Unintended pregnancy: Magnitude and correlates in six urban sites in Senegal. Reproductive Health 10:59

Jean C Fotso 4 of 8 Speizer I, Fotso JC, Okigbo C, Faye CM, Seck C. 2013. Influence of integrated services on postpartum family planning use: A cross-sectional survey from urban Senegal. BMC Public Health 13: 664. Speizer I, Fotso JC, Davis J, Saad A. Otai J. 2013. Timing and Circumstances of First Sex among Female and Male Youth from Select Urban Areas of Nigeria, Kenya, and Senegal. Journal of Adolescent Health 53(5):609-16. Tumlinson K, Speizer I, Davis J, Fotso JC, Kuria P, Archer L. 2013. Partner communication, discordant fertility goals, and contraceptive use in urban Kenya. African Journal of Reproductive Health 17(3):79-90. Coroon M, Speizer I, Fotso JC, Akiode A, Saad A, Calhoun L, Irani L. 2013. The Role of Gender Empowerment on Reproductive Health Outcomes in Urban Nigeria. Maternal & Child Health Journal 18(1): 307-315 Fotso JC, Cleland J, Mberu B, Mutua M, Elungata P. 2012. Birth spacing and child mortality: an analysis of prospective data from the Nairobi urban health and demographic surveillance system. Journal of Biosocial Science, doi:10.1017/S0021932012000570 Fotso JC, Madise N, Baschieri A, Cleland J, Zulu E, Mutua M, Essendi H. 2012. Monitoring child growth in urban deprived settings: Does household poverty status matter? At which stage of child development? Health & Place 18 (2012): 375–384. Fotso JC, Mukiira C. 2011. Perceived access to and quality of care and utilization of delivery care services among the urban poor: Harnessing the potentials of private clinics in urban, resource-deprived settings? Health Policy and Planning 27:505–515. Kimani-Murage EW, Madise NJ, Fotso JC, Kyobutungi C, Kavao M, Gitau T, Yatich N. 2011. Patterns and determinants of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in urban informal settlements, Nairobi Kenya. BMC Public Health 11:396 Ochako R, Fotso JC, Ikamari L, Khasakhala. 2011. Utilization of maternal health services among the youth in Kenya: Insights from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, 2003. BMC Pregnancy & Child Birth 11:1. Essendi H, Mills S, Fotso JC. 2011. Barriers to the utilization of formal emergency obstetric care services: accounts of slum dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya. Journal of Urban Health 88(S2): 356- 369. Kimani-Murage EW, Holding PA, Fotso JC, Ezeh A, Madise NJ, Kahurani EN, Zulu E. 2011. Nutritional outcomes among urban poor orphans. Journal of Urban Health 88(S2): 282-297 Ndugwa RP, Cleland J, Madise NJ, Fotso JC, Zulu EM. 2011. Menstrual pattern, sexual behaviors and contraceptive use among postpartum women in Nairobi slums. Journal of Urban Health 88(S2): 341-355 Ziraba AK, Fotso JC, Ochako R. 2009. Overweight and obesity in urban Africa: Problem of the poor or the rich? BMC Public Health 9: 465 Fotso JC, Ezeh A, Essendi H. 2009 (2009). Maternal health in resource-poor urban settings: How does women’s autonomy influence the utilization of obstetric care services? Reproductive Health 6:9 Ziraba AK, Mills S, Madise M, Saliku T, Fotso JC. 2009. The state of emergency obstetric care services in Nairobi informal settlements and environs: a call for action to avert maternal morbidity and mortality. BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:46.

Jean C Fotso 5 of 8 Bazant ES, Koenig M, Fotso JC, Mills S. 2009. Women’s use of private and government health facilities for childbirth in Nairobi’s informal settlements. Studies in Family Planning 40(1): 39–50. Izugbara C, Ezeh A, Fotso JC. 2008. The persistence and challenges of homebirths: Perspectives of Traditional Birth Attendants in urban Kenya. Health Policy and Planning 24:36–45 Fotso JC, Ezeh A, Madise N, Ziraba A, Ogollah R 2008. What does access to maternal care mean among the urban poor? Factors associated with use of appropriate maternal health services in the slum settlements of Nairobi, Kenya. Maternal & Child Health Journal 13(1): 130-137. Fotso JC, Ezeh A, Oronje R. 2008. Provision and use of maternal health services among urban poor in Kenya: What do we know and what can we do? Journal Urban Health 85(3): 428-442 Fotso JC, Ezeh A, Madise N, and Ciera J (2007). Progress towards the child mortality millennium development goal in urban sub-Saharan Africa: The dynamics of urban growth, immunization, and access to clean water. BMC Public Health 7:218. Potts M & Fotso JC (2007). Population growth and the Millennium Development Goals. The Lancet 369(9559): 354-355. Fotso JC (2007). Urban-rural Differentials in Child Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends and Socioeconomic Correlates. Health and Place 13: 205-223. Fotso JC (2006). Child Health Inequities in Developing Countries: Differences across Urban and Rural Areas. International Journal for Equity in Health 5(9): 1-10. Fotso JC & Kuate-Defo B (2006). Household and Community Socioeconomic Influences on Early Childhood Malnutrition in Africa. Journal of Biosocial Science 38(3): 289-313. Fotso JC & Kuate-Defo B (2005). Socioeconomic Inequalities in Early Childhood Malnutrition and Morbidity: Modification of the Household-level Effects by the Community Socioeconomic Status. Health and Place 11(3):205-25. Fotso JC & Kuate-Defo B (2005). Measuring Socioeconomic Status in Health Research in Developing Countries: Should we be Focusing on Household, Communities or Both? Social Indicators Research 72(2):189-237.

Working Papers Fotso JC, Sidze EM, Faye CM, Sall M, Corroon M, Béguy D. 2012. Regards sur la Planification Familiale et la Santé de la Reproduction en Milieu Urbain Sénégalais. Chapel Hill, NC: Measurement, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) Project & Institut de Population, Développement et Santé de la Reproduction (IPDSR) [Sénégal]. Fotso JC. 2012. Maternal and child health services for the urban poor: A case study from Nairobi, Kenya. In, The State of the World’s Children: Children in an Urban World. UNICEF, 2012 Fotso JC, Kizito P, Guilkey D, Lumumba V, Wamukoya M. 2011. Levels, Trends and Differentials in Family Planning and Reproductive Health Indicators in Urban Kenya. Chapel Hill, NC: Measurement, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) Project & National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development (NCAPD) [Kenya]. Fotso JC, Ajayi JO, Idoko EE, Speizer I, Fasiku DA, Mberu B & Mutua M. 2011. Family Planning and Reproductive Health in Urban Nigeria: Levels, Trends and Differentials. Chapel Hill, NC: Measurement, Learning & Evaluation (MLE) Project [UNC, USA] and National Population Commission (NPC) [Nigeria].

Jean C Fotso 6 of 8 Grants

 [By 2016/02] Addressing teenage and unintended pregnancy and improving maternal, newborn and child health in Zambia: Harnessing the potential of integrated mHealth facilities in the context of health systems strengthening. Concept Note prepared for USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures – Awaiting clearance from Concern Zambia  [2012-2013] Short-Term Consultancy - UNICEF New York. “Evaluation of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)’s Round 4”. November 2012 to March 2013

 [2012] Short-Term Consultancy - Population Action International. “Landscape Analysis of the Family Planning and Reproductive Health Environment in Kenya”. October-November 2012  [2012-2015] The Packard Foundation. “Reversing the Stall in Fertility Decline in Western Kenya: Expansion Phase” (Principal Investigator), US$2,000,000.

 [2011-2016] USAID through MSH. “African Strategies for Health (ASH)” (Principal Investigator at APHRC), US$1,350,000 (APHRC’s budget).  [2011-2016] USAID through PATHFINDER. “Evidence to Action for Strengthened Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services for Women and Girls (E2A)” (Principal Investigator at APHRC), US$12,600,000.

 [2011-2016] DFID-RPC through Population Council. “Meeting the Unmet Need for FP & Improving Access to Safe Abortion – STEP UP”, (Principal Investigator at APHRC), US$815,000.

 [2010-2011] The Hewlett Foundation through the INDEPTH Network. Fertility, Family Planning, Child Health and Survival, and Household Economic Outcomes: What Can We Learn from Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System?, (Principal Investigator), $81,834.

 [2009-2010] The Rockefeller Foundation. “Meeting Urban Health Needs through Innovative Research, Policies and Interventions”, (Principal Investigator), US$169,515.  [2009-2010] USAID through JHPIEGO. “Meeting Urban Health Needs through Innovative Research, Policies and Interventions”, (Principal Investigator), US$100,000.  [2009-2015] The Gates Foundation through UNC, USA. “Measurement, Learning & Evaluation for the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative”, (Principal Investigator at APHRC), US$5,895,000.

 [2009] The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). Baseline Report on Progress on Key Indicators Contained in the Maputo Plan of Action, US$80,000.

 [2008-2009] The Hewlett Foundation. Designing and Pilot-Testing a Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation of Population and Reproductive Health Program, (Principal Investigator), US$200,000.  [2008-2010] The Rockefeller Foundation. “Strengthening Information Systems, Knowledge Sharing, and Partnerships for Addressing Urban Health Vulnerabilities in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya”, (Co-Principal Investigator), US$500,000.

 [2008] The Packard Foundation. “Ten-Year Evaluation of the Packard Foundation Population Program’s Ethiopia Subprogram (1998-2007)”, (Co-Principal Investigator), US$180,000.  [2007-2008] The Packard Foundation. “Identifying Key Population and Development Priorities in Africa: A Review”, (Principal Investigator), US$25,000.

Jean C Fotso 7 of 8  [2006-2010] The Wellcome Trust. Urbanization, poverty and health dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa, (Co-Applicant), US$4,203,700.

 [2005-2006] The World Bank's Development Grant Facility, Strengthening reproductive health research capacity in sub-Saharan Africa, (Co-Applicant), US$100,000.

Professional Service

 2015-: Member of the Executive Board of the International Society for Urban Health (ISUH), New York, USA

 2009-2013: Member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)’s Nomination Committee, Paris, France

 2009-2011: Member of the Global Research Network on Urban Health and Equity (GRNUHE)  2007-2010: President, International Society for Urban Health (ISUH), New York, USA

 2007- : Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Urban Health  2006-: Session organizer, Session chair and Session discussant at various international conferences (e.g. PAA, IUSSP, ICUH and UAPS)

 2005-2007: Member of the Executive Board of the International Society for Urban Health (ISUH), New York, USA  2004-: Article reviews for: Maternal & Child Health Journal; Tropical Medical and International health; BMC Public Health; BMC Pregnancy and Child Birth, BMC Health Services Research; Urban Studies; Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition; Journal of Urban Health; African Population Studies, Social Science and Medicine; Social Biology; International Journal for Equity in Health; Health and Place, among others

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