Angela E. Micah
Angela Esi Micah, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. In this role, she co-leads the Development Assistance for Health resource tracking team, which produces global estimates of resource flows from high-income countries to low and middle-income countries aimed at the maintenance and improvement of health. Dr. Micah's research focuses on tracking development assistance for health and evaluating health financing policies in low and middle-income countries. Micah holds a PhD in global health management and policy with specialization in health economics from Tulane University's School of Public Health, an MA in international and development economics from Yale University and a BA in economics from Oberlin College. She is an alumnus of the World Bank Africa Fellowship Program.
Avoiding Health Spending Panic and Neglect
The importance of maintaining momentum in health spending
COVID-19 Fueled Record-Breaking Investments in Global Health
Examining opportunities and challenges related to development spending
The Steep Price of Education in Africa
Education is unaffordable for many families in low- and middle-income countries
For COVID-19, Development Spending Hasn't Necessarily Matched Need
So how should those investments be targeted?
An Aging World Requires More Support for Health Systems
Development assistance should reflect this need
Health-Systems Strengthening in the Age of COVID-19
As the pandemic stresses many health-systems to their breaking point, it’s more important than ever to bolster them now
Which Governments Prioritize Health Spending?
As COVID-19 causes simultaneous health and economic crises worldwide, it's an opportunity to evaluate health spending
Funding Pandemic Preparedness: A Global Public Good
Pandemics in a globalized world require global responses. We must be better equipped and funded.