Policy Analysis

Emilie Efronson

Specialized Program Manager - Health Data Innovations

Emilie served as a Specialized Program Manager - Health Data Innovations from 2018-2020.

eefronson@aiddata.org

Summary

Emilie served a Specialized Program Manager in AidData's Sustainable Development Intelligence (SDI) program from 2018-2020, where she led business development for the Health Data Innovations program area. She supported AidData’s GIS Innovation Challenge, building an Open Data Center for Health, a one-stop shop, for HIV/AIDS decision-makers in Cote d’Ivoire. Previously, she managed AidData's DREAMS Innovation Challenge project in Zambia, applying data to increase impact through the development of a decision support tool for stakeholders on Zambia's National AIDS/HIV Council. Prior to joining AidData she has worked on a number of health systems strengthening programs in sub-Saharan Africa, including implementing patient-centered delivery approaches aimed at improving HIV treatment services in Zambia. Emilie received her BA in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and her MPH in International Health from Boston University.

Education

Background

May 6, 2019

Data, DREAMS, and Disease: How to make a health information system useful for HIV prevention?

Our DREAMS Innovation Challenge project with Zambia’s National HIV/AIDS Council overcomes data gaps that hamper HIV prevention.

March 6, 2018

Data to fight disease: A new partnership to improve HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment data in Zambia

We’re partnering with Zambia’s National AIDS Council to build new tools to sift through reams of official data on HIV/AIDS, and apply it for better outcomes.

Profile

DREAMS Innovation Challenge: Applying data to increase impact of HIV/AIDS Prevention for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Uganda

Emilie Efronson, Jacob Sims, Stephen Mugabe, and Abel Muzoora

2018-11-30