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Matthew Bonds, PhD

Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
PIVOT

Matthew Bonds has a PhD in economics and a PhD in (disease) ecology from the University of Georgia. He is an associate professor of global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School, and co-founder & scientific director of PIVOT. His research focuses on 1) the ecology of poverty and economic development; and 2) the science of implementing global health delivery systems. PIVOT works with the Madagascar government to establish a district level model health system for over 200,000 people. With novel data systems at all levels of care (community, primary and secondary care), this partnership is pioneering a new a science of health system transformation, with some of the most rigorously evaluated population level impacts in the world. His work has been supported by a K01 Award from the NIH Fogarty International Center, a Scholar Award in Complex Systems Science from the James S. McDonnell Foundation, and a Rainer Arnhold Fellowship from the Mulago Foundation.

Combining science and social justice, we are advancing an understanding of the ecology of poverty, and strengthening large-scale health service delivery programs to disrupt cycles of poverty and disease (www.bondslab.com).

Reconciling model predictions with low reported cases of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: insights from Madagascar.
Authors: Authors: Evans MV, Garchitorena A, Rakotonanahary RJL, Drake JM, Andriamihaja B, Rajaonarifara E, Ngonghala CN, Roche B, Bonds MH, Rakotonirina J.
Glob Health Action
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District-level health system strengthening for universal health coverage: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study in rural Madagascar, 2014-2018.
Authors: Authors: Garchitorena A, Miller AC, Cordier LF, Randriamanambintsoa M, Razanadrakato HR, Randriamihaja M, Razafinjato B, Finnegan KE, Haruna J, Rakotonirina L, Rakotozafy G, Raharimamonjy L, Atwood S, Murray MB, Rich M, Loyd T, Solofomalala GD, Bonds MH.
BMJ Glob Health
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Networks of Care in Rural Madagascar for Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Ifanadiana District.
Authors: Authors: Cordier LF, Kalaris K, Rakotonanahary RJL, Rakotonirina L, Haruna J, Mayfield A, Marovavy L, McCarty MG, Tsirinomen'ny Aina A, Ratsimbazafy B, Razafinjato B, Loyd T, Ihantamalala F, Garchitorena A, Bonds MH, Finnegan KE.
Health Syst Reform
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Improving geographical accessibility modeling for operational use by local health actors.
Authors: Authors: Ihantamalala FA, Herbreteau V, Révillion C, Randriamihaja M, Commins J, Andréambeloson T, Rafenoarimalala FH, Randrianambinina A, Cordier LF, Bonds MH, Garchitorena A.
Int J Health Geogr
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Mathematical assessment of the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on curtailing the 2019 novel Coronavirus.
Authors: Authors: Ngonghala CN, Iboi E, Eikenberry S, Scotch M, MacIntyre CR, Bonds MH, Gumel AB.
Math Biosci
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Prioritising the role of community health workers in the COVID-19 response.
Authors: Authors: Ballard M, Bancroft E, Nesbit J, Johnson A, Holeman I, Foth J, Rogers D, Yang J, Nardella J, Olsen H, Raghavan M, Panjabi R, Alban R, Malaba S, Christiansen M, Rapp S, Schechter J, Aylward P, Rogers A, Sebisaho J, Ako C, Choudhury N, Westgate C, Mbeya J, Schwarz R, Bonds MH, Adamjee R, Bishop J, Yembrick A, Flood D, McLaughlin M, Palazuelos D.
BMJ Glob Health
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Factors associated with risk of developmental delay in preschool children in a setting with high rates of malnutrition: a cross-sectional analysis of data from the IHOPE study, Madagascar.
Authors: Authors: Miller AC, Garchitorena A, Rabemananjara F, Cordier L, Randriamanambintsoa M, Rabeza V, Razanadrakoto HR, Rakoto Ramakasoa R, RamahefarisonTiana O, Ratsimbazafy BN, Ouenzar MA, Bonds MH, Ratsifandrihamanana L.
BMC Pediatr
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Machine-learned patterns suggest that diversification drives economic development.
Authors: Authors: Brummitt CD, Gómez-Liévano A, Hausmann R, Bonds MH.
J R Soc Interface
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Making Pastoralists Count: Geospatial Methods for the Health Surveillance of Nomadic Populations.
Authors: Authors: Wild H, Glowacki L, Maples S, Mejía-Guevara I, Krystosik A, Bonds MH, Hiruy A, LaBeaud AD, Barry M.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
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Assessing trends in the content of maternal and child care following a health system strengthening initiative in rural Madagascar: A longitudinal cohort study.
Authors: Authors: Ezran C, Bonds MH, Miller AC, Cordier LF, Haruna J, Mwanawabenea D, Randriamanambintsoa M, Razanadrakato HR, Ouenzar MA, Razafinjato BR, Murray M, Garchitorena A.
PLoS Med
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