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Matthew Bonds, Ph.D., Ph.D.

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).

Changes in child mortality and population health following 10 years of health systems strengthening in rural Madagascar: A longitudinal cohort study.
Authors: Authors: Garchitorena A, Miller AC, Razanadranaivo HL, Rakotonirina L, Barriault SA, Razafinjato B, Kotchofa JA, Rafenoarimalala F, Rakotonanahary RJL, Ihantamalala FA, Evans MV, Tolojananahary AT, Ramanandraitsiory V, Tsitinomen'nyaina A, Ralaivavikoa FA, Raza-Fanomezanjanahary EM, Randriamanambintsoa M, Andrianambinina S, Yasmine LL, Murray MB, Rich ML, Cordier LF, Finnegan KE, Bonds MH, Randriamanantany ZA.
PLoS Med
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Persistence of geographic barriers to maternal care services following a health system strengthening initiative in rural Madagascar.
Authors: Authors: Ihantamalala FA, Randriamihaja M, Miller AC, Rakotonanahary RJL, Raza-Fanomezanjanahary M, Kotchofa JA, Randriamanambintsoa M, Ramarson H, Razafinjato B, Rasoanandrasana V, Bonds M, Finnegan KE, Garchitorena A.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
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 Increasing the resolution of malaria early warning systems for use by local health actors.
Authors: Authors: Evans MV, Ihantamalala FA, Randriamihaja M, Herbreteau V, Révillion C, Catry T, Delaitre E, Bonds MH, Roche B, Mitsinjoniala E, Ralaivavikoa FA, Razafinjato B, Raobela O, Garchitorena A.
Malar J
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Designing and Evaluating a Health System Resilient to Extreme Weather Events in Rural Madagascar.
Authors: Authors: Evans MV, Rajaonarifara E, Garchitorena A, Ralaivavikoa FA, Rahajatiana PE, Finnegan KE, Cordier L, Rakotonirina L, Razafinjato B, Randrianjatovo TM, Révillion C, Mbimbisoa MJ, Bonds MH.
Ann Glob Health
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Evaluation of a novel approach to community health care delivery in Ifanadiana District, Madagascar.
Authors: Authors: Razafinjato B, Rakotonirina L, Cordier LF, Rasoarivao A, Andrianomenjanahary M, Marovavy L, Hanitriniaina F, Andriamiandra IJ, Mayfield A, Palazuelos D, Cowley G, Ramarson A, Ihantamalala F, Rakotonanahary RJL, Miller AC, Garchitorena A, McCarty MG, Bonds MH, Finnegan KE.
PLOS Glob Public Health
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Morbidity and mortality burden of COVID-19 in rural Madagascar: results from a longitudinal cohort and nested seroprevalence study.
Authors: Authors: Garchitorena A, Rasoloharimanana LT, Rakotonanahary RJ, Evans MV, Miller AC, Finnegan KE, Cordier LF, Cowley G, Razafinjato B, Randriamanambintsoa M, Andrianambinina S, Popper SJ, Hotahiene R, Bonds MH, Schoenhals M.
Int J Epidemiol
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Applying a zero-corrected, gravity model estimator reduces bias due to heterogeneity in healthcare utilization in community-scale, passive surveillance datasets of endemic diseases.
Authors: Authors: Evans MV, Ihantamalala FA, Randriamihaja M, Aina AT, Bonds MH, Finnegan KE, Rakotonanahary RJL, Raza-Fanomezanjanahary M, Razafinjato B, Raobela O, Raholiarimanana SH, Randrianavalona TH, Garchitorena A.
Sci Rep
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Interventions to Reduce Risk for Pathogen Spillover and Early Disease Spread to Prevent Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics.
Authors: Authors: Vora NM, Hannah L, Walzer C, Vale MM, Lieberman S, Emerson A, Jennings J, Alders R, Bonds MH, Evans J, Chilukuri B, Cook S, Sizer NC, Epstein JH.
Emerg Infect Dis
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Climatic, land-use and socio-economic factors can predict malaria dynamics at fine spatial scales relevant to local health actors: Evidence from rural Madagascar.
Authors: Authors: Pourtois JD, Tallam K, Jones I, Hyde E, Chamberlin AJ, Evans MV, Ihantamalala FA, Cordier LF, Razafinjato BR, Rakotonanahary RJL, Tsirinomen'ny Aina A, Soloniaina P, Raholiarimanana SH, Razafinjato C, Bonds MH, De Leo GA, Sokolow SH, Garchitorena A.
PLOS Glob Public Health
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Ecological and socioeconomic factors associated with the human burden of environmentally mediated pathogens: a global analysis.
Authors: Authors: Sokolow SH, Nova N, Jones IJ, Wood CL, Lafferty KD, Garchitorena A, Hopkins SR, Lund AJ, MacDonald AJ, LeBoa C, Peel AJ, Mordecai EA, Howard ME, Buck JC, Lopez-Carr D, Barry M, Bonds MH, De Leo GA.
Lancet Planet Health
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