Matthew Chico MPH

Research Fellow of Epidemiology

Matthew has been at the London School since 2006 and is presently conducting research to improve the care of infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies in pregnancy.  He has a particular focus on the intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy as part of the focused antenatal care package.

Before moving to the London School, Matthew was the Health Advisor for the United States Agency for International Development in Rwanda where he led in-country operational planning for the President's Malaria Initiative.  Prior to that, he was the Director of the Americas Region at International Services of the American Red Cross.  Among other duties, he spearheaded a 10-country partnership with the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization, the United Nations Foundation, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, implementing the community component of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness. 

Matthew also worked in the United States Senate as a staff member overseeing legislative affairs related to health service delivery in rural areas.  Matthew was a Peace Corps volunteer, as well, serving in the Republic of Kiribati, Central Pacific. 

He holds a graduate degree in International Health Policy and Programming from The George Washington University in Washington, DC, USA, and was a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard University in Boston, MA, USA.

Affiliation

Teaching

Matthew is a lecturer in several MSc modules including:

(1) Designing Disease Control Programmes in Developing Countries,

(2) Epidemiology and Control of Malaria,

(3) Applying Public Health Principles in Developing Countries, and

(4) Current Issues in Safemotherhood and Perinatal Health.

Research areas

  • Child health
  • Disease control
  • Global Health
  • Health services
  • Maternal health
  • Micronutrients
  • Sexual health

Disciplines

  • Epidemiology
  • Operational research
  • Vector biology

Disease and Health Conditions

  • Infectious disease
  • Malaria
  • Sexually transmitted disease
  • Sexually transmitted infection
  • Tropical diseases

Regions

  • East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)
  • Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)
  • Least developed countries: UN classification
  • Pacific island small states
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
  • World

Other interests

  • ACT
  • Chlamydia Trachomatis
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Home Management Of Malaria
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Iron
  • LLINs
  • Low Birth Weight
  • Malaria Centre
  • Malaria Prophylaxis
  • Maternal And Child Health
  • Mechanism Of Action Of Antimalarial Drugs
  • Member Of MARCH
  • Modelling And Mapping Disease Distribution
  • Parasite Clearance
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