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Ties Boerma is a professor in the College of Community and Global Health at the University of Manitoba and holds the Canada Research Chair in Population and Global Health at the Institute for Global Public Health. With 35 years of experience in global public health, Dr. Boerma has worked at national and district levels in Africa and led health programs including Demographic Health Surveys. He has also served as an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and held senior leadership roles at the World Health Organization (WHO), directing WHO’s work on health statistics and information for 14 years. His research focuses on measuring and monitoring progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to health, including universal health coverage. He is involved in longitudinal research and demographic surveillance studies in northwest Tanzania, generating evidence to strengthen reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health programs in low and middle-income countries, while also assessing mortality caused by armed conflict and disasters.
University of Manitoba • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Professor in the College of Community and Global Health with a focus on global health initiatives.
World Health Organization • Geneva, Switzerland
Directed WHO’s work on health statistics, information, and evidence.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Taught epidemiology and conducted research in public health.
Streams include Education, Administration, or Clinical.