Global Health Solutions with Local Relevance
Matahari is a global health research and policy group working on integrating Global South expertise in global health initiatives.
What we do
The Team behind Matahari
We are a team of experts across the global health world, working to deliver sustainable global health solutions informed and led with Global South expertise.
Our diverse and multilingual team works closely together to bring local relevance to complex global health conundrums – creating visibility, long-term impact, and value to our clients.
Dr Fifa Rahman
Principal Consultant
Charles Ebikeme
Associate Consultant: Health Systems
Gisa Dang
Associate Consultant: Health and Human Rights
Dr Pedro Villardi
Associate Consultant: Public Health and Intellectual Property - Brazil
Dr Claudia Stoicescu
Technical Advisor: Harm Reduction
Robin Montgomery
Associate Consultant: Global Fund & Civil Society Engagement
Clarisa Regede
Associate Consultant: Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health
Our Clients and Partners
Our Projects
A few of our recent projects
Increasing access to COVID-19 and MPOX diagnostics
- February 2023
- We supported the People's Vaccine Alliance to research accessibility and affordability for COVID-19 and MPOX diagnostics, drawing upon the expertise of major experts and stakeholders to define recommendations for equitable access to diagnostics. The report recommends, inter alia, that countries should reduce dependence on proprietary platforms, that they should spearhead country-led multi-year diagnostics strategies, and increase funding for regional and local manufacturing of diagnostics and relevant components.
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Mapping COVID-19 access gaps from 14 countries and territories
- August 2022
- As the world tries to move on from COVID-19, access to COVID-19 tools including rapid tests, novel antivirals, vaccines, and oxygen, remains inequitable in LMICs. For vaccines in particular, ‘hesitancy’ is often invoked as a key obstacle to vaccinating the world. A recent report by Matahari Global Solutions, International Treatment Preparedness Coalition, and the People’s Vaccine Alliance finds that the picture in lower- and middle-income countries is much more nuanced than a simple attribution to ‘hesitancy’.
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Crowdsourcing COVID-19 data to improve access
- March 2022
- Consulting with the Foundation for Innovative Diagnostics (FIND), the Community Health Impact Coalition, the Ugandan Ministry of Health, Every Breath Counts, and Health Poverty Action, Matahari worked with the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition to develop a mapping tool for crowdsourcing of essential data on access to COVID-19 tools, to help inform advocacy campaigns and improve collaboration between key actors in the global health space.
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Insights
Our latest posts
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A iniciativa “Diversidade Racial na Saúde Global” anuncia aprovação de pesquisa por conselho de ética
- July 2021
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Racial Diversity in Global Health Initiative Announces Advisory Committee
- May 2021
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The Compulsory Licence Debate Moves Forward in Brazil
- May 2021