Angela E. Micah

Angela Esi Micah, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. In this role, she co-leads the Development Assistance for Health resource tracking team, which produces global estimates of resource flows from high-income countries to low and middle-income countries aimed at the maintenance and improvement of health. Dr. Micah's research focuses on tracking development assistance for health and evaluating health financing policies in low and middle-income countries. Micah holds a PhD in global health management and policy with specialization in health economics from Tulane University's School of Public Health, an MA in international and development economics from Yale University and a BA in economics from Oberlin College. She is an alumnus of the World Bank Africa Fellowship Program. 

Poverty

The Steep Price of Education in Africa

Education is unaffordable for many families in low- and middle-income countries

Poverty

Health-Systems Strengthening in the Age of COVID-19

As the pandemic stresses many health-systems to their breaking point, it’s more important than ever to bolster them now

Governance

Which Governments Prioritize Health Spending?

As COVID-19 causes simultaneous health and economic crises worldwide, it's an opportunity to evaluate health spending

Governance

Funding Pandemic Preparedness: A Global Public Good

Pandemics in a globalized world require global responses. We must be better equipped and funded.