Todd Nitkin

Todd A. Nitkin

Senior advisor, World Vision International

Dr. Todd Nitkin, DPM, FACFAS, MPH, is the Senior Advisor, Design, Monitoring, Evaluation & Research for Health for World Vision International, and is co-chair of the CORE M&E Working Group. He received his master's degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 

Todd has used his expertise in the acquisition and use of data to design and implement comprehensive project plans, monitoring and evaluation plans, and health information systems for use in many different contexts. He has led projects in the planning, execution, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative surveys and assessments for Child Survival programs in Liberia and Uganda, as well as several other projects in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. He has contributed to the CORE/MCHIP guidance documents in the use of LQAS and the RHFA. Todd has also led his organization in the development of a Program Information System to aggregate global program data into an easily accessible database.

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