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Paul Michael Pronyk MD FRCP(C) MSc PhD
ppronyk@unicef.org
mobile : +162 811 871 5547
Profile and areas of expertise
o Global Health Systems and Evaluation Specialist
with 18 years of experience in Africa and Asia
o Areas of expertise: health systems, health
informatics, maternal-‐child health, nutrition,
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, gender, economic
development and social capital
o Director-‐level experience in two university-‐based
health systems research programmes
o Over 50 publications in high impact peer-‐review
journals and books across a range of disciplines
Academic Appointments
2009-‐present Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South
Africa
2009-‐2012 Assistant Professor in Clinical Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health,
Columbia University
2009-‐2012 Associate Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
2004-‐2009 Senior Lecturer, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Academic and Professional Qualifications
2006 PhD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
1997 Masters of Science, Tropical Medicine and International Health, LSHTM
1997 Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, LSHTM
1996 Specialist, Internal Medicine and Community Health, Tufts University USA.
1993 Doctor of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Canada
Employment Experience
2016-‐present Chief, Child Survival and Development, UNICEF Indonesia
2013-‐2016 Senior Program Specialist, RMNCH Strategy and Coordination Team, UNICEF NY
2014–2015 Senior Health Specialist, Ebola Response, UNICEF, Sierra Leone
2012-‐2013 UN Commission on Life Saving Commodities, UNICEF, New York
2008-‐2012 Director, Monitoring and Evaluation, Center for Global Health and Economic
Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York
2000-‐2008 Director, Rural AIDS & Development Action Research Program, London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)
Paul Michael Pronyk
Selected Publications
Bijleveld P, Maliqi B, Pronyk PM Aligning and coordinating for results: Country perspectives on
integrated approaches to RMNCH financing and programming. Bulletin of the WHO 2016
Pronyk PM, Nemser B, Maliqi B, Springstubb N, Sera D, Karimov R, Katwan E, Walter B, Bijleveld P. The
UN Commission on Life Saving Commodities three years on – global progress update and results of a
multi-‐country assessment, Lancet Global Health 2016
Pronyk PM, Rogers B, Lee S, et al on behalf of the UNICEF Sierra Leone Response Team. The Effect of
Community-‐Based Prevention and Care on Ebola Transmission in Sierra Leone. Am J Public Health.
106(4):727-‐32, 2016
Pronyk PM, Muniz M, Nemser B, et al. The effect of an integrated multi-‐sector model for achieving the
Millennium Development Goals and improving child survival in rural sub-‐Saharan Africa: a non-‐
randomized controlled assessment. Lancet 2012.
Remans R, Pronyk PM, Fanzo JC, et al. A multi-‐sector intervention to accelerate reductions in child
stunting: an observational study from nine sub-‐Saharan African countries. American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, 2011
Fanzo J, Pronyk PM. A review of the global progress towards the Millennium Development Goal One
Hunger Target, Food and Nutrition Bulletin 32 (2), 2011.
Kim JC, Ferrari G, Pronyk PM et al Assessing the incremental benefits of combining health and economic
interventions: Experience from the IMAGE Study in rural South Africa. Bulletin of the World Health
Organization 87:2009.
Sachs JD, Pronyk PM. Towards a Global Fund for the health MDGs? The Lancet, 373 (9681): 2111, 2009.
Golub J, Pronyk PM, Mohapi L, Thsabangu N, Moshabela M, Gray GE, McIntyre JA, Chaisson RE,
Martinson NA. Isoniazid Preventive Therapy, HAART and tuberculosis risk in HIV-‐infected adults in South
Africa: a prospective cohort. AIDS 23(5): 2009.
Kim JC, Pronyk PM, Barnett AS, Watts CH. Exploring the role of economic empowerment in HIV
prevention. AIDS 22(Suppl 4): 2008
Pronyk PM, Harpham T, Morison LA, Phetla G, Busza J, Hargreaves JR, Kim JC, Watts C, Porter JDH. Can
social capital be intentionally generated? A cluster randomized trial from rural South Africa. Social
Science and Medicine, 67 (10): 2008.
Pronyk PM, Kim JC, Abramsky T, Phetla G, Hargreaves JR, Morison LA, Busza J, Watts C, Porter JDH. A
combined microfinance and training intervention can reduce HIV risk behaviour among young female
participants: results from the IMAGE Study. AIDS 22:2008.
Pronyk PM, Harpham T, Morison LA, Hargreaves JR, Kim JC, Phetla G, Watts C, Porter JDH. Is social
capital associated with HIV risk in rural South Africa? Social Science and Medicine 66(9): 2008
Pronyk PM, Hargreaves JR, Morduch J. Microfinance programs and better health: prospects for sub-‐
Saharan Africa. Journal of the American Medical Association, 298 (16): 2007
Paul Michael Pronyk
Kim JC, Watts C, Hargreaves JR, Ndhlovu LX, Phetla G, Morison LA, Busza J, Porter JDH, Pronyk PM.
Understanding the impact of a microfinance-‐based intervention on women's empowerment and the
reduction of intimate partner violence in the IMAGE Study, South Africa. American Journal of Public
Health, 97(10), 2007.
Pronyk PM, Kahn K, Tollman SM. Using the Agincourt HDSS as a platform for understanding the burden
of disease in populations -‐ the case of tuberculosis in rural South Africa. Scandinavian Journal of Public
Health 35 (suppl 69): 2007.
Pronyk PM, Hargreaves JR, Kim JC, Morison LA, Phetla G, Watts C, Busza J, Porter JDH. Effect of a
structural intervention for the prevention of intimate partner violence and HIV in rural South Africa:
results of a cluster randomized trial, Lancet, 368, 1973-‐1983, Dec 2, 2006.
Pronyk PM, Kahn K, Hargreaves JR, Tollman SM, Collinson M, Hausler HP, Porter JDH.
Undiagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis deaths in rural South Africa. The International Journal of
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, June 2004
Pronyk PM, Kim JC, Makhubele MB, Hargreaves JR, Mohlala R, Hausler HP. The Introduction of
Voluntary Counselling and Rapid Testing for HIV in rural South Africa – from theory to practice. AIDS
Care, 2002
Pronyk PM, Kim JC, Porter JDH. Whose priorities? A response to the issue of antiretrovirals in Africa.
Tropical Medicine and International Health 2001
Pronyk PM, Joshi B, Hargreaves JR, Madonsela T, Collinson MA, Mokoena O, Tollman SM, Hausler HP.
Active Case Finding – understanding the burden of tuberculosis in rural South Africa. International Journal
of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2001;
Pronyk PM, Makhubele MB, Hargreaves JR, Tollman SM, Hausler HP. Assessing health seeking behaviour
among tuberculosis patients in rural South Africa. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2001
Porter JDH, Ogden J, Pronyk PM. Infectious disease policy: towards the production of health. Health
Policy and Planning 2000