Kate Molesworth

Professional Activities

Project management, technical advice and evaluation in the fields of:

  • Integrative health, social and economic development
  • Access to health services, with particular focus on HIV and AIDS service delivery
  • Culturally appropriate approaches to SRH, HIV and AIDS, including IEC materials and health promotion
  • Cross-sectoral approaches in response to HIV and AIDS.HIV prevention and mitigation
  • Impact of transport initiatives and construction projects on HIV and STIs, access to and provisioning of health services, gender dynamics and socio-economic change
  • Gender and female access to health and inclusion in development processes

Higher Education & Qualifications

  • PhD, Department of Anthropology, University of Durham, UK
  • MSc in Human Biology, Department of Biological Anthropology & St. John's College, Oxford University, UK

Work Experience

  • 2004 to date Senior Public Health and Social Development Specialist, Swiss Centre for International Health, Swiss Tropical and Public  Institute, Basel, Switzerland
  • 2002 – 2004 Development Study Group, Zürich University, Switzerland
  • 1997 – 2001 PhD research and various consultancies including WHO Roll Back Malaria Secretariat, Geneva/Kenyan Ministry of Health, Nairobi. Consultant to Kenyan proposal to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria; European Commission Rural Development Expert, Appraisal Mission, Nepal Conflict Mitigation Package
  • 1992 – 1996 Teaching Assistant and later Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, UK
  • 1991 UNICEF Long-term consultant to Health and Nutrition Section, Nepal Office
  • 1989 – 1991 Glasgow University/EEC. Health and Livelihoods Project Manager, Sindhupalchowk, Nepal