Manfred Stoermer

Professional Activities

  • Development and analysis of health care financing concepts, e.g. health insurance, performance-based funding, user fees, prepayment schemes, drug revolving funds;
  • Support of health systems strengthening and health service organisation
  • Economic assessments and costing
  • Improvement of access of poor people to health services and support of community participation;
  • Planning, monitoring and evaluation of health programmes
  • Teaching and training activities in health care financing, financial management, and planning techniques

Higher Education & Qualifications

  • 1991 Course ‘Medicine in Developing Countries’
    Institute of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany
  • 1990 Centre for Advanced Training in Rural Development (Seminar für ländliche Entwicklung, SLE), Technical University Berlin, Germany
  • 1981 - 1989 M.A. Public Administration
    Studies of Public Administration and Political Science at the University of Constance and Free University Berlin, Germany

Work Experience

  • 1999 -2008: Free-lance consultant in the field of health care financing and health systems organisation. Consultancy assignments with multilateral (EU) and bilateral agencies (GTZ, InWent, DED, FAKT, Lux-Development, SDC, Novartis Foundation) in Africa, S and SE Asia, and SE and East Europe.
  • 1995 – 1999: Lecturer and research activities at the Dept. for Tropical Hygiene and Public Health, University of Heidelberg
  • 1992 to 1995: Technical Advisor of Tororo District Hospital and Kamuli District Health Services, Uganda