Justice Nonvignon
Justice Nonvignon
Technical Director, Primary Health Care Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Equity
Dr. Justice Nonvignon, MSH’s Technical Director for Primary Health Care Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Equity, is a distinguished Health Economist with more than 15 years of experience in training, research, and providing technical assistance to governments and development organizations. Before joining MSH, Dr. Nonvignon served as the Founding Head of the Health Economics and Financing Program at the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) as well as Professor of Health Economics at the University of Ghana.
Dr. Nonvignon’s expertise covers a wide range of areas, including health economics, economic evaluation, health technology assessment, efficiency, equity, health financing, health policy and systems, health and nutrition program monitoring and evaluation, and health systems strengthening. Throughout his career, Dr. Nonvignon has played pivotal roles in shaping health economics and financing strategies. At the Africa CDC, he spearheaded the development of a comprehensive approach to addressing critical gaps in health economics and financing policy across African Union Member States.
His research has been funded by organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office; and development agencies for both Denmark and Norway. He has consulted for major global health players, including the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and the World Bank. He has served on more than 35 expert committees, such as the Technical Advisory Panel of the Pandemic Fund, WHO’s Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Infectious Hazards with Epidemic and Pandemic Potential, the Ghana Ministry of Health’s Health Technology Assessment Technical Working Group (as co-chair), and the Advisory Board of the Global Health Economic Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Dr. Nonvignon holds a PhD in public health from the University of Ghana, a master’s degree in economics from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and commentaries.