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Amit Mehto

Global Health Policy & Economics Specialist at Policy Wisdom

Amit Mehto is a medical doctor by background and has over seven years of combined experience in public health, research, consulting, and program implementation. He holds an MD degree in Preventive and Social Medicine and an MSc in Health Policy, Planning, and Financing from the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Mehto has worked in partnerships with multilateral bodies like WHO and UNICEF, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India), the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, hospitals, research centers, and community groups for the successful implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of health programs. He is skilled in navigating and negotiating in multi-stakeholder environments to achieve results, a recent example of which is securing the first prize in Geneva Challenge 2022 for his project and managing its implementation.

Among his prior professional roles, he has worked as a health economist, project manager (CEPI West Africa Research Preparedness), researcher, communications consultant, deputy policy head at a global health think tank, and a Fellow at Geneva Health Files (GHF). He brings a combination of clinical, public health, health economics, and health policy perspectives, skills, and experience to analyze problems, generate strategic priorities and address them using research, teamwork, and engaging with relevant stakeholders.