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Rajeev Colaço

Senior Director, Center for International Development

Education

DrPH, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina
MPH, Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health, University of Alabama
MD, Russian State Medical University and Moscow State University

Dr. Rajeev Colaço is senior director of the Center for International Development at RTI. He is responsible for overseeing multidisciplinary teams in global agriculture, education, energy, and health. A skilled leader and mentor, he leads the implementation of complex, multi-country, multi-sectoral programs that aim to achieve high global impact.

Dr. Colaço joined RTI in 2010. In addition to his project leadership, he has extensive experience translating complex research into actionable programmatic and policy solutions tailored to diverse audiences.

Expertise
  • Program and organizational leadership, management, and mentorship
  • Leadership, management, and oversight of global agriculture, education, energy, and health programs
  • Research expertise to translate learning to action, and measure impact
Press Info

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Publications

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Article

An integrated MERLA (Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning, and Adapting) framework for evidence-based program improvement

December 2022
RTI Press Publication

A global call to action for gender-inclusive data collection and use

December 2021
Article

Using Short Message Service Alerts to Increase Antenatal Care and Malaria Prevention: Findings from implementation research pilot in Guinea

October 2019
Article

A community led innovation benefiting women and children: Health facilities and credit cooperative work together to promote maternal health care in Sahare VDC, Nepal

September 2018

Related Capabilities

Focus Area

Global Health
Focus Area

Public Health and Well-Being
Focus Area

Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning, and Adapting (MERLA)
Focus Area

Global Noncommunicable Diseases
Focus Area

Water

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