Philip Setel leads the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics work at Vital Strategies — a global health organization addressing the world's leading public health challenges — under the Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative, funded by the Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Australian Government. He brings over 20 years' experience in designing, leading, implementing and supporting monitoring, learning, and evaluation projects in the fields of epidemiology, demography and health care. He has a specific focus on methods for longitudinal measures of impact, including mortality and causes of death. His work has been used to inform the decisions, policies and strategies of donors, public health organizations and governments in countries including Tanzania, India, Mozambique, and Papua New Guinea.