Duncan Maru

I am an epidemiologist and physician trained in internal medicine and pediatrics interested in rural healthcare delivery. I work in Nepal with the organization Possible and Nyaya Health Nepal, which I co-founded. Possible builds high-quality, affordable rural healthcare systems that gain access to the poorest and appeal to the growing middle class in rural Nepal. We achieve this through a public-private partnership we have with the Nepali government, where we, as a private sector entity, manage public sector facilities. We integrate the district healthcare system, from frontline health worker to district hospital. Central to the challenge is creating a revenue and management model where provider incentives are aligned with high quality care and population health outcomes. Our research arm, the Healthcare Systems Design Group, conducts implementation research studies for policy and practice change. I am a faculty member at the Arnhold Institute for Global Health at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.