Francesca Cavallaro Senior Analytical Manager
Dr Francesca Cavallaro is a Senior Analytical Manager. She joined the Health Foundation in January 2022 and her previous roles include Senior Data Analyst and Principal Data Analyst.
Francesca’s background is in maternal and child health epidemiology. Her expertise is in the analysis of complex and administrative data; data linkage; and the evaluation of health care interventions. Her academic work focussed on access to and quality of reproductive and maternity services in West Africa. Most recently, she worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the UCL Institute of Child Health, on the evaluation of the Family Nurse Partnership in England using linked administrative data from the NHS, Department for Education, and children’s social care.
Following a degree in Human Sciences and MSc in Demography and Health, Francesca completed a PhD on the unmet need for caesarean sections at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Cavallaro FL, Benova L, Dioukane EHM, Wong KLM, Sheppard P, Ronsmans C, Faye A, Radovich E, Dumont A, Mbengue AS, Martinez-Alvarez M. What the percentage of births in facilities doesn’t measure: readiness for emergency obstetric care and referral in Senegal. BMJ Global Health. 2020; 5(3).
Cavallaro FL, Cresswell JA, Franca GVA, Victora CG, Barros AJD, Ronsmans C. Trends in caesarean delivery by country and wealth quintile: cross-sectional surveys in southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. WHO Bulletin. 2013; 91: 914-922D.
Cavallaro FL, Duclos D, Faye S, Faye A, Cresswell JA, Lynch CA. Understanding “missed appointments” for women’s re-supply of pills and injectables: a mixed methods study in Senegal. BMJ Global Health. 2018; 3:e000975.
Cavallaro FL, Pembe AB, Campbell OMR, Tripathi V, Wong KLM, Radovich E, Benova L. Caesarean section provision and readiness in Tanzania: analysis of cross-sectional surveys of women and health facilities over time. BMJ Open. 2018; 8:e024216