Anthony Costello — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Professor of International Child Health and Director of the Institute for Global Health at University College London (until 2015).
Director of maternal, child and adolescent health at the World Health Organization in Geneva (2015-2018).
Authored a pioneering book on improving newborn infant health in developing countries (1999).
Led community trials and meta-analyses demonstrating that women's group programs cut maternal and newborn deaths by one third.
Published "The Social Edge. The Power of Sympathy Groups for our Health, Wealth and Sustainable Future" (2018).
Chaired the 2009 Lancet Commission on Managing the Health Effects of Climate Change.
Graduated from St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and trained in Paediatrics and Neonatology at University College London.

Biography

Anthony Costello is a distinguished British paediatrician and academic, recognized for his extensive work in global child health. He served as Professor of International Child Health and Director of the Institute for Global Health at University College London until 2015. From 2015 to 2018, he held the position of Director of maternal, child and adolescent health at the World Health Organization in Geneva.