Neeta Rao

Neeta Rao is a senior health lead with USAID/India, where she focuses on innovative financing portfolios, including blended financing and pay-for-performance models. She provides strategic oversight to USAID’s health investments in the western region of the country. She has worked on health systems strengthening, health financing, research and evaluation, policy, advocacy, community engagement, and program management with the World Health Organization, multinational agencies, governments, and non-government organizations. She has a Masters in Health Administration from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India and has co-authored articles and chapters on health insurance, health accounts, and HIV/AIDS.