Author Archives: Philip Setel

Dr Setel is a health and demographic anthropologist with over 20 years experience in health development in low- and middle-income countries. Dr Setel headed monitoring and evaluation in global health at the Bill & Medlinda Gates Foundation and has served as a consultant for organizations such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria; UNICEF; and WHO.
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Global data initiative: making the invisible visible

by Philip Setel

An estimated two billion people, or roughly 40% of the world’s population, are invisible: no formal proof of their existence, such as a birth certificate, is maintained in the country where they live and they will likely die without an official record as well. Many nations have systems that work well and almost go unnoticed […]