Mickey Chopra, MD

Biography

Dr. Mickey Chopra is the Lead Health Specialist of the Health of the Nutrition and Population Global Practice at the World Bank. Prior to this he held the post as Chief of Health and Associate Director of Programmes at UNICEF’s New York Headquarters in August 2009, leading the organization’s work on maternal, newborn, and child health; immunization; pediatric HIV/AIDS; and health systems strengthening, policy, and research. Preceding his appointment to UNICEF, Dr. Chopra was the director of the Health Systems Research Group of the South Africa Medical Research Council.

Dr. Chopra is qualified as a medical doctor with an additional degree in medical sociology from the University of Southampton in England. After completing his internship, he went to work as a district medical officer in the rural health district of Hlabisa, South Africa. He had a particular focus on child health and nutrition programs and received his Diploma in Child Health during this time. After receiving his Master’s in Public Health (Primary Health in Developing Countries) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1997, he joined the nascent School of Public Health at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. In 2008, he earned his PhD from Faculty of Medicine, University of Uppsala in Sweden. Dr Chopra has published over 120 international peer-reviewed papers and contributed to numerous book chapters concerned with international child health and nutrition.