Who We Are: SSDS and Its Staff

Annette C. De Mattos, B.S., M.P.H.

Ms. De Mattos is a Cost and Financing Specialist with over 15 years of professional experience in international health, with a focus on financial planning and management, including systems design, cost analysis and projections. Her primary interests are in building capacity to ensure the long-term sustainability of health system financing in developing countries, while at the same time ensuring that program interventions are designed to be both operationally efficient and cost-effective in terms of outputs and outcomes. Key programmatic areas include: a range of NGO operations, pharmaceutical supply, and nutrition programs.

She has conducted cost analyses and related research to support decision-making:, to identify program and resource allocation priorities; to assess cost-efficient and cost-effective program design options; to develop and negotiate indirect cost rates with funding agencies; to determine the unit costs of health services; and to evaluate the impact of user fees on the demand for and sustainability of services.

Specific areas of expertise include program management and technical assistance to local NGOs in designing and implementing financial planning, management and computerized cost accounting systems, as well as funding diversification strategies. Ms. De Mattos is familiar with all aspects of financial and regulatory requirements related to program funding by major donors such as USAID, NIH, The World Bank, etc. She has designed, implemented and managed systems to meet these requirements from the sometimes complex and differing perspectives of contractor headquarters, overseas project field offices, and developing country NGOs, and has developed systems, training materials and tools (e.g. manuals) to strengthen capacity in financial analysis, planning and management for NGOs working with international agencies.

Ms. De Mattos' overseas work experience includes: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Eastern Caribbean, Kazakhstan, Philippines, and Russia, as well as US-based support to programs in numerous other countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.

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