HOMEAssociate Professor Marco Liverrani

Faculty

Associate Professor Marco Liverrani

Speciality / Research theme / Keywords
Health policy and systems
Supervision

Qualifications

MSc, PhD

Research gate or Linked-in account links

https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/liverani.marco

Affiliation(s)

Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University; Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok.

Background

Social sciences (sociology, social anthropology)

Teaching

The Politics of Global Health Policy (LSHTM); Health Systems and Policy (TMGH); Health Information and Digital Health (Mahidol)

Research

Health policy and planning in LMICs, particularly in Southeast Asia; health information and digital health; health seeking behaviour; health financing

The country/countries where you work currently

Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos

Five MOST IMPORTANT/INTERESTING recent publications

  1. Dwidjo Susilo LPL, Wulandari LPL, Sukmayeti E, Asante A, Jan S, Thabrany H, Tangcharoensathien V, Wiseman V, & Liverani M. Can Indonesia achieve universal health coverage? Organisational and financing challenges in implementing the national health insurance system. SSM Health Syst. 2025; 5: 100138.

  2. Fardousi N, Negara SNS, Subronto YW, Mashuri YA, Cheng Q, Wulandari LPL, Putra IWCSD, Wahyuningtias SD, Probandari A, Thabrany H, Wiseman V, Ahmad RA, Boettiger D, Liverani M. Understanding the financial hardships faced by TB and HIV patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-method study in Bandung and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Health Policy Plan. 2025; czaf058. 

  3. Liverani M, Ahmed S, Sen A, Chew R, Chandna A, Islam S, Maude RJ, Islam A, Lubell Y. Acute febrile illness in remote and rural communities: Perspectives of health providers and managers in Chattogram, Bangladesh. SSM Health Syst. 2025; 5: 100090.
  4. Liverani M, Song K, Rudge JW. Mapping emerging trends and South-South cooperation in regional knowledge networks: A bibliometric analysis of avian influenza research in Southeast Asia. J Int Dev. 2023; 35(7): 1667–1683.

  5. Liverani M, Ir P, Perel P, Khan M, Balabanova D, Wiseman V. Assessing the potential of wearable health monitors for health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries: a prospective study of technology adoption in Cambodia. Health Policy Plan. 2022; 37(8): 943-951.

Message

Dr Marco Liverani is a social scientist specialising in health policy and systems, with a focus on health governance and financing, access to care, and health information systems in low- and middle-income countries. His work combines mixed-methods and qualitative approaches to study how institutions, technologies and policies shape health decision-making and service delivery. He has led and collaborated on research projects across Southeast Asia, contributing to evidence that informs national and international health programmes.

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