Prof Ana Mocumbi

Head: Non-Communicable Disease, National public Health Institute - Mozambique

Cardiologist | FESC, MD (Universidade Eduado Mondlane,Mozambique)
Co-Chair Non-Communicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Network

CHI research group: Cardiac Disease in Maternity
CHI membership: Scientific Advisory Board

Dr Mocumbi is Associate Professor of Cardiology at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane and lead researcher at the Non-Communicable Diseases Division of the Instituto Nacional de Saúde (both in Mozambique). She is Affiliated Associated Professor at the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington, and Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town.
Her research focus is neglected cardiovascular diseases, especially rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathies, heart failure in children and adolescents, and women’s cardiovascular health. Dr. Mocumbi is Co-Chair of the Pan African Society of Cardiology Taskforce on Reproductive Health Services for Women with Cardiovascular Disease, the Working Group on Rheumatic Heart Disease Prevention and Control at the World Heart Federation, and the global Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries of Poverty Network.

Research engagements:

  • Colors to Save Heart Program (World Heart Federation)
  • PEN Plus Program in Mozambique (NCDI Poverty Network)
  • Reproductive Health Services for Women with Cardiovascular Diseases (RESCUE)
  • System Analysis and Improvement Approach to Improve Hypertension Management Cascade (SCALE SAIA-HTN)