Dr Koki Agarwal

Dr Agarwal is the Director, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership

Dr. Koki Agarwal is an internationally recognized expert in safe motherhood, reproductive health, and family planning policies and programs, as well as promoting policy dialogue and advocacy for policy reform. She has more than 25 years of service delivery experience in reproductive health, family planning, and maternal health, and for over two decades has led, managed, and implemented large-scale USAID-funded global health projects.

Dr. Agarwal directs the five-year Global Leadership and Targeted Technical Assistance award (2020-2025) within USAID’s new MOMENTUM— or Moving Integrated, Quality Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health and Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services to Scale—suite of projects. She previously directed the predecessor USAID flagship MNCH programs including the Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP; 2014-2019), and the Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP; 2008-2014). Dr. Agarwal is also the Vice President of DC Operations for Jhpiego.

Prior, Dr. Agarwal led the ACCESS Program, a USAID-funded maternal and newborn health program led by Jhpiego, and was Deputy Director of the USAID-funded POLICY Project through the Futures Group. She has also served as a Board Member for White Ribbon Alliance and Co-Chaired Roll Back Malaria’s Malaria in Pregnancy Working Group for four years. She trained as a physician in India and completed a DrPH and an MPH from Johns Hopkins University.