Myrtille Prouté, MD, MSc

Profile

Medical public health specialist with expertise in epidemiology and global health.

Ten years of work history in research institutes, governmental, non-governmental, and international organizations in France and in several resource-limited settings.

Work history

Since June 2019: Sigia - Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Founding partner of the international public health consultancy Sigia.

For the World Health Organization (Headquarters, Regional Office for Africa, Regional Office for Europe, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Regional Office for Southeast Asia, Country Office Kyrgyzstan):

  • 2023 - Mapping of collaborative surveillance of zoonotic diseases in the Kyrgyz Republic.
  • 2023 - Update and digitalization of an assessment tool to strengthen in-country Early Warning and Response, including in an emergency context.
  • 2023 - Development of a risk-based strategy and standard operating procedure to implement travel-related health measures in Kyrgyzstan.
  • 2022 - Development of a monitoring and evaluation framework for the Global Laboratory Leadership Programme.
  • 2022 - Scoping review on laboratory preparedness and response monitoring and evaluation.
  • 2022 - Assessment of IHR capacities at points of entry in Kyrgyzstan.
  • 2021 - Review of WHO involvement in Ebola Virus Disease outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • 2021 - Support implementation of a public health emergency operations centre and development of its integrated epidemiological platform.
  • 2021 - Situation analysis of IHR capacities and challenges at ground crossings in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal.
  • 2021 - Analysis of core capacities at points of entry from Joint External Evaluations and IHR reporting data.
  • 2020 - Development of a COVID-19 monitoring dashboard and situation analysis of health information systems in Kyrgyzstan.
  • 2020 - Scoping review on experiences, challenges, and best practices to integrate data collection and data management processes for public health surveillance across different programmes.
  • 2020 - Advance integrated surveillance in WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region.
  • 2020 - Development and evaluation of a training course on the WHO Event Information Site.
  • 2020 - Development of an interactive visualization dashboard to collate and display data collected by the WHO Strategic Tool for Assessing Risk.
  • 2020 - Rapid scoping review on public health preparedness and response at mass gatherings and public health legacy.
  • 2019 - Development of a strategy and assessment tool to strengthen in-country Early Warning and Response in the World Health Organization European Region. Pilot test of the assessment tool in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan.

For Médecins Sans Frontières:

  • 2023 - Evaluation of MSF’s Lassa fever project in Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

11/2017 - 05/2019: Freelance consultant - Grenoble, France

  • Methodological advice to the French National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) for the development of a research methodology adapted to hard-to-reach populations to evaluate the entry into combined prevention programs, including PrEP, in young men who have sex with men at high risk of HIV infection.
  • Improved the completion of the French PMSI health information system (equivalent to the American Medicare health information system) in 4 hospitals to increase their revenues through 10 missions.
  • Redaction of non-technical health information documents for patients.

05/2017 - 10/2017: World Health Organization - Lyon, France

  • Participation in the development of a toolbox for Argus implementation: an SMS and web application to support aggregated public health surveillance.
  • Participation in the organisation and facilitation of an international experts meeting to strengthen coordination of public health surveillance coordination between points of entry and the national public health surveillance system.
  • Participation to the review of the guide: “Coordination of public health surveillance between points of entry and the national public health surveillance system: advising principles ." and its implementation toolbox .

11/2016 - 04/2017: AP-HP International - Paris, France

  • Institutional evaluation of the Brazzaville University Hospital, Republic of Congo, and participation to the development and redaction of the hospital strategic project.
  • Participation to the development and redaction of the hospital strategic project for the new Gafsa Regional Hospital, Tunisia.

11/2015 - 04/2016: INED and Program for HIV Prevention and Treatment (PHPT) / IRD174 - Chiang Mai, Thailand

  • Conception and realization of a respondent-driven sampling study to evaluate HCV prevention, screening and treatment among people who inject drugs in the Chiang Mai Province.
  • Follow-up of a cohort study on cervical cancer screening among HIV positive women in Thailand.

05/2015 - 10/2015: Committee for the health of exiles (COMEDE) - Paris, France

  • Qualitative study on the right to health of asylum seekers in Sweden, Germany, Italy and France.

05/2015 - 10/2015: French Institute for Health Promotion and Health Education - Paris, France

  • Secondary analysis of a KABP survey on sexual health in the French Departments of America.
  • Development of non-technical documents on HIV and vaccination for the general public.

11/2013 - 05/2014: Médecins du Monde - Paris, France

05/2013 - 10/2013: Lundbeck - Paris, France

  • Data analysis of a two-years cohort study on patients with depression in Europe.
  • Literature reviews, research protocol, abstract and poster drafting for several epidemiological studies.

11/2012 - 04/2013: LEGOS Paris-Dauphine University - Paris, France

Education

  • Medical degree with public health specialization from the University Paris-Est Créteil (2017). MD thesis, bronze medal: “HCV prevention, screening and linkage to care in the Chiang Mai Province”.
  • Master of Science in Global Health, Maastricht University (2015): Research and field-oriented master program with a focus on interrelations between globalization, healthcare, technology, international business, politics and economics.

Languages

  • French: mother tongue. English: fluent. Spanish: intermediate. German: intermediate.

Computer skills

  • Stata, SPSS, Microsoft Office suite, Zotero, RDSAT, RDS Analyst: proficient.
  • Microsoft Windows and GNU-Linux operating systems: proficient.

Other activities

Member of the French Executive Committee (2014–2015) – General Secretary and a member of the Executive Desk (2015–2016), Euronet MRPH (European public health residents’ network)

  • Management and animation of a network of public health medical residents’associations.
  • Facilitation of internships abroad for European public health medical residents.
  • Training comparison of medical public health specialists in the member countries of the network.

Liaison officer to the International Federation of Medical Students’Associations (IFMSA) for international public health projects (2008–2009), ANEMF (French National Association of Medical Students)

  • Organization of a symposium on neglected tropical diseases for French medical students.
  • Conception and management of a university exchange research project on global health issues between medical students from France, Brazil and Peru.

Scientific publications

Prouté, M., Le Coeur, S., Tiv, M.H. et al. Risky injection practices and HCV awareness in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand: a respondent-driven sampling study of people who inject drugs. BMC Public Health 20, 1450 (2020). PDF

Bouscaillou, J., Evanno, J., Prouté, M., Inwoley, A., Kabran, M., N’Guessan, T., … Luhmann, N. (2016). Prevalence and risk factors associated with HIV and tuberculosis in people who use drugs in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. International Journal of Drug Policy, 30, 116–123. PDF

Bayen, E., Laigle-Donadey, F., Prouté, M., Hoang-Xuan, K., Joël, M.-E., & Delattre, J.-Y. (2017). The multidimensional burden of informal caregivers in primary malignant brain tumor. Supportive Care in Cancer, 25(1), 245–253. PDF

Delory, T., Ngo-Giang-Huong, N., Rangdaeng, S., Chotivanich, N., Limtrakul, A., Putiyanun, C., … , Prouté, M., …, Yutthakasemsunt, N. (2017). Human Papillomavirus infection and cervical lesions in HIV infected women on antiretroviral treatment in Thailand. Journal of Infection, 74(5), 501–511. PDF

Oral communications

Prouté, M., Le Coeur, S., Tiv, M., Dub, T., Angkurawaranom, C., Aramrattana, A., Lallemant, M. (2018) Risky injection practices and knowledge regarding HCV: a respondent-driven sampling study among people who inject drugs in the Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. Presented at AIDS 2018, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas.

Bouscaillou, J., Massawe, S., Voets, A., Pont, S., Prouté, M., Luhmann, N. (2018) Decrease of HIV prevalence over time among people who inject drugs (PWID) attending the harm reduction (HR) program of Médecins du Monde in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Presented at AIDS 2014, Melbourne, Australie.