Ishtar Govia

Dr Ishtar Govia was a Senior Lecturer with the Epidemiology Research Unit of the Caribbean Institute for Health Research. She is a trained psychologist. Certified in Advanced Clinical Practice in Dementia Care, she assists persons living with dementia and their care network with care management and coordination. Dr. Govia is an expert in equitable co-production, and design and development of complex interventions. Her work is rooted in the social determinants of health and context-, lifespan-, and gender-sensitive holistic and integrated approaches for prevention and management of NCDs, especially mental health, dementia, and cardiovascular disease.