About
Zil Audi-Poquillon is a final-year PhD Candidate (LSE-ESRC funded) in Health Policy and Health Economics. Her doctoral research examines the political economy of universal health coverage reform in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), with Africa – and Kenya in particular – as her settings of interest. She is particularly interested in how interests, institutions and ideas shape health financing reform processes in these settings.
Before joining LSE, Zil spent over ten years working at the intersection of health financing, public finance management, and evidence-based policymaking across research think tanks, international development organisations, the private sector, and a Multilateral Development bank.
Zil holds an MA in Public Policy from King’s College London, and an MSc in Global Health Policy from the University of Edinburgh
Dissertation title:
The Political Economy of Health Financing Reform for UHC in LMICs: The Case of Kenya
Dissertation supervisor(s):
Dr Justin Parkhurst, Dr Philipa Mladovsky
Research:
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Oyugi B, Audi-Poquillon Z, Kendall S, Peckham S. (2024). Examining the quality of care across the continuum of maternal care under the expanded free maternity policy (Linda Mama Policy) in Kenya: a mixed-methods study. BMJ Open. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082011
Oyugi B, Audi-Poquillon Z, Kendall S, Peckham S, Barasa E (2024). Policy formulation and actor roles in the expanded Kenyan free maternity policy (Linda Mama): a policy analysis. PLOS Global Public Health. 2024. doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0002796
Kiendrébéogo JA, Thoumi A, Mangam K, Touré C, Mbaye S, Audi Z, et al (2021), et al. Reinforcing locally led solutions for universal health coverage: a logic model with applications in Benin, Namibia and Uganda. BMJ Global Health. 2021. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004273
Working Papers
Audi-Poquillon Z, et al (2020). Innovations to advance universal health coverage in Africa. White paper. Results for Development and Duke Global Health
Under Review / Submitted
Audi-Poquillon Z, et al. (2026) Why UHC financing reforms succeed, stall or fail: a systematic review of political economy evidence in low- and middle-income countries. (Submitted)
Audi-Poquillon Z, (2025). The political economy of social health insurance adoption in Kenya (2004-2023): executive power, elite alignment, and populist strategy. (Under revision, Social Science & Medicine)
LSE Blogs
Audi-Poquillon, Z (2023). Breaking Barriers to Universal Health Reforms: The Call for Bold Political Leadership. LSE Blogs
Audi, Poquillon, Z (2025). America First Global Health Strategy: What the Kenya-US Agreement reveals about the new politics of global health assistance. LSE Blogs