A5071945598- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
University of Sheffield
2025
University of the Witwatersrand
2022-2024
South African Medical Research Council
2022-2024
African Population and Health Research Center
2023
Abstract Introduction The EQ Health and Wellbeing Short (EQ-HWB-S) is a new 9-item instrument designed to generate utility values. However, its length makes traditional preference elicitation challenging. Online of Personal Utility Functions (OPUF) approach has been tested as potential solution. This study aimed assess the test-retest reliability OPUF for valuing EQ-HWB-S. Methods survey was administered twice, two weeks apart, 220 German participants, including 73 from general population...
The burden of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a growing public health concern. availability cost-of-illness data, particularly healthcare costs for NCDs, limited in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), yet such data evidence needed policy action.
Poverty among expectant mothers often results in sub-optimal maternal nutrition and inadequate antenatal care, with negative consequences on child health outcomes. South Africa has a support grant that is available from birth to those need. This study aims determine whether pregnancy grant, administered through the extension of would be cost-effective compared existing alone. A cost-utility analysis was performed using decision-tree model predict incremental costs (ZAR) disability-adjusted...
The aim of this study was to describe the pattern admissions during fourth wave COVID-19 in order inform future public health policies.This a retrospective descriptive an early cohort all adult patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection admitted tertiary hospital Cape Town, South Africa, at start country's wave. This compared from first same institution.In total, 121 SARS-CoV-2-positive were included. Thirty-one (25.6%) had pneumonia, while 90 (74.4%) incidental infection. (In 116 pneumonia.)...
<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Background</bold>: The burden of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a growing public health concern. availability cost-of-illness data, particularly healthcare costs for NCDs, limited in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), yet such data evidence needed policy action. <bold>Objective</bold>: objective this study was to estimate the economic type 2 diabetes (T2D) on Kenya’s system year 2021 and project 2045. <bold>Methods</bold>: This using prevalence-based...