- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting
- Malaria Research and Control
- Cambodian History and Society
- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Family Support in Illness
- Cancer survivorship and care
- HIV Research and Treatment
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Indonesian Legal and Regulatory Studies
- Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Healthcare Systems and Practices
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Effects of Radiation Exposure
- Blood donation and transfusion practices
- Landfill Environmental Impact Studies
- Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
University College Cork
2022
EngenderHealth
2021
Population Services International
2013-2015
Columbia University
2009
University of Bath
2000
The private for-profit sector is an important source of treatment for malaria. However, patients face high prices the recommended uncomplicated malaria, artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs), which makes them more likely to receive cheaper, less effective non-artemisinin (nATs). This study seeks better understand consumer antimalarial by documenting and exploring pricing behaviour retailers wholesalers. Using data collected in 2009–10, we present survey estimates retail prices, wholesale-...
Abstract Post-abortion care (PAC) integrates elements that are vital for women’s survival after abortion complications and their ability to meet subsequent fertility intentions. Currently, the utilization of PAC among women in need remains too low, particularly settings where unsafe is an appreciable cause maternal mortality. Interventions have aimed at addressing unmet need; however, these still require information on extent which value different aspects PAC. This paper presents such...
In many low-income countries, the private commercial sector plays an important role in provision of malaria treatment. However, quality care it provides is often poor, with artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) generally being too costly for consumers. Decreasing ACT prices critical improving treatment outcomes and reducing spread resistance. Yet limited evidence exists on factors influencing retailers' pricing decisions. This study investigates determinants price mark-ups anti-malarial...
Timely access to treatment is essential for women when they experience abortion complications. Out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure a known barrier health care access. In 2018, we assessed the financial burden of accessing postabortion (PAC) borne by in Dakar, Senegal, where studies estimate that half poor with complications obtain PAC. We interviewed 729 following discharge from Women reported expenditures on transportation, admission, treatment, family planning, hospitalisation, complementary...
There is increased interest in using commercial providers for improving access to quality malaria treatment. Understanding their current role an essential first step, notably terms of the volume diagnostics and anti-malarials they sell. Sales data can be used measure importance different provider product types, frequency parasitological diagnosis impact interventions. Several methods measuring sales volumes are available, yet all have methodological challenges evidence lacking on...
Abstract Background The improved survival rate for many cancers in high-income countries demands a coordinated multidisciplinary approach to survivorship care and service provision ensure optimal patient outcomes quality of life. This study assesses the feasibility introducing Women’s Health Initiative cancer clinic Ireland. Methods trial comprises an intervention control arm. Two hundred participants will be recruited. Key eligibility (1) women with early-stage hormone receptor-positive...