Group | Health Systems and Policies

The Health Systems and Policies group develops and applies methods to evaluate and validate health system interventions in real-world health systems. We place particular emphasis on measuring systems effectiveness of essential health interventions and assessing policies, recognising that all health system building blocks – governance, financing, human resources, informatics, technologies, infrastructure and service delivery – are interrelated. We also focus on strengthening good governance of health systems and translating evidence into policy. Our research group brings together expertise in health systems analysis, policy analysis and evaluation, and health economics.

CHEPSAA

We have been involved in the Consortium for Health Policy and Systems Analysis for Africa, an EU FP7 project to support teaching in schools of public health in Africa and beyond. Read more

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Lin Y et al. Cost comparison of school-based mass drug administration of albendazole and ivermectin versus albendazole alone for soil-transmitted helminth control in Uganda. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2026;20(1 (in press)):e0013913. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013913

Agorinya I.A et al. The effect of recall period on reported out-of-pocket health expenditure in Ghana. PLoS One. 2025;20(12):e0290910. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290910

Harkare H.V, Antillón M, Schmidt A.J, Tediosi F. Modelling the health and cost implications of expanded access to HIV, HCV and sexually transmitted infection testing in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2025;155:4581. DOI: 10.57187/s.4581

Ntawuyirushintege S et al. Spatiotemporal trends in stunting prevalence among children aged two years old in Rwanda (2020–2024): a retrospective analysis. Nutrients. 2025;17(17):2808. DOI: 10.3390/nu17172808

Signorell A et al. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community-based TB screening algorithms using computer-aided detection (CAD) technology alone compared with CAD combined with point-of-care C reactive protein testing in Lesotho and South Africa: protocol for a pair. BMJ Open. 2025;15(7):e093989. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093989