Latest publications

Read the latest publications on global health issues from across LSE 

The best ways to understand global health issues, or to improve global health outcomes, will often require strategic engagement with concepts and methods from a variety of sources.

Dr Justin Parkhurst, Chair of the Global Health Initiative

On this page you will find a snapshot of global health research from across LSE. This is inclusive of research articles, books or commentaries. The topics covered are diverse to include research areas in sexual and reproductive health, phamaceutical policy, health and social care and much more. All publications are categorised below.

For more publications, please visit LSE Research Online - a repository for all LSE research

COVID-19

"COVID-19 vaccine challenges: What have we learned so far and what remains to be done?". This study was published by Department of Health Policy's Rebecca Forman and colleagues. Read here


Department of Health Policy's Dr Clare Wenham and colleagues' publication: Problems with traffic light approaches to public health emergencies of international concern. Read here


"Challenges in ensuring global access to COVID-19 vaccines: production, affordability, allocation, and deployment". This paper was published by Department of Health Policy's Dr Olivier Wouters and colleagues. Read here


Department of International Development's Professor Ken Shadlen and colleagues' publication: The Covid-19 innovation system. Read here


Department of Philosophy Logic and Scientific Method's Dr Liam Kofi BrightProfessor Alex Voorhoeve and colleagues' publication: Difficult trade-offs in response to COVID-19: the case for open and inclusive decision making. Read here

Development

Department of International Development's Dr Tine Hanrieder and colleagues' publication: Domestic humanitarianism: the Mission France of Médecins Sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde. Read here


European Institute's Dr Natascha Zaun and colleagues' publication: The use of pseudo-causal narratives in EU policies: the case of the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa. Read here


Department of Economics' Dr Canh Thien Dang and colleagues' publication: Do better-performing nongovernmental organizations report more accurately? Evidence from financial accounts in Uganda. Read here

Economics

Department of Health Policy's Dr Pepita Barlow and colleagues' publication: Globalization and health policy space: introducing the WTO health dataset of trade challenges to national health regulations at World Trade Organization, 1995-2016. Read here


"Improving fiscal space for health from the perspective of efficiency in low- and middle-income countries". This study was published by LSE Health's Dr Jonathan Cylus and colleagues. Read here

Gender

Department of Health Policy's Dr Elisabetta De Cao and colleagues' publication: Measuring gender attitudes using list experiments. Read here

Health and Social Care

Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC)'s Dr Sara Evans-Lacko and colleagues' publication: Perceptions and experiences of dementia and its care in rural Kenya. Read here


Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC)'s Dr Sara Evans-Lacko and colleagues' publication: Experiences of stigma and discrimination among people living with dementia and family carers in Brazil: Qualitative study. Read here


Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC)'s Adelina Comas-Herrera and colleagues' publcication: A systematic review and meta-analysis of dementia prevalence in seven developing countries: A STRiDE project. Read more 

Health Systems

Department of Health Policy's Dr Clare Wenham and colleagues' publication: Hospital El Salvador: broader questions remain. Read here


"Redefining deprivation in a conflict area: learning from the Palestinian experience using mixed methods". This study was published by Department of International Development's Dr Tiziana Leone and colleagues. Read here 


Middle East Centre's Dr Dari Alhuwail's publication: Uncovering progress of health information management practices: evidence from Kuwait’s public health care system. Read here


"Primary healthcare and child and maternal health in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)". This study was published by LSE Health's Dr Zlatko Nikoloski and colleagues. Read here


"Evaluating the design and implementation fidelity of an adapted Plan-Do-Study-Act approach to improve health system performance in a Nigerian state". This study was published by Department of Health Policy's Dr Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas. Read here

Infectious Disease

"Cost and cost-effectiveness of a universal HIV testing and treatment intervention in Zambia and South Africa". This study was published by Department of Health Policy's Dr Ranjeeta Thomas and colleagues. Read here

 

Mental Health

Department of Health Policy's Dr Valentina Iemmi's publication: Philanthropy for global mental health 2000-2015. Read more

Society 

Department of Methodology's Professor Patrick Sturgis and colleagues' publication on: Trust in science, social consensus, and vaccine confidence. Read here


Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science's Dr Jens Koed Madsen and colleagues' publication on: The rational continued influence of misinformation. Read here

Sexual and Reproductive Health

"Self-managed abortion: a constellation of actors, a cacophony of laws?". This commentary was published by Department of Methodology's Dr Rishita Nandagiri and colleagues. Read here


"Web-based searching for abortion information during health emergencies: a case study of Brazil during the 2015/2016 Zika outbreak". This study was published by Department of International Development's Dr Tiziana Leone and colleagues. Read here


Department of Social Policy's Joe Strong's publication: Exploring the roles of men and masculinities in abortion and emergency contraception pathways, Ghana: a mobile phone-based mixed-methods study protocol. Read here


Department of International Development's Professor Ernestina Coast and colleagues' publication: The economics of abortion and its links with stigma: a secondary analysis from a scoping review on the economics of abortion. Read here 


Department of Health Policy's Dr Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas and colleagues' publication: Comparing estimated and replicated travel times to reach life-saving obstetric care in Lagos, Nigeria. Read here