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Gerard Joseph Abou Jaoude

UCL Institute for Global Health
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Incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and its determinants in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Doshmangir, E Hasanpoor, GJ Abou Jaoude… - … Health Economics and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Cancer is the third leading cause of mortality in the world, and cancer patients
are more exposed to financial hardship than other diseases. This paper aimed to review …

[HTML][HTML] National tuberculosis spending efficiency and its associated factors in 121 low-income and middle-income countries, 2010–19: a data envelopment and …

GJ Abou Jaoude, IG Baena, P Nguhiu… - The Lancet Global …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Maximising the efficiency of national tuberculosis programmes is key to
improving service coverage, outcomes, and progress towards End TB targets. We aimed to …

Costs-effectiveness and cost components of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions affecting antibiotic resistance outcomes in hospital patients: a …

K Allel, MJ Hernández-Leal, NR Naylor… - BMJ Global …, 2024 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Limited information on costs and the cost-effectiveness of hospital interventions
to reduce antibiotic resistance (ABR) hinder efficient resource allocation. Methods We …

Assessing the efficiency of countries in making progress towards universal health coverage: a data envelopment analysis of 172 countries

E Jordi, C Pley, M Jowett, GJ Abou Jaoude… - BMJ global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Maximising efficiency of resources is critical to progressing towards universal
health coverage (UHC) and the sustainable development goal (SDG) for health. This study …

Lessons from the development process of the Afghanistan integrated package of essential health services

SA Saeedzai, K Blanchet, A Alwan, N Safi, A Salehi… - BMJ Global …, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
In 2017, in the middle of the armed conflict with the Taliban, the Ministry of Public Health
decided that the Afghan health system needed a well-defined priority package of health …

[HTML][HTML] Universal Primary School Interventions to Improve Child Social–Emotional and Mental Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations

GJ Abou Jaoude, R Leiva-Granados… - School Mental …, 2024 - Springer
Primary schools are key settings for social–emotional and mental health promotion. Reviews
have assessed the effectiveness of primary school interventions delivered universally to all …

[HTML][HTML] Technical efficiency of national HIV/AIDS spending in 78 countries between 2010 and 2018: A data envelopment analysis

K Allel, GJ Abou Jaoude, C Birungi… - PLOS Global Public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
HIV/AIDS remains a leading global cause of disease burden, especially in low-and middle-
income countries (LMICs). In 2020, more than 80% of all people living with HIV (PLHIV) lived …

[HTML][HTML] Public health benefits of shifting from hospital-focused to ambulatory TB care in Eastern Europe: Optimising TB investments in Belarus, the Republic of …

SL Kelly, GJA Jaoude, T Palmer, J Skordis… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
High rates of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) continue to threaten public health,
especially in Eastern Europe. Costs for treating DR-TB are substantially higher than treating …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing and evaluating group interpersonal therapy for postnatal depression in Lebanon and Kenya—individually randomised superiority trial

P Fonagy, RE Chammay, C Ngunu… - …, 2024 - trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com
Depression ranks as the foremost mental health concern among childbearing women.
Within low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), between 20 and 25% of women encounter …

Measuring financial risk protection in health benefits packages: scoping review protocol to inform allocative efficiency studies

GJ Abou Jaoude, J Skordis-Worrall… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction To progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), countries will need to
define a health benefits package of services free at the point of use. Financial risk protection …