Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage: the Lancet Commission report

FM Knaul, PE Farmer, EL Krakauer, L De Lima… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
In agonising, crippling pain from lung cancer, Mr S came to the palliative care service in
Calicut, Kerala, from an adjoining district a couple of hours away by bus. His body language …

Health system modelling research: towards a whole-health-system perspective for identifying good value for money investments in health system strengthening

S Verguet, I Feldhaus, XJ Kwete, A Aqil, R Atun… - BMJ global …, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
Global health research has typically focused on single diseases, and most economic
evaluation research to date has analysed technical health interventions to identify 'best …

Solving the global crisis in access to pain relief: lessons from country actions

A Bhadelia, L De Lima… - … Journal of Public …, 2019 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Annually, more than 61 million people worldwide experience about 6 billion days of serious
health-related suffering that could be alleviated with access to palliative care and pain relief …

Avoidable mortality: The core of the global cancer divide

FM Knaul, H Arreola-Ornelas, NM Rodriguez… - Journal of global …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose The incidence of infection-associated cancers and lethality of cancers amenable to
treatment are closely correlated with the income of countries. We analyzed a core part of this …

[HTML][HTML] Frequency and duration of suffering of cervical cancer patients and caregivers: Results from an international Delphi study

XJ Kwete, K Kane, Y Liu… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
This paper describes a Delphi process executed between August and September, 2020, to
identify types of physical, psychological, social and spiritual suffering and their severity …

[HTML][HTML] Health gains and financial risk protection afforded by public financing of selected malaria interventions in Ethiopia: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis

LF Assebe, XJ Kwete, D Wang, L Liu, OF Norheim… - Malaria journal, 2020 - Springer
Background Malaria is a public health burden and a major cause for morbidity and mortality
in Ethiopia. Malaria also places a substantial financial burden on families and Ethiopia's …

Chinese medical teams in the DRC: A comparative case study

XJ Kwete - 2017 - econstor.eu
This paper by Xiaoxiao Jiang Kwete analyzes China's program of sending a Chinese
Medical Team (CMT) to an African country, in this case the Democratic Republic of Congo …

Health Priority-Setting For Overseas Development Assistance in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries: A Comparative Case Study of Ethiopia, Nigeria and …

XJ Kwete, Y Berhane, M Mwanyika-Sando, A Oduola… - 2021 - researchsquare.com
Background Priority setting process for the health care sector in low-and middle-income
countries involves multiple agencies, each with their unique power, decision-making and …

[HTML][HTML] Health priority-setting for official development assistance in low-income and middle-income countries: a Best Fit Framework Synthesis study with primary data …

XJ Kwete, Y Berhane, M Mwanyika-Sando, A Oduola… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Decision making process for Official Development Assistance (ODA) for
healthcare sector in low-income and middle-income countries involves multiple agencies …

[PDF][PDF] Additional appendix

LF Assebe, XJ Kwete, D Wang, L Liu, OF Norheim… - springernature.figshare.com
This appendix describes the assumptions underlying the methodology used, and presents
supplementary tables, figures, and sensitivity analyses used for the extended cost …