Kath Devlin

How can concepts from financial economics strengthen conventional health economic methods for evaluating programs that reduce system-level risk? Conventional health economic evaluations (HEE) are powerful, but are we systematically underestimating the value of our most critical public health programs – like disease elimination and eradication? Our latest paper – ‘Insights from financial economics to value healthcare investments that reduce system-level […]

Malawi faces critical decisions on how to allocate limited health system resources. The Thanzi La Onse (TLO) model is the first whole-population, multi-disease health system model for Malawi. By integrating economic production theory, it helps policymakers understand how shortages of health workers, supplies, and facilities impact health – and how targeted investments can deliver greater health gains. Here, we provide […]

In recent months we have witnessed a dramatic and rapid change to the funding landscape for HIV treatment and prevention across Africa. The withdrawal of USAID and PEPFAR funding has been publicised extensively and this, coupled with anticipated reductions in US contributions to the latest Global Fund renewal, raises serious questions about the sustainability of HIV programmes.  Against the backdrop […]