Area of research
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health · General Health Professions
Research interest
Research interests include Global Maternal and Child Health, Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Healthcare Policy and Management, and Primary Care and Health Outcomes.
Development and testing of the IMPRESS hospital management survey (IHMS) to measure hospital management practices in a low-income country setting
Health facility assessment of small and sick newborn care in low- and middle-income countries: systematic tool development and operationalisation with NEST360 and UNICEF
What is the relationship between hospital management practices and quality of care? A systematic review of the global evidence
Does pay-for-performance design matter? Evidence from Brazil
Investment case for small and sick newborn care in Tanzania: systematic analyses
Management Practices and Quality of Care: Evidence from the Private Health Care Sector in Tanzania
Devices and furniture for small and sick newborn care: systematic development of a planning and costing tool
Determinants of government spending on primary healthcare: a global data analysis
Does increased provider effort improve quality of care? Evidence from a standardised patient study on correct and unnecessary treatment
Pay-for-performance for primary health care in Brazil: A comparison with England's Quality Outcomes Framework and lessons for the future
Pushy Patients Or Pushy Providers? Effect Of Patient Knowledge On Antibiotic Prescribing In Tanzania
Performance bonuses and the quality of primary health care delivered by family health teams in Brazil: A difference-in-differences analysis
Socioeconomic inequalities in the quality of primary care under Brazil's national pay-for-performance programme: a longitudinal study of family health teams
Effect of a multifaceted intervention to improve clinical quality of care through stepwise certification (SafeCare) in health-care facilities in Tanzania: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Pay for performance in primary care: the contribution of the Programme for Improving Access and Quality of Primary Care (PMAQ) on avoidable hospitalisations in Brazil, 2009–2018
Poor quality for the poor? A study of inequalities in service readiness and provider knowledge in Indonesian primary health care facilities
How much healthcare is wasted? A cross-sectional study of outpatient overprovision in private-for-profit and faith-based health facilities in Tanzania
A future for the world's children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission
Infection prevention and control compliance in Tanzanian outpatient facilities: a cross-sectional study with implications for the control of COVID-19
How are pay-for-performance schemes in healthcare designed in low- and middle-income countries? Typology and systematic literature review
How to do (or not to do) … using the standardized patient method to measure clinical quality of care in LMIC health facilities
Using unannounced standardised patients to obtain data on quality of care in low-income and middle-income countries: key challenges and opportunities
The effect of report cards on the coverage of maternal and neonatal health care: a factorial, cluster-randomised controlled trial in Uttar Pradesh, India
Capitation Combined with Pay-for-Performance Improves Antibiotic Prescribing Practices in Rural China
Measuring management practices in India's district public health bureaucracy
Progress and challenges in maternal health in western China: a Countdown to 2015 national case study
Does expanding primary healthcare improve hospital efficiency? Evidence from a panel analysis of avoidable hospitalisations in 5506 municipalities in Brazil, 2000–2014
Effect of a multifaceted social franchising model on quality and coverage of maternal, newborn, and reproductive health-care services in Uttar Pradesh, India: a quasi-experimental study
Developing a dataset to track aid for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, 2003–2013
Family planning, antenatal and delivery care: cross‐sectional survey evidence on levels of coverage and inequalities by public and private sector in 57 low‐ and middle‐income countries