Scientific Publications

This study analyzed data from over 280,000 pregnant women across 269 clinical sites in 15 sub-Saharan African countries to understand why some HIV prevention programs reached far more eligible mothers than others. The analysis found that broader national context, like public awareness and healthcare

This is the original study that developed and tested the Patient Financial Evaluation Tool (PFET), using data from 117 cancer patients across China, India, Thailand, and Malaysia to see whether a combined measure of income, spending, and assets could accurately predict a patient's real ability to pa

This study evaluated eight HPV vaccination programs run in seven low-income countries through the Gardasil Access Program, which provided free vaccine doses to local organizations to protect girls against the virus responsible for most cervical cancer. Programs used one of three delivery approaches

This study interviewed 69 breast cancer patients in Ethiopia's national cancer treatment program to understand how women first noticed symptoms and what finally motivated them to seek medical care. Researchers found that nearly all participants first noticed a lump, but most did not seek help right

This study explored the beliefs and practices of 69 breast cancer patients seeking care at Tikur Anbessa Hospital in Addis Ababa, aiming to understand why so many women in Ethiopia present for treatment too late, or not at all, resulting in high mortality rates. Researchers found that low awareness,

This position paper argues that treatment access, not prevention alone, is essential to addressing the rising global cancer burden, since more than half of the world's cancer cases already occur in low- and middle-income countries, which receive only a small share of global cancer funding. Drawing o

This editorial argues that cancer, not HIV/AIDS, is now the bigger health threat facing developing countries, killing more people worldwide each year than AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined, while receiving only a fraction of global health funding and attention. Drawing on lessons from three d

This study traced how 69 breast cancer patients at Ethiopia's only cancer referral hospital actually made their way through the health system, from first noticing symptoms to reaching specialized treatment. It found that patients typically passed through three or more different care sites, often bac

This commentary from Axios researchers proposes a new public health strategy for breast and cervical cancer in developing countries: rather than building separate, stand-alone screening programs, integrate detection for both cancers into existing primary health care services, delivered by nurses at