Scientific Publications

This Axios International issues paper lays out the scale of the cancer crisis in low- and middle-income countries and highlights Axios's own work in breast and cervical cancer, the two cancers where the organization has built the deepest expertise. It argues that despite widespread fatalism about tr

This study compared school attendance and grade delay between AIDS orphans and non-orphans in three low-income communities in Tanzania and Burkina Faso, testing the common assumption that losing parents to AIDS puts children at a distinct educational disadvantage. While orphans were initially more l

This paper describes a partnership between Axios International, Tikur Anbessa Hospital in Addis Ababa, AstraZeneca, and Ethiopia's Ministry of Health to build breast cancer treatment capacity from nearly nothing. Starting in 2005 with a country that had just one cancer specialist and no standardized

This study analyzed cost and output data from over 200 HIV prevention programs across India, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, and Uganda to answer a basic but important question: does it get cheaper, per person served, to run an HIV prevention program as it grows bigger? The answer was yes almost every

This paper reviews the state of knowledge on micronutrient deficiencies among refugee populations, who face heightened risk due to their circumstances of displacement, living conditions, and reliance on food aid. The author finds that despite well-documented outbreaks of these deficiencies, few prev

This article summarizes discussions from a symposium organized by Axios International at the European Cancer Conference, bringing together oncologists, health officials, and industry representatives to address the rapidly rising rate of cancer in developing countries. It outlines the scale of the pr

This study examined whether Ugandan companies could save money by providing HIV treatment to their employees, using detailed financial and health data from a Kampala-based health services company. Researchers compared three treatment approaches — a low-cost preventive antibiotic (cotrimoxazole), ful

This article argues that strengthening African health systems requires more attention to the "back office" — the underlying infrastructure, management, financing, and relationship-building functions that support care delivery — rather than focusing narrowly on individual disease programs. Drawing on