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Prof. Justice Nonvignon

Professor

Contact Info Email: jnonvignon@ug.edu.gh

About

Justice is an Associate Professor and Health Economist at the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon. He teaches health economics, health systems leadership and evaluation, and health policy, and supervises undergraduate and graduate students of the School of Public Health, University of Ghana and other universities.

 

He has served as principal or co-investigator of research funded by WHO/TDR, WHO African Regional Office, GSK Vaccines, African Population and Health Research Centre, DANIDA, NWO/WOTRO, African Economic Research Consortium, African Health Economics and Policy Association in countries including Ghana, Botwsana, Malawi and Nigeria and other multi-country projects. He has been involved in research projects. He has consulted for PATH, the World Bank, WHO, UNICEF, DFID, USAID’s MSH and other National agencies in Ghana.  Justice was health economist on a large multidisciplinary WHO-funded home management of fevers project which he used to complete his PhD thesis – cost-effectiveness of home management of fevers in Ghanaian children.

Prof. Nonvignon is currently Chair of the Global Evaluation and Monitoring Network for Health (GEMNet-Health  (a global network of academic institutions with significant experience in teaching and research in monitoring and evaluation), co-Chair of Ministry of Health Ghana's Health Technology Assessment Technical Working Group, Vice Chair of Health Economics Unit Technical Advisory Group of Africa Centres of Disease Control and Prevention, and member of Health Economics, Systems and Policy Research Network (HESPRG ), University of Ghana.

He is an Adjunct Assistant Research Professor of New York University’s College of Global Public Health, Honorary Senior Research Fellow of University of Strathclyde, Scotland, Adjunct Faculty of Public Health Foundation of India, and  member of International Health Economics Association (serves on Professional Development sub-committee and scientific review committee), Health Technology Assessment International, African Health Economics & Policy Association, African Economic Research Consortium Research Network. Justice was a Coimbra Young African Scholar at Aarhus University, Denmark in 2014, and past PhD and postdoctoral fellow of the African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship program (a collaborative program of Nairobi-based African Population and Health Research Centre and International Development Research Centre). Dr. Nonvignon has published dozens of articles in peer-reviewed journals, reviewed manuscripts for several peer-review journals, and is currently Associate Editor of BMC Health Services Research.

Education and Qualification

Education:

 

Aug. 2009 – Dec. 2011: University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

 

Oct. 2005 – Jun. 2007: University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

 

Oct. 2000 – Jun. 2004: University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Qualification:

 

  • PhD (Public Health), Health Economics, University of Ghana, Ghana

  • MA (Economics), University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  • BA (Economics), University of Cape Coast, Ghana

 

Publications

  1. Koduah A, Nonvignon J, Colson A, Kurdi A, Morton A, van de Meer R, Aryeetey G, Megiddo I. (2021). “Health systems, population and patient challenges for achieving universal health coverage for hypertension in Ghana,” Health Pol & Planning 00, 1-8 https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab088 

  2. Tagoe ET, Sheikh N, Morton A, Nonvignon J, Sarker AR, Williams L, Megiddo I. (2021). “COVID-19 vaccination in lower-middle income countries: national stakeholder views on challenges, barriers, and potential solutions.” Frontiers in Pub Health, 1145

  3. Vodicka E, Nonvignon J, Antwi-Agyei KO, Bawa J, Clark A, Pecenka C, LaMontagne DS. (“The projected cost-effectiveness and budget impact of HPV vaccine introduction in Ghana.”Vaccine https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.07.027 

  4. Mao W, Ogbuoji O, Watkins D, Bharali I, Boateng E, Diab MM, Dwomoh D, Jamison DT, Kumar P, McDade KK, Nonvignon J, Ogundeji Y, Zeng FG, Zimmerman A, Yamey G. (2021). “Achieving global mortality reduction targets and universal health coverage: The impact of COVID-19.” PLoS Med 18(6): e1003675. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pmed.1003675 

  5. Nonvignon J. (2021). “Of inequalities and hope: the confusion and hope in global health governance”, Global Health Governance, Vol. XVI, No. 1 Special Issue 2021

  6. Tetteh M, Dwomoh D, Asamoah A, Kupeh EK, Malm K, Nonvignon J. “Impact of malaria diagnostic refresher training programme on competencies and skills in malaria diagnosis among medical laboratory professionals: evidence from Ghana 2015 – 2019.” Malaria Journal 20:255 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03796-x 

  7. Boima V , Agyabeng K, Ganu V, Dey D, Yorke E,Amissah-Arthur M.B, Wilson A, Yawson AE, Mate-Kole CC, Nonvignon J. (2020). “Willingness to pay for kidney transplantation among chronic kidney disease patients in Ghana”, PLOS One 15(12): e0244437. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0244437

  8. Boima V, Amissah-Arthur M.B, Yorke E, Dey D, Fiagbe D, Yawson AE, Nonvignon J, Mate-Kole CC. (2021). “Determinants of willingness to accept kidney transplantation among chronic kidney disease patients in Ghana”, BMC Nephrology 22:129 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-021-02335-9 

  9. Gilmartin C, Nonvignon J, Cairns M, Miligan P, Bocoum FY, Winskill P, Moroso D, Collins D. (2021). “The cost-effectiveness and cost savings of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in the Sahel sub-Region of Africa.”, Lancet Global Health, 9: e199–208.

  10. Mao W, McDade KK, Huffstetler HE, Dodoo J, Abankwah DNY, Coleman N, Riviere J, Zhang J, Nonvignon J, Bharali I, Bandara S, Ogbuoji O, Yamey G. (2021). “2Transitioning from donor aid for health: perspectives of national stakeholders in Ghana.” BMJ Global Health 6:e003896. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2020-003896

  11. Dawson CP, Aryeetey GC, Agyemang SA, Mensah K, Addo R, Nonvignon J. (2021). “Costs, burden and quality of life associated with informal caregiving for children with Lymphoma attending tertiary hospital in Ghana.” Int. Journal of Care Coord. 23(4): 165-172

  12. Hilla A, Reese V, Nonvignon J, Dolan CB. (2020). “Methods for estimating economic benefits of surgical interventions in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review.” BMJ Open 10:e039644. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2020-039644

  13. Blankson P-K, Nonvignon J, Aryeetey G, Aikins M. (2020). “Injuries and their related household costs in a tertiary hospital in Ghana”, African J of Emerg. Med. Doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2020.04.004

  14. Dako-Gyeke P, Asampong E, Afari E, Launois P, Ackumey M, Opoku-Mensah K, Akweongo P, Nonvignon J, Aikins M. (2020). “Capacity building for implementation research: a methodology for advancing health research and practice”, Health Research Policy & Systems 18:53 doi.org/10.1186/s12961-020-00568-y 

  15. Global Burden of Disease Health Financing Collaborator Network (2020) “Health sector spending and spending on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and development assistance for health: progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3”, Lancet https://doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(20)30608-5

  16. Baral R, Nonvignon J, Debellut F, Agyemang, SA, Clark A, Pecenka C, (2020). “Cost of illness for childhood diarrhea in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of evidence and modelled estimates” BMC Public Health 20:619 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08595-8

  17. Hollingworth SA, Downey L, Ruiz F, Odame E, Dsane-Selby L, Gyansa-Lutterodt M, Nonvignon J, Chalkidou K. (2020). “What do we need to know? Data sources to support evidence-based decisions using health technology assessment in Ghana” Health Research Policy and Systems  18:41 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-020-00550-8

  18. Godman, B., D. Basu, Y. Pillay, J. C. Mwita, G. M. Rwegerera, B. D. Anand Paramadhas, C. Tiroyakgosi, P. M. Okwen, L. L. Niba, J. Nonvignon, I. Sefah, M. Oluka, A. N. Guantai, D. Kibuule, F. Kalemeera, M. Mubita, J. Fadare, O. O. Ogunleye, L. A. Distiller, E. M. Rampamba, J. Wing, D. Mueller, A. Alfadl, A. A. Amu, Z. Matsebula, A. Kalungia, T. Zaranyika, N. Masuka, J. Wale, R. Hill, A. Kurdi, A. Timoney, S. Campbell and J. C. Meyer. (2020) Review of Ongoing Activities and Challenges to Improve the Care of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Across Africa and the Implications for the Future. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 11(108), doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2020.00108

  19. Sicuri E, Bocoum FY, Nonvignon J, Alonso S, Fakih B, Bonsu G, Kariuki S, Leeuwenkamp O, Munguambe K, Mrisho M, Were V, Sauboin C. (2019) “The Costs of Implementing Vaccination With the RTS,S Malaria Vaccine in Five Sub-Saharan African Countries”, MPM Policy & Practice 1-14, DOI: 10.1177/2381468319896280 

  20. Nsiah-Boateng E, Nonvignon J, Aryeetey GC, Salari P, Tediosi F, Akweongo P, Aikins M. (2019). “Sociodemographic determinants of health insurance enrolment and dropout in urban district of Ghana: a cross-sectional study”, Health Econ Rev  9:23 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-019-0241-y

  21. Nsiah-Boateng E, Ruger JP, Nonvignon J. (2019). “Is enrolment in national health insurance in Ghana pro-poor? Evidence from the Ghana Living Standards Survey”, BMJ Open e029419. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2019-029419

  22. Fonta CL, Nonvignon J, Aikins M, Novignon J, Aryeetey GC (2019). “Economic analysis of health inequality among the elderly in Ghana”, Journal of Population Ageing https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-019-09245-7

  23. Pecenka C, Debellut F, Bar-Zeev N, Anwari P, Nonvignon J, Shamsuzzam M, Clark A. (2018). “Re-evaluating the cost and cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in Bangladesh, Ghana and Malawi: a comparison of three rotavirus vaccines”, Vaccines        https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.10.068 

  24. Addo R, Agyemang SA, Tozan Y, Nonvignon J. (2018). “Economic burden of caregiving for persons with severe mental illness in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review”, PLoS ONE 13(8): e0199830. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199830

  25. Frempong S, Davenport C, Sutton AJ, Nonvignon J, Barton P. (2018). “Integrating qualitative techniques in model development: a case study using the framework approach”, Applied Health Econ and Health Pol doi 10.1007/s40258-018-0411-9

  26. Odue G, Osafo J, Goldmann E, Parikh NS, Nonvignon J, Kretchy IMA. (2018). “The Experiences of Providing Caregiving for Patients with Schizophrenia in the Ghanaian Context”, Arch Psy Nursing 

  27. Novignon J, Nonvignon J, Mussa R. (2018). “The poverty and inequality nexus in Ghana: A decomposition analysis of household expenditure components", Int J Soc Econ: 45(2), pp.246-258

  28. Kretchy IA, Osafo J, Agyemang SA, Appiah B, Nonvignon J. (2018). “Psychological burden and caregiver-reported non-adherence to psychotropic medications among patients with schizophrenia”, Psychiatry Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.10.034

  29. Nonvignon J, Atherly D, Pecenka C, Aikins M, Gazley L, Groman D, Narh CT, Armah G (2017). “Cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in Ghana: examining impact from 2012 – 2031”, Vaccine https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.11.080

  30. Opoku-Boateng YN, Kretchy IA, Aryeetey GC, Dwomoh D, Decker S, Agyemang SA, Tozan Y, Aikins M, Nonvignon J. (2017). “Economic cost and quality of life of family caregivers of schizophrenic patients attending psychiatric hospitals in Ghana”, BMC Health Serv. Res 17(Suppl 2):697

  31. McRobie E, Matovu F, Nanyiti A, Nonvignon J, Abankwah DNY, Case KK, Hallett TB, Hanefeld J, Conteh L (2017). "National responses to global health targets: exploring policy transfer in the context of the UNAIDS ‘90-90-90’ treatment targets in Ghana and Uganda", Health Pol & Plannning

  32. Mikkelsen E, Hontelez J, Nonvignon J, Amon S, Asante FA, Aikins MK, van de Hatred J, Baltussen R (2017). “The costs of HIV treatment and care in Ghana: A longitudinal multi-site analysis”, AIDS doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001612.

  33. Fonta LC, Nonvignon J, Aikins M, Nwosu E, Aryeetey GC (2017). “Predictors of self-reported health among the elderly in Ghana: a cross sectional study”, BMC Geriatrics 17: 171

  34. Nketia-Kyere M, Aryeetey GC, Nonvignon J, and Aikins M. (2017). “Exploring barriers to accessing physiotherapy services for stroke patients at Tema general hospital, Ghana”, Arch of Physiotherapy 7:8

  35. Novignon J, Nonvignon J. (2017). “Improving primary health care facility performance in Ghana: efficiency analysis and fiscal space implications”, BMC Health Serv. Res. 17:399

  36. Nortey ST, Aryeetey GC, Aikins M, Amendah D, Nonvignon J. (2017). “Economic burden of family caregiving for elderly population in southern Ghana: the case of a peri-urban district”, Int Journal for Equity in Health 16:16

  37. NonvignonJ, Aryeetey GC, Malm KL, Agyemang SA, Aubyn VNA , Peprah NY, Bart‑Plange CN, Aikins M. (2016). “Economic burden of malaria on businesses in Ghana: a case for private sector investment in malaria control”, Malaria J 15:454

  38. NonvignonJ, Aryeetey GC, Issah S, Ansah P, Malm KL, Ofosu W, Tagoe T, Agyemang SA, Aikins M. (2016). “Cost-effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Upper West Region of Ghana”, Malaria J 15:367

  39. Aryeetey GC, Nonvignon J, Amissah C, Buckle G, Aikins M. (2016). “The effect of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on health service delivery in mission facilities in Ghana: a retrospective study”, Globalization and Health 12:32 doi10.1186/s12992-016-0171-y

  40. Ibrahim A, Aryeetey GC, Asampong E, Dwomoh D, & Nonvignon J. (2016). “Erratic electricity supply (Dumsor) and anxiety disorders among university students in Ghana: a cross sectional study”, Int J Ment Health Syst 10:17

  41. Novignon J, Nonvignon J (2015) “Fiscal Space for Health in Sub-Saharan African Countries: An Efficiency Approach”, African Journal of Health Economics (4)1: 1-11

  42. Amporfu E & Nonvignon J. (2015) “Institutions and structural quality of care in the Ghanaian health system”, African Health Monitor 20:15-19

  43. Amporfu E & Nonvignon J. (2015) “The role of institutions on the effectiveness of malaria treatment in the Ghanaian health sector”, BMC Health Services Research 15:169, DOI 10.1186/s12913-015-0802-7 

  44. Novignon J, Nonvignon J, Arthur E. (2015) “Health Status and Labour Force Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis”, African Development Review, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2015, 14–26

  45. Pallas SW, Nonvignon J, Aikins M, and Ruger JP. (2015) “Responses to donor proliferation in Ghana’s health sector: a qualitative case study”, Bull World Health Organ 2015 93:11–18

  46. Bosomprah S, Aryeetey G, Nonvignon J, Adanu RM (2014) “A decomposition analysis of change in skilled birth attendants, 2003 to 2008, Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys”, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014, 14:2

  47. Novignon J, Novignon N, Aryeetey G and Nonvignon J. (2014) “HIV/AIDS-related stigma and HIV test uptake in Ghana: evidence from the 2008 Demographic and Health Survey”, African Population Studies 28(3):1362-1379.

  48. Eliason S, Awoonor-Williams JK, Eliason C, Novignon J, Nonvignon J, Aikins M. (2014). “Determinants of modern family planning use among women of reproductive age in the Nkwanta District of Ghana: a case-control study”, Reproductive Health, 11:6

  49. Agyepong IA, Aryeetey GC, Nonvignon J, Asenso-Boadi F, Dzikunu H, Antwi E, Ankrah D, Adjei-Acquah C, Esena R, Aikins M, Arhinful DK. (2014). “Advancing the application of systems thinking in health: provider payment and service supply behaviour and incentives in the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme - a systems approach”, Health Research Policy and Systems 2014, 12:35 

  50. Nonvignon J. and Novignon J. (2014) “Trend and determinants of contraceptive use among women of reproductive age in Ghana”, African Population Studies 28(2) suppl: 956-967. 

  51. Abbey M, Bartholomew LK, Nonvignon J, Chinbuah MA, Pappoe M, Gyapong M, Gyapong JO,  Bart-Plange C, van den BorneB. (2014).“Factors related to retention of community health workers in a trial on community-based management of fever in children under 5 years in the Dangme West District of Ghana”, International Health 2014; doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihu007

  52. Addo R, Nonvignon J, Aikins M (2013). “Household costs of mental health care in Ghana”, J Ment Health Policy Econ 16, 151-159

  53. Amporfu E, Nonvignon J, Ampadu S (2013). “The effect of institutional factors on quality of care in the Ghanaian health care sector”, Journal of African Development, Spring 2013, 15(1): 99-123

  54. Aikins M, Laar A, Nonvignon J, Sackey S, Ikeda T, Woode G, Nang-Beifubah A, Nyonator F (2013) “Evaluation of facilitative supervision visits in primary health care service delivery in Northern Ghana”, BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:358

 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-13-358

  1. Chinbuah MA, Abbey M, Kager PA, Gyapong M, Nonvignon J, Ashitey P, Akpakli J, Appiatse SA, Kubi D & Gyapong JO (2013) "Assessment of the adherence of community health workers to dosing and referral guidelines for the management of fever in children under 5 years: a study in Dangme West District, Ghana", International Health, 2013; doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihs008

  2. Mbada CE, Nonvignon J, Ajayi O, Dada OO, Awotidebe DO, Johnson OE, Olarinde A (2012) “Impact of missed appointments for out-patient physiotherapy on cost, efficiency, and patients’ recovery”, Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hkpj.2012.12.001

  3. Novignon J, Olakojo SA, Nonvignon J (2012) "The effects of public and private health care expenditure on health status in sub-Saharan Africa: new evidence from panel data analysis", Health Economics Review, 2012, 2:22 

  4. Chinbuah MA, Kager PA, Abbey M, Gyapong M, Awini E, Nonvignon J, Aduik M, Aikins M, Pagnoni F, Gyapong JO (2012) “Impact of community management of fever (using antimalarials with or without antibiotics) on childhood mortality: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Ghana.” Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 87(suppl 5), 2012, pp. 11-20 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0078

  5. Novignon J and Nonvignon J "Socioeconomic status and the prevalence of fever in children under age five: evidence from four sub-Saharan African countries", BMC Research Notes 2012, 5:380 doi:10.1186/1756-0500-5-380

  6. Nonvignon J, Chinbuah MA, Gyapong M, Abbey M, Awini E, Gyapong JO and Aikins M. (2012) "Is home management of fevers a cost-effective way of reducing under-five mortality in Africa? The case of a rural Ghanaian District", Tropical Medicine & International Health doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03018.x.  

  7. Novignon J, Nonvignon J, Mussa R, and Chiwaula L "Health and vulnerability to poverty in Ghana: evidence from the Ghana Living Standards Survey Round", Health Economics Review, 2012, 2:11 doi: 10.1186/2191-1991-2-11 

  8. Kedebong M, F Wurapa, J Nonvignon, I Norman, JK Awoonor-Williams, and M Aikins "Economic burden of motorcycle accidents in Northern Ghana", Ghana Medical Journal, 2011, 45:4.

  9. Novignon J, Mussa R, Msonda T, and Nonvignon J “The use of non-prescription medicine versus self-assessed health: evidence from Malawi”, International Archives of Medicine 2011, 4:38 doi:10.1186/1755-7682-4-38 

  10. Tlotlego N, Nonvignon J, Sambo LG, Asbu EZ, and Kirigia, JM “Assessment of productivity of hospitals in Botswana: A DEA approach” International Archives of Medicine 2010, 3:27 doi:10.1186/1755-7682-3-27

  11. Nonvignon J, Aikins MKS, Chinbuah A, Abbey M, Gyapong M, Garshong BNA, Fia S. and Gyapong JO “Treatment choices for fevers in children under-five years in a rural Ghanaian district”, Malaria Journal 2010, 9:188.

  12. Nonvignon J and PB Aglobitse “The Choice of Health Care Services by Households in Selected Regions of Ghana”, Ghana Policy Journal 2008, 2: 34-50

 

Book chapter:

  1. Nonvignon J Mensah E, Vroom FBD, Adjei S, Gyapong JO (2016) The Role of Health Systems in the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Gyapong JO, Boatin B (Eds.) Neglected Tropical Diseases – Sub-Saharan Africa. Pp. 385 – 405. ISBN: 978-3-319-25469-2. Springer, Switzerland

  2. Aryeetey GC, Nonvignon J, Aikins, M (2014). Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme: prospects and challenges. In Fobil J, Nonvignon J (Eds) Public Health Issues in Ghana: Practice, Interventions and Control Strategies. ISBN: 978-9988-1-9901-2. Digibooks, Accra

  3. Nonvignon J, Tlotlego N, Asbu EZ, Nyarko EA, Kirigia JM, Sambo LG (2012). Assessing the Efficiency of Hospitals in Botswana: An Application of the Pabón Lasso Technique. In Abrahamsen E, Fagerland A, (Eds.) Health Insurance: Issues, Challenges and Perspectives, pp. 57-76. ISBN: 978-1-62081-050-7. Nova Science Publishers 

 

INVITED Commentary/Perspective/BLOGS

  1. Nonvignon J. (2021). “Promoting evidence-informed cancer treatment policy making in sub-Saharan Africa.” Lancet Global Health https://doi.org/10.1016/ S2214-109X(21)00315-6 

  2. Colson AR, Morton A, Ardal, Chalkidou K, Davies SC, Garrison LP, Jit M, Laxminaayan R, Megiddo I, Morel CM, Nonvignon JOutterson K, Rex JH, Sarker AR, Sculpher M, Woods B, Xiao Y. (2021). “Antimicrobial resistance: is health technology assessment part of the solution or part of the problem?” Value in Health

  3. Zhang J, Nonvignon J, Mao W. (2020). “How well is Ghana – with one of the best testing capabilities in Africa – responding to COVID-19? Brookings Blog
  4. Chalkidou K, Walker D, Sullivan R, Barasa E, Dawoud D, Ruiz F, Uzochukwu B, Chi Y-L, Baker P, Shah HA, Nonvignon J, Adler A. (2020). “Healthcare technologies and COVID-19: speed is not always a good thing”, Center for Global Dev. Blog

  5. Megiddo I, Nonvignon J, Owusu R, Chalkidou K, Colson A, Gad M, Klepac P, Ruiz F, Morton A. (2020). “Fairer financing of vaccines in a world living with COVID-19”, BMJ Global Health, 5:e002951. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2020-002951

  6. Pecenka C, Debellut F, Bar-Zeev N, Anwari P, Nonvignon J, Clark A (2019) “Cost-effectiveness analysis for rotavirus vaccine decision-making: How can we best inform evolving and complex choices in vaccine product selection?”, Vaccine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.12.014

  7. Hollingworth S, Gyansa-Lutterodt M, Dsane-Selby L, Nonvignon J, Lopert R, Gad M, Ruiz F, Tunis S, Chalkidou K (2019). “Implementing health technology assessment in Ghana to support universal health coverage: building relationships that focus on people, policy, and process”, Int J of Tech Assessment in Health Care 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1017/ S0266462319000795

  8. Yamey G, Ogbuoji O, Nonvignon J. (2019). “Middle-income countries graduating from health aid: Transforming daunting challenges into smooth transitions”, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002837

  9. Elsey H, Agyepong I, Huque R, Quayyum Z, Baral S, Ebenso B, Kharel C, Riffat AS, Onwujekwe O, Uzochukwu B, Nonvignon J, Aryeetey G, Kane S, Ensor T, Mirzoev T. (2019). “Rethinking health systems in the context of urbanisation:  challenges from four rapidly urbanising low- and middle- income countries”, BMJ Global Health In press

Ongoing Projects

Title  Role on the ProjectDuration of the Project Funder
Supporting inclusive and accountable health systems decisions in Ghana and Kenya for universal health coverage (SUPPORT-SYSTEMS); Ghana, Kenya, NorwayCountry Principal InvestigatorAug. 2021 – Jul. 2023Norwegian Research Council

Community-led responsive & effective urban health systems (CHORUS) project

 

Country Principal Investigator

 

May 1, 2020-2026

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO, formerly DFID)

 

Assessing introduction, supply chain and service delivery costs of ROTARIX and ROTAVAC vaccines in Ghana

Principal Investigator

 

August 2020-July 2021

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

 

Developing Ghana’s care economy: case and potential

 

Co-Principal Investigator

 

April 1, 2020-May 31,2025Danida (DFC-file-19-06-AU).
Assessing the economic implications of rotavirus vaccine switch in Ghana; GhanaCountry Principal InvestigatorAug. 2020 – Oct. 2021Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Country Heath Information Systems and data Use (CHISU), multiple countriesGEMNET-HEALTH Project LeadSep. 2020 – Aug. 2025John Snow Inc.
Evaluation of African Health Diagnostics Platform; Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, USACountry Principal InvestigatorNov. 2020 – Oct. 2023Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Completed Projects

TitleRole on the ProjectDuration of the Project Funder
Vaccine financing in Ghana studyCountry Principal InvestigatorSeptember 2019 - March 2020International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI).
Analysis of interventions in development aid: Ghana and the Gavi graduation path; Ghana, UKGhana Lead; Co-Principal InvestigatorIOct. 2019 – Mar. 2020Strathclyde University, Glasgow
Driving Health Progress during Disease, Demographic, Domestic Finances and Donor Transitions (4D’s) Co- InvestigatorAugust 1, 2019 -November 2020Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through the University of Duke
Operationalizing universal health coverage for non-communicable diseases in Ghana: the case of hypertension; GhanaGhana Lead; Co-PIOct. 2018 – Jun. 2019GCRF Strathclyde University
Economic and psychological burden of schizophrenia on family caregivers in Ghana (Two graduate student research funded)Principal InvestigatorAug. 2015 – Jul. 2017

IDRC through African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship administered by African Population & Health Research Centre, Nairobi.

National responses to global health targets: exploring policy transfer in the context of the UNAIDS ‘90-90-90’ treatment targets in Ghana and UgandaGhana Principal InvestigatorJul. 2016 – Jan. 2017Funded by HIV Modelling Consortium, Imperial College London
Fiscal implications for health financing in African countries recently graduating from low to lower-middle income status:  the case of Ghana and Kenya.Principal InvestigatorMar. 2015 – Dec. 2015Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA).
Compilation and dissemination of scientific literature on health economics, financing and policy (in English and FrenchPrincipal InvestigatorJun 2014-Aug. 2015

African Health Economics and Policy Association 

Evaluation of USAID’s Care Continuum ProjectCo-Investigator (Costing Lead)2018

USAID/Ghana

Economic assessment of malaria control interventions in GhanaCo-Investigator2017-2018

Global Fund through National Malaria Control Programme, Ghana

Evaluation of HIV interventions targeting key populations in GhanaCo-Investigator((Costing Lead)2017

The Global Fund through Ghana Aids Commission- Costing Lead

Programmatically and routinely costing malaria service delivery in GhanaCo-Investigator2014-2015

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute, University of Basel

Economic burden of malaria on businesses in Ghana: an economic case for investing in malaria control

 

Co-InvestigatorMar. – Sep. 2015

Funded by DFID Ghana through National Malaria Control Programme.