HEDS is part of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. We undertake research, teaching, training and consultancy on all aspects of health related decision science, with a particular emphasis on health economics, HTA and evidence synthesis.

Thursday 22 November 2018

October’s CEAs, systematic reviews and epidemiological models in LMICs

To help us keep on top of current research in low and middle-income countries, we are running a monthly search of research that is aligned to our core research interests.  It's a simple search strategy, with those published last month that are most aligned to our interests listed below.  The full list of articles is kept in our "Searches archive" in the right-hand column.
  • Campos NG, Lince-Deroche N, Chibwesha CJ, Firnhaber C, Smith JS, Michelow P, et al. Cost-Effectiveness of Cervical Cancer Screening in Women Living With HIV in South Africa: A Mathematical Modeling Study. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999). 2018;79(2):195-205.
  • Chan J, Wu Y, Wood J, Muhit M, Mahmood MK, Karim T, et al. Burden of Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) in Bangladesh: Systematic review of existing literature and transmission modelling of sero-prevalence studies. Infectious disorders drug targets. 2018.
  • Fan Q, Ming WK, Yip WY, You JHS. Cost-effectiveness of bedaquiline or delamanid plus background regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a high-income intermediate burden city of China. International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2018.
  • Gyawali B, Bloch J, Vaidya A, Kallestrup P. Community-based interventions for prevention of Type 2 diabetes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. Health promotion international. 2018.
  • Khan AI, Levin A, Chao DL, DeRoeck D, Dimitrov DT, Khan JAM, et al. The impact and cost-effectiveness of controlling cholera through the use of oral cholera vaccines in urban Bangladesh: A disease modeling and economic analysis. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2018;12(10):e0006652.
  • Mandelzweig K, Leligdowicz A, Murthy S, Lalitha R, Fowler RA, Adhikari NKJ. Non-invasive ventilation in children and adults in low- and low-middle income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of critical care. 2018;47:310-9.
  • Sun L, Sadique Z, Dos-Santos-Silva I, Yang L, Legood R. Cost-effectiveness of Breast Cancer Screening Programme for Women in Rural China. International journal of cancer. 2018.
  • Vieira MCA, Nery JS, Paixao ES, Freitas de Andrade KV, Oliveira Penna G, Teixeira MG. Leprosy in children under 15 years of age in Brazil: A systematic review of the literature. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2018;12(10):e0006788.