Professor Yoel Lubell
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The economics of tropical diseases
Economics and health are interlinked in many ways, as seen in the vicious cycle between poverty and ill health. Merging data from various research areas within economic models allows a more efficient use of scarce resources. Economic evaluation helps ensure that cost effective interventions are included in policy recommendations.
Research groups
Yoel Lubell
Associate Professor
Head of EIRG
I lead the Economics and Implementation Research Group (EIRG) at the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Bangkok, Thailand. EIRG focuses on the evaluation of diagnostics, treatments and vaccines for malaria and other infectious diseases. These evaluations are pursued using a variety of approaches ranging from economic and epidemiological modelling through laboratory investigations to clinical trials and qualitative research. Our ultimate aim is to provide policy makers with pragmatic and context specific assessments of the impact of new interventions if implemented in routine care. Where relevant we strive to take a broader view of the costs and benefits of new interventions accounting for factors such as their indirect impact on disease transmission and antimicrobial resistance, and how the interventions’ cost-effectiveness varies in different epidemiological and socio-economic settings, and in response to contextual factors such as health seeking behaviour and health workers' compliance with diagnostic test results and treatment guidelines.
Recent publications
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Azithromycin and cefixime combination versus azithromycin alone for the out-patient treatment of clinically suspected or confirmed uncomplicated typhoid fever in South Asia: a randomised controlled trial protocol
Giri A. et al, (2021)
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Antimicrobial resistance detection in Southeast Asian hospitals is critically important from both patient and societal perspectives, but what is its cost?
Roberts T. et al, (2021), PLOS Global Public Health, 1, e0000018 - e0000018
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Evaluation of portable devices for medicine quality screening: Lessons learnt, recommendations for implementation, and future priorities
Caillet C. et al, (2021), PLOS Medicine, 18, e1003747 - e1003747
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Multiphase evaluation of portable medicines quality screening devices
Caillet C. et al, (2021), PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15, e0009287 - e0009287
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Azithromycin and cefixime combination versus azithromycin alone for the out-patient treatment of clinically suspected or confirmed uncomplicated typhoid fever in South Asia: a randomised controlled trial protocol
Giri A. et al, (2021), Wellcome Open Research, 6, 207 - 207