Osondu Ogbuoji | Scholars@Duke

Osondu Ogbuoji
Assistant Research Professor of Global Health

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Research Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2019
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments 2021
Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke - Margolis Center For Health Policy, Initiatives 2019

Contact Information

310 Trent Drive, Box 90519, Durham, NC 27708
310 Trent Drive, Box 90519, Durham, NC 27708
osondu.ogbuoji@duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Sc.D., Harvard University, T.H. Chan School of Public Health 2018
- M.P.H., Johns Hopkins Unversity, Bloomberg School of Public Health 2009
- M.B.B.S., University of Ibadan, College of Medicine (Nigeria) 2002
Research
Selected Grants
- Caregiver Coaching to Improve Outcomes of Young Autistic Children in Africa awarded by National Institutes of Health 2022 - 2027
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Sauti ya Vijana (The Voice of Youth), a Mental Health and Life Skills Intervention to Improve HIV Outcomes Among Young People Living with HIV in Tanzania awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2026
- Economic Evaluation and Research Prioritization of Adult Hearing Screening in the US awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2024
- Using community health centers to mitigate the impact of snakebite envenoming in remote areas: Development and formative evaluation of a novel multi-modal intervention in the Brazilian Amazon awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2023
- Lessons on key health service purchasing reforms awarded by World Health Organization 2022
- Investment case: clinical trials aggregator funding mechanism awarded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 2019 - 2021
- Adolescent Wellness Visits in Tanzania awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020
External Relationships
- Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- OO Research LLC
- Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH)
- Pikin Health
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Zimmerman, Armand, Mohamed Mustafa Diab, Marco Schäferhoff, Kaci Kennedy McDade, Gavin Yamey, and Osondu Ogbuoji. “Investing in a global pooled-funding mechanism for late-stage clinical trials of poverty-related and neglected diseases: an economic evaluation.” Bmj Global Health 8, no. 5 (May 2023): e011842. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-011842.
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  - Mao, Wenhui, David Watkins, Miriam L. Sabin, Katy Huang, Etienne Langlois, Yewande Ogundeji, Helga Fogstad, Marco Schäferhoff, Gavin Yamey, and Osondu Ogbuoji. “Effects of public financing of essential maternal and child health interventions across wealth quintiles in Nigeria: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis.” The Lancet. Global Health 11, no. 4 (April 2023): e597–605. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00056-6.
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  - Manne-Goehler, Jennifer, Osondu Ogbuoji, and Till W. Bärnighausen. “Converting HIV programmes into chronic-care platforms.” The Lancet Hiv 7, no. 9 (September 2020): e600–601. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-3018(20)30104-1.
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  - Ogbuoji, Osondu, Sebastian Vollmer, Dean T. Jamison, and Till Bärnighausen. “Economic consequences of better health: insights from clinical data.” Bmj, July 20, 2020, m2186–m2186. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2186.
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  - Oladele, Tolulope Tokunyori, Babayemi Oluwaseun Olakunde, Edward Adekola Oladele, Osondu Ogbuoji, and Gavin Yamey. “The impact of COVID-19 on HIV financing in Nigeria: a call for proactive measures.” Bmj Global Health 5, no. 5 (May 2020): e002718. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002718.
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  - Bharali, Ipchita, Wenhui Mao, Hanna Huffstetler, Annahl Hoole, Prasadini Perera, and Osondu Ogbuoji. “Perspectives on transitions away from donor assistance for health: a discrete choices experiment in Sri Lanka.” The Lancet Global Health 8 (April 2020): S25–S25. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(20)30166-2.
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  - Ogbuoji, Osondu, Pascal Geldsetzer, Cebele Wong, Shaukat Khan, Emma Mafara, Charlotte Lejeune, Fiona Walsh, Velephi Okello, and Till Bärnighausen. “Impact of immediate initiation of antiretroviral therapy on HIV patient satisfaction.” Aids (London, England) 34, no. 2 (February 2020): 267–76. https://doi.org/10.1097/qad.0000000000002392.
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  - Bulstra, Caroline A., Jan A. C. Hontelez, Osondu Ogbuoji, and Till Bärnighausen. “Which delivery model innovations can support sustainable HIV treatment?” African Journal of Aids Research 18, no. 4 (December 6, 2019): 315–23. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2019.1686033.
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  - Yamey, Gavin, Osondu Ogbuoji, and Justice Nonvignon. “Middle-income countries graduating from health aid: Transforming daunting challenges into smooth transitions.” Plos Medicine 16, no. 6 (June 2019): e1002837. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002837.
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  - Schäferhoff, Marco, Sebastian Martinez, Osondu Ogbuoji, Miriam Lewis Sabin, and Gavin Yamey. “Trends in global health financing.” Bmj (Clinical Research Ed.) 365 (May 2019): l2185. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l2185.
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  - Ogbuoji, Osondu, and Gavin Yamey. “Aid Effectiveness in the Sustainable Development Goals Era Comment on ""It's About the Idea Hitting the Bull's Eye": How Aid Effectiveness Can Catalyse the Scale-up of Health Innovations".” International Journal of Health Policy and Management 8, no. 3 (March 2019): 184–86. https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2018.130.
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  - Ogbuoji, Osondu, and Gavin Yamey. “How many child deaths can be averted in Nigeria? Assessing state-level prospects of achieving 2030 sustainable development goals for neonatal and under-five mortality.” Gates Open Research 3 (January 2019): 1460. https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.12928.1.
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  - Saxenian, Helen, Ipchita Bharali, Osondu Ogbuoji, and Gavin Yamey. “A quantitative analysis of sources of changes in government expenditures on health, 2000 to 2015: what can we learn from experience to date?” Gates Open Research 3 (January 2019): 5. https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.12900.1.
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  - Fan, Victoria Y., David E. Bloom, Osondu Ogbuoji, Klaus Prettner, and Gavin Yamey. “Valuing health as development: going beyond gross domestic product.” Bmj (Clinical Research Ed.) 363 (October 2018): k4371. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k4371.
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  - Chang, Angela Y., Yunfei Li, and Osondu Ogbuoji. “Modest improvements in skilled birth attendants at delivery with increased Mutuelles coverage in Rwanda.” Journal of Public Health 40, no. 3 (September 1, 2018): 623–29. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdx110.
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  - Chang, Angela Y., Osondu Ogbuoji, Rifat Atun, and Stéphane Verguet. “Dynamic modeling approaches to characterize the functioning of health systems: A systematic review of the literature.” Social Science &Amp; Medicine 194 (December 2017): 160–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.09.005.
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  - Hontelez, Jan A. C., Angela Y. Chang, Osondu Ogbuoji, Sake J. de Vlas, Till Bärnighausen, and Rifat Atun. “Changing HIV treatment eligibility under health system constraints in sub-Saharan Africa.” Aids 30, no. 15 (September 24, 2016): 2341–50. https://doi.org/10.1097/qad.0000000000001190.
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  - Makinde, Olusesan, Bolanle Olapeju, Osondu Ogbuoji, and Stella Babalola. “Trends in the completeness of birth registration in Nigeria: 2002-2010.” Demographic Research 35 (August 17, 2016): 315–38. https://doi.org/10.4054/demres.2016.35.12.
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  - Atun, Rifat, Angela Y. Chang, Osondu Ogbuoji, Sachin Silva, Stephen Resch, Jan Hontelez, and Till Bärnighausen. “Long-term financing needs for HIV control in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015–2050: a modelling study.” Bmj Open 6, no. 3 (March 2016): e009656–e009656. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009656.
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  - Chaiyachati, Krisda H., Osondu Ogbuoji, Matthew Price, Amitabh B. Suthar, Eyerusalem K. Negussie, and Till Bärnighausen. “Interventions to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy.” Aids 28 (March 2014): S187–204. https://doi.org/10.1097/qad.0000000000000252.
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  - Crocetti, Michael, Sharon R. Ghazarian, David Myles, Osondu Ogbuoji, and Tina L. Cheng. “Characteristics of Children Eligible for Public Health Insurance but Uninsured: Data from the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health.” Maternal and Child Health Journal 16, no. S1 (April 2012): 61–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-012-0995-x.
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  - McDade, Kaci Kennedy, Marco Schäferhoff, Osondu Ogbuoji, Ipchita Bharali, Siddharth Dixit, Wenhui Mao, Shashika Bandara, and Gavin Yamey. “Transitioning Away from Donor Funding for Health: A Cross Cutting Examination of Donor Approaches to Transition (Accepted).” Ssrn Electronic Journal, n.d. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3575681.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

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External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Recent Courses

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