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Osondu Ogbuoji

Osondu Ogbuoji

Assistant Research Professor of Global Health
Duke Global Health Institute
osondu.ogbuoji@duke.edu
310 Trent Drive, Box 90519, Durham, NC 27708
310 Trent Drive, Box 90519, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications

Evidence Gaps in Economic Evaluations of HIV Interventions Targeting Young People: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · November 2024 PURPOSE: Young people living with HIV (YPLWH) face the burden of navigating the unique physical, psychological, and social challenges of adolescence while coping with a stigmatized infectious disease that requires lifelong care. Consequently, YPLWH experie ... Full text Link to item Cite

Investing in a global pooled-funding mechanism for late-stage clinical trials of poverty-related and neglected diseases: an economic evaluation.

Journal Article BMJ global health · May 2023 IntroductionPoverty-related and neglected diseases (PRNDs) cause over three million deaths annually. Despite this burden, there is a large gap between actual funding for PRND research and development (R&D) and the funding needed to launch PRND pro ... Full text Cite

Effects of public financing of essential maternal and child health interventions across wealth quintiles in Nigeria: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis.

Journal Article The Lancet. Global health · April 2023 BackgroundMaternal and newborn mortality rates in Nigeria are among the highest globally, and large socioeconomic inequalities exist in access to maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) services in the country. Inequalities also exist in catast ... Full text Cite

Addressing child health inequity through case management of under-five malaria in Nigeria: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis.

Journal Article Malaria journal · March 2022 BackgroundUnder-five malaria in Nigeria is a leading cause of global child mortality, accounting for 95,000 annual child deaths. High out-of-pocket medical expenditure contributes to under-five malaria mortality by discouraging care-seeking and us ... Full text Cite

Converting HIV programmes into chronic-care platforms

Journal Article The Lancet HIV · September 2020 Full text Cite

Impact of immediate initiation of antiretroviral therapy on HIV patient satisfaction.

Journal Article AIDS (London, England) · February 2020 ObjectivesImmediate ART (or early access to ART for all, EAAA) is becoming a national policy in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. It is plausible that the switch from delayed to immediate ART could either increase or decrease patient satisfact ... Full text Cite

Which delivery model innovations can support sustainable HIV treatment?

Journal Article African Journal of AIDS Research · December 6, 2019 Full text Cite

Middle-income countries graduating from health aid: Transforming daunting challenges into smooth transitions.

Journal Article PLoS medicine · June 2019 Gavin Yamey and co-authors discuss approaches to providing support for middle-income countries transitioning away from health aid. ... Full text Cite

Trends in global health financing.

Journal Article BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · May 2019 Full text Cite

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".

Journal Article International journal of health policy and management · March 2019 Over just a six-year period from 2005-2011, five aid effectiveness initiatives were launched: the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005), the International Health Partnership plus (2007), the Accra Agenda for Action (2008), the Busan Partnership for ... Full text Cite

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.

Journal Article Gates open research · January 2019 Background: Nigeria's neonatal mortality rate (NMR) and under-five mortality rate (U5MR) are 39 per 1,000 and 120 per 1,000 live births, respectively. On average, 0.23 million neonates and 0.7 million under-five children die every year, but some sta ... Full text Cite

A quantitative analysis of sources of changes in government expenditures on health, 2000 to 2015: what can we learn from experience to date?

Journal Article Gates open research · January 2019 Background: Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) requires increased domestic financing of health by low-income countries (LICs) and middle-income countries (MICs). It is critical to understand how much governments have devoted to health from do ... Full text Cite

Valuing health as development: going beyond gross domestic product.

Journal Article BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · October 2018 Full text Cite

Trends in the completeness of birth registration in Nigeria: 2002-2010

Journal Article Demographic Research · August 17, 2016 Full text Cite

Long-term financing needs for HIV control in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015–2050: a modelling study

Journal Article BMJ Open · March 2016 ObjectivesTo estimate the present value of current and future funding needed for HIV treatment and prevention in 9 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries that account for 70% of HIV burden in Africa under different s ... Full text Cite