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Dina Balabanova is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with notable contributions to General Health Professions, Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Sociology and Political Science.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

Dina Balabanova's publication record demonstrates frequent contributions to several key journals and venues, such as:

  • Health Policy and Planning
  • BMJ Global Health
  • International Journal of Health Policy and Management
  • PLOS Global Public Health
  • Social Science & Medicine

Recent papers by Balabanova include:

  • "A future for the world's children? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission," 2020, The Lancet
  • "The influence of corruption and governance in the delivery of frontline health care services in the public sector: a scoping review of current and future prospects in low and middle-income countries of south and south-east Asia," 2020, BMC Public Health
  • "World Heart Federation Roadmap for Hypertension - A 2021 Update," 2021, Global Heart
  • "Enhancing the use of stakeholder analysis for policy implementation research: towards a novel framing and operationalised measures," 2020, BMJ Global Health
  • "The application of social innovation in healthcare: a scoping review," 2021, Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Balabanova has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Martin McKee
  • Eleanor Hutchinson
  • Benjamin Palafox
  • Obinna Onwujekwe
  • Lia M. Palileo-Villanueva

Best Publications

  • A future for the world's children? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission

    Helen Clark;Awa Marie Coll-Seck;Anshu Banerjee;Stefan Peterson

  • Good Health at Low Cost 25 years on: lessons for the future of health systems strengthening

    Dina Balabanova;Anne Mills;Lesong Conteh;Baktygul Akkazieva

  • To retain or remove user fees?: reflections on the current debate in low- and middle-income countries.

    Chris D James;Kara Hanson;Barbara McPake;Dina Balabanova

  • Understanding and measuring quality of care: dealing with complexity.

    Johanna Hanefeld;Timothy Powell-Jackson;Dina Balabanova

  • Health service utilization in the former soviet union: evidence from eight countries.

    Dina Balabanova;Martin McKee;Joceline Pomerleau;Richard Rose

  • Towards an understanding of resilience: responding to health systems shocks

    Johanna Hanefeld;Susannah Mayhew;Helena Legido-Quigley;Helena Legido-Quigley;Frederick Martineau

  • Understanding informal payments for health care: the example of Bulgaria.

    Dina Balabanova;Martin McKee

  • Health systems factors influencing maternal health services: a four-country comparison.

    Justin Oliver Parkhurst;Loveday Penn-Kekana;Duane Blaauw;Dina Balabanova

  • The Influence of Health Systems on Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control: A Systematic Literature Review

    Will Maimaris;Jared Paty;Pablo Perel;Helena Legido-Quigley

  • Health Care Reform in the Former Soviet Union: Beyond the Transition

    Dina Balabanova;Bayard Roberts;Erica Richardson;Christian Haerpfer

  • Interventions and approaches to integrating HIV and mental health services: a systematic review

    Fiona Leh Hoon Chuah;Victoria Elizabeth Haldane;Francisco Cervero-Liceras;Suan Ee Ong

  • Under-the-counter payments for health care: Evidence from Bulgaria

    Evgenia Delcheva;Dina Balabanova;Martin McKee

  • The gendered system of academic publishing.

    Jamie Lundine;Jamie Lundine;Ivy Lynn Bourgeault;Jocalyn Clark;Shirin Heidari

  • Integrating cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and diabetes with HIV services: a systematic review.

    Victoria Haldane;Helena Legido-Quigley;Fiona Leh Hoon Chuah;Louise Sigfrid

  • What can global health institutions do to help strengthen health systems in low income countries

    Dina Balabanova;Martin McKee;Anne Mills;Gill Walt

  • Measuring health workers' motivation in rural health facilities: baseline results from three study districts in Zambia

    Wilbroad Mutale;Wilbroad Mutale;Helen Ayles;Helen Ayles;Virginia Bond;Virginia Bond;Margaret Tembo Mwanamwenge

  • Universal health coverage: a quest for all countries but under threat in some.

    Martin McKee;Dina Balabanova;Sanjay Basu;Walter Ricciardi

  • Community health volunteers could help improve access to and use of essential health services by communities in LMICs: an umbrella review.

    Mirkuzie Woldie;Mirkuzie Woldie;Garumma Tolu Feyissa;Bitiya Admasu;Kalkidan Hassen

  • Good health at low cost 25 years on. What makes a successful health system

    Dina Balabanova;Martin McKee;Anne Mills

  • Patients' Knowledge, Attitudes, Behaviour and Health Care Experiences on the Prevention, Detection, Management and Control of Hypertension in Colombia: A Qualitative Study

    Helena Legido-Quigley;Paul Anthony Camacho Lopez;Dina Balabanova;Pablo Perel

  • Interventions and approaches to integrating HIV and mental health services: a systematic review

    V Haldane;F Cervero-Liceras;S E Ong;G Murphy

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin McKee
Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Helena Legido-Quigley
Helena Legido-Quigley National University of Singapore
Susannah H. Mayhew
Susannah H. Mayhew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Kent Buse
Kent Buse Imperial College London
David Stuckler
David Stuckler Bocconi University
Bayard Roberts
Bayard Roberts London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Lucy Gilson
Lucy Gilson University of Cape Town
Jeffrey V. Lazarus
Jeffrey V. Lazarus University of Barcelona
Syed Masud Ahmed
Syed Masud Ahmed BRAC University
Anne Mills
Anne Mills London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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