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Sophie Witter is affiliated with Queen Margaret University in the United Kingdom. Their research intersects several fields, notably Health Professions, Medicine, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to health systems and policies.

Their main subfields of study include General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Finance, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Clinical Psychology. These areas highlight a broad engagement with both clinical and systemic aspects of health research.

Their work covers key topics such as Global Maternal and Child Health, Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Health Policy Implementation Science, Migration, Health and Trauma, Community Health and Development, and Healthcare Policy and Management.

Recent publications by Sophie Witter include:

  • "Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in low- and middle-income countries" (2021) published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • "An analysis of policy and funding priorities of global actors regarding noncommunicable disease in low- and middle-income countries" (2021) in Globalization and Health
  • "Health system resilience: a critical review and reconceptualisation" (2023) in The Lancet Global Health
  • "Opportunities and challenges for delivering non-communicable disease management and services in fragile and post-conflict settings: perceptions of policy-makers and health providers in Sierra Leone" (2020) in Conflict and Health
  • "How can we strengthen partnership and coordination for health system emergency preparedness and response? Findings from a synthesis of experience across countries facing shocks" (2022) in BMC Health Services Research

Frequent coauthors in their research include Karin Diaconu, Maria van der Merwe, Lucia D'Ambruoso, Denny Mabetha, and Giulia Loffreda, indicating ongoing collaborative efforts with established researchers in related disciplines.

Sophie Witter's publications often appear in venues such as Research Square, BMJ Global Health, BMC Health Services Research, International Journal for Equity in Health, and Human Resources for Health, reflecting the focus on global health, health equity, and health systems research.

Best Publications

  • Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in low- and middle-income countries

    Sophie Witter;Atle Fretheim;Flora L Kessy;Anne Karin Lindahl

  • Something old or something new? Social health insurance in Ghana

    Sophie Witter;Bertha Garshong

  • The experience of Ghana in implementing a user fee exemption policy to provide free delivery care

    Sophie Witter;Daniel Kojo Arhinful;Anthony Kusi;Sawudatu Zakariah-Akoto

  • Salaries and incomes of health workers in sub-Saharan Africa

    David McCoy;Sara Bennett;Sophie Witter;Bob Pond

  • Costs and cost-effectiveness of community health workers: evidence from a literature review

    Kelsey Vaughan;Maryse C Kok;Sophie Witter;Marjolein Dieleman

  • Health workers' experiences of coping with the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone's health system: A qualitative study

    Joanna Raven;Haja Wurie;Sophie Witter

  • Providing free maternal health care: ten lessons from an evaluation of the national delivery exemption policy in Ghana.

    Sophie Witter;Sam Adjei;Margaret Armar-Klemesu;Wendy Graham

  • The national free delivery policy in Nepal: early evidence of its effects on health facilities

    Sophie Witter;Sunil Khadka;Hom Nath;Suresh Tiwari

  • Costs and cost-effectiveness of different DOT strategies for the treatment of tuberculosis in Pakistan.

    MA Khan;JD Walley;SN Witter;A Imran

  • Informal payments in transitional economies: implications for health sector reform.

    Robin Thompson;Sophie Witter

  • Retention of health workers in rural Sierra Leone: findings from life histories.

    Haja R. Wurie;Mohamed Samai;Sophie Witter

  • The national free delivery and caesarean policy in Senegal: evaluating process and outcomes

    Sophie Witter;Thierno Dieng;Daouda Mbengue;Isabelle Moreira

  • Tuberculosis patient adherence to direct observation: results of a social study in Pakistan.

    M A Khan;J D Walley;Sophie Witter;S K Shah

  • Minding the gaps: health financing, universal health coverage and gender

    Sophie Witter;Veloshnee Govender;TK Sundari Ravindran;Robert Yates

  • Performance-based financing as a health system reform: mapping the key dimensions for monitoring and evaluation

    Sophie Witter;Jurrien J.M. Toonen;Bruno Meessen;Jean Kagubare

  • ‘DOI MOI ’ AND HEALTH: THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC REFORMS ON THE HEALTH SYSTEM IN VIETNAM

    Sophie Witter

  • Health Economics for Developing Countries. A Practical Guide.

    Sophie Witter;Tim Ensor;Robin Thompson;Matthew Jowett

  • Health economics in low income countries: adapting to the reality of the unofficial economy.

    Tim Ensor;Sophie Witter

  • An exploratory study of the policy process and early implementation of the free NHIS coverage for pregnant women in Ghana

    Sophie Witter;Bertha Garshong;Valéry Ridde

  • Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in low‐ and middle‐income countries

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  • Salaries and incomes of health workers in sub-Saharan Africa. Commentary

    Yogan Pillay;Percy Mahlati;David Mccoy;Sara Bennett

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara McPake
Barbara McPake University of Melbourne
Sally Theobald
Sally Theobald Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Kathleen Kahn
Kathleen Kahn University of the Witwatersrand
Alastair Ager
Alastair Ager Queen Margaret University
Stephen Tollman
Stephen Tollman University of the Witwatersrand
Bruno Marchal
Bruno Marchal Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Lucy Gilson
Lucy Gilson University of Cape Town
Valéry Ridde
Valéry Ridde Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Jeff Gow
Jeff Gow University of Southern Queensland
Sara Bennett
Sara Bennett Johns Hopkins University

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