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Overview

Taghreed Adam is affiliated with the World Health Organization in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Infectious Diseases, and General Health Professions.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Global Health and Surgery
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Ethics in medical practice
  • Ethics in Clinical Research

Taghreed Adam has contributed to publications in several notable venues, among them:

  • Annals of Global Health
  • Health Research Policy and Systems
  • BMC Medical Ethics
  • The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Taghreed Adam include:

  • "Tracking global resources and capacity for health research: time to reassess strategies and investment decisions," 2023, Health Research Policy and Systems
  • "A Mechanism for Reviewing Investments in Health Research Capacity Strengthening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries," 2020, Annals of Global Health
  • "Resource allocation for biomedical research: analysis of investments by major funders," 2020, Health Research Policy and Systems
  • "Taking stock of the availability and functions of National Ethics Committees worldwide," 2021, BMC Medical Ethics
  • "Increasing Effectiveness and Equity in Strengthening Health Research Capacity Using Data and Metrics: Recent Advances of the ESSENCE Mechanism," 2023, Annals of Global Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Taghreed Adam include:

  • Ambinintsoa H. Ralaidovy
  • Peter H. Kilmarx
  • Thabi Maitin
  • Garry Aslanyan
  • Michael Cheetham

Best Publications

  • Evidence-based, cost-effective interventions: how many newborn babies can we save?

    Gary L Darmstadt;Gary L Darmstadt;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Simon Cousens;Taghreed Adam

  • The burden and costs of chronic diseases in low-income and middle-income countries

    Dele O Abegunde;Colin D Mathers;Taghreed Adam;Monica Ortegon

  • Implementation research: what it is and how to do it

    David H Peters;Taghreed Adam;Olakunle Alonge;Irene Akua Agyepong

  • Systems thinking for health systems strengthening.

    D. de Savigny;T. Adam

  • Implementation Research in Health: A Practical Guide

    David H. Peters;Nhan T. Tran;Taghreed Adam

  • Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Strategies for Maternal and Neonatal Health in Developing Countries.

    Taghreed Adam;Stephen S Lim;Sumi Mehta;Zulfiqar A Bhutta

  • Systems thinking for strengthening health systems in LMICs: need for a paradigm shift

    Taghreed Adam;Don de Savigny

  • Effectiveness and cost of facility-based Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) in Tanzania

    Joanna R M Armstrong Schellenberg;Taghreed Adam;Hassan Mshinda;Honorati Masanja

  • Effect of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy on childhood mortality and nutrition in a rural area in Bangladesh: a cluster randomised trial.

    Shams E. Arifeen;DM Emdadul Hoque;Tasnima Akter;Muntasirur Rahman

  • Econometric estimation of country-specific hospital costs

    Taghreed Adam;David B. Evans;Christopher J L Murray

  • Success factors for reducing maternal and child mortality

    Shyama Kuruvilla;Julian F. Schweitzer;David M Bishai;Sadia Afroze Chowdhury

  • Defining Research to Improve Health Systems

    Jan H. F. Remme;Taghreed Adam;Francisco Becerra-Posada;Catherine D'Arcangues

  • Evaluating health systems strengthening interventions in low-income and middle-income countries: are we asking the right questions?

    Taghreed Adam;Justine Hsu;Don De Savigny;John N. Lavis

  • Cost-effectiveness analysis: can we reduce variability in costing methods?

    Taghreed Adam;David B. Evans;Marc A. Koopmanschap

  • Methods to assess the costs and health effects of interventions for improving health in developing countries

    David B Evans;Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer;Taghreed Adam;Stephen S Lim

  • Factors Contributing to Maternal and Child Mortality Reductions in 146 Low- and Middle-Income Countries between 1990 and 2010.

    David M. Bishai;Robert Cohen;Y. Natalia Alfonso;Taghreed Adam

  • Estimating the obstetric costs of female genital mutilation in six African countries.

    Taghreed Adam;Heli Bathija;David Bishai;Yung Ting Bonnenfant

  • Trends in health policy and systems research over the past decade: still too little capacity in low-income countries.

    Taghreed Adam;Saad Ahmad;Maryam Bigdeli;Abdul Ghaffar

  • Improving quality and efficiency of facility-based child health care through Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in Tanzania.

    Jennifer Bryce;Eleanor Gouws;Taghreed Adam;Robert E. Black

  • Advancing the application of systems thinking in health

    Taghreed Adam

  • Methods to assess the costs and health effects of interventions for improving health in developing countries. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals for health.

    Evans Db;Edejer Tt;Adam T;Lim Ss

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Bishai
David M. Bishai Johns Hopkins University
John-Arne Røttingen
John-Arne Røttingen The Research Council of Norway
Don de Savigny
Don de Savigny Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
John N. Lavis
John N. Lavis McMaster University
Nicholas Mays
Nicholas Mays London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Anne Mills
Anne Mills London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Fadi El-Jardali
Fadi El-Jardali American University of Beirut
Irene Akua Agyepong
Irene Akua Agyepong University of Ghana
Timothy G. Evans
Timothy G. Evans McGill University
David H. Peters
David H. Peters Johns Hopkins University

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