Publications

Afriyie D.O, Titi-Ofei R, Masiye F, Chansa C, Fink G. The political economy of national health insurance schemes: evidence from Zambia. Health Policy Plan. 2025;40(1):66-74. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae094

Chong J.J, Fink G, Saxena A. Scaling up perinatal care: health benefits for infant survival in high-burden countries. Popul Dev Rev. 2025(in press). DOI: 10.1111/padr.70004

Jäggi L, Hartinger S.M, Fink G, McCoy D.C, Alvarado M.L, Hinckley K, Ramirez-Varela L, Aguilar L, Castellanos A, Mäusezahl D. Parenting in the digital age: a scoping review of digital early childhood parenting interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC). Public Health Rev. 2025;45:1607651. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2024.1607651

Lauer J.M, Pyykkö J, Chembe M, Bilima-Mulenga T, Sikazwe D, Chibwe B, Henderson S, Parkerson D, Leppänen J.M, Fink G, Locks L.M, Rockers P.C. Markers of environmental enteric dysfunction are associated with poor growth and developmental outcomes among young children in Lusaka, Zambia. J Pediatr. 2025;277:10. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114408

Locks L.M, Chembe M, Bilima-Mulenga T, Lauer J.M, Sizakawe D, Henderson S, Rockers P.C, Parkerson D, Fink G. Predictors of stunting and pathway analysis for linear growth among children aged two to three years of age after a trial of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements and home-installed growth charts in three districts in Zambia. J Nutr. 2025;155(2):589-601. DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.11.003

Loss G, Wallenborn J.T, Sinantha-Hu M, Ouipoulikoune V, Probst-Hensch N, Kounnavong S, Sayasone S, Odermatt P, Fink G. Evaluating the hypertension cascade of care in adults in urban Lao PDR: evidence from the VITERBI Cohort Study. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2025;21:109-123. DOI: 10.2147/vhrm.S506857

Mapesi H, Rohacek M, Vanobberghen F, Gupta R, Wilson H.I, Lukau B, Amstutz A, Lyimo A, Muhairwe J, Senkoro E, Byakuzana T, Nkouabi J, Mbunda G, Siru J, Tarr A, Ramapepe E, Mphunyane M, Oehri J, Nemtsova V, Yan X, Bresser M, Glass T.R, Paris D.H, Fink G, Gingo W, Labhardt N.D, Burkard T, Weisser M. Treatment strategies to control blood pressure in people with hypertension in Tanzania and Lesotho: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Cardiol. 2025(in press). DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.5124

Nuvey F.S, Fink G, Hattendorf J, Haydon D.T, Fokou G, Addo K.K, Zinsstag J, Esse-Dibby C, Bonfoh B. Effects of community action on animal vaccination uptake, antimicrobial usage, and farmers' wellbeing in Ghana: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. One Health. 2025;20:100952. DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100952

Wallenborn J.T, Sonephet S, Sayasone S, Siengsounthone L, Kounnavong S, Fink G. Conditional and unconditional social transfers, early-life nutrition, and child growth: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2025;179(2):129-136. DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.5079

Yousafzai A.K, Siyal S, Franchett E.E, Dai Q, Rehmani K, Sudfeld C.R, Bhamani S, Hakro S, Reyes C.R, Fink G, Ponguta L.A. Effect of a youth-led early childhood care and education programme on children's development and learning in rural Sindh, Pakistan (LEAPS): a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised implementation trial. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025;9(1):25-36. DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(24)00304-3

Zay Ya K, Patel J, Fink G. Assessing the impact of antimicrobial resistance policies on antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance-associated mortality in children and adults in low and middle-income countries: a global analysis. BMJ Public Health. 2025;3(1):e000511. DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2023-000511

Arsenault C, Mfeka-Nkabinde N.G, Chaudhry M, Jarhyan P, Taddele T, Mugenya I, Sabwa S, Wright K, Amboko B, Baensch L, Molla Wondim G, Mthethwa L, Clarke-Deelder E, Yang W.C, Kosgei R.J, Purohit P, Mzolo N.C, Derseh Mebratie A, Shaw S, Nega A, Tlou B, Fink G, Moshabela M, Prabhakaran D, Mohan S, Haile Mariam D, Nzinga J, Getachew T, Kruk M.E. Antenatal care quality and detection of risk among pregnant women: an observational study in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and South Africa. PLoS Med. 2024;21(8):e1004446. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004446

Aryal A, Clarke-Deelder E, Phommalangsy S, Kounnavong S, Fink G. Health system utilization and perceived quality among adults in Lao PDR: evidence from a nationally representative phone survey. BMC Public Health. 2024;24:565. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18039-2

Aryal A, Clarke-Deelder E, Phommalangsy S, Kounnavong S, Fink G. Health system inequities in Lao People's Democratic Republic: evidence from a nationally representative phone survey. Trop Med Int Health. 2024;29(6):518-525. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13997

Bloom D.E, Fink G. The economic case for devoting public resources to health. In: Farrar J,Hotez P.J,Junghanss T,Kang G,Lalloo D,White N.J,Garcia P.J, eds. Manson's Tropical Diseases, 49-56. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-7959-7.00007-5

Draper C.E, Yousafzai A.K, McCoy D.C, Cuartas J, Obradović J, Bhopal S, Fisher J, Jeong J, Klingberg S, Milner K, Pisani L, Roy A, Seiden J, Sudfeld C.R, Wrottesley S.V, Fink G, Nores M, Tremblay M.S, Okely A.D. The next 1000 days: building on early investments for the health and development of young children. Lancet. 2024;404(10467):2094-2116. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)01389-8

Drouard S.H.P, Brenner S, Antwisi D, Toure N.K, Madhavan S, Fink G, Shapira G. Effects of performance-based financing on availability, quality, and use of family planning services in the Democratic Republic of Congo: an impact evaluation. Stud Fam Plann. 2024;55(2):127-149. DOI: 10.1111/sifp.12264

Ehteshami F, Cassidy R, Tediosi F, Fink G, Cobos Muñoz D. Combining theory-driven realist approach and systems thinking to unpack complexity of type 2 diabetes and hypertension management in low and middle-income countries: protocol for a realist review. Systems. 2024;12(1):16. DOI: 10.3390/systems12010016

Ekou F.K, Eze I.C, Aka J, Kwiatkowski M, Merten S, Acka F.K, Fink G, Utzinger J, Probst-Hensch N. Randomised controlled trial on the effect of social support on disease control, mental health and health-related quality of life in people with diabetes from Côte d'Ivoire: the SoDDiCo study protocol. BMJ Open. 2024;14(1):e069934. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069934

Falgas-Bague I, Melero-Dominguez M, de Vernisy-Romero D, Tembo T, Chembe M, Lubozha T, Paul R, Parkerson D, Rockers P.C, Sikazwe D, Fink G. Testing the feasibility, acceptability, and exploring trends on efficacy of the problem management plus for moms: protocol of a pilot randomized control trial. PLoS One. 2024;19(1):e0287269. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287269

Fink G, Chembe M, Henderson S, Rockers P.C, Parkerson D. Feasibility of caregiver-administered anthropometric measurements of children under age 5: evidence from Zambia. Popul Health Metr. 2024;22:2. DOI: 10.1186/s12963-024-00322-4

Fink G, Locks L.M, Lauer J.M, Chembe M, Henderson S, Sikazwe D, Billima-Mulenga T, Parkerson D, Rockers P.C. The impact of home-installed growth charts and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) on child growth in Zambia: a four-arm parallel open-label cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Glob Health. 2024;9(8):e015438. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015438

Fink G, Melero-Dominguez M, Chembe M, de Vernisy-Romero D, Tembo T, Billima T, Paul R, Alegria M, Parkerson D, Rockers P.C, Banda Z, Lungu G, Sikazwe D, Falgas-Bague I. Feasibility and acceptability of the Problem Management for Moms programme for improving maternal mental health in Zambia: an open-label trial. Lancet Psychiatry. 2024;11(12):965-974. DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(24)00256-6

Jebiwott S, Gutapaka N, Sumari D, Loss G, Athuman T, Nyandele J.P, Cummins H, Chemba M, Benjamin-Chung J, Gangar P, Wu X, Smith J, Chen I, Dorsey G, Fink G, Olotu A, Hsiang M. Child health and infection with low density (CHILD) malaria: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial to assess the long-term health and socioeconomic impacts of testing and treating low-density malaria infection among children in Tanzania. BMJ Open. 2024;14(3):e082227. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082227

Kong Y, Chen S, Ma N, Chen Z, Karoli P, Niyi J.L, Fan P, Fink G, Kwete X.J, Wehrmeister F.C, Cheng F, Wang D, Zemene M.A, Gatimu S.M, Khan N, Rahman A, Fekadu L, Shibre G, Rahmartani L.D, Aheto J.M.K, Geldsetzer P, Li Z. Association between concurrence of multiple risk factors and under-5 mortality: a pooled analysis of data from demographic and health survey in 61 low-and-middle-income countries. EClinicalMedicine. 2024;71:102583. DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102583

Kruk M.E, Kapoor N.R, Lewis T.P, Arsenault C, Boutsikari E.C, Breda J, Carai S, Croke K, Dayalu R, Fink G, Garcia P.J, Kassa M, Mohan S, Moshabela M, Nzinga J, Oh J, Okiro E.A, Prabhakaran D, SteelFisher G.K, Tarricone R, Garcia-Elorrio E. Population confidence in the health system in 15 countries: results from the first round of the People's Voice Survey. Lancet Glob Health. 2024;12(1):e100-e111. Series: The People’s Voice Survey on Health System Performance 1. DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00499-0

Kruk M.E, Sabwa S, Lewis T.P, Aniebo I, Arsenault C, Carai S, Garcia P.J, Garcia-Elorrio E, Fink G, Kassa M, Mohan S, Moshabela M, Oh J, Pate M.A, Nzinga J. Population assessment of health system performance in 16 countries. Bull World Health Organ. 2024;102(7):486-497b. DOI: 10.2471/blt.23.291184

Kuhfeldt K.J, Kaiser J.L, Morgan A.J, Ngoma T, Hamer D.H, Fink G, Rockers P.C, Chirwa B, Scott N.A. Motivation, cues to action, and barriers to COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a qualitative application of the health belief model among women in rural Zambia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024;111(5):1118-1126. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0005

Lewis T.P, Kassa M, Kapoor N.R, Arsenault C, Bazua-Lobato R, Dayalu R, Fink G, Getachew T, Jarhyan P, Lee H.Y, Mazzoni A, Medina-Ranilla J, Naidoo I, Tadele A, Kruk M.E. User-reported quality of care: findings from the first round of the People's Voice Survey in 14 countries. Lancet Glob Health. 2024;12:e112-e122. Series: The People’s Voice Survey on Health System Performance 2. DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00495-3

Loss G, Cummins H, Gutapaka N, Nyandele J, Jebiwott S, Sumari D, Athuman T, Juma O, Martin-Herz S.P, Olotu A, Hsiang M.S, Fink G. Usability and psychometric properties of a battery of tools to assess intelligence, executive functioning, and sustained attention in Tanzanian children. PLoS One. 2024;19(12):e0315058. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315058

Loss G, Naicker S, Richter L, Fink G. Early life determinants of social disparities among young adults: a longitudinal study in vulnerable communities in South Africa. World Dev. 2024;175:106465. DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106465

McCoy D.C, Dormal M, Cuartas J, Carreira Dos Santos A, Fink G, Brentani A. The acute effects of community violence on young children's regulatory, behavioral, and developmental outcomes in a low-income urban sample in Brazil. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2024;65(5):620-630. DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13799

Mitterer S, Zimmermann K, Fink G, Simon M, Gerber A.K, Bergsträsser E. Hospitalization- and death-related financial and employment effects in parents of children with life-limiting conditions: a fixed-effects analysis. Eur J Pediatr. 2024;183(10):4215-4227. DOI: 10.1007/s00431-024-05680-7

Moolla A, Coetzee L, Mongwenyana C, Robertson A, Marincowitz G, Zuckerman M, Fink G, Hamer D.H, Yousafzai A, Rockers P.C, Evans D. Perceptions of roles of community healthcare workers in early childhood in Limpopo, South Africa. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2024;16(1):a4412. DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v16i1.4412

Musakwa N.O, Evans D, Coetzee L, Galvin M, Hamer D, Fink G, Yousafzai A, Tarullo A, Rockers P. Nutritional adequacy in rural Limpopo Province, South Africa: maternal and child dietary diversity in the context of perinatal HIV exposure. SAJCH. 2024;18(4):e1555. DOI: 10.7196/SAJCH.2024.v18i4.1555

Nores M, Vazquez C, Gustafsson-Wright E, Osborne S, Cuartas J, Lambiris M.J, McCoy D.C, Lopez-Boo F, Behrman J, Bernal R, Draper C.E, Okely A.D, Tremblay M.S, Yousafzai A.K, Lombardi J, Fink G. The cost of not investing in the next 1000 days: implications for policy and practice. Lancet. 2024;404(10467):2117-2130. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)01390-4

Nwankwo O.N.O, Auer C, Oyo-Ita A, Eyers J, Wyss K, Fink G, Bosch-Capblanch X. Human resources for health: a framework synthesis to put health workers at the centre of healthcare. BMJ Glob Health. 2024;9(9):e014556. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014556

Odipo E, Jarhyan P, Nzinga J, Prabhakaran D, Aryal A, Clarke-Deelder E, Mohan S, Mosa M, Eshetu M.K, Lewis T.P, Kapoor N.R, Kruk M.E, Fink G, Okiro E.A. The path to universal health coverage in five African and Asian countries: examining the association between insurance status and health-care use. Lancet Glob Health. 2024;12:e123-e133. Series: The People’s Voice Survey on Health System Performance 3. DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00510-7

Osei Afriyie D, Loo P.S, Kuwawenaruwa A, Kassimu T, Fink G, Tediosi F, Mtenga S. Understanding the role of the Tanzania national health insurance fund in improving service coverage and quality of care. Soc Sci Med. 2024;347:116714. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116714

Sanchez-Samaniego G, Mäusezahl D, Hartinger-Peña S.M, Hattendorf J, Verastegui H, Fink G, Probst-Hensch N. Pre-pregnancy body mass index and caesarean section in Andean women in Peru: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024;24:304. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-024-06466-3