
Markus Haacker
@markushaacker
Economist working at intersections of global health, macroeconomics, and public finance. Harvard School of Public Health, Center for Global Development, and UCL
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16-06-2018 12:27:33
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Inspiring. Problem with Scientific Credit. nautil.us/issue/66/clock… via Nautilus Magazine








Excited to be joining Center for Global Development, advancing economic analysis of pressing challenges in #globalhealth. cgdev.org/expert/markus-… Kalipso Chalkidou iDSI Amanda Glassman #NCDs #HIV

"Greying of AIDS" => overall burden of #NCDs accelerates, and #HIV among NCD population rises, while headline HIV prevalence falls. #botswana jogh.org/documents/issu… Rifat Atun #Globalhealth


Our modelling study w/ Jungyeon Kim Markus Haacker Salmaan Keshavjee published in BMJ Global Health demonstrates cost-effectiveness of scaling up of hepatitis C screening and treatment in South Korea gh.bmj.com/content/4/3/e0… Great opportunity to halt Hepatitis C infections & save lives

Thank you to HESG and UEA Health Economics for an excellent meeting. No thanks to UEA for appalling hygiene on campus - bedbug infestation! UEA UEA Conferences


Discussing HIV & NCD intersection in Botswana at #IHEA2019 Basle tomorrow, Tue, 8.30am. KH, HS 102. Demographic implications of HIV, greying of AIDS, HIV as co-existing disease on NCDs. Access slides: hu-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal… IGH - EGHD Harvard Global Health & Pop

Today 1pm at #IHEA2019. Targeting treatment coverage in policy analyses biases results on HIV prevention effectiveness - impact on deaths underestimated by 1/2, $ savings overestimated by factor 2. Slides: hu-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal… … IGH - EGHD Harvard Global Health & Pop Rifat Atun Center for Global Development

Discount rate of 3 percent applied in global health is out of line with economic context of low- and middle-income countries, where higher rates would be appropriate. Gap causes bias in cost-effectiveness analysis. cgdev.org/blog/setting-d… Rifat Atun Center for Global Development IGH - EGHD


Practice on time horizons in global health inconsistent, causing variation in results on cost-effectiveness. Adopting longer policy periods returns weak guidance on current interventions. More differentiated approach needed. academic.oup.com/heapol/advance… Rifat Atun Center for Global Development IGH - EGHD

