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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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Human costs of an economic crisis: Infant mortality in Venezuela between 1985 and 2016 - The Lancet Global Health thelancet.com/journals/langl…

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#IMF on resource needs for attaining #SDGs, and macroeconomic and fiscal contributions to closing resource gap. Delivering on the SDG agenda requires additional spending in 2030 of US$2.6 trillion, including an average 15% of GDP in low-income countries: imf.org/en/Publication…

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Insightful and enjoyable application of social science to "Rituals of global health: Negotiating the World Health Assembly" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @ProfRichSmith

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Congratulations to @gregggonsalves on this well-conceived, clear-headed, and personal NYT piece, which provides a much need counterpoint to the often ignorant and ill-conceived press coverage on the London #HIV patient. nytimes.com/2019/03/09/opi…

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"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

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

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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

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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

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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

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… <a href="/RifatAtun/">Rifat Atun</a> <a href="/CGDev/">Center for Global Development</a> <a href="/uclighe/">IGH - EGHD</a>
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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

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… <a href="/RifatAtun/">Rifat Atun</a> <a href="/CGDev/">Center for Global Development</a> <a href="/UCLIGHE/">IGH - EGHD</a>