Sarah Tougher
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Recent Articles
1.
Goodman C, Tougher S, Shang T, Visser T
PLoS One
. 2024 Jul;
19(7):e0286718.
PMID: 39074113
Private medicine retailers (PMRs) such as pharmacies and drug stores account for a substantial share of treatment-seeking for fever and malaria, but there are widespread concerns about quality of care,...
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Tougher S, Mandalia N, Griffiths U
Vaccines (Basel)
. 2023 Jul;
11(7).
PMID: 37514975
The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated large declines in childhood vaccination coverage and, consequently, substantial increases in the number of zero-dose children. To effectively respond to these declines, it is necessary...
3.
Tougher S, Hanson K, Goodman C
Health Econ
. 2021 Jul;
30(10):2510-2530.
PMID: 34291524
Subsidising quality-assured artemisinin combination therapies (QAACTs) for distribution in the for-profit sector is a controversial strategy for improving access. The Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria (AMFm) was the largest initiative of this...
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Thomson R, Johanes B, Festo C, Kalolella A, Taylor M, Tougher S, et al.
BMC Health Serv Res
. 2018 Mar;
18(1):169.
PMID: 29523139
Background: Since 2003 Tanzania has upgraded its approximately 7000 drug stores to Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets (ADDOs), involving dispenser training, introduction of record keeping and enhanced regulation. Prior to accreditation,...
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Powell-Jackson T, Fabbri C, Dutt V, Tougher S, Singh K
PLoS Med
. 2018 Mar;
15(3):e1002519.
PMID: 29509769
Background: To assess the effect of health information on immunisation uptake in rural India, we conducted an individually randomised controlled trial of health information messages targeting the mothers of unvaccinated...
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Tougher S, Dutt V, Pereira S, Haldar K, Shukla V, Singh K, et al.
Lancet Glob Health
. 2017 Dec;
6(2):e211-e221.
PMID: 29275135
Background: How to harness the private sector to improve population health in low-income and middle-income countries is heavily debated and one prominent strategy is social franchising. We aimed to evaluate...
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Tougher S, Hanson K, Goodman C
Malar J
. 2017 Apr;
16(1):173.
PMID: 28441956
Background: The private sector supplies anti-malarial treatment for large proportions of patients in sub-Saharan Africa. Following the large-scale piloting of the Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria (AMFm) from 2010 to 2011, a...
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Powell-Jackson T, Pereira S, Dutt V, Tougher S, Haldar K, Kumar P
Soc Sci Med
. 2016 Jul;
162:210-8.
PMID: 27387651
Maternal depression is an important public health concern. We investigated whether a national-scale initiative that provides cash transfers to women giving birth in government health facilities, the Janani Suraksha Yojana...
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Patouillard E, Hanson K, Kleinschmidt I, Palafox B, Tougher S, Pok S, et al.
Malar J
. 2015 May;
14:224.
PMID: 26024880
Background: In many low-income countries, the private commercial sector plays an important role in the provision of malaria treatment. However, the quality of care it provides is often poor, with...
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Palafox B, Patouillard E, Tougher S, Goodman C, Hanson K, Kleinschmidt I, et al.
Health Policy Plan
. 2015 May;
31(2):148-60.
PMID: 25944705
The private for-profit sector is an important source of treatment for malaria. However, private patients face high prices for the recommended treatment for uncomplicated malaria, artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs), which...