Research

Publications in indexed, peer-reviewed journals

Health and migration

• Gonçalves Tasca, B., Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Coulibaly, K., Gosselin, A., Ravalihasy, A., Desgrées du Loû, A., Melchior, M., on behalf of Makasi Study Group. (2024). Depression and loneliness among Sub-Saharan immigrants living in the greater Paris area: results from the MAKASI empowerment stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 59, 2049–2061. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-024-02665-7

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Gosselin, A., Coulibaly, K., Ravalihasy, A., Taéron, C., Senne, J.-N., Gubert, F., Desgrées du Loû, A., for the MAKASI Study Group. (2023). Immigrants’ health empowerment and access to health coverage in France: A stepped wedge randomised controlled trial. Social Science & Medicine, 339, 116400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116400

• Coulibaly, K., Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Ravalihasy, A., Taéron, C., Mbiribindi, R., Senne, J.-N., Gubert, F., Gosselin, A., Desgrées du Loû, A., for the MAKASI Study Group. (2023). Bridging the knowledge gap of biomedical HIV prevention tools among sub-saharan african immigrants in France. Results from an empowerment-based intervention. SSM - Population Health, 23, 101468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101468

• Coulibaly, K., Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Ravalihasy, A., Taéron, C., Mbiribindi, R., Senne, J.-N., Gubert, F., Gosselin, A., Desgrées du Loû, A., for the MAKASI Study Group. (2023). Empowerment-based intervention and immigrant awareness of biomedical HIV prevention tools in France. European Journal of Public Health, 33(Supplement_2), ckad160.341. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.341

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Gosselin, A., Coulibaly, K., Ravalihasy, A., & Desgrées du Loû, A. (2022). Health empowerment and access to health coverage among immigrants in France: the Makasi intervention. European Journal of Public Health, 32(Supplement_3), ckac129-457. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac129.457

• Coulibaly, K., Gosselin, A., Carillon, S., Ravalihasy, A., Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Taeron, C., Mbiribindi, R., & Desgrées du Loû, A. (2022). Knowledge of HIV prevention biomedical tools among African immigrants in France: the Makasi project. European Journal of Public Health, 32(Supplement_3), ckac130.173. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac129.457

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Combes, J.-B.S., & Abu-Zaineh, M. (2019). Health differentials between citizens and immigrants in Europe: A heterogeneous convergence. Health Policy, 123(2), 235-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.12.005

Social inequalities in health

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Sokhna, C., Boyer, S., & Ventelou, B. (2025). Uptake of and willingness to pay for health insurance in rural Senegal: a reinforcement effect. BMJ Public Health, 3(1),e001636.  https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001636

• Coste, M., & Bousmah, M.-a.-Q. (2023). Predicting health services utilization using a score of perceived barriers to medical care: evidence from rural Senegal. BMC Health Services Research, 23, 263. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09192-2

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Diakhaté P., Toulao G.à.D., Le Hesran J.-Y., & Lalou, R. (2022). Effects of a free health insurance programme for the poor on health service utilisation and financial protection in Senegal. BMJ Global Health, 7(Suppl 9), e009977. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009977

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Boyer, S., Lalou, R., & Ventelou, B. (2021). Reassessing the demand for community-based health insurance in rural Senegal: Geographic distance and awareness. SSM - Population Health, 16, 100974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100974

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Nishimwe, M.L., Kuaban, C., & Boyer, S. (2021). Free access to antiretroviral treatment and protection against the risk of catastrophic health expenditure in people living with HIV: Evidence from Cameroon. BMC Health Services Research, 21, 313. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06331-5

• Zehnati, A., Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., & Abu-Zaineh, M. (2021). Public-private differentials in health care delivery: The case of cesarean deliveries in Algeria. International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 21(3), 367-385. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-021-09300-x

• Abdulrahim, S., & Bousmah, M.-a.-Q. (2019). Regional inequalities in maternal and neonatal health services in Iraq and Syria from 2000 to 2011. International Journal of Health Services, 49(3), 623-641. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020731419851659

• Abu-Zaineh, M., Woode, M.E., & Bousmah, M.-a.-Q. (2018). The importance of health for income inequality: A decomposition analysis applied to the occupied Palestinian territory and a cross-sectional study. The Lancet, 391, S23. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30348-9

• Woode, M.E., Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., & Boucekkine, R. (2017). Parental morbidity, child work, and health insurance in Rwanda. Journal of Demographic Economics, 83(1), 111-127. http://doi.org/10.1017/dem.2016.28

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Ventelou, B., & Abu-Zaineh, M. (2016). Medicines and democracy: The importance of institutional quality in the relationship between health expenditure and health outcomes in the MENA region. Health Policy, 120(8), 929-935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.06.005

Clinical and health economic evaluations

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Protopopescu, C., Mpoudi-Etame, M., Omgba Bassega, P., Maradan, G., Olinga, J., Varloteaux, M., Tovar-Sanchez, T., Delaporte, E., Kouanfack, C., Boyer, S., for the NAMSAL ANRS 12313 Study Group. (2023). Improvements in patient-reported outcomes following initiation of dolutegravir-based or low-dose efavirenz-based first-line antiretroviral therapy: A four-year longitudinal analysis in Cameroon (NAMSAL ANRS 12313 trial). JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 94(3), 262–272. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000003273

• Mpoudi-Etame, M., Tovar-Sanchez, T., Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Omgba Bassega, P., Olinga, J., Mimbe, E., Foalem, M., Chiep, C., Edimo, S., Varloteaux, M., Pelloquin, R., Lamare, N., Boyer, S., Peeters, M., Reynes, J., Calmy, A., Hill, A., Delaporte, E., Kouanfack, C., for the NAMSAL ANRS 12313 Study Group. (2023). Durability of the Efficacy and Safety of Dolutegravir-based and low-dose Efavirenz–based regimens for the initial treatment of HIV-1 infection in Cameroon: week 192 data of NAMSAL-ANRS-12313 study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 10(12), ofad582. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad582

• Venter, F., Sokhela, S., Bosch, B., Akpomiemie, G., Mirchandani, M., McCann, K., Mpoudi-Etame, M., Tovar Sanchez, T., Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Calmy, A., Delaporte, E., Kouanfack, C., & Hill, A. (2023). Risks of hypertension with first-line dolutegravir (DTG) and tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) in the NAMSAL and ADVANCE trials. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 26(S3), e26134. [Abstract OALBB0504] https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.26134

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Iwuji, C., Okesola, N., Orne-Gliemann, J., Pillay, D., Dabis, F., Larmarange, J., Boyer, S., for the  ANRS 12249 TasP Study Group. (2022). Costs and economies of scale in repeated home-based HIV counselling and testing: Evidence from the ANRS 12249 Treatment as Prevention trial in South Africa. Social Science & Medicine, 305, 115068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115068

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Nishimwe, M.L., Tovar-Sanchez, T., Lantche Wandji, M., Mpoudi-Etame, M., Maradan, G., Omgba Bassega, P., Varloteaux, M., Montoyo, A., Kouanfack, C., Delaporte, E., Boyer, S., for The NAMSAL ANRS 12313 Study Group. (2021). Cost-utility analysis of a dolutegravir-based versus low-dose efavirenz-based regimen for the initial treatment of HIV-infected patients in Cameroon (NAMSAL ANRS 12313 trial). PharmacoEconomics, 39, 331-343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-020-00987-3

• Boyer, S., Nishimwe, M. L., Sagaon-Teyssier, L., March, L., Koulla-Shiro, S., Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Toby, R., Mpoudi-Etame, M. P., Ngom Gueye, N. F., Sawadogo, A., Kouanfack, C., Ciaffi, L., Spire, B., & Delaporte, E., for the 2-Lady Group. (2020). Cost-effectiveness of three alternative boosted protease inhibitor-based second-line regimens in HIV-infected patients in West and Central Africa. PharmacoEconomics - Open, 4, 45-60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41669-019-0157-9

• Garay, O.U., Nishimwe, M.L., Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Janah, A., Girard, P.M., Chêne, G., Moinot, L., Sagaon-Teyssier, L., Meynard, J.-L., Spire, B., & Boyer, S. (2019). Cost-effectiveness analysis of lopinavir/ritonavir monotherapy versus standard combination antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 infected patients with viral suppression in France (ANRS 140 DREAM). PharmacoEconomics - Open, 3, 505-515. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41669-019-0130-7

Medical papers in the NAMSAL ANRS 12313 Study Group

• Calmy, A., ..., for The New Antiretroviral and Monitoring Strategies in HIV-infected Adults in Low-Income Countries (NAMSAL) ANRS 12313 Study Group. (2020). Dolutegravir-based and low-dose efavirenz-based regimen for the initial treatment of HIV-1 infection (NAMSAL): week 96 results from a two-group, multicentre, randomised, open label, phase 3 non-inferiority trial in Cameroon. The Lancet HIV, 7(10), e677-e687. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(20)30238-1

• The NAMSAL ANRS 12313 Study Group. (2019). Dolutegravir-based or low-dose efavirenz-based regimen for the treatment of HIV-1. New England Journal of Medicine, 381(9), 816-826. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1904340

Health, fertility, and development

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q. (2017). Childhood mortality, childhood morbidity, and subsequent fertility decisions. Journal of Demographic Economics, 83(2), 211-244. https://doi.org/10.1017/dem.2017.7

  • Codes and data available from RePEc: https://ideas.repec.org/c/ctl/louvdc/2017003.html

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q. (2017). The effect of child mortality on fertility behaviors is non-linear: New evidence from Senegal. Review of Economics of the Household, 15(1), 93-113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-014-9264-7

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., & Onori, D. (2016). Financial openness, aggregate consumption, and threshold effects. Pacific Economic Review, 21(3), 358-380. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0106.12178

Book chapters

• Ravalihasy, A., Coulibaly, K., & Bousmah, M.-a.-Q. (2023). La mesure de l'empowerment en santé sexuelle : réflexion critique sur les indicateurs. In A. Desgrées du Loû & A. Gosselin (Eds.) Vers l'empowerment en santé : recherches communautaires autour du projet Makasi. Paris, France: ANRS | MIE, Collection Sciences sociales et sida, p. 35-44. https://anrs.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/anrs-makasi-pdf-leger.pdf

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Senne, J.-N., & Gubert, F. (2023). Impact de l'intervention Makasi sur l'accès à la couverture maladie. In A. Desgrées du Loû & A. Gosselin (Eds.) Vers l'empowerment en santé : recherches communautaires autour du projet Makasi. Paris, France: ANRS | MIE, Collection Sciences sociales et sida, p. 71-79. https://anrs.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/anrs-makasi-pdf-leger.pdf

• Andrianirina, N.S., Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Comblon, V., Gosselin, A., Gubert, F., & Senne, J.-N. (2023). Le coût de l'intervention Makasi. In A. Desgrées du Loû & A. Gosselin (Eds.) Vers l'empowerment en santé : recherches communautaires autour du projet Makasi. Paris, France: ANRS | MIE, Collection Sciences sociales et sida, p. 93-96. https://anrs.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/anrs-makasi-pdf-leger.pdf

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Ravalihasy, A., & Coulibaly, K. (2023). Mesurer et comprendre les impacts de l'intervention Makasi : enjeux méthodologiques et retours critiques. In A. Desgrées du Loû & A. Gosselin (Eds.) Vers l'empowerment en santé : recherches communautaires autour du projet Makasi. Paris, France: ANRS | MIE, Collection Sciences sociales et sida, p. 113-122. https://anrs.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/anrs-makasi-pdf-leger.pdf

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Lalou, R., Sambe, A., & Ventelou, B. (2017). Niveau économique des ménages, indicateurs de pauvreté. In V. Delaunay (Ed.) "La situation démographique dans la zone de Niakhar, 1963-2014." Dakar, Senegal: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, p. 35-41. http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.25720.14087

Research and policy briefs

• Andrianirina, N.S., Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Gosselin, A., Gubert, F., & Senne, J.-N. (2023). Coûts d'une intervention de renforcement de la capacité d'agir en santé sexuelle auprès de personnes immigrées originaires d'Afrique Subsaharienne en situation de précarité. Note de Recherche Makasi, N°4: Mars 2023, Paris, France: Ceped. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7751883

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Boyer, S., Lalou, R., & Ventelou, B. (2022). Les rôles de l'accès à l'information et des facteurs géographiques dans l’adhésion à l’assurance santé en milieu rural sénégalais. Note de Politique Unissahel. Paris, France: Ceped. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7752219

Scientific vulgarization

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., & Ventelou, B. (2025). Vers la couverture sanitaire universelle en Afrique subsaharienne : le paradoxe des mutuelles de santé au Sénégal. The Conversation, 13 May 2025.

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Desgrées du Loû, A., & Gosselin, A. (2023). Faut-il supprimer l'Aide médicale de l’État ? Ce que nous dit la recherche scientifique. The Conversation, 17 December 2023.

• Abu-Zaineh, M., Mita, J., & Bousmah, M.-a.-Q. (2022). Cesarean section epidemic: The Algerian case. Dialogues Économiques, 21 September 2022. Marseille, France: Aix-Marseille School of Economics.

  • French version available here

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Combes, J.-B.S., Abu-Zaineh, M., & Lapique, C. (2020). Immigrants and citizens: Equal in health? Dialogues Économiques, 13 May 2020. Marseille, France: Aix-Marseille School of Economics.

  • French version available here

Media

• Pauline Penot, Marwân-al-Qays Bousmah, Annabel Desgrées du Loû & Nicolas Vignier. Aide médicale de l’État : « Supprimer l’accès universel à la santé n’aura aucune influence sur les flux migratoires ». La Croix, 30 January 2024.

Working papers

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Sokhna, C., Boyer, S., & Ventelou, B. (2025). Uptake of and willingness to pay for health insurance in rural Senegal: a reinforcement effect. AHEAD Working Paper Series, No. 01/2025, AHEAD Research Network.

• Coste, M. & Bousmah, M.-a.-Q. (2022). Validation d'un score d'obstacles perçus à l’accès aux soins en zone rurale au Sénégal pour prédire l’utilisation des services de santé. Document de Travail Unissahel n°2, Juillet 2022. Paris, France: Ceped. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6997903

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Diakhaté P., Toulao G.à.D., Le Hesran J.-Y., & Lalou, R. (2022). Les effets de l'adhésion gratuite aux mutuelles de santé communautaires sur l'utilisation des services de santé et la protection financière : Le cas des personnes indigentes bénéficiaires du Programme National de Bourses de Sécurité Familiale (PNBSF) en milieu rural sénégalais. Document de Travail Unissahel n°1, Juillet 2022. Paris, France: Ceped. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6997614

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Combes, J.-B.S., & Abu-Zaineh, M. (2018). Health differentials between citizens and immigrants in Europe : A heterogeneous convergence. AHEAD Working Paper Series, No. 03/2018, AHEAD Research Network.

• Zehnati, A., Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., & Abu-Zaineh, M. (2017). Public-private differentials in health care delivery : The case of cesarean deliveries in Algeria. AHEAD Working Paper Series, No. 02/2017, AHEAD Research Network.

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., Ventelou, B., & Abu-Zaineh, M. (2016). Medicines and democracy : The importance of institutional quality in the relationship between health expenditure and health outcomes in the MENA region. AHEAD Working Paper Series, No. 01/2016, AHEAD Research Network.

• Bousmah, M.-a.-Q., & Onori D. (2015). Financial openness, aggregate consumption and threshold effects. LEO Working Papers, n° DR LEO 2015-05, Laboratoire d'Économie d'Orléans, Université d’Orléans.