Publications
Mohan, S. et al. (2026) "Estimating System-Wide Healthcare Costs Using a Health System Model: Application to the Thanzi La Onse Model of Malawi", Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-026-01030-w
Tafesse, W. Hussain, A., Suhrcke, M. (2025) Women’s age at marriage and obesity in Pakistan (with Akseer Hussain and Marc Suhrcke) Economics & Human Biology, Forthcoming, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2025.101525
Mohan, S. et al. (2024) “Factors associated with medical consumable availability in level 1 facilities in Malawi: A secondary analysis of a facility census”, The Lancet Global Health, 12, 6.
Tafesse, W., & Chalkley, M. (2024). "The Difference in Clinical Knowledge Between Staff Employed at Faith-based and Public Facilities in Malawi", Christian Journal for Global Health, 11(1), 46–63. https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v11i1.853
Tafesse, W., Jemutai, J., Mayora, C., Margini, F. (2024) "Scoping Review of Health Economics Research on Refugee Health in Sub-Saharan Africa", Value in Health Regional Issues, Volume 39, 98-106, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2023.10.008.
Dolton, P., Tafesse, W. (2022) “Childhood obesity, is fast food exposure a factor?” Economics & Human Biology, 46, 101153, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2022.101153.
Tafesse, W. (2022) “The effect of Universal Salt Iodization on cognitive test scores in rural India”, World Development, Volume 152, 105796, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105796.
Tafesse, W., Chalkley, M.(2021) “Faith-based provision of sexual and reproductive healthcare in Malawi”, Social Science & Medicine, 282, 113997, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113997.
Kamanzi, A., McKay, A., Newell, A., Rienzo, C., Tafesse, W. (2021). "Education, Access to Better Quality Work and Gender: Lessons from the Kagera Panel Data Set". Journal of African Economies, Volume 30, 103–127, https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejaa011.
Ramponi, F., Tafesse, W., Griffin, S. (2020). "Economic evaluation of interventions to address undernutrition: a systematic review". Health Policy and Planning. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czaa149.
Working papers
She, B. et al. (2026) "Where does healthcare worker time go? Evidence from a time-and-motion study in Malawi", medRxiv 2026.05.04.26352396 (joint last author with Tim Colbourn). Submitted to BMC Human Resources for Health.
Tafesse, W. et al. (2025) "Ownership and Quality of Primary Care: A Comparative Analysis of Public and Faith-Based Providers in Malawi", medRxiv 2025.11.18.25340538. Submitted to SSM.
Collins, J., Tafesse, W. et al. (2025) "Healthcare service user-reported quality of care in Malawi: a national multi-facility cross-sectional study", medRxiv 2025.09.10.25335306. Under review at BMJ Open.
Mohan, S. et al. (2024) "Conceptualising Health Systems for Economic Evaluation: A Review and Framework for Health System Models". Submitted to BMJ Global Health.
Nkhoma, D. et al. (2024) "Thanzi La Mawa (TLM) datasets: health worker time and motion, patient exit interview and follow-up, and health facility resources, perceptions and quality in Malawi", medRxiv 2024.11.14.24317330. Under review at Wellcome Open Research.
Chalkley, M. et al. (2024) "Incorporating an economic approach to production in a health system model", arXiv:2508.11730.
Tafesse, W., Manthalu, G., Chalkley, M. (2019) "The effect of government contracting with faith-based health care providers in Malawi", CHE Research Paper 167.
Work in progress
The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Health: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Pakistan's Benazir Income Support Programme" (with Akseer Hussain and Marc Suhrcke).
Health and Financial Risks of Obesity in Ageing India: A Focus on Vulnerable Populations (with Archana Dang).
What doesn't kill you, makes you more anxious: The effect of civil conflict on mental health in Nepal.
Obesity and Inequality in India (with Archana Dang and Sunaina Dhingra). Early stage.