Dr Tanya Marchant MSc PhD
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- LSHTM
- Keppel Street
- London
- WC1E 7HT
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Tanya has training in demography (Demography in Health MSc, LSHTM, 1996) and epidemiology (Epidemiology PhD, Swiss Tropical Institute, 2001).
She lived in The Gambia at the Farafenni Medical Reseach Centre site 1990-95 working for Harvard School of Public Health; in Ifakara, Tanzania 1997-2000 working for Ifakara Health Institute and Swiss Tropical Institute; and in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania 2004-07 working for LSHTM and IHI. Since 2007 Tanya has been based at LSHTM in London.
Affiliation
Teaching
Tanya teaches on Epidemiology courses in-house (Seminar leader on Basic Epidemiology) and distance learning (Module organiser for Practical Epidemiology and deputy MO for Study Design), and supervises PhD students.
Research
Her research has centred around issues in reproductive and child health. This began with investigations into fertility preferences and priorities in Gambia and Tanzania and moved onto the prevention of anaemia and malaria in pregnancy. More recently her focus has been on options for delivering care to mothers and newborns both at home and in health facilities in sub Saharan African and India.
Research areas
- Complex interventions
- Evaluation
- Maternal health
- Neonatal health
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
- Operational research
Disease and Health Conditions
- Malaria
Regions
- South Asia
- Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)
Countries
- Ethiopia
- India
- Nigeria
- Tanzania
- Uganda
Other interests
- MARCH
- Malaria Centre
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Selected publications
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Timing of delivery of malaria preventive interventions in pregnancy: results from the Tanzania national voucher programme
Marchant, T.; Hanson, K.; Nathan, R.; Mponda, H.; Bruce, J.; Jones, C.; Sedekia, Y.; Mshinda, H.; Schellenberg, J.;
J Epidemiol Community Health, 2011; 65(1):78-82
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Price subsidies and the market for mosquito nets in developing countries: A study of Tanzania's discount voucher scheme
Gingrich, C.D.; Hanson, K.; Marchant, T.; Mulligan, J.A.; Mponda, H.
Social Science & Medicine, 2011; 73(1):160-168
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Assessment of a national voucher scheme to deliver insecticide-treated mosquito nets to pregnant women.
Marchant, T.; Schellenberg, D.; Nathan, R.; Armstrong-Schellenberg, J.; Mponda, H.; Jones, C.; Sedekia, Y.; Bruce, J.; Hanson, K.;
CMAJ, 2010; 182(2):152-6
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Household demand for insecticide-treated bednets in Tanzania and policy options for increasing uptake.
Gingrich, C.D.; Hanson, K.G.; Marchant, T.J.; Mulligan, J.A.; Mponda, H.;
Health Policy Plan, 2010;
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Measuring newborn foot length to identify small babies in need of extra care: a cross sectional hospital based study with community follow-up in Tanzania.
Marchant, T.; Jaribu, J.; Penfold, S.; Tanner, M.; Schellenberg, J.A.;
BMC Public Health, 2010; 10:624
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Household ownership and use of insecticide treated nets among target groups after implementation of a national voucher programme in the United Republic of Tanzania: plausibility study using three annual cross sectional household surveys.
Hanson, K.; Marchant, T.; Nathan, R.; Mponda, H.; Jones, C.; Bruce, J.; Mshinda, H.; Schellenberg, J.A.;
BMJ, 2009; 339:b2434
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Vouchers for scaling up insecticide-treated nets in Tanzania: methods for monitoring and evaluation of a national health system intervention.
Hanson, K.; Nathan, R.; Marchant, T.; Mponda, H.; Jones, C.; Bruce, J.; Stephen, G.; Mulligan, J.; Mshinda, H.; Schellenberg, J.A.;
BMC Public Health, 2008; 8:205
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Individual, facility and policy level influences on national coverage estimates for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Tanzania.
Marchant, T.; Nathan, R.; Jones, C.; Mponda, H.; Bruce, J.; Sedekia, Y.; Schellenberg, J.; Mshinda, H.; Hanson, K.;
Malar J, 2008; 7:260
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