Seema Vyas BA MA
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Seema Vyas is an economist with a focus on econometric methods.
Affiliation
Teaching
Seema teaches on the Basic Statistics linear module, in addition, she has taught on the Economic Analysis for Health Policy and Social Epidemiology modules for the past two years. She is tutor on the MSc in Public Health in Developing Countries.
Research
Seema has worked with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for 6 years, initially concentrating on private health sector analysis and the economics of STI and HIV prevention. She is currently a PhD student in the Health Policy Unit, and her interest is focused on development initiatives and gender, in particular, understanding how economic factors including women's employment, financial autonomy and control over resources, influence risk and women's responses to intimate partner violence. She also has an interest in methodological issues e.g. measuring household poverty.
Research areas
- Statistical methods
Disciplines
- Economics
- Statistics
Other interests
- Development Economics
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Selected publications
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STI management in Tanzanian private drugstores - practices and roles of drugsellers
Viberg, N.; Mujinja, P.; Kalala, W.; Kumaranayake, L.; Vyas, S.; Tomson, G.; Stalsby Lundborg, C.
Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2009;
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Equity in community health insurance schemes: evidence and lessons from Armenia.
Polonsky, J.; Balabanova, D.; McPake, B.; Poletti, T.; Vyas, S.; Ghazaryan, O.; Yanni, M.K.;
Health Policy Plan, 2009; 24(3):209-16
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How does economic empowerment affect women's risk of intimate partner violence in low and middle income country settings?: A systematic review of published evidence
Vyas, S.; Watts, C.
J Int Dev, 2008;
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Low sale of antibiotics without prescription: a cross-sectional study in Zimbabwean private pharmacies
Nyazema, N.; Viberg, N.; Khoza, S.; Vyas, S.; Kumaranayake, L.; Tomson, G.; Lundborg, C.S.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2007; 59(4):718-726
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Investigating mosquito-net coverage in Nigeria. How useful are consumer marketing surveys?
Vyas, S.; Hanson, K.; Lines, J.;
Ann Trop Med Parasitol, 2007; 101(3):233-45
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The costs of treating curable sexually transmitted infections in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.
Terris-Prestholt, F.; Vyas, S.; Kumaranayake, L.; Mayaud, P.; Watts, C.;
Sex Transm Dis, 2006; 33(10 Suppl):S153-66
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Constructing socio-economic status indices: how to use principal components analysis.
Vyas, S.; Kumaranayake, L.;
Health Policy Plan, 2006; 21(6):459-68
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