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Ms Silke Fernandes

Research Fellow

United Kingdom

I joined LSHTM in late 2008 after completing the MSc "Public Health for Developing Countries" here at the school. The focus of my studies was on epidemiology, statistics and health economics. I also have a MSc in Molecular Biology from the University of Basel in Switzerland.

Prior to coming to London, I have worked as a project manager in Switzerland followed by two years in South America.

Affiliations

Department of Global Health and Development
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Centres

Malaria Centre
Global Health Economics Centre

Teaching

I am a module co-organizer of term 3 module 3198 "Applying Public Health Principles", which is attended every year by between 60- 80 students. I teach various seminars, give lectures, update/write teaching and seminar materials, organize all seminars every year.

I sometimes have tutees or summer project students. I also sit on the exam board of the MSC PH4D.

Research

I work part-time, mainly on cost-effectiveness or economic analysis of malaria interventions and interventions during pregnancy. Currently, I am part of the Plus Project, a large scale evaluation of Perennial Malaria Chemoprevention in 7 African countries. In recent years, I have worked on the cost-effectiveness analysis of the RTS,S malaria vaccine versus Seasonal Chemoprophylaxis in Burkina Faso and Mali and the cost-effectiveness analysis of intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisin in HIV negative and positive women (STOPMIP and IMPROVE trials).

Other recent projects include the economic burden of congenital Zika syndrome in Brazil, the costing of a antimicrobial resistance surveillance system in three case study countries and a risk factor analysis for depression, anxiety and stress in mothers of babies with congenital zika syndrome.

I am currently also enrolled as a staff PhD at LSHTM. My thesis focuses on the economics of malaria during pregnancy and will hopefully be completed in 2024.

My many other research interests include mental health, maternal and newborn health, antimicrobial resistance and applying economic evaluation to current public health policy questions.

My main research interests are in maternal and child health with a particular focus on pregnancy and newborn health. Other areas I find intriguing include mental health of mother and child, impact of parenting/pregnancy interventions with a focus on mental health, long term health impact of diseases, applying economic evaluation to current public health policy questions and optimizing service delivery and health services for disabled people.

Research Area
Child health
Global Health
Maternal health
Epidemiology
Health economics
Economic evaluation
Evaluation
Disease and Health Conditions
Malaria
Infectious diseases
Emerging infectious diseases
Vector borne diseases
Mental health
Country
Afghanistan
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Colombia
Ethiopia
Gambia
India
Kenya
Malawi
Mali
Mozambique
Papua New Guinea
South Africa
Tanzania
Uganda
Ghana
Chile
Cote d'Ivoire
Benin
Zambia
Region
East Asia & Pacific (developing only)
Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

Selected Publications

The economic burden of congenital Zika Syndrome in Brazil: an overview at 5 years and 10 years.
FERNANDES, S; Pinto, M; Barros, L; Moreira, ME L; De Araújo, TV B; Lyra, TM; Valongueiro, S; Jofre-Bonet, M; KUPER, H;
2022
BMJ Global Health
Catastrophic expenditure on congenital Zika syndrome: results of a cross-sectional study of caregivers of children in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pinto, M; Moreira, ME L; Barros, LB D P; Costa, AC C D; FERNANDES, S; KUPER, H;
2022
SciELO journals
Access to health care for people with stroke in South Africa: a qualitative study of community perspectives.
SMYTHE, T; Inglis-Jassiem, G; Conradie, T; Kamalakannan, S; FERNANDES, S; Van-Niekerk, SM; English, R; WEBSTER, J; HAMEED, S; Louw, QA;
2022
BMC health services research
Additional file 1 of Access to health care for people with stroke in South Africa: a qualitative study of community perspectives
SMYTHE, T; Inglis-Jassiem, G; Conradie, T; Kamalakannan, S; FERNANDES, S; Van-Niekerk, SM; English, R; WEBSTER, J; HAMEED, S; Louw, QA;
2022
Figshare
Towards universal health coverage for people with stroke in South Africa: a scoping review.
Van Niekerk, S-M; Kamalakannan, S; Inglis-Jassiem, G; Charumbira, MY; FERNANDES, S; WEBSTER, J; English, R; Louw, QA; SMYTHE, T;
2021
BMJ open
[Catastrophic expenditure on congenital Zika syndrome: results of a cross-sectional study of caregivers of children in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil].
Pinto, M; Moreira, ME L; Barros, LB D P; Costa, AC C D; FERNANDES, S; KUPER, H;
2021
Cadernos de saude publica
I WAS INDEPENDENT BEFORE THE STROKE, NOW MY SON IS HELPING ME, CLEANING THE HOUSE AND DOING HIS SCHOOLWORK
Inglis-Jassiem, G; Conradie, T; Van Niekerk, S-M; HAMEED, S; Kamalakannan, S; FERNANDES, S; WEBSTER, J; English, R; Smythe, T; Louw, Q;
2021
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE
EVALUATING HEALTH SYSTEMS TO INFORM UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE FOR PEOPLE WITH STROKE - A SOUTH AFRICAN CASE STUDY
Inglis-Jassiem, G; Van Niekerk, S-M; Kamalakannan, S; Charumbira, M; FERNANDES, S; WEBSTER, J; English, R; Louw, Q; Smythe, T;
2021
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE
Estimating the cost of congenital Zika syndrome to families and healthcare providers in Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco, Brazil: results of a case-control study
Pinto, M; FERNANDES, S; Barros, L; Valongueiro, S; Moreira, ME L; Barreto de Araújo, TV; Jofre-Bonet, M; Entringer, A; Lyra, TM; KUPER, H;
2021
Wellcome Open Research
Cost-effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for malaria during pregnancy: an analysis using efficacy results from Uganda and Kenya, and pooled data.
FERNANDES, S; Were, V; Gutman, J; Dorsey, G; Kakuru, A; Desai, M; Kariuki, S; Kamya, MR; Ter Kuile, FO; HANSON, K;
2020
The Lancet. Global health
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