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Mr Kenneth Roger Katumba

Research Student - MPhil/PhD - Public Health & Policy

United Kingdom

I am a Health Economist at the MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit (Uganda), and a Research Fellow in the Global Health and Development Department at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK). I hold a PhD in Health Economics from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, where my research used mixed quantitative and qualitative methods to examine how women at high risk of HIV acquisition can be offered cost-effective choices of HIV prevention methods.

 

My work focuses on the economic evaluation of health interventions, including cost and cost-effectiveness analysis, wellbeing research, quality-of-life valuation, health economics capacity strengthening, and promoting the uptake of research evidence in policy and practice. I have led and supported research across East and West Africa and have experience working in France. I also hold a Master of Public Health from EHESP French School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Science in Quantitative Economics from Makerere University. 

 

My current research interests are in investigating how technology can be leveraged to improve the impact and implementation of interventions in health. 

Affiliations

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

Centres

Global Health Economics Centre

Teaching

I have tutored and supervised masters students at the LSHTM, and delivered short health economics courses in Uganda.

Research

Behavioural economics
Behaviour change
Economics of sex work
Mixed methods
Health economics
HIV/AIDS
Sexually transmitted disease
Uganda

Selected Publications

Economic burden of depressive disorders and HIV for people living with HIV in Uganda.
Katana, PV; ROSS, I; Kiconco, BE; Tenywa, P; NEUMAN, M; Ssembajjwe, W; SEKITOLEKO, I; KATUMBA, KR; Kinyanda, E; Laurence, YV; GRECO, G;
2026
Health policy and planning
Assessing the effectiveness of a depression-integrated model in adult HIV care in Uganda (the HIV+D trial): a cluster-randomised controlled trial.
Kinyanda, E; Kyohangirwe, L; Mpango, RS; SEKITOLEKO, I; Ssembajjwe, W; Tusiime, C; Ssebunnya, J; KATUMBA, K; Kiconco, BE; Laurence, Y; Tenya, P; Turyahabwa, J; Katana, P; ROSS, I; Vassall, A; GRECO, G; Mugisha, J; Taasi, G; Sentongo, H; Akena, D; Muhwezi, WW; WEISS, HA; NEUMAN, M; Knizek, BL; Levin, J; ... Patel, V.
2026
The lancet. HIV
Crises and complexity: how can we make health interventions succeed?
MKRTCHYAN, Z; Moyo, Y; BOZZANI, F; INGOLD, H; MEDLEY, G; Torres-Rueda, S; Terris-Prestholt, F; GUINNESS, L; Evaluation of Social and Population Health Interve,; Foss, AM; Ruiz, F;
2025
Health policy and planning
Future delivery pathways and costs for next generation HIV and pregnancy prevention products
BOZZANI, F; KATUMBA, K; GAFOS, M; Torres-Rueda, S; Gomez, G;
2024
HIV R4P
Young women’s use of existing contraceptive and HIV prevention products and preferences for future multi-purpose prevention technologies (MPTs) in Kampala and Nairobi: finding from a respondent driven sampling (RDS) survey
Lunani, L; GAFOS, M; Indravudh, P; KATUMBA, K; Anzala, O; MAYANJA, Y; Kuteesa, M; Machira, Y; Gomez, G; NEUMAN, M;
2024
HIV R4P
Understanding the contexts in which female sex workers sell sex in Kampala, Uganda: a qualitative study.
KATUMBA, KR; Haumba, M; MAYANJA, Y; Machira, YW; GAFOS, M; Quaife, M; SEELEY, J; GRECO, G;
2024
BMC Women's Health
Understanding the Structural Factors that Influence Female Sex Work in Kampala, Uganda
KATUMBA, K; Gomez, G; Indravudh, P; Machira, Y; GAFOS, M;
2023
iHEA
Understanding the Structural Factors that Influence Female Sex Work in Kampala, Uganda
KATUMBA, K; Gomez, G; Indravudh, P; Machira, Y; GAFOS, M;
2023
iHEA
Process and costs for readiness to safely implement immediate kangaroo mother care: a mixed methods evaluation from the OMWaNA trial at five hospitals in Uganda.
MEDVEDEV, MM; Tumukunde, V; Kirabo-Nagemi, C; GRECO, G; Mambule, I; KATUMBA, K; Waiswa, P; TANN, CJ; ELBOURNE, D; ALLEN, E; Ekirapa-Kiracho, E; PITT, C; LAWN, JE;
2023
BMC health services research
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