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Mr Francis Ruiz

Senior Policy Fellow, iDSI

United Kingdom

I am a Senior Policy Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Since 2001, my work has focused on health economics and Health Technology Assessment (and related disciplines), with over 10 years experience working at a national government agency in the UK (NICE) responsible for coverage decisions and providing guidance to the British health care system.

My work since 2010 has been on supporting the institutionalization of evidence informed priority setting in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs), mostly as part of the International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI) which has received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) since 2013. My activities have focused on the coordination and delivery of technical assistance activities with government partners in LMIC settings. While I have most recently been supporting capacity strengthening and strategic development of HTA in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Ghana, Rwanda and Nigeria, I have also worked in South-East Asia (China and Philippines) in helping build institutional structures for evidence-informed priority setting. I have also supported the development of global public goods (knowledge products) drawing on these experiences.

Future research work includes the appropriate consideration of environmental impacts and climate change within an evidence informed priority setting process such as HTA, with a specific focus on waterborne diseases.

Affiliations

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

Research

Barriers and facilitators to evidence-informed priority setting in LMICs

Adapting HTA processes and methods to accommodate constraints in analytical capacity or time

Evidence informed priority setting and HTA in the context of climate change, including appropriate evaluation techniques and processes
Research Area
Health economics
Health technology assessment
Climate change
Disease and Health Conditions
Infectious diseases
Non-communicable diseases
Country
Ghana
Rwanda
Nigeria
Philippines
China
Romania
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)
Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)

Selected Publications

Rapid cost-effectiveness analysis: hemodialysis versus peritoneal dialysis for patients with acute kidney injury in Rwanda.
Nemzoff, C; Ahmed, N; Olufiranye, T; Igiraneza, G; Kalisa, I; Chadha, S; Hakiba, S; Rulisa, A; Riro, M; Chalkidou, K; Ruiz, F;
2024
Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E
The epidemiological and economic burden of diabetes in Ghana: A scoping review to inform health technology assessment.
Kazibwe, J; Gad, M; Abassah-Konadu, E; Amankwah, I; Owusu, R; Gulbi, G; TORRES-RUEDA, S; Asare, B; VASSALL, A; RUIZ, F;
2024
PLOS global public health
A Scoping Review and Taxonomy of Epidemiological-Macroeconomic Models of COVID-19.
BONNET, G; PEARSON, CA B; TORRES-RUEDA, S; RUIZ, F; Lines, J; JIT, M; VASSALL, A; SWEENEY, S;
2023
Value in health
Health technology assessment (HTA) readiness in Uganda: stakeholder's perceptions on the potential application of HTA to support national universal health coverage efforts.
Mayora, C; KAZIBWE, J; Ssempala, R; Nakimuli, B; Ssennyonjo, A; Ekirapa, E; Byakika, S; Aliti, T; Musila, T; Gad, M; VASSALL, A; RUIZ, F; Ssengooba, F;
2023
International journal of technology assessment in health care
ROAD2H: Development and evaluation of an open-source explainable artificial intelligence approach for managing co-morbidity and clinical guidelines.
Domínguez, J; Prociuk, D; Marović, B; Čyras, K; Cocarascu, O; RUIZ, F; Mi, E; Mi, E; Ramtale, C; Rago, A; Darzi, A; Toni, F; Curcin, V; Delaney, B;
2023
Learning health systems
Economic evaluations of non-communicable diseases conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa: a critical review of data sources.
Hollingworth, SA; Leaupepe, G-A; Nonvignon, J; Fenny, AP; Odame, EA; RUIZ, F;
2023
Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E
GRADE guidance 23: considering cost-effectiveness evidence in moving from evidence to health-related recommendations.
Xie, F; Shemilt, I; VALE, L; RUIZ, F; Drummond, MF; Lord, J; Herrmann, KH; Rojas, MX; Zhang, Y; Canelo-Aybar, C; Alonso-Coello, P; Shamliyan, T; Schünemann, HJ;
2023
Journal of clinical epidemiology
Adaptive Health Technology Assessment: A Scoping Review of Methods.
NEMZOFF, C; Shah, HA; Heupink, LF; Regan, L; Ghosh, S; Pincombe, M; Guzman, J; SWEENEY, S; RUIZ, F; VASSALL, A;
2023
Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) readiness in Uganda: Stakeholder’s perceptions on the potential application of HTA to support National Universal Health Coverage efforts
Mayora, C; KAZIBWE, J; Ssempala, R; Nakimuli, B; Ssenyonjo, A; Ekirapa, E; Byakika, S; Aliti, T; Musila, T; Gad, M; Vassall, A; RUIZ, F; Ssengooba, F;
2023
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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