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Mr Francis Ruiz

Senior Policy Advisor

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

Centres

Global Health Economics Centre

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

A budget apart: the case for ringfencing medicines in the UK.
RUIZ, F; BRIGGS, A;
2026
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Economic Evaluation of the Health Impacts of Climate Action (or inaction): A Deep Dive into Social Cost of Carbon, Value of a Statistical Life, Equity, Macroeconomic Modelling, and Discounting
MacClancy, C; Oyalo, P; Cubi Molla, P; Hussain, H; Cairns, J; Keogh-Brown, M; Jofre‐Bonet, M; BRIGGS, A; RUIZ, F; Whitmee, S; Dasgupta, S; MacClancy, C;
2026
Elsevier BV
Achieving universal coverage of childhood cancers in Ghana via the National Health Insurance Scheme: A stakeholder analysis.
Owusu, R; Heupink, LF; Gulbi, G; Asare, B; Amankwah, I; Abassah-Konadu, E; Otoo, DD; Azeez, J; Gyansa-Lutterodt, M; Dsane-Selby, L; Mensah, RA; Yevutsey, S; Omane-Adjekum, W; RUIZ, F; Gad, M; Nonvignon, J; Chola, L; Ghana Health Technology Assessment Technical Worki,;
2025
PLOS global public health
Gaps and opportunities for data systems and economics to support priority setting for climate-sensitive infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: A rapid scoping review.
DELIGHT, EA; BRUNN, AA; RUIZ, F; GERARD, J; FALCONER, J; Liu, Y; BAH, B; Bett, B; Uzochukwu, B; Oloko, OK; Njuguna, E; MURRAY, KA;
2025
PLOS global public health
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
Data for "Gaps and Opportunities for Economics and Data Systems to Support Priority Setting for Climate-Sensitive Infectious Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Rapid Scoping Review"
Delight, E; Brunn, A; RUIZ, F; GERARD, J; FALCONER, J; LIU, Y; BAH, B; Bett, B; Uzochukwu, B; Oloko, O; Njuguna, E; MURRAY, K;
2025
Open Science Framework
Is health technology assessment value for money? Estimating the return on investment of health technology assessment in India (HTAIn).
Bahuguna, P; Baker, PA; BRIGGS, A; Gulliver, S; Hesselgreaves, H; Mehndiratta, A; RUIZ, F; Tyagi, K; Wu, O; Guzman, J; Grieve, E;
2025
BMJ evidence-based medicine
Search strategies for "Guidance on the economic evaluation of the health impacts of climate action"
FALCONER, J; BRIGGS, A; RUIZ, F; Cubi-Molla, P; Dasgupta, S; WHITMEE, S;
2025
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Standards for the conduct and reporting of health technology assessments: Ghana reference case of HTA and economic evaluations.
Owusu, R; Asare, BA; Aryeetey, GC; Amankwah, I; Abassah-Konadu, E; Gulbi, G; Yevutsey, S; Torres Rueda, S; Kazibwe, J; RUIZ, F; Zeez, J; Ghana Health Technology Assessment Technical Worki,; Nonvignon, J;
2025
International journal of technology assessment in health care
Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of covering Burkitt lymphoma in children under Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme.
Owusu, R; Pritchard, D; Heupink, LF; Gulbi, G; Asare, B; Amankwah, I; Azeez, J; Gyansa-Lutterodt, M; Dsane-Selby, L; Mensah, RA; Omane-Adjekum, W; RUIZ, F; Gad, M; Nonvignon, J; Chola, L; Ghana Health Technology Assessment Technical Worki,;
2025
Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E
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