Margo van Gurp

Datos Biográficos

ID7580875
NOMBREMargo van Gurp
NOMBRESMargo
APELLIDOvan Gurp
FIRMAVAN GURP M
AFILIACIONESRoyal Tropical Institute
ORCID0000-0001-6015-5301
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Assessing the impact of the Taliban takeover on accessibility, availability, acceptability and quality of public healthcare facilities in Afghanistan

    Open AccessMargo van Gurp, Partamin Manalai et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    INTRODUCTION: After the Taliban took over the Afghan government in August 2021, funds for the public healthcare system were suspended, the economy collapsed and female education and mobility were restricted. We examined the impact of the takeover on the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of public healthcare in Afghanistan. METHODS: We conducted a mixed-methods study to assess the impact of the Taliban takeover on Afghanistan'…

  • Local systems, local solutions

    Open AccessRelmbuss Biljers Fanda, Ari Probandari et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    INTRODUCTION: Ensuring free access to essential medicines is a cornerstone of universal health coverage, yet many countries face persistent local disparities in medicine availability. This study investigates the factors driving variation in essential medicine availability in primary health facilities across Indonesia, focusing on the functionality of Local Pharmaceutical Systems (LOPHAS) and the influence of socioeconomic and geographical environ…

  • Determinants of health seeking behaviour in South Sudan

    Open AccessIlja Obels, Harry Coleman et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Survey respondents' state of residence and awareness of CHWs were associated with health seeking, while their state of residence, age, whether they paid for medication or not, travel time and distance to facilities were associated with choice of facility. Our results suggest differences in patterns of HSB between states, but studies with larger sample sizes are needed to analyse this. Furthermore, qualitative studies into access to healthcare in …

  • The availability of essential medicines in public healthcare facilities in Afghanistan

    Open AccessMargo van Gurp, Sandra Alba et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2025

    During the past two decades, the Afghan government, along with the international community, has developed a system aimed at improving access to essential healthcare services under Afghanistan’s challenging sociopolitical and geographical circumstances. In 31 provinces, nonstate actors competed for fixed-term contracts to implement a predefined package of healthcare services. In three provinces, the government organized the provision of healthcare…

  • Third party monitoring for health in Afghanistan

    Open AccessSandra Alba, Eelco Jacobs et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    Third party monitoring (TPM) is used in development programming to assess deliverables in a contract relationship between purchasers (donors or government) and providers (non-governmental organisations or non-state entities). In this paper, we draw from our experience as public health professionals involved in implementing and monitoring the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) and the Essential Package of Hospital Services (EPHS) as part of t…

  • Finagle’s laws of information

    Open AccessSandra Alba, Callum Taylor et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    Evaluations cannot support evidence-informed decision making if they do not provide the information needed by decision-makers. In this article, we reflect on our own difficulties evaluating the Geo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development (GRID3) approach, an intervention that provides high-resolution demographic and geographical information to support health service delivery. GRID3 was implemented in Nigeria’s northern stat…