Sonak Pastakia
Biographic Data
| ID | 3576577 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sonak Pastakia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sonak |
| FAMILY NAME | Pastakia |
| SIGNATURE | PASTAKIA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Indianapolis |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4259-695X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Barriers to accessing high-quality cancer medicines in Cameroon. A qualitative study of the views and practices of regulators and frontline healthcare providers
Cancer has become a major public health problem in Cameroon. In 2020, 20,000 new cases and 14,000 deaths were registered. Despite its high burden, access to quality medications for this condition continues to be a persistent challenge in the country. This study assessed the perceptions and practices of key stakeholders on barriers to accessing quality anticancer medicines in Cameroon. The overall goal was to generate data on key challenges relate…
Food insecurity is associated with greater difficulty accessing care among people living with HIV with or without comorbid non-communicable diseases in western Kenya
INTRODUCTION: The relationship between food insecurity and access to healthcare in low-resource settings remains unclear. Some studies find that food insecurity is a barrier to accessing care, while others report that food insecurity is associated with a greater need for care, leading to more care utilisation. We use data from the Harambee study in western Kenya to assess the association between food insecurity and difficulty accessing care among…
Economic outcomes among microfinance group members receiving community-based chronic disease care
A Global Health Reciprocal Innovation grant programme
Unilateral approaches to global health innovations can be transformed into cocreative, uniquely collaborative relationships between low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HIC), constituted as ‘reciprocal innovation’ (RI). Since 2018, the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) and Indiana University (IU) Center for Global Health Equity have led a grants programme sculpted from the core eleme…
The Relationship Between Household Microfinance Group Participation and Vaccine Adherence Among Children in Rural Western Kenya
Solving the problem of access to cardiovascular medicines
Availability of medicines for treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is low in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC). Supply chain models to improve the availability of quality CVD medicines in LMIC communities are urgently required. Our team established contextualised revolving fund pharmacies (RFPs) in rural western Kenya, whereby an initial stock of essential medicines was obtained through donations or purchase and then sold at a sm…
Leveraging the power of partnerships
BACKGROUND: The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) has been a model academic partnership in global health for nearly three decades, leveraging the power of a public-sector academic medical center and the tripartite academic mission - service, education, and research - to the challenges of delivering health care in a low-income setting. Drawing our mandate from the health needs of the population, we have scaled up service deliv…
Screening for diabetes and hypertension in a rural low income setting in western Kenya utilizing home-based and community-based strategies
BACKGROUND: The burdens of hypertension and diabetes are increasing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It is important to identify patients with these conditions early in the disease process. The goal of this study, therefore, is to compare community- versus home-based screening for hypertension and diabetes in Kenya. METHODS: This was a feasibility study conducted by the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) program in…
Screening for diabetes and hypertension in a rural low income setting in western Kenya utilizing home-based and community-based strategies
BACKGROUND: The burdens of hypertension and diabetes are increasing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It is important to identify patients with these conditions early in the disease process. The goal of this study, therefore, is to compare community- versus home-based screening for hypertension and diabetes in Kenya. METHODS: This was a feasibility study conducted by the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) program in…
Leveraging the power of partnerships
BACKGROUND: The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) has been a model academic partnership in global health for nearly three decades, leveraging the power of a public-sector academic medical center and the tripartite academic mission - service, education, and research - to the challenges of delivering health care in a low-income setting. Drawing our mandate from the health needs of the population, we have scaled up service deliv…
Solving the problem of access to cardiovascular medicines
Availability of medicines for treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is low in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC). Supply chain models to improve the availability of quality CVD medicines in LMIC communities are urgently required. Our team established contextualised revolving fund pharmacies (RFPs) in rural western Kenya, whereby an initial stock of essential medicines was obtained through donations or purchase and then sold at a sm…
The Relationship Between Household Microfinance Group Participation and Vaccine Adherence Among Children in Rural Western Kenya
A Global Health Reciprocal Innovation grant programme
Unilateral approaches to global health innovations can be transformed into cocreative, uniquely collaborative relationships between low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HIC), constituted as ‘reciprocal innovation’ (RI). Since 2018, the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) and Indiana University (IU) Center for Global Health Equity have led a grants programme sculpted from the core eleme…
Food insecurity is associated with greater difficulty accessing care among people living with HIV with or without comorbid non-communicable diseases in western Kenya
INTRODUCTION: The relationship between food insecurity and access to healthcare in low-resource settings remains unclear. Some studies find that food insecurity is a barrier to accessing care, while others report that food insecurity is associated with a greater need for care, leading to more care utilisation. We use data from the Harambee study in western Kenya to assess the association between food insecurity and difficulty accessing care among…
Economic outcomes among microfinance group members receiving community-based chronic disease care
Barriers to accessing high-quality cancer medicines in Cameroon. A qualitative study of the views and practices of regulators and frontline healthcare providers
Cancer has become a major public health problem in Cameroon. In 2020, 20,000 new cases and 14,000 deaths were registered. Despite its high burden, access to quality medications for this condition continues to be a persistent challenge in the country. This study assessed the perceptions and practices of key stakeholders on barriers to accessing quality anticancer medicines in Cameroon. The overall goal was to generate data on key challenges relate…
Medicine (7 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Socioeconomics (3 works)