Fátima Suleman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4168364 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fátima Suleman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fátima |
| FAMILY NAME | Suleman |
| SIGNATURE | SULEMAN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5963-2892 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
An emerging Timer-2C framework for addressing barriers to research culture and productivity among local healthcare providers in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa
Contributions from healthcare professionals in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to global health research remain disproportionately low. We conceptualized the TIMER-2C framework to capture the multi-level barriers and facilitators shaping research productivity among local healthcare professionals in MENA and SSA. We conducted qualitative interviews using a modified Delphi approach comprising two rounds to: 1) i…
Access to pediatric medicines in Albania
Access to pediatric medications remains a challenge in Albania, with significant implications for child health outcomes. Family doctors often encounter difficulties in prescribing and ensuring access to appropriate treatments. This study aimed to explore prescriber perspectives on the accessibility of pediatric medicines in Albania and to identify key barriers and facilitators affecting access. Between March and April 2024, semi-structured interv…
Time to inclusion of selected medicines for priority diseases in National Essential Medicines Lists compared with the WHO Model List
INTRODUCTION: The WHO maintains a Model List of Essential Medicines, which guides countries in developing their National Essential Medicines List (NEML) to improve access to medicines. We aimed to assess the time it took for countries to adjust their NEMLs when medicines were added or deleted from the WHO Model List and if this differed between priority diseases. METHODS: We extracted medicines added or deleted from the WHO Model List (2007-2021)…
States, global power and access to medicines
BACKGROUND: What constitutes state`s global power to shape access to medicines? How was it distributed between states and how did this change from 2000 to 2019? In this comparative case study, we explored the powers of China, India and the United States, and discuss whether our findings from the pre-pandemic era were reflected in the global COVID-19 response related to pharmaceuticals. We used an analytical framework from the international relati…
Running Fast, Just to Stay in the Same Place? Social Movements, Political Parties, and the Politics of the Portuguese Informal Caregiver Statute (2015–2019)
This article examines the political dynamics behind Portugal’s 2019 Informal Caregiver Statute (ICS), focusing on how social movements influenced the policy process through political mediation. The statute was prompted by caregiver mobilisation and advanced in parliament by partisan allies, despite initial government resistance. The movement’s influence relied on a favourable political opportunity structure, supportive media and public opinion, a…
Monitoring Access to Child Medicines
Monitoring access to pediatric medicines as part of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) agenda for 2030 requires surveying age-appropriate medicines. This study aimed to develop tracer sets of essential age-appropriate medicines for use in SDG indicator 3.b.3 or in conjunction with other methodologies for monitoring access to medicines. Two sets of medicines were developed, one for young children (1 month to 5 years) and one for school-aged ch…
Employability skills and jobs for graduates
We use 2812 online job advertisements from 21 European countries to identify attributes demanded by employers and explore economic and labour market characteristics associated with the set of required skills. Whereas some employers clearly target ready-to-work candidates for high skilled occupations, others do not even specify skill requirements. The latter are from countries that are moderate or modest innovators with varying levels of high-tech…
Alignment in the registration, selection, procurement and reimbursement of essential medicines for childhood cancers in South Africa
INTRODUCTION: The effectiveness of a health system in providing access to medicines is in part determined by the alignment of several core pharmaceutical processes. For South Africa's public health sector, these include the registration of medicines, selection and subsequent procurement through national tenders. Registration, selection and reimbursement are key processes in the private sector. This study assessed the alignment of forementioned pr…
Tackling regional skill shortages
This research examines regional skill problems and the strategies adopted to reduce skill shortages by a set of employers (n = 16). The data collected in 2019 in a northern region in Portugal indicate considerable and persistent shortages of engineering and IT graduates and non-graduates for operational jobs. The employers implement anticipative strategies interacting with the education system, and the city council has developed a multi-stakehold…
Comparing in-person, blended and virtual training interventions; a real-world evaluation of HIV capacity building programs in 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa
We sought to evaluate the impact of transitioning a multi-country HIV training program from in-person to online by comparing digital training approaches implemented during the pandemic with in-person approaches employed before COVID-19. We evaluated mean changes in pre-and post-course knowledge scores and self-reported confidence scores for learners who participated in (1) in-person workshops (between October 2019 and March 2020), (2) entirely as…
New Medicine Service by Community Pharmacists
The implementation of universal health coverage (UHC) in South Africa has focused on promoting equitable health care services to all citizens. In this regard, pharmacists are expected to expand their professional capabilities to promote primary healthcare system functionality. The new medicine service (NMS) has proven to be beneficial in medicine optimization and adherence. The aim of the NMS is to assist and advise patients on their newly diagno…
From Academic Autonomy to Close Collaboration
Moving beyond supply‐side arguments to explain over‐qualification
This study examines how the rise in the share of higher education graduates leads to over‐qualification, by focusing on the demand‐side drivers. We propose that the benefits of investments in higher education depend on the levels of innovation and economic growth in each national economy. We use a configurational method (Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis) to identify combinations of factors that lead to a high incidence of over‐qualifica…
New Research and Trends in Higher Education
New methodologies, contexts, and technologies are generating a lot of interest in the field of higher education, and this Special Issue intends to address the current research and trends in all dimensions of higher education [...]
Higher Education and Employability Skills
This research examines the barriers and facilitators to employers’ engagement with higher education institutions. The data were collected through interviews with a set of employers (n = 19) in the Northern region of Portugal, V.N.de Famalicão, in 2019. We begin by exploring employers’ engagement activities as a potential solution to address local-level skill problems. Empirical evidence suggests that the engagement activities are mostly passive a…
Revisiting the concept of employability through economic theories
Graduate employability is an economic concept that strives to link higher education and employment. Economics of education and labour market theories contribute to its definition and provide arguments on its drivers and barriers. However, available studies have focused on human capital theory, which addresses the resources with which graduates should be endowed but overlooks the insights from other theories. This paper not only presents a more co…
A empregabilidade dos graduados
Esta pesquisa visa identificar competências requeridas no recrutamento de graduados através da análise de anúncios de emprego (n = 813). A língua estrangeira, em especial o inglês, é uma competência amplamente requerida e pode ser considerada uma competência-chave. Outros requisitos apontam para conhecimentos técnicos, competências relacionais e organizacionais, e certos traços pessoais. Todavia, essas exigências variam em função da área de forma…
Entering the labour market in the context of higher education reform and economic recession
A higher education degree has been regarded as an investment that helps young people access good jobs. However, it is increasingly difficult for young graduates to enter the labour market and, more importantly, to access high quality jobs. This paper examines determinants of the wages of young bachelor and master graduates engaged in different contractual arrangements. Linked employer-employee data, namely Quadros de Pessoal (2007 and 2011), were…
The employability skills of higher education graduates
How Do Household Tasks Shape Employment Contracts? The Provision of Care in Portugal
This study illustrates the complexities involved in outsourcing domestic work to the market. It draws on an original dataset of paid domestic workers in Portugal to examine how specific tasks interact with and explain contractual arrangements. A fuzzy cluster analysis categorizes paid domestic workers into caregivers and cleaners; however, a great degree of overlap implies that caring also entails cleaning tasks necessary for the care receiver’s …
Measurement of Vaginal Microbicide Adherence Using Visual Inspection as Compared to Ultra Violet Light Assessment of Returned Empty Gel Applicators
Workplace Abuse and Harassment
Policy makers and researchers are alarmed by the pervasive substandard working conditions and mistreatment in domestic work worldwide. Using an original dataset from a sample of domestic workers in Portugal (n = 684), our study explores types of abuse and harassment and tries to unveil the potential factors affecting the likelihood of having been a victim. Empirical evidence pointed to three segments of domestic workers: victims of labour abuses …
The Value of Transferable Skills
Most studies on skill transferability focus on the return to capabilities developed in the initial job and disregard the different characteristics of the origin and the destination industries. In contrast, this article assesses the borders of skill transferability by comparing the return to skills for firm stayers, firm changers in the same industry, and firm changers to other industries. Based on a sample of Portuguese employees in retail bankin…
Evaluating adverse drug reactions among Haart patients in a resource-constrained province of South Africa
The high prevalence of HIV in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, has greatly increased the demand for antiretroviral therapy (ART), resulting in an exponential increase in the number of patients initiated on highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART). However, little information about adverse drug reactions in these patients was forthcoming from public health facilities in KwaZulu-Natal. A compulsory system of reporting adverse drug reacti…
La production de connaissances dans la société de la connaissance
A partir d’une evaluation des connaissances, capacites et competences developpees au sein des systemes educatifs europeens d’enseignement superieur, comme de celles requises par le marche du travail, nous avons pu montrer que le contenu de l’education importe aux yeux des employeurs. Ce resultat provient aussi bien de l’auto-evaluation de leurs qualites par les salaries que de l’hetero-evaluation menee par les superviseurs dans les entreprises. C…
Workplace Abuse and Harassment
Policy makers and researchers are alarmed by the pervasive substandard working conditions and mistreatment in domestic work worldwide. Using an original dataset from a sample of domestic workers in Portugal (n = 684), our study explores types of abuse and harassment and tries to unveil the potential factors affecting the likelihood of having been a victim. Empirical evidence pointed to three segments of domestic workers: victims of labour abuses …
Entering the labour market in the context of higher education reform and economic recession
A higher education degree has been regarded as an investment that helps young people access good jobs. However, it is increasingly difficult for young graduates to enter the labour market and, more importantly, to access high quality jobs. This paper examines determinants of the wages of young bachelor and master graduates engaged in different contractual arrangements. Linked employer-employee data, namely Quadros de Pessoal (2007 and 2011), were…
How Do Household Tasks Shape Employment Contracts? The Provision of Care in Portugal
This study illustrates the complexities involved in outsourcing domestic work to the market. It draws on an original dataset of paid domestic workers in Portugal to examine how specific tasks interact with and explain contractual arrangements. A fuzzy cluster analysis categorizes paid domestic workers into caregivers and cleaners; however, a great degree of overlap implies that caring also entails cleaning tasks necessary for the care receiver’s …
The Value of Transferable Skills
Most studies on skill transferability focus on the return to capabilities developed in the initial job and disregard the different characteristics of the origin and the destination industries. In contrast, this article assesses the borders of skill transferability by comparing the return to skills for firm stayers, firm changers in the same industry, and firm changers to other industries. Based on a sample of Portuguese employees in retail bankin…
La production de connaissances dans la société de la connaissance
A partir d’une evaluation des connaissances, capacites et competences developpees au sein des systemes educatifs europeens d’enseignement superieur, comme de celles requises par le marche du travail, nous avons pu montrer que le contenu de l’education importe aux yeux des employeurs. Ce resultat provient aussi bien de l’auto-evaluation de leurs qualites par les salaries que de l’hetero-evaluation menee par les superviseurs dans les entreprises. C…
La production de connaissances dans la société de la connaissance
A partir d’une evaluation des connaissances, capacites et competences developpees au sein des systemes educatifs europeens d’enseignement superieur, comme de celles requises par le marche du travail, nous avons pu montrer que le contenu de l’education importe aux yeux des employeurs. Ce resultat provient aussi bien de l’auto-evaluation de leurs qualites par les salaries que de l’hetero-evaluation menee par les superviseurs dans les entreprises. C…
Evaluating adverse drug reactions among Haart patients in a resource-constrained province of South Africa
The high prevalence of HIV in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, has greatly increased the demand for antiretroviral therapy (ART), resulting in an exponential increase in the number of patients initiated on highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART). However, little information about adverse drug reactions in these patients was forthcoming from public health facilities in KwaZulu-Natal. A compulsory system of reporting adverse drug reacti…
The Value of Transferable Skills
Most studies on skill transferability focus on the return to capabilities developed in the initial job and disregard the different characteristics of the origin and the destination industries. In contrast, this article assesses the borders of skill transferability by comparing the return to skills for firm stayers, firm changers in the same industry, and firm changers to other industries. Based on a sample of Portuguese employees in retail bankin…
Measurement of Vaginal Microbicide Adherence Using Visual Inspection as Compared to Ultra Violet Light Assessment of Returned Empty Gel Applicators
Workplace Abuse and Harassment
Policy makers and researchers are alarmed by the pervasive substandard working conditions and mistreatment in domestic work worldwide. Using an original dataset from a sample of domestic workers in Portugal (n = 684), our study explores types of abuse and harassment and tries to unveil the potential factors affecting the likelihood of having been a victim. Empirical evidence pointed to three segments of domestic workers: victims of labour abuses …
The employability skills of higher education graduates
How Do Household Tasks Shape Employment Contracts? The Provision of Care in Portugal
This study illustrates the complexities involved in outsourcing domestic work to the market. It draws on an original dataset of paid domestic workers in Portugal to examine how specific tasks interact with and explain contractual arrangements. A fuzzy cluster analysis categorizes paid domestic workers into caregivers and cleaners; however, a great degree of overlap implies that caring also entails cleaning tasks necessary for the care receiver’s …
Entering the labour market in the context of higher education reform and economic recession
A higher education degree has been regarded as an investment that helps young people access good jobs. However, it is increasingly difficult for young graduates to enter the labour market and, more importantly, to access high quality jobs. This paper examines determinants of the wages of young bachelor and master graduates engaged in different contractual arrangements. Linked employer-employee data, namely Quadros de Pessoal (2007 and 2011), were…
A empregabilidade dos graduados
Esta pesquisa visa identificar competências requeridas no recrutamento de graduados através da análise de anúncios de emprego (n = 813). A língua estrangeira, em especial o inglês, é uma competência amplamente requerida e pode ser considerada uma competência-chave. Outros requisitos apontam para conhecimentos técnicos, competências relacionais e organizacionais, e certos traços pessoais. Todavia, essas exigências variam em função da área de forma…
New Research and Trends in Higher Education
New methodologies, contexts, and technologies are generating a lot of interest in the field of higher education, and this Special Issue intends to address the current research and trends in all dimensions of higher education [...]
Higher Education and Employability Skills
This research examines the barriers and facilitators to employers’ engagement with higher education institutions. The data were collected through interviews with a set of employers (n = 19) in the Northern region of Portugal, V.N.de Famalicão, in 2019. We begin by exploring employers’ engagement activities as a potential solution to address local-level skill problems. Empirical evidence suggests that the engagement activities are mostly passive a…
Revisiting the concept of employability through economic theories
Graduate employability is an economic concept that strives to link higher education and employment. Economics of education and labour market theories contribute to its definition and provide arguments on its drivers and barriers. However, available studies have focused on human capital theory, which addresses the resources with which graduates should be endowed but overlooks the insights from other theories. This paper not only presents a more co…
Moving beyond supply‐side arguments to explain over‐qualification
This study examines how the rise in the share of higher education graduates leads to over‐qualification, by focusing on the demand‐side drivers. We propose that the benefits of investments in higher education depend on the levels of innovation and economic growth in each national economy. We use a configurational method (Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis) to identify combinations of factors that lead to a high incidence of over‐qualifica…
Alignment in the registration, selection, procurement and reimbursement of essential medicines for childhood cancers in South Africa
INTRODUCTION: The effectiveness of a health system in providing access to medicines is in part determined by the alignment of several core pharmaceutical processes. For South Africa's public health sector, these include the registration of medicines, selection and subsequent procurement through national tenders. Registration, selection and reimbursement are key processes in the private sector. This study assessed the alignment of forementioned pr…
Tackling regional skill shortages
This research examines regional skill problems and the strategies adopted to reduce skill shortages by a set of employers (n = 16). The data collected in 2019 in a northern region in Portugal indicate considerable and persistent shortages of engineering and IT graduates and non-graduates for operational jobs. The employers implement anticipative strategies interacting with the education system, and the city council has developed a multi-stakehold…
Comparing in-person, blended and virtual training interventions; a real-world evaluation of HIV capacity building programs in 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa
We sought to evaluate the impact of transitioning a multi-country HIV training program from in-person to online by comparing digital training approaches implemented during the pandemic with in-person approaches employed before COVID-19. We evaluated mean changes in pre-and post-course knowledge scores and self-reported confidence scores for learners who participated in (1) in-person workshops (between October 2019 and March 2020), (2) entirely as…
New Medicine Service by Community Pharmacists
The implementation of universal health coverage (UHC) in South Africa has focused on promoting equitable health care services to all citizens. In this regard, pharmacists are expected to expand their professional capabilities to promote primary healthcare system functionality. The new medicine service (NMS) has proven to be beneficial in medicine optimization and adherence. The aim of the NMS is to assist and advise patients on their newly diagno…
From Academic Autonomy to Close Collaboration
Monitoring Access to Child Medicines
Monitoring access to pediatric medicines as part of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) agenda for 2030 requires surveying age-appropriate medicines. This study aimed to develop tracer sets of essential age-appropriate medicines for use in SDG indicator 3.b.3 or in conjunction with other methodologies for monitoring access to medicines. Two sets of medicines were developed, one for young children (1 month to 5 years) and one for school-aged ch…
Employability skills and jobs for graduates
We use 2812 online job advertisements from 21 European countries to identify attributes demanded by employers and explore economic and labour market characteristics associated with the set of required skills. Whereas some employers clearly target ready-to-work candidates for high skilled occupations, others do not even specify skill requirements. The latter are from countries that are moderate or modest innovators with varying levels of high-tech…
Time to inclusion of selected medicines for priority diseases in National Essential Medicines Lists compared with the WHO Model List
INTRODUCTION: The WHO maintains a Model List of Essential Medicines, which guides countries in developing their National Essential Medicines List (NEML) to improve access to medicines. We aimed to assess the time it took for countries to adjust their NEMLs when medicines were added or deleted from the WHO Model List and if this differed between priority diseases. METHODS: We extracted medicines added or deleted from the WHO Model List (2007-2021)…
States, global power and access to medicines
BACKGROUND: What constitutes state`s global power to shape access to medicines? How was it distributed between states and how did this change from 2000 to 2019? In this comparative case study, we explored the powers of China, India and the United States, and discuss whether our findings from the pre-pandemic era were reflected in the global COVID-19 response related to pharmaceuticals. We used an analytical framework from the international relati…
Running Fast, Just to Stay in the Same Place? Social Movements, Political Parties, and the Politics of the Portuguese Informal Caregiver Statute (2015–2019)
This article examines the political dynamics behind Portugal’s 2019 Informal Caregiver Statute (ICS), focusing on how social movements influenced the policy process through political mediation. The statute was prompted by caregiver mobilisation and advanced in parliament by partisan allies, despite initial government resistance. The movement’s influence relied on a favourable political opportunity structure, supportive media and public opinion, a…
An emerging Timer-2C framework for addressing barriers to research culture and productivity among local healthcare providers in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa
Contributions from healthcare professionals in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to global health research remain disproportionately low. We conceptualized the TIMER-2C framework to capture the multi-level barriers and facilitators shaping research productivity among local healthcare professionals in MENA and SSA. We conducted qualitative interviews using a modified Delphi approach comprising two rounds to: 1) i…
Access to pediatric medicines in Albania
Access to pediatric medications remains a challenge in Albania, with significant implications for child health outcomes. Family doctors often encounter difficulties in prescribing and ensuring access to appropriate treatments. This study aimed to explore prescriber perspectives on the accessibility of pediatric medicines in Albania and to identify key barriers and facilitators affecting access. Between March and April 2024, semi-structured interv…
Political science (15 works) · Economics (12 works) · Business (10 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Higher education (7 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Family medicine (6 works) · Higher Education and Employability (6 works)