Lucy Abel

Biographic Data

ID7026144
NAMELucy Abel
GIVEN NAMESLucy
FAMILY NAMEAbel
SIGNATUREABEL L
AFFILIATIONSAMPATH
ORCID0000-0001-5857-1269
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Characterizing mobility patterns and malaria risk factors in semi-nomadic populations of Northern Kenya

    Open AccessHannah R Meredith, Amy Wesolowski et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    While many studies have characterized mobility patterns and disease dynamics of settled populations, few have focused on more mobile populations. Highly mobile groups are often at higher disease risk due to their regular movement that may increase the variability of their environments, reduce their access to health care, and limit the number of intervention strategies suitable for their lifestyles. Quantifying the movements and their associated d…

  • A cluster-randomized trial of client and provider directed financial interventions to align incentives with appropriate case management in private medicine retailers

    Open AccessTheodoor Visser, Jeremiah Laktabai et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Malaria remains a major health priority in Nigeria. Among children with fever who seek care, less than a quarter gets tested for malaria, leading to inappropriate use of the recommended treatment for malaria; Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT). Here we test an innovative strategy to target ACT subsidies to clients seeking care in Nigeria’s private retail health sector who have a confirmed malaria diagnosis. We supported point-of-care mal…

  • A cluster-randomized trial of client and provider-directed financial interventions to align incentives with appropriate case management in retail medicine outlets

    Open AccessJeremiah Laktabai, Emmah Kimachas et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    ACTs are responsible for a substantial proportion of the global reduction in malaria mortality over the last ten years, made possible by publicly-funded subsidies making these drugs accessible and affordable in the private sector. However, inexpensive ACTs available in retail outlets have contributed substantially to overconsumption. We test an innovative, scalable strategy to target ACT-subsidies to clients with a confirmatory diagnosis. We supp…

  • Plasmodium falciparum importation does not sustain malaria transmission in a semi-arid region of Kenya

    Open AccessChristine F Markwalter, Diana Menya et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Human movement impacts the spread and transmission of infectious diseases. Recently, a large reservoir of Plasmodium falciparum malaria was identified in a semi-arid region of northwestern Kenya historically considered unsuitable for malaria transmission. Understanding the sources and patterns of transmission attributable to human movement would aid in designing and targeting interventions to decrease the unexpectedly high malaria burden in the r…

  • Experience and confidence in health technologies

    Open AccessJudith Mangeni, Judith N Mangeni et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Our results suggest that greater experience with RDTs can not only increase people's confidence in their accuracy but also improve adherence to the test result

  • Capacity-building partnerships for surgical post-graduate training in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessMiranda Voss, Oostewalt Swart et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2021

    In recent years, international surgical programmes have moved away from vertical service delivery and towards collaborative, capacity-building partnerships. The aim of this review was to provide a map of the current literature on international surgical training partnerships together with an exploration of factors influencing their implementation. Three bibliographic databases were searched for peer-reviewed reports of surgical training partnershi…