Meskerem Aleka Kebede

Biographic Data

ID7239912
NAMEMeskerem Aleka Kebede
GIVEN NAMESMeskerem Aleka
FAMILY NAMEKebede
SIGNATUREKEBEDE M A
AFFILIATIONSLondon School of Economics and Political Science
ORCID0009-0007-7427-0897
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Association of surgery and economic development in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessMartilord Ifeanyichi, Johnson Ezema Nchege et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    INTRODUCTION: While health improvements drive economic growth, the specific macroeconomic impact of surgery remains unknown. Previous studies have quantified economic losses from unmet need but have not established whether surgery generates economic returns. This study investigates the association between surgical activity and economic growth across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). METHODS: We analysed panel data from 95 LMICs (2000-2022…

  • Reimagining open science for global health

    Open AccessAlice Rangel Teixeira, Ricardo Kleinlein et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    This paper critically examines how current forms of Open Science (OS) fall short of advancing health equity in global health. While OS is promoted as a public good, promising transparency, efficiency, and inclusive, current practices often reproduce rather than dismantle entrenched inequities. Data-sharing infrastructures and open-access policies, largely shaped by high-income countries, frequently extract from but fail to empower low- and middle…

  • Strengthening Health Systems for Displaced Populations

    Open AccessShreeja Sarabu, Maeve Sophia Bognini et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025

  • Cost-effectiveness of surgical interventions in low-income and middle-income countries

    Open AccessMartilord Ifeanyichi, Jose Luis Mosso Lara et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

  • Can sugar taxes be used for financing surgical systems in Nigeria? A mixed-methods political economy analysis

    Open AccessMartilord Ifeanyichi, Cyril Chukwudi Dim et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2024

    This study determined the feasibility of investing revenues raised through Nigeria’s sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax of 10 Naira/l to support the implementation of the National, Surgical, Obstetrics, Anaesthesia and Nursing Plan, which aims to strengthen access to surgical care in the country. We conducted a mixed-methods political economy analysis. This included a modelling exercise to predict the revenues from Nigeria’s SSB tax based on its …