Rachel Hounsell

Biographic Data

ID9068805
NAMERachel Hounsell
GIVEN NAMESRachel
FAMILY NAMEHounsell
SIGNATUREHOUNSELL R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Cape Town
ORCID0000-0003-1393-4294
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Understanding malaria dynamics in Benin through time series, and environmental correlation

    Open AccessSena V Alohoutade, Sena Alohoutade et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Malaria remains a significant public health concern and the leading cause of death in children under five in Benin. A comprehensive understanding of malaria's transmission patterns is essential for guiding targeted and effective interventions, such as seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) and the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine toward sustainable control and elimination efforts. This study explores the temporal, spatial, and demographic patterns of malaria t…

  • Estimating the impact of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in Benin

    Open AccessSena V Alohoutade, Sena Alohoutade et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Malaria constitutes a major public health burden in sub-Saharan Africa. It remains a key health concern and the leading cause of death in children under five in Benin. Since October 2021, the World Health Organization has recommended the use of malaria vaccines for the prevention of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children living in malaria endemic areas, prioritizing areas of moderate and high transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. However, with t…

  • The role of modelling and analytics in South African Covid-19 planning and budgeting

    Open AccessGesine Meyer‐Rath, Rachel Hounsell et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Background The South African COVID-19 Modelling Consortium (SACMC) was established in late March 2020 to support planning and budgeting for COVID-19 related healthcare in South Africa. We developed several tools in response to the needs of decision makers in the different stages of the epidemic, allowing the South African government to plan several months ahead. Methods Our tools included epidemic projection models, several cost and budget impact…

  • The National Covid-19 Epi Model (NCEM)

    Open AccessSheetal Silal, Juliet R C Pulliam et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    In March 2020 the South African COVID-19 Modelling Consortium was formed to support government planning for COVID-19 cases and related healthcare. Models were developed jointly by local disease modelling groups to estimate cases, resource needs and deaths due to COVID-19. The National COVID-19 Epi Model (NCEM) while initially developed as a deterministic compartmental model of SARS-Cov-2 transmission in the nine provinces of South Africa, was ada…