Academic Qualifications
Genevieve Cecilia is a Lecturer in health economics and health policy. She is involved in teaching (health policy, health economics, and monitoring and evaluation in public health) and supervising bachelor, master students (principal supervisor) and doctoral students (co-supervisor). Her current research interest include health financing (health insurance), economic evaluation and impact evaluation of health programs, poverty and inequalities in health. She has been involved in a number of projects with funding and collaboration from Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO-WOTRO), Consortium for Health Policy and Systems Research in Africa (CHEPSAA), Department for International Development (DFID), National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) and National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP).
Some research projects undertaken include targeting the poor for premium exemptions in Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme, Evaluation of the G-DRG for services and medicines, the economic burden of malaria on businesses in Ghana and the cost-effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemo-prevention intervention for children under five in the Upper West Region, Ghana.
Genevieve is a member of Economic and Health Policy Associations such as the International Health Economics Association (iHEA), African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA), Health Systems Global Network, Global Evaluation and Monitoring Network for Health (GEMNet-Health)
Membership of Scientific/Technical committees/Working Group
Technical Reviewer
Courses taught
Research focus and interest
Selected Research Projects Completed (Within Past 5 Years:
On-Going Research Projects:
Evaluation of the Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme: evidence of co-payments, quality of care, access to medicines, client perceptions of quality and challenges
Selected Publications
Conference Presentations