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Christopher Desmond

University of KwaZulu-Natal - Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)

Westville Campus

J block, Level 4, University Road

Durban

South Africa

University of the Witwatersrand

  • University of KwaZulu-Natal - Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (7)

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The Strategic Use and Potential Demand for an HIV Vaccine in Southern Africa

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The Strategic Use and Potential Demand for an HIV Vaccine in Southern Africa

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2977
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Christopher Desmond and Robert Greener
University of KwaZulu-Natal - Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)University of the Witwatersrand and Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA)
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HIV AIDS, Health Economics & Finance, Early Child and Children's Health, Early Child and Children & #39, Adolescent Health, Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Public Health Promotion, Disease Control & Prevention, HIV AIDS and Business

The Strategic Use and Potential Demand for an HIV Vaccine in Southern Africa

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Christopher Desmond and Robert Greener
University of KwaZulu-Natal - Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)University of the Witwatersrand and Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA)
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Investment in Effective Programmes for Adolescent Girls – Global and Regional Benefit-Cost Ratio Estimates

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 22 Apr 2024
Hernando Grueso, William E. Rudgard, Christopher Desmond, Luciana Leite, Ritapriya Bandyopadhyay, Bothaina Eltigani, Sopuruchukwu Obiesie, Rachel Yates and Lucie Cluver
University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of KwaZulu-Natal - Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)University of the Witwatersrand, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention and University of Cape Town (UCT)
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Benefit Cost-Ratio, Global Estimate, Investment Case

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‘Get Three for the Price of One’: Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Multi-Outcome Interventions

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 29 Feb 2024
Hernando Grueso, Christopher Desmond, William E. Rudgard, Sopuruchukwu Obiesie and Lucie Cluver
University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of KwaZulu-Natal - Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)University of the Witwatersrand, University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Department of Social Policy and Intervention and University of Cape Town (UCT)
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA), Multiple Outcomes, Impact Evaluation, Economic Evaluation

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The Case for Rights-Based Investments in Adolescent Girls in Kenya: An Economic Modelling Study

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2024
William E. Rudgard, Christopher Desmond, Sopuruchukwu Obiesie, Hernando Grueso, Ritapriya Bandyopadhyay, Kathryn G Watt, Rachel Yates, Broline S. Asuma, Luciana Leite, Bothaina Eltigani, Elona Toska and Lucie Cluver
University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of KwaZulu-Natal - Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)University of the Witwatersrand, University of Oxford, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention and University of Cape Town (UCT)
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Adolescent, Gender, Pregnancy, Marriage, Education, Cash transfer, Community health programme, Parenting, Economic modelling

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Education, Child Marriage, and Heterogeneous Wage Returns among Women in Nigeria

Number of pages: 93 Posted: 08 Sep 2025 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2026
Hernando Grueso, Ritapriya Bandyopadhyay, Christopher Desmond, Brendan Maughan-Brown, William E. Rudgard and Lucie Cluver
University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, University of KwaZulu-Natal - Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)University of the Witwatersrand, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention and University of Cape Town (UCT)
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Community Health Volunteers and Contraceptive Use Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Kenya: A Three-Wave Analysis

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Mar 2025 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2025
William E. Rudgard, Broline S. Asuma, Caroline Kabiru, Christopher Desmond, Anthony Ajayi and Lucie Cluver
University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), University of KwaZulu-Natal - Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)University of the Witwatersrand, Population Dynamics and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Unit, African Population and Health Research Center and University of Cape Town (UCT)
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Adolescent, SRHR, Community Health Worker, Kenya

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Estimating the Human Development Impacts and Economic Returns From an Adolescent Cash ‘Plus’ Programme in Kenya: An Economic Modelling Study

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 30 Mar 2026 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2026
William E. Rudgard, Christopher Desmond, Broline S. Asuma, Ritapriya Bandyopadhyay, Sopuruchukwu Obiesie, Hernando Grueso, Kathryn G Watt, Luciana Leite, Rachel Yates, Brendan Maughan-Brown, Elona Toska and Lucie Cluver
University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of KwaZulu-Natal - Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)University of the Witwatersrand, University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Oxford, University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Oxford - Department of Social Policy and Intervention and University of Cape Town (UCT)
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Human development, Adolescent, Cash transfer, Education, Pregnancy, Child marriage, Parenting, Economic modelling, Kenya