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Mr Francis Ruiz

Senior Policy Fellow, iDSI

United Kingdom

I am a Senior Policy Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Since 2001, my work has focused on health economics and Health Technology Assessment (and related disciplines), with over 10 years experience working at a national government agency in the UK (NICE) responsible for coverage decisions and providing guidance to the British health care system.

My work since 2010 has been on supporting the institutionalization of evidence informed priority setting in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs), mostly as part of the International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI) which has received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) since 2013. My activities have focused on the coordination and delivery of technical assistance activities with government partners in LMIC settings. While I have most recently been supporting capacity strengthening and strategic development of HTA in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Ghana, Rwanda and Nigeria, I have also worked in South-East Asia (China and Philippines) in helping build institutional structures for evidence-informed priority setting. I have also supported the development of global public goods (knowledge products) drawing on these experiences.

Future research work includes the appropriate consideration of environmental impacts and climate change within an evidence informed priority setting process such as HTA, with a specific focus on waterborne diseases.

Affiliations

Department of Global Health and Development
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Centres

Global Health Economics Centre

Research

Barriers and facilitators to evidence-informed priority setting in LMICs

Adapting HTA processes and methods to accommodate constraints in analytical capacity or time

Evidence informed priority setting and HTA in the context of climate change, including appropriate evaluation techniques and processes
Research Area
Health economics
Health technology assessment
Climate change
Disease and Health Conditions
Infectious diseases
Non-communicable diseases
Country
Ghana
Rwanda
Nigeria
Philippines
China
Romania
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)
Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)

Selected Publications

Gaps and Opportunities for Data Systems and Economics to Support Priority Setting for Climate-Sensitive Infectious Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Rapid Scoping Review
Delight, EA; BRUNN, AA; RUIZ, F; GERARD, J; FALCONER, J; Liu, Y; Bah, B; Bett, B; Uzochukwu, B; Oloko, OK; Njuguna, E; Murray, KA;
2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
A health technology assessment of COVID-19 vaccination for Nigerian decision-makers: Identifying stakeholders and pathways to support evidence uptake.
Uzochukwu, BS C; Okeke, C; Shuaib, F; Torres-Rueda, S; VASSALL, A; JIT, M; Nonvignon, J; Uzochukwu, AC; RUIZ, F;
2024
Health research policy and systems
Health Technology Assessment in China's Health Care Sector: Development and Applications.
Guo, W; Wang, P; Zhang, Y; Li, X; Wang, Y; Zhao, K; RUIZ, F; Li, R; Xiao, F; Gu, X; You, M; Fu, Q;
2024
Health systems and reform
International Partnerships to Develop Evidence-informed Priority Setting Institutions: Ten Years of Experience from the International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI).
Baker, P; Barasa, E; Chalkidou, K; Chola, L; Culyer, A; Dabak, S; Fan, VY; Frønsdal, K; Heupink, LF; Isaranuwatchai, W; Mbau, R; Mehndiratta, A; Nonvignon, J; RUIZ, F; Teerawattananon, Y; VASSALL, A; Guzman, J;
2024
Health systems and reform
Rapid cost-effectiveness analysis: hemodialysis versus peritoneal dialysis for patients with acute kidney injury in Rwanda.
Nemzoff, C; Ahmed, N; Olufiranye, T; Igiraneza, G; Kalisa, I; Chadha, S; Hakiba, S; Rulisa, A; Riro, M; Chalkidou, K; RUIZ, F;
2024
Cost effectiveness and resource allocation
The epidemiological and economic burden of diabetes in Ghana: A scoping review to inform health technology assessment.
Kazibwe, J; Gad, M; Abassah-Konadu, E; Amankwah, I; Owusu, R; Gulbi, G; TORRES-RUEDA, S; Asare, B; VASSALL, A; RUIZ, F;
2024
PLOS global public health
A Protocol for a Scoping Study of Economic and Data System Considerations for Climate Change and Pandemic Preparedness in Africa
BRUNN, A; RUIZ, F; Falconer, J; Delight, E; Gerard, J; Liu, Y; Bett, B; Bah, B; Uzochukwu, B; Murray, K;
2024
MedRxiv
A Protocol for a Scoping Study of Economic and Data System Considerations for Climate Change and Pandemic Preparedness in Africa
Delight, E; Brunn, A; RUIZ, F; N, J; GERARD, J; Liu, Y; Bett, B; Bah, B; MURRAY, K;
2024
OSF Registries
iDSI Guide and Reporting Template for HTA situational analyses
RUIZ, F; Gulliver, S; Baker, P;
2024
Center for Global Development
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