Overview
Background
Hebe Gouda is an epidemiologist with research experience in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Egypt. She has a Masters of Public Health and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. She currently focuses on three related streams of research including: 1) Measuring mortality and disease burden with a particular focus on the epidemiological transition in low and middle income countries; 2) Evaluating health systems approaches and responses to population health burdens and 3) Measurement, data and information: the ethics and epistemology of population health research methods.
Availability
- Dr Hebe Gouda is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Studies, University of Cambridge
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Works
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2017
Journal Article
Implementing the PHMRC shortened questionnaire: Survey duration of open and closed questions in three sites
Flaxman, Abraham D., Stewart, Andrea, Joseph, Jonathan C., Alam, Nurul, Alam, Saidul, Chowdhury, Hafizur, Gamage, Saman, Gouda, Hebe, Joshi, Rohina, Lucero, Marilla, Mooney, Meghan D., Praveen, Devarsetty, Rampatige, Rasika, Remolador, Hazel, Sanvictores, Diozele, Serina, Peter T., Streatfield, Peter Kim, Tallo, Veronica, Wijesekera, Nandalal, Murray, Christopher J. L., Hernandez, Bernardo, Lopez, Alan D. and Riley, Ian Douglas (2017). Implementing the PHMRC shortened questionnaire: Survey duration of open and closed questions in three sites. PLoS One, 12 (6) e0178085, e0178085-e0178085. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178085
2017
Journal Article
Beyond health: five global policy metaphors for civil registration and vital statistics
Brolan, Claire E., Gouda, Hebe N., AbouZahr, Carla and Lopez, Alan D. (2017). Beyond health: five global policy metaphors for civil registration and vital statistics. Lancet, 389 (10074), 1084-1085. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30753-5
2017
Other Outputs
The non-communicable disease progress monitor 2017
Riley, Leanne, Gouda, Hebe and Cowan, Melanie (2017). The non-communicable disease progress monitor 2017. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
2016
Journal Article
Role of emerging private hospitals in a post-Soviet mixed health system: a mixed methods comparative study of private and public hospital inpatient care in Mongolia
Tsevelvaanchig, Uranchimeg, Gouda, Hebe, Baker, Peter and Hill, Peter S. (2016). Role of emerging private hospitals in a post-Soviet mixed health system: a mixed methods comparative study of private and public hospital inpatient care in Mongolia. Health Policy and Planning, 32 (4), 476-486. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czw157
2016
Journal Article
The impact of healthcare insurance on the utilisation of facility-based delivery for childbirth in the Philippines
Gouda, Hebe N, Hodge, Andrew, Bermejo R 3rd,, Zeck W, and Jimenez-Soto E. (2016). The impact of healthcare insurance on the utilisation of facility-based delivery for childbirth in the Philippines. PloS One, 11 (12) e0167268, e0167268. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167268
2016
Journal Article
Strengthening health information systems for disability-related rehabilitation in LMICs
McPherson, Anna, Durham, Jo, Richards, Nicola, Gouda, Hebe, Rampatige, Rasika and Whittaker, Maxine (2016). Strengthening health information systems for disability-related rehabilitation in LMICs. Health Policy and Planning, 32 (3), 384-394. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czw140
2016
Journal Article
Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
GBD 2015 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators, Charlson, F. J., Erskine, H. E., Ferrari, A. J., Whiteford, H. A., Alam, N. K. M., Knibbs, L. D., Leung, J., Lalloo, Ratilal, Gouda, H. N. and McGrath, J. J. (2016). Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet, 388 (10053), 1459-1544. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31012-1
2016
Journal Article
Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
GBD 2015 Child Mortality Collaborators, Abajobir, A. A., Knibbs, L. D., Lalloo, R., Gouda, H. N., Guo, Y., McGrath, J. J. and Setegn, Tesfaye (2016). Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet, 388 (10053), 1725-1774. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31575-6
2016
Journal Article
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
GBD 2015 DALYs and HALE Collaborators, Charlson, F. J., Erskine, H. E., Leung , J., Whiteford, H. A., Abajobir, A. A., Ferrari, A. J., Knibbs, L. D., Lalloo, R., Alam, N. K. M., Gouda, H. N. and Guo, Y. (2016). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet, 388 (10053), 1603-1658. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31460-X
2016
Journal Article
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
GBD 2015 Risk Factors Collaborators, Charlson, F. J., Ferrari, A. J., Abajobir, A. A., Erskine, H. E., Knibbs, L. D., Leung, J., Santomauro, D. F., Veerman, J. L., Whiteford, H. A., Lalloo, R., Scott, J. G., Alam, N. K. M., Gouda, H. N., Guo, Y. and McGrath, J. J. (2016). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet, 388 (10053), 1659-1724. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31679-8
2016
Journal Article
Measuring quality of maternal and newborn care in developing countries using demographic and health surveys
Dettrick, Zoe, Gouda, Hebe N., Hodge, Andrew and Jimenez-Soto, Eliana (2016). Measuring quality of maternal and newborn care in developing countries using demographic and health surveys. PLoS One, 11 (6) e0157110, e0157110.1-e0157110.20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157110
2016
Journal Article
Disability, noncommunicable disease and health information
Richards, Nicola C., Gouda, Hebe N., Durham, Jo, Rampatige, Rasika, Rodney, Anna and Whittaker, Maxine (2016). Disability, noncommunicable disease and health information. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 94 (3), 230-232. doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.156869
2016
Journal Article
"Whenever they cry, I cry with them”: Reciprocal relationships and the role of ethics in a verbal autopsy study in Papua New Guinea
Gouda, H. N., Kelly-Hanku, A., Wilson, L., Maraga, S. and Riley, I. D. (2016). "Whenever they cry, I cry with them”: Reciprocal relationships and the role of ethics in a verbal autopsy study in Papua New Guinea. Social Science and Medicine, 163, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.06.041
2015
Journal Article
Improving performance of the Tariff Method for assigning causes of death to verbal autopsies
Serina, Peter, Riley, Ian, Stewart, Andrea, James, Spencer L., Flaxman, Abraham D., Lozano, Rafael, Hernandez, Bernardo, Mooney, Meghan D., Luning, Richard, Black, Robert, Ahuja, Ramesh, Alam, Nurul, Alam, Sayed Saidul, Ali, Said Mohammed, Atkinson, Charles, Baqui, Abdulla H., Chowdhury, Hafizur R., Dandona, Lalit, Dandona, Rakhi, Dantzer, Emily, Darmstadt, Gary L., Das, Vinita, Dhingra, Usha, Dutta, Arup, Fawzi, Wafaie, Freeman, Michael, Gomez, Sara, Gouda, Hebe N., Joshi, Rohina ... Lopez, Alan D. (2015). Improving performance of the Tariff Method for assigning causes of death to verbal autopsies. BMC Medicine, 13 (291) 291, 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s12916-015-0527-9
2015
Journal Article
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
Forouzanfar, M.H., Alexander, L., Anderson, H.R., Bachman, V.F., Biryukov, S., Brauer, M., Burnett, R., Casey, D., Coates, M.M., Cohen, A., Delwiche, K., Estep, K., Frostad, J.J., Astha, K.C., Kyu, H.H., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Ng, M., Slepak, E.L., Thomas, B.A., Wagner, J., Aasvang, G.M., Abbafati, C., Abbasoglu Ozgoren, A., Abd-Allah, F., Abera, S.F., Aboyans, V., Abraham, B., Puthenpurakal Abraham, J., Abubakar, I. ... Temesgen, A.M. (2015). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet, 386 (10010), 2287-2323. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00128-2
2015
Journal Article
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: Quantifying the epidemiological transition
GBD 2013 DALYs and HALE Collaborators, Charlson, Fiona J., Erskine, Holly E., Ferrari, Alize J., Gouda, Hebe N., Hoy, Damian G., Knibbs, Luke D., McGrath, John J., Scott, James G., Whiteford, Harvey A. and Lalloo, Ratilal (2015). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: Quantifying the epidemiological transition. The Lancet, 386 (10009), 2145-2191. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61340-X
2015
Journal Article
Health information systems and disability in the Lao PDR: a qualitative study
Durham, Jo, Sychareun, Vanphanom, Rodney, Anna, Gouda, Hebe N., Richards, Nicola, Rampatige, Rasika and Whittaker, Maxine (2015). Health information systems and disability in the Lao PDR: a qualitative study. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 31 (4), 446-458. doi: 10.1002/hpm.2319
2015
Journal Article
Health information priorities for more effective implementation and monitoring of non-communicable disease programs in low- and middle-income countries: Lessons from the Pacific
Gouda, Nebe N., Richardson, Nicola C., Beaglehole, Robert, Bonita, Ruth and Lopez, Alan D. (2015). Health information priorities for more effective implementation and monitoring of non-communicable disease programs in low- and middle-income countries: Lessons from the Pacific. BMC Medicine, 13 (233) 272, 272. doi: 10.1186/s12916-015-0482-5
2015
Journal Article
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
Vos, Theo, Barber, Ryan M., Bell, Brad, Bertozzi-Villa, Amelia, Biryukov, Stan, Bolliger, Ian, Charlson, Fiona, Davis, Adrian, Degenhardt, Louisa, Dicker, Daniel, Duan, Leilei, Erskine, Holly, Feigin, Valery L., Ferrari, Alize J., Fitzmaurice, Christina, Fleming, Thomas, Graetz, Nicholas, Guinovart, Caterina, Haagsma, Juanita, Hansen, Gillian M., Hanson, Sarah Wulf, Heuton, Kyle R., Higashi, Hideki, Kassebaum, Nicholas, Kyu, Hmwe, Laurie, Evan, Liang, Xiofeng, Lofgren, Katherine, Lozano, Rafael ... Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Collaborators (2015). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet, 386 (9995), 743-800. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60692-4
2015
Journal Article
Universal Health Coverage and the Right to Health: From Legal Principle to Post-2015 Indicators
Sridhar, Devi, McKee, Martin, Ooms, Gorik, Beiersmann, Claudia, Friedman, Eric, Gouda, Hebe, Hill, Peter and Jahn, Albrecht (2015). Universal Health Coverage and the Right to Health: From Legal Principle to Post-2015 Indicators. International Journal of Health Services, 45 (3), 495-506. doi: 10.1177/0020731415584554
Funding
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Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
How governance/management practices of organizations influence their performance in delivery of health services (access,quality,equity) in a contracting out model?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Yibeltal Alemu
Completed supervision
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care in Southeast Asian Contexts: Using Demographic and Health Surveys to Monitor and Explore Patterns of Care
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Harvey Whiteford
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring Microfinance Initiatives and Women in Sri Lanka: Linking health and development
Associate Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Methodological approaches to impact evaluation of integrated HIV programs and services: quasi-experimental methods and multilevel models applied to two case studies in Peru
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Peter Baker
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Regulating for-profit private health care providers in the context of universal health coverage: A case study from Mongolia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Peter Baker
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
The right to health's intersection with the formulation, and finalisation, of the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals
Associate Advisor
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