Sophie Witter

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Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2018-2024
Publications (10 Years): 41

Top Venues

International journal of health policy and management

PloS one

PLOS global public health

Global health action

Queen Margaret University Edinburgh

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Affiliation History

Queen Margaret University Edinburgh

United Kingdom

also Deputy Director, NIHR Research Unit on Health in Fragility at QMU Edinburgh. :: IGHD

Queen Margaret University Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Professor of International Health Financing and Health Systems :: Institute for Global Health and Development

Oxford Policy Institute

United Kingdom

Associate, Health Portfolio,

World Bank, DFID, WHO, Save the Children

United States

Independent consultant/technical advisor

World Bank

United States

Researcher, President of the Africa Region.

University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom

FEMHealth scientific coordinator and Senior Research Fellow

Save the Children Uganda

Uganda

HIV/AIDS & Food Security Programme Manager.

Save the Children Uganda

Uganda

Adviser

Save the Children Uganda

Uganda

Lead researcher on child poverty study.

University of York

United Kingdom

Research Fellow, International Programme. :: Centre for Health Economics,

Save the Children, Vietnam

Vietnam

Deputy Director

Save the Children Fund

United Kingdom

Senior Overseas Information Officer.

Royal Institute of International Affairs, London

United Kingdom

Assistant Editor, International Affairs journal,

RIIA,

United Kingdom

Publications Manager,

The Times newspaper

United Kingdom

Journalist

Publications

Giulia Loffreda, Stella Arakelyan, Ibrahim R Bou-Orm, Hampus Holmer, Luke Nelson Allen, Sophie Witter, Alastair Ager, Karin Diaconu
Barriers and Opportunities for WHO "Best Buys" Non-communicable Disease Policy Adoption and Implementation From a Political Economy Perspective: A Complexity Systematic Review. International journal of health policy and management 13 (2024)
Giulia Loffreda, Stella Arakelyan, Ibrahim R Bou-Orm, Hampus Holmer, Luke Nelson Allen, Sophie Witter, Alastair Ager, Karin Diaconu
Barriers and Opportunities for WHO "Best Buys" Non-communicable Disease Policy Adoption and Implementation From a Political Economy Perspective: A Complexity Systematic Review. International journal of health policy and management 13 (2024)
Giulia Loffreda, Stella Arakelyan, Ibrahim R Bou-Orm, Hampus Holmer, Luke Nelson Allen, Sophie Witter, Alastair Ager, Karin Diaconu
Barriers and Opportunities for WHO "Best Buys" Non-communicable Disease Policy Adoption and Implementation From a Political Economy Perspective: A Complexity Systematic Review. International journal of health policy and management 13 (2024)
Sophie Witter, Maria van der Merwe, Rhian Twine, Denny Mabetha, Jennifer Hove, Stephen M Tollman, Lucia D'Ambruoso
Opening decision spaces: A case study on the opportunities and constraints in the public health sector of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. PloS one 19 (7) (2024)
Giulia Loffreda, Stella Arakelyan, Ibrahim R Bou-Orm, Hampus Holmer, Luke Nelson Allen, Sophie Witter, Alastair Ager, Karin Diaconu
Barriers and Opportunities for WHO "Best Buys" Non-communicable Disease Policy Adoption and Implementation From a Political Economy Perspective: A Complexity Systematic Review. International journal of health policy and management 13 (2024)
Giulia Loffreda, Stella Arakelyan, Ibrahim R Bou-Orm, Hampus Holmer, Luke Nelson Allen, Sophie Witter, Alastair Ager, Karin Diaconu
Barriers and Opportunities for WHO "Best Buys" Non-communicable Disease Policy Adoption and Implementation From a Political Economy Perspective: A Complexity Systematic Review. International journal of health policy and management 13 (2024)
Sophie Witter, Maria van der Merwe, Rhian Twine, Denny Mabetha, Jennifer Hove, Stephen M Tollman, Lucia D'Ambruoso
Opening decision spaces: A case study on the opportunities and constraints in the public health sector of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. PloS one 19 (7) (2024)
Juliet Abredu, Catherine Kroamah Dwumfour, Boo Alipitio, Mawusi Alordey, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, Sophie Witter
A scoping review of the residual barriers to skilled birth attendance in Ghana: A conceptual framework and a fish bone analysis. PLOS global public health 4 (2) (2024)
Giulia Loffreda, Stella Arakelyan, Ibrahim R Bou-Orm, Hampus Holmer, Luke Nelson Allen, Sophie Witter, Alastair Ager, Karin Diaconu
Barriers and Opportunities for WHO "Best Buys" Non-communicable Disease Policy Adoption and Implementation From a Political Economy Perspective: A Complexity Systematic Review. International journal of health policy and management 13 (2024)
Juliet Abredu, Catherine Kroamah Dwumfour, Boo Alipitio, Mawusi Alordey, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, Sophie Witter
A scoping review of the residual barriers to skilled birth attendance in Ghana: A conceptual framework and a fish bone analysis. PLOS global public health 4 (2) (2024)
Giulia Loffreda, Stella Arakelyan, Ibrahim R Bou-Orm, Hampus Holmer, Luke Nelson Allen, Sophie Witter, Alastair Ager, Karin Diaconu
Barriers and Opportunities for WHO "Best Buys" Non-communicable Disease Policy Adoption and Implementation From a Political Economy Perspective: A Complexity Systematic Review. International journal of health policy and management 13 (2024)
Juliet Abredu, Catherine Kroamah Dwumfour, Boo Alipitio, Mawusi Alordey, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, Sophie Witter
A scoping review of the residual barriers to skilled birth attendance in Ghana: A conceptual framework and a fish bone analysis. PLOS global public health 4 (2) (2024)
Giulia Loffreda, Stella Arakelyan, Ibrahim R Bou-Orm, Hampus Holmer, Luke Nelson Allen, Sophie Witter, Alastair Ager, Karin Diaconu
Barriers and Opportunities for WHO "Best Buys" Non-communicable Disease Policy Adoption and Implementation From a Political Economy Perspective: A Complexity Systematic Review. International journal of health policy and management 13 (2024)
Giulia Loffreda, Stella Arakelyan, Ibrahim R Bou-Orm, Hampus Holmer, Luke Nelson Allen, Sophie Witter, Alastair Ager, Karin Diaconu
Barriers and Opportunities for WHO "Best Buys" Non-communicable Disease Policy Adoption and Implementation From a Political Economy Perspective: A Complexity Systematic Review. International journal of health policy and management 13 (2024)
Lucia D'Ambruoso, Nana Akua Abruquah, Denny Mabetha, Maria van der Merwe, Gerhard Goosen, Jerry Sigudla, Sophie Witter, null null
Correction: Expanding Community Health Worker decision space: learning from a Participatory Action Research training intervention in a rural South African district. Human resources for health 21 (1) (2023)
Jennifer Hove, Denny Mabetha, Maria van der Merwe, Rhian Twine, Kathleen Kahn, Sophie Witter, Lucia D'Ambruoso
Participatory action research to address lack of safe water, a community-nominated health priority in rural South Africa. PloS one 18 (7) (2023)
Lucia D'Ambruoso, Nana Akua Abruquah, Denny Mabetha, Maria van der Merwe, Gerhard Goosen, Jerry Sigudla, Sophie Witter, null null
Expanding Community Health Worker decision space: learning from a Participatory Action Research training intervention in a rural South African district. Human resources for health 21 (1) (2023)
Karin Diaconu, Sophie Witter, Arek Dakessian, Giulia Loffreda, Alastair Ager
Fragile, handle with care: refining a key concept for global health and development. BMJ global health 8 (6) (2023)
Sophie Witter, Nouria Brikci, David Scherer
A theory-based evaluation of the Leadership for Universal Health Coverage Programme: insights for multisectoral leadership development in global health. Health research policy and systems 20 (1) (2022)
Kate Gooding, Maria Paola Bertone, Giulia Loffreda, Sophie Witter
How can we strengthen partnership and coordination for health system emergency preparedness and response? Findings from a synthesis of experience across countries facing shocks. BMC health services research 22 (1) (2022)
Sophie Witter, Kabir Sheikh, Meike Schleiff
Learning health systems in low-income and middle-income countries: exploring evidence and expert insights. BMJ global health 7 (Suppl 7) (2022)
Lucia D'Ambruoso, Denny Mabetha, Rhian Twine, Maria van der Merwe, Jennifer Hove, Gerhard Goosen, Jerry Sigudla, Sophie Witter, null null
'Voice needs teeth to have bite'! Expanding community-led multisectoral action-learning to address alcohol and drug abuse in rural South Africa. PLOS global public health 2 (10) (2022)
Jennifer Hove, Lucia D'Ambruoso, Kathleen Kahn, Sophie Witter, Maria van der Merwe, Denny Mabetha, Kingsley Tembo, Rhine Twine
Lessons from community participation in primary health care and water resource governance in South Africa: a narrative review. Global health action 15 (1) (2022)
Sophie Witter, Maria Paola Bertone, Karin Diaconu, Olga Bornemisza
Performance-based Financing versus "Unconditional" Direct Facility Financing - False Dichotomy? Health systems and reform 7 (1) (2022)
Jennifer Hove, Lucia D'Ambruoso, Rhine Twine, Denny Mabetha, Maria van der Merwe, Ishmael Mtungwa, Sonto Khoza, Kathleen Kahn, Sophie Witter
Developing stakeholder participation to address lack of safe water as a community health concern in a rural province in South Africa. Global health action 14 (1) (2021)
Sophie Witter, Christopher H Herbst, Marc Smitz, Mamadou Dioulde Balde, Ibrahim Magazi, Rashid U Zaman
How to attract and retain health workers in rural areas of a fragile state: Findings from a labour market survey in Guinea. PloS one 16 (12) (2021)
Bruno Marchal, Ibukun-Oluwa Omolade Adepoju, Lela Sulaberidze, Ivdity Chikovani, Maia Uchaneishvili, Natia Shengelia, Karin Diaconu, Anna Vassall, Akaki Zoidze, Ariadna Nebot Giralt, Sophie Witter
How do participatory methods shape policy? Applying a realist approach to the formulation of a new tuberculosis policy in Georgia. BMJ open 11 (6) (2021)
Eilidh Cowan, Lucia D'Ambruoso, Maria van der Merwe, Sophie Witter, Peter Byass, Soter Ameh, Ryan G Wagner, Rhine Twine
Understanding non-communicable diseases: combining health surveillance with local knowledge to improve rural primary health care in South Africa. Global health action 14 (1) (2021)
Sophie Witter, Guanyang Zou, Karin Diaconu, Reynold G B Senesi, Ayesha Idriss, John Walley, Haja Ramatulai Wurie
Opportunities and challenges for delivering non-communicable disease management and services in fragile and post-conflict settings: perceptions of policy-makers and health providers in Sierra Leone. Conflict and health 14 (2020)
Sophie Witter, Mariam M Hamza, Nahar Alazemi, Mohammed Alluhidan, Taghred Alghaith, Christopher H Herbst
Human resources for health interventions in high- and middle-income countries: findings of an evidence review. Human resources for health 18 (1) (2020)
Sophie Witter, Maria Van Der Merwe, Rhian Twine, Denny Mabetha, Jennifer Hove, Gerhard Goosen, Lucia D'Ambruoso
Verbal Autopsy with Participatory Action Research (VAPAR) programme in Mpumalanga, South Africa: protocol for evaluation. BMJ open 10 (2) (2020)
Sophie Witter, Yotamu Chirwa, Pamela Chandiwana, Shungu Munyati, Mildred Pepukai, Maria Paola Bertone, Steve Banda
Results-based financing as a strategic purchasing intervention: some progress but much further to go in Zimbabwe? BMC health services research 20 (1) (2020)
Oladapo Oladeinde, Denny Mabetha, Rhine Twine, Jennifer Hove, Maria van der Merwe, Peter Byass, Sophie Witter, Kathleen Kahn, Lucia D'Ambruoso
Building cooperative learning to address alcohol and other drug abuse in Mpumalanga, South Africa: a participatory action research process. Global health action 13 (1) (2020)
Sophie Witter, Natasha Palmer, Dina Balabanova, Sandra Mounier-Jack, Tim Martineau, Anna Klicpera, Charity Jensen, Miguel Pugliese-Garcia, Lucy Gilson
Health system strengthening-Reflections on its meaning, assessment, and our state of knowledge. The International journal of health planning and management 34 (4) (2019)
Sophie Witter, Yotamu Chirwa, Pamela Chandiwana, Shungu Munyati, Mildred Pepukai, Maria Paola Bertone
The political economy of results-based financing: the experience of the health system in Zimbabwe. Global health research and policy 4 (2019)
Sophie Witter, Ian Anderson, Peter Annear, Abiodun Awosusi, Nitin N Bhandari, Nouria Brikci, Blandine Binachon, Tata Chanturidze, Katherine Gilbert, Charity Jensen, Tomas Lievens, Barbara McPake, Snehashish Raichowdhury, Alex Jones
What, why and how do health systems learn from one another? Insights from eight low- and middle-income country case studies. Health research policy and systems 17 (1) (2019)
Sophie Witter, Nouria Brikci, Tim Harris, Richard Williams, Sarah Keen, Ana Mujica, Alex Jones, Alex Murray-Zmijewski, Barbara Bale, Bailah Leigh, Ade Renner
The free healthcare initiative in Sierra Leone: Evaluating a health system reform, 2010-2015. The International journal of health planning and management 33 (2) (2018)
Sophie Witter, Haja Wurie, Justine Namakula, Wilson Mashange, Yotamu Chirwa, Alvaro Alonso-Garbayo
Why do people become health workers? Analysis from life histories in 4 post-conflict and post-crisis countries. The International journal of health planning and management 33 (2) (2018)
Maria Paola Bertone, Eelco Jacobs, Jurrien Toonen, Ngozi Akwataghibe, Sophie Witter
Performance-based financing in three humanitarian settings: principles and pragmatism. Conflict and health 12 (2018)
Maria Paola Bertone, Jean-Benoît Falisse, Giuliano Russo, Sophie Witter
Context matters (but how and why?) A hypothesis-led literature review of performance based financing in fragile and conflict-affected health systems. PloS one 13 (4) (2018)
John Walley, Mohammad Amir Khan, Sophie Witter, Rumana Haque, James Newell, Xiaolin Wei
Embedded health service development and research: why and how to do it (a ten-stage guide). Health research policy and systems 16 (1) (2018)

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Publication Activity (10 Years)

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Sophie Witter