Profiles And Contributions To This Article

Health system strengthening for vision care in The Gambia

Diana  Bowser

A/Prof Diana Bowser

qualifications: MPH, ScD

contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: Associate Professor

Diana Bowser has 15 years of experience in health system analysis related to health economics, health policy, and using econometric methods to evaluate health system changes in Latin America, Africa, and the United States. She is especially interested in health system issues and research related to health financing, poverty, catastrophic health payments, implementation, evaluation, income inequality, quality improvement, human resources for health, decentralization, and resource allocation in the health sector, and health and economic growth. She has provided technical assistance and conducted research with grants and funding from USAID, DFID, WHO, the Global Fund, Save the Children, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, IADB and the World Bank. She has worked closely with the following governments on these policy issues: Nigeria, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Ghana, Namibia, Swaziland, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Ukraine, Kosovo, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Haiti, Egypt, Oman and Kuwait. Dr. Bowser earned her BA from the Harvard College, her MPH from Yale School of Public Health and her Doctor of Science in health economics from the Harvard School of Public Health. She is fluent in Spanish and has lived in Latin America.


Neema  Landey

Ms Neema Landey

qualifications: MS

contribution: Acquisition of data, Drafting of manuscript

position: Graduate Student

Graduate student of the Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA USA


Mustapha A Njie

Mr Mustapha Njie

qualifications: BA

contribution: Acquisition of data, Critical revision

position: Associate Director of Programming Africa


Reshma  Dabideen

Ms Reshma Dabideen

qualifications: MBA

contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: OneSight Global Medical Lead, Director of Programming – Africa

Reshma Dabideen is Director, Programming, Africa at OneSight.


Megan  Gianfagna

Ms Megan Gianfagna

qualifications: PhD

contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: OneSight Associate Director, Global Marketing

Associate Director, Global Marketing.


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