March 2024 - Parenting, Malaria and Economic policies for hypertension management

Welcome to the third episode of Health Econ On The Go. In this episode, we will cover three papers from February 2024, touching on the cost-effectiveness of an early parenting programme, the cost-effectiveness of malaria vaccination and a review of the impact of economic policies on hypertension management. We launched this podcast with the moto "finish not perfect", so please leave me your comments and questions at healthecononthego@gmail.com

Papers discussed on this episode: 

1. "Why are our medicines so expensive? Spoiler: Not for the reasons you are being told…" available here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10836477/
2. "A cost-effectiveness analysis of a universal, preventative-focused, parent and infant programme" available here: https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-023-10492-w
3. "The public health impact and cost-effectiveness of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine: a mathematical modelling study " available here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(23)00816-2/fulltext
4. "Association of Economic Policies With Hypertension Management and ControlA Systematic Review" available here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2814987
5. "El susto" available here: https://elsustomovie.com/