Section: Staff Profiles

Johanna Hanefeld

Name
Johanna Hanefeld BA MSC PHD
Title
Lecturer, Global Public Health Policy
Organisation
Social Policy, School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh
Address
6.27 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square Edinburgh UK EH8 9LD
E-Mail
Research Interests
Global Health,Social Determinants of Health,Southern Africa,Human rights,Policy Analysis,Health systems
URL
http://www.cas.ed.ac.uk/staff_profiles/johanna_hanefeld
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Qualifications

BA (Queen Mary) MSc (SOAS) PhD ( London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

Honorary Fellow (Health Economics) London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Biographical statement

Johanna Hanefeld is a health policy analyst focusing on global health and questions of social justice. She joined GPHU in 2012.

Past research has explored these issues focused on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa (especially Zambia and South Africa) and the Caribbean. However, more recently Johanna worked for WHO on social determinants of health in Europe and she continues her engagement with this work.

Until September 2012 Johanna is working on a research project with colleagues at the University of York and the London School of Hygiene that examines the impact of medical tourism on the UK National Health Services and the issues around trade in health services www.medicaltourismresearch.co.uk.

 Key research interests:

-         the impact of global health actors at country level

-         equity, human rights and health systems

-         the social determinants of health

-         trade in health services particularly issues relating to medical travel

-         qualitative methods, operations research and network analysis. 

Supervision

Johanna would welcome supervision of students interested in any of the above issues. Students interested in pursuing a PhD should e-mail directly to discuss.

Teaching  

Semester 2 Year 2011/12

Global politics of public health

Health systems reform and public private partnerships

Publications

Journal Articles

Smith R, Lunt N, Hanefeld J “ Comment: The implications of PIP are more than just cosmetic” Lancet published OnlineFebruary 2, 2012 DOI:10.1016/S0140- 6736(12)60166-4.

Gruskin S, Ahmed S, Bogecho D, Ferguson L, Hanefeld J, MacCarthy J, Raad Z & Steiner R (2012) “Human rights in health systems frameworks: What is there, what is missing and why does it matter?”, Global Public Health, DOI:10.1080/17441692.2011.651733

Hanefeld J (2010) “The role of Global Health Initiatives in policy implementation processes relating to ART roll-out in Zambia and South Africa” AIDS Care Special Issue on Social Aspects of ART; 22 Suppl 1:93-102. Francis and Taylor: London.

Brown W, Hanefeld J, Welsh J (2009) “Criminalising HIV transmission: punishment without protection of human rights” Reproductive Health Matters; Vol 17, No 34; Elsevier: London.

Hanefeld J and Musheke M (2009) "What impact do Global Health Initiatives have on human resources for antiretroviral treatment roll-out? A qualitative policy analysis of implementation processes in Zambia." Human Resources for Health 7(1): 8.

Hanefeld J (2008) ‘How have Global Health Initiatives Impacted on Health Equity’, IUHPE- Education and Promotion; Vol. 15, No 1; Sage Publishing.

Hanefeld J, Spicer N, Brugha R, Walt G (2007) ‘How have Global Health Initiatives impacted on health equity – Literature Review’, Background paper, WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health; Health Systems Knowledge Network.

Hanefeld J (2002) ‘Patent rights versus patient rights: intellectual property and pharmaceutical companies and access to treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa,’ Feminist Review 72, 84–92; Palgrave Macmillian: London.

Book chapters

Ziglio E, Hanefeld J, Bertola A (forthcoming April 2012) “Health inequities in the European Region and WHO ‘s new health policy for Europe “Health 2020””

Hanefeld J (2012 forthcoming) ‘Amnesty’ entry in Loue S, Sajakovich M eds. Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health; Springer Reference: Berlin.

Hanefeld J (2011) ‘The Global Fund to Fight AIDS TB and Malaria’ chapter in Hale T, Held D Handbook of Innovations in Transnational Governance; Polity Press: Cambridge.

Monographs

Hanefeld J. (2009) ‘The role of Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives in policy implementation of anti-retroviral treatment roll-out in Zambia and South’ Evidence for Action, Working Paper1;  

http://www.evidence4action.org/images/stories/documents/ghicomparativepapermar09.pdf   

 Amnesty International (2008) ‘“I am at the lowest end of all” - Rural women living with HIV face human rights abuses in South Africa’, Report AI Index Number AFR 53/001/2008.

 Amnesty International (2006) ‘”I am not ashamed”’ HIV and Human Rights in the Dominican Republic and Guyana’, Report AI Index Number AMR 01/002/2006. 

 

 

 

This page was published on 15 February 2012


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