Staff

Dr Olufunke Alaba – Researcher / Lecturer

Dr Olufunke Alaba is a Researcher / Lecturer at the Health Economics Unit. She holds a B.Sc. in economics from Ondo State University and a M.Sc and Ph.D in economics from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. The title of her Ph.D dissertation was “Malaria and Rural Household Productivity in Oyo State”.

Before joining the HEU, she was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pretoria. She has also held various consultancy positions as a Health Economist and Co-investigator at the World Health Organisation and a Supervisor and Team Member at the UN Industrial Development Organization/Oxford University, UK and Business School, Nigeria

Research interests: Access to and utilisation of health services, disease burden, health financing and applied microeconometrics on health issues

Current research projects: Health Economics and Policy Network in Africa (HEPNet); Strategies for Health Insurance for Equity in Less Developed Countries (SHIELD)

Current teaching: Online postgraduate diploma in health economics (priority setting, resource allocation & equity)

Publications

Journal articles

2010

KOCH, S. & ALABA, O. (2010) On health insurance and household decisions: A treatment effect analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 70, 175-182.

2009

Alaba, O.A. and O. B. Alaba (forthcoming), Malaria in Rural Nigeria: Implications for the Millennium Development Goals, African Development Review

2005

Alaba O.B, O. A. Alaba, F.O. Ogwumike, B. Alayande and C.E.E. Okojie (2005), Dimensions and determinants of income inequality in the Nigerian labour market, African Journal of Economic Policy,Vol 12(2) June.

Yusuf O.B., O.Oladepo, S.O Odunbaku, O.A. Alaba, and O.S Osowole (2005), “Factors associated with malaria treatment failures in Ibadan”, African Journal of Medical Medicine Sciences, Vol. 34.

Reports, policy documents and working papers

2008

Alaba O.A & Koch S.F (2008) On health Insurance and household decisions: An econometric policy analysis. University of Pretoria working paper, No 200834

O.A. Alaba & Koch S.F (2008) Household structure and health care decisions: Implication for Child health in South Africa. A paper presented in the conference income distribution and the family. Kiel 1-3 September, 2008

2007

O.A. Alaba & Koch S.F (2007) Household composition, gender and health seeking behaviour in South Africa. A paper presented at the Human Capital Workshop, Benoni, Johannesburg, South Africa

O.A. Alaba & Koch S.F (2007) Household Structure, Social protection and Health seeking Behaviour. A paper presented at the Charlotte Manye Maxeke Annual Conference on Social Protection. Ivory Tree Lodge, Pilanesberg, South Africa

2006

Alaba O.A.and O.A. Saliu (2006), Malaria and Intra-Household Burden-Sharing: A Case of Clinically Confirmed Incidence in Nigeria, A Pilot Study, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), in Nairobi-Kenya.

F.O. Ogwumike, O.A. Alaba, O.B Alaba, A. Alayande and C.E Okojie (2006), Labour Market, Poverty and Inequality in Nigeria, A Final Report Submitted to the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) as part of the Collaborative Research Project on Poverty in Africa. – Phase II.

2005

Oladepo O., Oshiname F., Ajuwon A..,O.A. Alaba, Olayiwola K., Oyeyemi B., (2005) Community-directed interventions for major health problems in Africa. A Collaborative Study Sponsored by the World Health Organisation, Geneva

2003

Alaba O.A. (2003), Malaria in Children: Economic Burden and Treatment Strategies in Nigeria A Final report of collaborative project on Malaria and Poverty in Africa, AERC Nairobi and The World Bank Washington D.C

2002

Alaba O.A. and O. B. Alaba (2002), Determinants of Demand for Infrastructure in Rural and Urban Nigeria Presented at the WIDER/CSAE, Oxford UK

O.A Alaba and O. B. Alaba (2002), Malaria in Children: Implications for Female Care-givers Productivity in Nigeria, Nigeria Economic Society (NES) Conference and Proceedings.

2001

Alaba O.A. (2001) Economics of Water, Health and Households’ Labour Market Participation, A final report presented at the workshop of African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), in Nairobi-Kenya,

Contact

Email: Olufunke.Alaba@uct.ac.za, Tel: 27 21 406 6558

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