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Veloshnee Govender

Veloshnee Govender – Researcher / Lecturer

Veloshnee Govender is currently a Researcher / Lecturer in the HEU. Before this, she was a research consultant at the Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore) and her work primarily focused on maternal health, health systems research and equity issues in India. She has also worked as a public health specialist for the Global Forum for Health Research (Geneva) and the Initiative for Cardiovascular Health Research in the Developing Countries (New Delhi). She holds an MPH in International Health from Boston University and an M.Com in Health Economics from the University of Cape Town.

Research interests: Health system reform and financing, gender and equity issues in health and development.

Current research projects: Strategies for Health Insurance for Equity in Less Developed Countries and the Researching Equity in Access to Health Care (REACH) project.

Current teaching: Postgraduate Diploma in Health Economics and the Masters in Public Health Programme.

Publications

Book chapter

2009

GOVENDER, V. & PENN-KEKANA, L. (2009) Challenging Gender in Patient-Provider Interactions IN SEN, G. & ÖSTLIN, P. (Eds.) Gender Equity in Health: The Shifting Frontiers of Evidence and Action. Routledge.

Journal articles

2011

GOVENDER, V. & MOONEY, G. (2011) People’s policies for the health of the poor globally. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, in press.

HARRIS, B., NXUMALO, N., ATAGUBA, J. E., GOVENDER, V., CHERSICH, M. & GOUDGE, J. (2011) Social solidarity and civil servants’ willingness for financial cross-subsidization in South Africa: Implications for health financing reform. Journal of Public Health Policy, 32, S162-S183.

LAAR, A.S. & GOVENDER, V. (2011) Factors influencing the choices of infant feeding of HIV-positive mothers in Southern Ghana: The role of counsellors, mothers, families and socio-economic status. Journal of AIDS and HIV Research, 3, 129-137.

2008

GOVENDER, V. & PENN-KEKANA, L. (2008) Gender Biases and Discrimination: a review of health care interpersonal interactions. Global Public Health, 3, 90-103.

2007

GOVENDER, V., GHAFFAR, A. & NISHTAR, S. (2007) Measuring the Economic and Social Consequences of CVDs and Diabetes in India and Pakistan. BioScience Trends, 1, 121-127.

2004

GHAFFAR, A., HYDER, A. A., GOVENDER, V. & BISHAI, D. (2004) Road crashes: A modern plague on South Asia’s poor. Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 12, 739-741.

Reports, policy documents and working papers

2011

LAAR, A. & GOVENDER, V. (2011) Infant feeding choices of HIV-positive mothers in Ghana: How do the roles of counsellors, mothers, families and socio-economic status influence these choices? HEU Policy Brief. Cape Town, Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town.

2008

MCINTYRE, D., GOVENDER, V., BUREGYEYA, E., CHITAMA, D., KATAIKA, E., KYOMUGISHA, E., KYOMUHANGI, R., MBEELI, T., MPOFU, A., NZENZE, S., WALIMBWA, A. & CHITAH, B. (2008) Key issues in equitable health care financing in East and Southern Africa. EQUINET Discussion Paper 66. Harare, Regional Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa.

MCINTYRE, D., OKORAFOR, O., ATAGUBA, J., GOVENDER, V., GOUDGE, J., HARRIS, B., NXUMALO, N., MOETI, R., MAJA, A., PALMER, N. & MILLS, A. (2008) Health care access and utilisation, the burden of out-of-pocket payments and perceptions of the health system: Findings of a national household survey. Department of Health.

NKOSI, M., GOVENDER, V., ERASMUS, E. & GILSON, L. (2008) Investigating the role of power and institutions in hospital-level implementation of equity-oriented policies. CREHS research report. London, Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

2006

SEN, G., GOVENDER, V. & COTTINGHAM, J. (2006) Maternal and Neonatal Health: Surviving the Roller-Coaster of International Policy. Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Occasional Paper. Indian Institute of Management.

2001

MCINTYRE, D., MUIRHEAD, D., GILSON, L., GOVENDER, V., MBATSHA, S., GOUDGE, J., WADEE, H. & NTUTELA, P. (2001) Geographic patterns of deprivation and health inequities in South Africa: Informing public resource allocation strategies. Equinet Policy Series No. 10. Harare, Regional Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa.

2000

GOUDGE, J. & GOVENDER, V. (2000) A review of experience concerning household ability to cope with the resource demands of ill-health and health care utilisation. Equinet, a Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa.

GOVENDER, V., MCINTYRE, D., GRIMWOOD, A. & MAARTENS, G. (2000) The costs and perceived quality of care of those with HIV/AIDS in the Western Cape province, South Africa. Washington D.C., Partnerships for Health Reform.

GOVENDER, V., MCINTYRE, D., MAARTENS, G. & GRIMWOOD, A. (2000) The costs and perceived quality of care for people living with HIV/AIDS in the Western Cape province in South Africa.

KIRIGIA, J., SINANOVIC, E. & GOVENDER, V. (2000) Economic Evaluation: Teaching Materials. Cape Town & Geneva, Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town in collaboration with the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease (TDR), World Health Organization.

MCINTYRE, D., MUIRHEAD, D., GILSON, L., GOVENDER, V., MBATSHA, S., GOUDGE, J., WADEE, H. & NTUTELA, P. (2000) Geographic patterns of deprivation and health inequities in South Africa: Informing public resource allocation strategies. Cape Town & Johannesburg, Health Economics Unit and Centre for Health Policy.

1998

GOVENDER, V. (1998) The Economic Implications of Down-Scaling Red Cross Children’s Hospital Outpatient’s Department. Research Report. Cape Town, Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town.

GOVENDER, V., MAKAN, B. & MCINTYRE, D. (1998) The financing of health care and health sciences education and training in South Africa. Health Economics Unit Working Paper No. 30. Cape Town, Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town.

1997

GOVENDER, V. & MCINTYRE, D. (1997) An Evaluation of the Reconstruction and Development Clinic Upgrading and Building Programme. Input paper for the Poverty and Inequality Report. Cape Town, Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town.