Lumbwe Chola

Associate Professor - Department of Health Management and Health Economics

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Email lumbwe.chola@medisin.uio.no

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Visiting address Forskningsveien 3A Harald Schjelderups Hus 0373 Oslo

Postal address Postboks 1089 Blindern 0317 Oslo

Other affiliations Institutt for pedagogikk (Student)

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Academic interests

Economic evaluation
Health technology assessment
Priority setting
Global Health

Courses taught

Background

Senior Advisor - Norwegian Institute of Public Health (2019 to date)
Project lead - Support to Evidence Informed Priority Setting in Ghana (2022 to date)
PhD in Health Economics - University of Bergen (2012)
MPhil in Health Systems Research - University of Bergen (2007)
BA Economics - University of Zambia (2002)

Appointments

Chairperson - Working Group for an Africa HTA Programme, Africa CDC (2023)
Member of the Global Fund Technical Review Panel (2020 to date)

Partners

Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Ghana Ministry of Health

Tags: Global health, Health economics, Economic Evaluation

Isbeih, Mervett; Heupink, Lieke-Fleur; Qaddomi, Sharif; Salman, Rand & Chola, Lumbwe (2024). Conducting a health technology assessment in the West Bank, occupied Palestinian territory: lessons from a feasibility project. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. ISSN 0266-4623. 40(1), p. 1–6. doi: 10.1017/S0266462324000084. Full text in Research Archive
Baker, Peter; Barasa, Edwine; Chalkidou, Kalipso; Chola, Lumbwe; Culyer, Anthony & Dabak, Saudamini [Show all 17 contributors for this article] (2023). International Partnerships to Develop Evidence-informed Priority Setting Institutions: Ten Years of Experience from the International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI). Health Systems & Reform. ISSN 2328-8604. 9(3). doi: 10.1080/23288604.2024.2330112.
Njie, Hassan; Ilboudo, Patrick Christian Gueswende; Gopinathan, Unni; Chola, Lumbwe & Wangen, Knut Reidar (2023). Preferences of healthcare workers for provider payment systems in The Gambia’s National Health Insurance Scheme. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 23(853). doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09885-8. Full text in Research Archive
Brady, Elise; Castelli, Michele; Walker, Richard; Grayling, Michael; Alaba, Olufunke & Chola, Lumbwe (2022). The prevalence and social determinants of multimorbidity in South Africa. World Medical & Health Policy (WMHP). ISSN 2153-2028. doi: 10.1002/wmh3.557.
Njie, Hassan; Wangen, Knut Reidar; Chola, Lumbwe; Gopinathan, Unni; Mdala, Ibrahimu & Sundby, Johanne Sommerschild [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Willingness to pay for a national health insurance scheme in The Gambia: A contingent valuation study. Health Policy and Planning. ISSN 0268-1080. 38(1), p. 61–73. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czac089. Full text in Research Archive
Heupink, Lieke Fleur; Peacocke, Elizabeth ; Sæterdal, Ingvil von Mehren; Chola, Lumbwe & Frønsdal, Katrine Bjørnebek (2022). Considerations for transferability of health technology assessments: a scoping review of tools, methods, and practices. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. ISSN 0266-4623. 38(1). doi: 10.1017/S026646232200321X. Full text in Research Archive
Bidonde Torre, Maria Julia; Meneses Echavez, Jose Francisco; Asare, Brian; Chola, Lumbwe; Gad, Mohamed & Heupink, Lieke Fleur [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2022). Developing a tool to assess the skills to perform a health technology assessment. BMC Medical Research Methodology. ISSN 1471-2288. 22. doi: 10.1186/s12874-022-01562-4. Full text in Research Archive
Peacocke, Elizabeth Fleur; Frønsdal, Katrine Bjørnebek; Dahl, Elin Hoffmann & Chola, Lumbwe (2021). Global access to COVID-19 vaccines: a scoping review of factors that may influence equitable access for low and middle-income countries . BMJ Global Health. ISSN 2059-7908. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049505.
Teerawattananon, Yot; Painter, Chris; Dabak, Saudamini; Ottersen, Trygve; Gopinathan, Unni & Chola, Lumbwe [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2021). Avoiding health technology assessment: a global survey of reasons for not using health technology assessment in decision making. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. ISSN 1478-7547. 19. doi: 10.1186/s12962-021-00308-1. Full text in Research Archive
Peacocke, Elizabeth ; Heupink, Lieke Fleur; Frønsdal, Katrine Bjørnebek; Dahl, Elin Hoffmann & Chola, Lumbwe (2021). Global access to COVID-19 vaccines: A scoping review of factors that may influence equitable access for low and middle-income countries. BMJ Open. ISSN 2044-6055. 11:e0495005(9), p. 1–11. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049505. Full text in Research Archive
Chola, Lumbwe; Fadnes, Lars T.; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Nkonki, Lungiswa; Nankabirwa, Victoria & Sommerfelt, Halvor [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2015). Cost-effectiveness of peer counselling for the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 10(11). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142718. Full text in Research Archive
Nkonki, Lungiswa Leonora; Daviaud, Emmanuelle; Jackson, Debra; Chola, Lumbwe; Doherty, Tanya & Chopra, Mickey [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2014). Costs of promoting exclusive breastfeeding at community level in three sites in South Africa. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 9(1:e79784). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079784. Full text in Research Archive
Chola, Lumbwe; Fadnes, Lars T.; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Tumwine, James K; Tylleskär, Thorkild & Robberstad, Bjarne (2013). Infant feeding survival and Markov transition probabilities among children under age 6 months in Uganda. American Journal of Epidemiology. ISSN 0002-9262. 177(5), p. 453–462. doi: 10.1093/aje/kws254.
Chola, Lumbwe; Nkonki, Lungiswa Leonora; Kankasa, Chipepo; Tumwine, James; Tylleskar, Thorkild & Robberstad, Bjarne [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2011). Cost of individual peer counselling for the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. ISSN 1478-7547. 9(11). doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-9-11. Full text in Research Archive
Chola, Lumbwe & Robberstad, Bjarne (2009). Estimating average inpatient and outpatient costs and childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea treatment costs in an urban health centre in Zambia. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. ISSN 1478-7547. 7(16). doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-7-16.

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Peacocke, Elizabeth; Frønsdal, Katrine Bjørnebek; Heupink, Lieke Fleur; Chola, Lumbwe; Lauvrak, Vigdis & Bidonde Torre, Maria Julia (2023). Technical guidance for Health Technology Assessment in low-and middle-income countries. Folkehelseinstituttet.
Chola, Lumbwe (2012). The economics of promoting exclusive breastfeeding in sub-Saharan Africa. Universitetet i Bergen. ISSN 978-82-308-2038-4.