Prof. Dr. Günther Fink

Lauer, Jacqueline M., Pyykkö, Juha, Chembe, Mpela, Billima-Mulenga, Tamara, Sikazwe, Dorothy, Chibwe, Bertha, Henderson, Savanna, Parkerson, Doug, Leppänen, Jukka M., Fink, Günther, Locks, Lindsey M., & Rockers, Peter C. (2025). Markers of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction are Associated with Poor Growth and Developmental Outcomes among Young Children in Lusaka, Zambia. Journal of Pediatrics, 277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114408

Wallenborn, J. T., Sinantha-Hu, M., Ouipoulikoune, V., Kounnavong, S., Siengsounthone, L., Probst-Hensch, N., Odermatt, P., Sayasone, S., & Fink, G. (2024). Vientiane Multigenerational Birth Cohort Project in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Protocol for Establishing a Longitudinal Multigenerational Birth Cohort to Promote Population Health [Journal-article]. JMIR Research Protocols, 13, e59545. https://doi.org/10.2196/59545

Osei Afriyie, D., Titi-Ofei, R., Masiye, F., Chansa, C., & Fink, G. (2024). The political economy of national health insurance schemes: evidence from Zambia [Journal-article]. Health Policy and Planning. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czae094

Nwankwo, O. N. O., Auer, C., Oyo-Ita, A., Eyers, J., Wyss, K., Fink, G., & Bosch-Capblanch, X. (2024). Human resources for health: a framework synthesis to put health workers at the centre of healthcare [Journal-article]. BMJ Global Health, 9(9), e014556. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014556

Fink, G., Locks, L. M., Lauer, J. M., Chembe, M., Henderson, S., Sikazwe, D., Billima-Mulenga, T., Parkerson, D., & Rockers, P. C. (2024). The impact of home-installed growth charts and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) on child growth in Zambia: a four-arm parallel open-label cluster randomised controlled trial [Journal-article]. BMJ Global Health, 9(8), e015438. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015438

Mitterer, S., Zimmermann, K., Fink, G., Simon, M., Gerber, A.-K., & Bergsträsser, E. (2024). Hospitalization- and death-related financial and employment effects in parents of children with life-limiting conditions: a fixed-effects analysis [Journal-article]. European Journal of Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-024-05680-7

Mitterer, Stefan, Zimmermann, Karin, Fink, Günther, Simon, Michael, Gerber, Anne-Kathrin, & Bergsträsser, Eva. (2024). Hospitalization- and death-related financial and employment effects in parents of children with life-limiting conditions: a fixed-effects analysis [Journal-article]. European Journal of Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-024-05680-7

Aryal, A., Clarke-Deelder, E., Phommalangsy, S., Kounnavong, S., & Fink, G. (2024). Health system inequities in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Evidence from a nationally representative phone survey. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 29(6), 518–525. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13997

Tarullo, A. R., Evans, D., Coetzee, L., Lopera-Perez, D. C., Brady, S. P., Gabard-Durnam, L. J., Fink, G., Hamer, D. H., Yousafzai, A. K., & Rockers, P. C. (2024). Neonatal Physical Growth Predicts Electroencephalography Power in Rural South African Children [Journal-article]. Brain Sciences, 14(6), 552. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14060552

Kong, Y., Chen, S., Ma, N., Chen, Z., Karoli, P., Niyi, J. L., Fan, P., Fink, G., Kwete, X. J., Wehrmeister, F. C., Cheng, F., Wang, D., Zemene, M. A., Gatimu, S. M., Khan, N., Rahman, A., Fekadu, L., Shibre, G., Rahmartani, L. D., et al. (2024). Association between concurrence of multiple risk factors and under-5 mortality: a pooled analysis of data from Demographic and Health Survey in 61 low-and-middle-income countries. eClinicalMedicine, 71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102583

Osei Afriyie, D., Loo, P. S., Kuwawenaruwa, A., Kassimu, T., Fink, G., Tediosi, F., & Mtenga, S. (2024). Understanding the role of the Tanzania national health insurance fund in improving service coverage and quality of care. Social Science and Medicine, 347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116714

Loss, G., Naicker, S., Richter, L., & Fink, G. (2024). Early life determinants of social disparities among young adults: A longitudinal study in vulnerable communities in South Africa. World Development, 175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106465

Arsenault, Catherine, Mfeka-Nkabinde, Nompumelelo Gloria, Chaudhry, Monica, Jarhyan, Prashant, Taddele, Tefera, Mugenya, Irene, Sabwa, Shalom, Wright, Katherine, Amboko, Beatrice, Baensch, Laura, Wondim, Gebeyaw Molla, Mthethwa, Londiwe, Clarke-Deelder, Emma, Yang, Wen-Chien, Kosgei, Rose J., Purohit, Priyanka, Mzolo, Nokuzola Cynthia, Mebratie, Anagaw Derseh, Shaw, Subhojit, et al. (2024). Antenatal care quality and detection of risk among pregnant women: An observational study in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and South Africa. PLoS Medicine, 21. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004446

Aryal, Amit, Clarke-Deelder, Emma, Phommalangsy, Souksanh, Kounnavong, Sengchanh, & Fink, Günther. (2024). Health system utilization and perceived quality among adults in Lao PDR: evidence from a nationally representative phone survey. BMC Public Health, 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18039-2

Draper, Catherine E, Yousafzai, Aisha K, McCoy, Dana C, Cuartas, Jorge, Obradović, Jelena, Bhopal, Sunil, Fisher, Jane, Jeong, Joshua, Klingberg, Sonja, Milner, Kate, Pisani, Lauren, Roy, Aditi, Seiden, Jonathan, Sudfeld, Christopher R, Wrottesley, Stephanie V, Fink, Günther, Nores, Milagros, Tremblay, Mark S, & Okely, Anthony D. (2024). The next 1000 days: building on early investments for the health and development of young children. The Lancet, 404, 2094–2116. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01389-8

Drouard, S. H. P., Brenner, S., Antwisi, D., Toure, N. K., Madhavan, S., Fink, G., & Shapira, G. (2024). Effects of performance-based financing on availability, quality, and use of family planning services in the Democratic Republic of Congo: An Impact Evaluation. Studies in Family Planning. https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12264

Ehteshami, Fatemeh, Cassidy, Rachel, Tediosi, Fabrizio, Fink, Günther, & Cobos Muñoz, Daniel. (2024). Combining Theory-Driven Realist Approach and Systems Thinking to Unpack Complexity of Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension Management in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Protocol for a Realist Review. Systems, 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems12010016

Ekou, Franck Kokora, Eze, Ikenna C, Aka, Joseph, Kwiatkowski, Marek, Merten, Sonja, Acka, Felix Kouamé, Fink, Günther, Utzinger, Jürg, Probst-Hensch, Nicole, & Probst-Hensch, Nicole. (2024). Randomised controlled trial on the effect of social support on disease control, mental health and health-related quality of life in people with diabetes from Côte d’Ivoire: The SoDDiCo study protocol. BMJ Open, 14. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069934

Falgas-Bague, Irene, Melero-Dominguez, Maria, de Vernisy-Romero, Daniela, Tembo, Thandiwe, Chembe, Mpela, Lubozha, Theresa, Paul, Ravi, Parkerson, Doug, Rockers, Peter C., Sikazwe, Dorothy, & Fink, Günther. (2024). Testing the feasibility, acceptability, and exploring trends on efficacy of the problem management plus for moms: Protocol of a pilot randomized control trial. PLoS ONE, 19. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287269

Fink, Günther, Chembe, Mpela, Henderson, Savanna, Rockers, Peter C, & Parkerson, Doug. (2024). Feasibility of caregiver-administered anthropometric measurements of children under age 5: evidence from Zambia. Population Health Metrics, 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-024-00322-4

Fink, Günther, Melero-Dominguez, Maria, Chembe, Mpela, de Vernisy-Romero, Daniela, Tembo, Thandiwe, Billima, Tamara, Paul, Ravi, Alegria, Margarita, Parkerson, Doug, Rockers, Peter C, Banda, Zaliwe, Lungu, Gabriel, Sikazwe, Dorothy, & Falgas-Bague, Irene. (2024). Feasibility and acceptability of the Problem Management for Moms programme for improving maternal mental health in Zambia: an open-label trial. The Lancet Psychiatry, 11, 965–974. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00256-6

Jebiwott, Sylvia, Gutapaka, Nicolaus, Sumari, Deborah, Loss, Georg, Athuman, Thabit, Nyandele, Jane Paula, Cummins, Hannah, Chemba, Mwajuma, Benjamin-Chung, Jade, Gangar, Pamela, Wu, Xue, Smith, Jennifer, Chen, Ingrid, Dorsey, Grant, Fink, Günther, Olotu, Ally, & Hsiang, Michelle. (2024). Child Health and Infection with Low Density (CHILD) malaria: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial to assess the long-term health and socioeconomic impacts of testing and treating low-density malaria infection among children in Tanzania. BMJ Open, 14. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082227

Kruk, Margaret E, Kapoor, Neena R, Lewis, Todd P, Arsenault, Catherine, Boutsikari, Eleni C, Breda, João, Carai, Susanne, Croke, Kevin, Dayalu, Rashmi, Fink, Günther, Garcia, Patricia J, Kassa, Munir, Mohan, Sailesh, Moshabela, Mosa, Nzinga, Jacinta, Oh, Juhwan, Okiro, Emelda A, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, SteelFisher, Gillian K, et al. (2024). Population confidence in the health system in 15 countries: results from the first round of the People’s Voice Survey. The Lancet Global Health, 12, e100–e111. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00499-0

Kruk, Margaret E., Sabwa, Shalom, Lewis, Todd P., Aniebo, Ifeyinwa, Arsenault, Catherine, Carai, Susanne, Garcia, Patricia J., Garcia-Elorrio, Ezequiel, Fink, Günther, Kassa, Munir, Mohan, Sailesh, Moshabela, Mosa, Oh, Juhwan, Pate, Muhammad Ali, & Nzinga, Jacinta. (2024). Population assessment of health system performance in 16 countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 102, 486–497A. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.23.291184

Kuhfeldt, Kayla J., Kaiser, Jeanette L., Morgan, Allison J., Ngoma, Thandiwe, Hamer, Davidson H., Fink, Günther, Rockers, Peter C., Chirwa, Benson, & Scott, Nancy A. (2024). Motivation, Cues to Action, and Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: A Qualitative Application of the Health Belief Model among Women in Rural Zambia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 111, 1118–1126. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.24-0005

Lewis, Todd P, Kassa, Munir, Kapoor, Neena R, Arsenault, Catherine, Bazua-Lobato, Rodrigo, Dayalu, Rashmi, Fink, Günther, Getachew, Theodros, Jarhyan, Prashant, Lee, Hwa-Young, Mazzoni, Agustina, Medina-Ranilla, Jesus, Naidoo, Inbarani, Tadele, Ashenif, & Kruk, Margaret E. (2024). User-reported quality of care: findings from the first round of the People’s Voice Survey in 14 countries. The Lancet Global Health, 12, e112–e122. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00495-3

McCoy, Dana C., Dormal, Marta, Cuartas, Jorge, Carreira dos Santos, Angélica, Fink, Günther, & Brentani, Alexandra. (2024). The acute effects of community violence on young children’s regulatory, behavioral, and developmental outcomes in a low-income urban sample in Brazil. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 65, 620–630. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13799

Nores, Milagros, Vazquez, Claudia, Gustafsson-Wright, Emily, Osborne, Sarah, Cuartas, Jorge, Lambiris, Mark J, McCoy, Dana C, Lopez-Boo, Florencia, Behrman, Jere, Bernal, Raquel, Draper, Catherine E, Okely, Anthony D, Tremblay, Mark S, Yousafzai, Aisha K, Lombardi, Joan, & Fink, Günther. (2024). The cost of not investing in the next 1000 days: implications for policy and practice. The Lancet, 404, 2117–2130. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01390-4

Odipo, Emily, Jarhyan, Prashant, Nzinga, Jacinta, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Aryal, Amit, Clarke-Deelder, Emma, Mohan, Sailesh, Mosa, Moshabela, Eshetu, Munir Kassa, Lewis, Todd P, Kapoor, Neena R, Kruk, Margaret E, Fink, Günther, & Okiro, Emelda A. (2024). The path to universal health coverage in five African and Asian countries: examining the association between insurance status and health-care use. The Lancet Global Health, 12, e123–e133. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00510-7

Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana, Mäusezahl, Daniel, Hartinger-Peña, Stella Maria, Hattendorf, Jan, Verastegui, Hector, Fink, Günther, Probst-Hensch, Nicole, & Probst-Hensch, Nicole. (2024). Pre-pregnancy body mass index and caesarean section in Andean women in Peru: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-06466-3

Sonephet, Souliviengkham, Kounnavong, Sengchanh, Zinsstag, Lucienne, Vonaesch, Pascale, Sayasone, Somphou, Siengsounthone, Latsamy, Odermatt, Peter, Fink, Günther, & Wallenborn, Jordyn Tinka. (2024). Social Transfers for Exclusive Breastfeeding (STEB) Intervention in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 13. https://doi.org/10.2196/54768

Tani, Kassimu, Osetinsky, Brianna, Mhalu, Grace, Mtenga, Sally, Fink, Günther, & Tediosi, Fabrizio. (2024). Seeking and receiving hypertension and diabetes mellitus care in Tanzania. PLoS ONE, 19. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312258

Tani, Kassimu, Osetinsky, Brianna, Mtenga, Sally, Fink, Günther, & Tediosi, Fabrizio. (2024). Patient’s willingness to pay for improved community health insurance in Tanzania. Health Policy OPEN, 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpopen.2024.100130

Werdin, Sophia, Fink, Günther, Rajkumar, Sarah, Durrer, Michael, Gurtner, Caroline, Harbauer, Gregor, Warnke, Ingeborg, & Wyss, Kaspar. (2024). Mental health of individuals at increased suicide risk after hospital discharge and initial findings on the usefulness of a suicide prevention project in Central Switzerland. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1432336

Zay Ya, Kyaw, Lambiris, Mark J., Levine, Gillian A., Tediosi, Fabrizio, & Fink, Günther. (2024). Coverage of policies to improve antimicrobial stewardship in human medicine in low and middle income countries: results from the Global Survey of Experts on Antimicrobial Resistance. BMC Public Health, 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19542-2

Zhang, Han, Fink, Günther, & Cohen, Jessica. (2024). Malaria Rapid Tests, Febrile Illness Management, and Child Mortality Across Sub-Saharan African Countries. Jama, 332, 1270–1281. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.12589

Sonephet, S., Kounnavong, S., Zinsstag, L., Vonaesch, P., Sayasone, S., Siengsounthone, L., Odermatt, P., Fink, G., & Wallenborn, J. T. (2023). Social Transfers for Exclusive Breastfeeding (STEB) Intervention in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint) [Posted-content]. JMIR Publications Inc. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.54768

Lewis, T. P., Kapoor, N. R., Aryal, A., Bazua-Lobato, R., Carai, S., Clarke-Deelder, E., Croke, K., Dayalu, R., Espinoza-Pajuelo, L., Fink, G., Garcia, P. J., Garcia-Elorrio, E., Getachew, T., Jarhyan, P., Kassa, M., Kim, S. A., Mazzoni, A., Medina-Ranilla, J., Mohan, S., et al. (2023). Measuring people’s views on health system performance: Design and development of the people’s voice survey. PLoS Medicine, 20(10 October). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004294

Hartinger Pena, S. M., Mäusezahl, D., Jäggi, L., Aguilar, L., Alvarado Llatance, M., Castellanos, A., Huaylinos Bustamante, M.-L., Hinckley, K., Charles McCoy, D., Zhang, C., & Fink, G. (2023, June 29). Digital Support Systems to Improve Child Health and Development in Peru: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint) [Posted-content]. JMIR Publications Inc. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.50371

Aebi, N. J., Baenteli, I., Fink, G., Meinlschmidt, G., Schaefert, R., Schwenkglenks, M., Studer, A., Trost, S., Tschudin, S., Wyss, K., & SomPsyNet Consortium,. (2023). Facilitators and barriers of routine psychosocial distress assessment within a stepped and collaborative care model in a Swiss hospital setting. PLoS One, 18(6), e0285395. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285395

Afriyie Osei, D., Masiye, F., Tediosi, F., & Fink, G. (2023). Purchasing for high-quality care using national health insurance: evidence from Zambia. Health policy and planning, 38(6), 681–688. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czad022

Agyepong, I., Spicer, N., Ooms, G., Jahn, A., Bärnighausen, T., Beiersmann, C., Brown Amoakoh, H., Fink, G., Guo, Y., Hennig, L., Kifle Habtemariam, M., Kouyaté, B. A., Loewenson, R., Micah, A., Moon, S., Moshabela, M., Myhre, S. L., Ottersen, T., Patcharanarumol, W., et al. (2023). Lancet commission on synergies between universal health coverage, health security, and health promotion. Lancet, 401(10392), 1964–2012. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(22)01930-4

Bloom, David E., & Fink, Günther. (2023). The Economic Case for Devoting Public Resources to Health (pp. 49–56). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-7020-7959-7.00007-5

Bucher, A., Dimov, A., Fink, G., Chitnis, N., Bonfoh, B., & Zinsstag, J. (2023). Benefit-cost analysis of coordinated strategies for control of rabies in Africa. Nat Commun, 14(1), 5370. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41110-2

Cavallera, V., Lancaster, G., Gladstone, M., Black, M. M., McCray, G., Nizar, A., Ahmed, S., Dutta, A., Anago, R. K. E., Brentani, A., Jiang, F., Schönbeck, Y., McCoy, D. C., Kariger, P., Weber, A. M., Raikes, A., Waldman, M., van Buuren, S., Kaur, R., et al. (2023). Protocol for validation of the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) for children under 3 years of age in seven countries. BMJ Open, 13(1), e062562. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062562

Fakih, B. S., Holzschuh, A., Ross, A., Stuck, L., Abdul, R., Al-Mafazy, A. H., Irema, I., Mbena, A., Thawer, S. G., Shija, S. J., Aliy, S. M., Ali, A., Fink, G., Yukich, J., & Hetzel, M. W. (2023). Risk of imported malaria infections in Zanzibar: a cross-sectional study. Infect Dis Poverty, 12(1), 80. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-023-01129-5

Falgas-Bague, I., Thembo, T., Kaiser, J. L., Hamer, D. H., Scott, N. A., Ngoma, T., Paul, R., Juntunen, A., Rockers, P. C., & Fink, G. (2023). Trends in maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic-evidence from Zambia. PLoS One, 18(2), e0281091. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281091

Fink, G., Förtsch, K., & Felder, S. (2023). Subjective burden of government-imposed Covid-19 restrictions in Switzerland: evidence from the 2022 LINK Covid-19 survey. PLoS One, 18(7), e0283524. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283524

Jäggi, L., Aguilar, L., Alvarado Llatance, M., Castellanos, A., Fink, G., Hinckley, K., Huaylinos Bustamante, M. L., McCoy, D. C., Verastegui, H., Mäusezahl, D., & Hartinger Pena, S. M. (2023). Digital tools to improve parenting behaviour in low-income settings: a mixed-methods feasibility study. Archives of disease in childhood, 108(6), 433–439. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2022-324964

Juntunen, A., Kaiser, JL., Ngoma, T., Hamer, DH., Fink, G., Rockers, PC., Biemba, G., & Scott, NA. (2023). Lessons from a year of COVID-19 in Zambia: reported attendance and mask wearing at large gatherings in rural communities. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 108(2), 384–393. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0460

Kaiser, J. L., Hamer, D. H., Juntunen, A., Ngoma, T., Fink, G., Schueler, J., Rockers, P. C., Biemba, G., & Scott, N. A. (2023). COVID-19 knowledge and prevention behaviors in rural Zambia: a qualitative application of the information-motivation-behavioral skills model. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 109(1), 76–89. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0604

Kaiser, J. L., Ngoma, T., Rockers, P. C., Fink, G., Juntunen, A., Hamer, D. H., Chirwa, B., & Scott, N. A. (2023). A qualitative assessment of community acceptability and use of a locally developed children’s book to increase shared reading and parent-child interactions in rural Zambia. Ann Glob Health, 89(1), 28. https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3920

Koné, S., Probst-Hensch, N., Dao, D., Utzinger, J., & Fink, G. (2023). Improving coverage of antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation and malaria prophylaxis through targeted information and home deliveries in Côte d’Ivoire: a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Glob Health, 8(4), e010934. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010934

Meinlschmidt, Gunther, Frick, Alexander, Baenteli, Iris, Karpf, Christina, Studer, Anja, Bachmann, Marco, Dörner, Andreas, Tschudin, Sibil, Trost, Sarah, Wyss, Kaspar, Fink, Günther, Schwenkglenks, Matthias, Caviezel, Seraina, Rocco, Tabea, & Schaefert, Rainer. (2023). Prevention of psychosocial distress consequences in somatic hospital inpatients via a stepped and collaborative care model: protocol of SomPsyNet, a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial. BMJ Open, 13. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076814

Mishra, Anu, Zhou, Bin, Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea, Bixby, Honor, Singleton, Rosie K., Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M., Sheffer, Kate E., Paciorek, Christopher J., Bennett, James E., Lhoste, Victor, Iurilli, Maria L. C., Di Cesare, Mariachiara, Bentham, James, Phelps, Nowell H., Sophiea, Marisa K., Stevens, Gretchen A., Danaei, Goodarz, Cowan, Melanie J., Savin, Stefan, et al. (2023). Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development. Nature, 615, 874–883. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05772-8

Mitterer, Stefan, Zimmermanna, Karin, Fink, Günther, Simon, Michael, Gerber, Anne-Kathrin, & Bergsträsser, Eva. (2023). The funding of specialised paediatric palliative care in Switzerland: a conceptualisation and modified Delphi study on obstacles and priorities [Journal-article]. Swiss Medical Weekly, 153(12), 3498. https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3498

Mrema, S., Okumu, F., Schellenberg, J., & Fink, G. (2023). Associations between the use of insecticide-treated nets in early childhood and educational outcomes, marriage and child-bearing in early adulthood: evidence from a 22-year prospective cohort study in Tanzania. Malar J, 22(1), 134. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04560-z

Nuvey, Francis Sena, Hanley, Nick, Simpson, Katherine, Haydon, Daniel T., Hattendorf, Jan, Mensah, Gloria Ivy, Addo, Kennedy Kwasi, Bonfoh, Bassirou, Zinsstag, Jakob, & Fink, Günther. (2023). Farmers’ valuation and willingness to pay for vaccines to protect livestock resources against priority infectious diseases in Ghana. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106028

Nuvey, Francis Sena, Haydon, Daniel T., Hattendorf, Jan, Addo, Kennedy Kwasi, Mensah, Gloria Ivy, Fink, Günther, Zinsstag, Jakob, & Bonfoh, Bassirou. (2023). Relationship between animal health and livestock farmers’ wellbeing in Ghana: beyond zoonoses. BMC Public Health, 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16287-2

Nuvey, Francis Sena, Mensah, Gloria Ivy, Zinsstag, Jakob, Hattendorf, Jan, Fink, Günther, Bonfoh, Bassirou, & Addo, Kennedy Kwasi. (2023). Management of diseases in a ruminant livestock production system: a participatory appraisal of the performance of veterinary services delivery, and utilization in Ghana. BMC Veterinary Research, 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-023-03793-z

Nuvey, F. S., Fink, G., Hattendorf, J., Mensah, G. I., Addo, K. K., Bonfoh, B., & Zinsstag, J. (2023). Access to vaccination services for priority ruminant livestock diseases in Ghana: barriers and determinants of service utilization by farmers. Prev Vet Med, 215, 105919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105919

Onyango, Silas, Kitsao-Wekulo, Patricia, Langat, Nelson, Okelo, Kenneth, Murdock, Dawn E., Utzinger, Jürg, & Fink, Günther. (2023). Maternal stimulation and early child development in sub-saharan Africa: evidence from Kenya and Zambia. BMC Public Health, 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17235-w

Osei Afriyie, D., Masiye, F., Tediosi, F., & Fink, G. (2023). Confidence in the health system and health insurance enrollment among the informal sector population in Lusaka, Zambia. Social science & medicine, 321, 115750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115750

Osei Afriyie, Doris, Kwesiga, Brendan, Achungura, Grace, Tediosi, Fabrizio, & Fink, Günther. (2023). Effects of Health Insurance on Quality of Care in Low-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. Public Health Reviews, 44. https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2023.1605749

Osetinsky, Brianna, Fink, Günther, Kuwawenaruwa, August, & Tediosi, Fabrizio. (2023). Investigating sustainability challenges for the National Health Insurance Fund in Tanzania: a modelling approach. BMJ Open, 13. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070451

Pena, Stella Maria Hartinger, Mäusezahl, Daniel, Jäggi, Lena, Aguilar, Leonel, Llatance, Milagros Alvarado, Castellanos, Andreana, Bustamante, Maria-Luisa Huaylinos, Hinckley, Kristen, McCoy, Dana Charles, Zhang, Ce, & Fink, Günther. (2023). Digital Support Systems to Improve Child Health and Development in Peru: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 12. https://doi.org/10.2196/50371

Rockers, P. C., Leppänen, J. M., Tarullo, A., Coetzee, L., Fink, G., Hamer, D. H., Yousafzai, A. K., & Evans, D. (2023). Evaluation of a community health worker home visit intervention to improve child development in South Africa: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med, 20(4), e1004222. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004222

Rockers, P. C., Zuilkowski, S. S., & Fink, G. (2023). Childhood adversity and educational attainment: evidence from Zambia on the role of personality. Front Psychol, 14, 995343. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.995343

Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana, Hartinger, Stella Maria, Mäusezahl, Daniel, Hattendorf, Jan, Fink, Günther, Probst-Hensch, Nicole, & Probst-Hensch, Nicole. (2023). Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure in a cohort in Northern Andean Peru. Global Health Action, 16. https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2023.2285100

Shapira, Gil, Clarke-Deelder, Emma, Booto, Baudouin Makuma, Samaha, Hadia, Fritsche, György Bèla, Muvudi, Michel, Baabo, Dominique, Antwisi, Delphin, Ramanana, Didier, Benami, Saloua, & Fink, Günther. (2023). Impacts of performance-based financing on health system performance: evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo. BMC Medicine, 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-03062-8

Smith, J. A., Chang, S. M., Brentani, A., Fink, G., Lopez-Boo, F., Torino, B. M., Codina, M. R., & Walker, S. P. (2023). A remote parenting program and parent and staff perspectives: a randomized trial. Pediatrics, 151(Suppl 2), e2023060221F. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2023-060221f

Tamarelle, J., Creze, M. M., Savathdy, V., Phonekeo, S., Wallenborn, J., Siengsounthone, L., Fink, G., Odermatt, P., Kounnavong, S., Sayasone, S., & Vonaesch, P. (2023). Dynamics and consequences of nutrition-related microbial dysbiosis in early life: study protocol of the VITERBI GUT project. Front Nutr, 10, 1111478. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1111478

Tani, Kassimu, Osetinsky, Brianna, Mhalu, Grace, Mtenga, Sally, Fink, Günther, & Tediosi, Fabrizio. (2023). Healthcare workers’ experiences with COVID-19-related prevention and control measures in Tanzania [Journal-article]. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(12), e0002678. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002678

Tavakkoli, M., Takian, A., Mohammadi, M., Heidari, H., Kouchakinejad-Eramsadati, L., Yousefzade-Chabok, S., de Savigny, D., Fink, G., Künzli, N., & Cobos Muñoz, D. (2023). Assessing the design of road traffic death information systems in Iran: a participatory systems approach. Int J Med Inform, 172, 105005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105005

Zay Ya, K., Win, P. T. N., Bielicki, J., Lambiris, M., & Fink, G. (2023). Association between antimicrobial stewardship programs and antibiotic use globally: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open, 6(2), e2253806. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.53806

Zimmermann, K., Simon, M., Scheinemann, K., Oehler, E. M. T., Widler, M., Keller, S., Fink, G., Mitterer, S., Gerber, A. K., von Felten, S., & Bergstraesser, E. (2023). Correction: Specialised Paediatric PAlliativE CaRe: assessing family, healthcare professionals and health system outcomes in a multi-site context of various care settings: SPhAERA study protocol. BMC Palliat Care, 22(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-023-01136-1

Fredman, S., Donati, G., Richter, L. M., Naicker, S. N., Behrman, J. R., Lu, C., Cohrssen, C., Lopez Boo, F., Raghavan, C., Devercelli, A., Heymann, J., Stein, A., Daelmans, B., Fink, G., Lule, E., McCoy, D., Raikes, A., Rao, N., Britto, P. R., & Yoshikawa, H. (2022). Recognizing Early Childhood Education as a Human Right in International Law. Human Rights Law Review, 22(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngac024

Aebi, Nicola J., Fink, Günther., Wyss, Kaspar, Schwenkglenks, Matthias, Baenteli, Iris, Caviezel, Seraina, Studer, Anja, Trost, Sarah, Tschudin, Sibil, Schaefert, Rainer, Meinlschmidt, Gunther, & SomPsyNet Consortium,. (2022). Association of different restriction levels with COVID-19-related distress and mental health in somatic inpatients: a secondary analysis of swiss general hospital data. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.872116

Blakstad, M. M., Perumal, N., Bliznashka, L., Lambiris, M. J., Fink, G., Danaei, G., & Sudfeld, C. R. (2022). Large gains in schooling and income are possible from minimizing adverse birth outcomes in 121 low- and middle-income countries: a modelling study. PLOS Glob Public Health, 2(6), e0000218. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000218

Brenner, S., Madhavan, S., Nseya, C. K., Sese, C., Fink, G., & Shapira, G. (2022). Competent and deficient provision of childbirth services: a descriptive observational study assessing the quality of intrapartum care in two provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. BMC Health Serv Res, 22(1), 551. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07737-5

Clarke-Deelder, E., Afriyie, D. O., Nseluke, M., Masiye, F., & Fink, G. (2022). Health care seeking in modern urban LMIC settings: evidence from Lusaka, Zambia. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 1205. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13549-3

Cossa, H., Dietler, D., Macete, E., Munguambe, K., Winkler, M. S., & Fink, G. (2022). Assessing the effects of mining projects on child health in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis. Global Health, 18(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-022-00797-6

Cossa, H., Dietler, D., Macete, E., Munguambe, K., Winkler, M. S., & Fink, G. (2022). Correction: Assessing the effects of mining projects on child health in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis. GLOBAL HEALTH, 18(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-022-00816-6

Dietler, D., Farnham, A., Lyatuu, I., Fink, G., & Winkler, M. S. (2022). Industrial mining and HIV risk: evidence from 39 mine openings across 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS, 36(11), 1573–1581. https://doi.org/10.1097/qad.0000000000003294

Euclydes, V., Gomes, C., Gouveia, G., Gastaldi, V. D., Feltrin, A. S., Camilo, C., Vieira, R. P., Felipe-Silva, A., Grisi, S., Fink, G., Brentani, A., & Brentani, H. (2022). Gestational age acceleration is associated with epigenetic biomarkers of prenatal physiologic stress exposure. Clin Epigenetics, 14(1), 152. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-022-01374-9

Farnham, A., Winkler, M. S., Zabré, H. R., Divall, M. J., Fink, G., & Knoblauch, A. M. (2022). Spatial mobility and large-scale resource extraction: an analysis of community well-being and health in a copper mining area of Zambia. Extr Ind Soc, 9, 101016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2021.101016

Fehr, D., Fink, G., & Jack, B. K. (2022). Poor and rational: decision-making under scarcity. Journal of Political Economy, 130(11), 2862–2897. https://doi.org/10.1086/720466

Ferguson, L., Boudreaux, C., Cheyassin Phall, M., Jallow, B., Fofana, M. N., Njie, L., Ceesay, A. A., Gibba, C. K., Njie, M., Bittaye, M., Loum, M. M., Sankareh, A., Darboe, M. L., Barjo, Y., Dibba, M., Safreed-Harmon, K., Fink, G., & Hasan, R. (2022). Facility and community results-based financing to improve maternal and child nutrition and health in The Gambia. Health Syst Reform, 8(1), 2117320. https://doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2022.2117320

Fink, G., Fritsche, G., Samaha, H., Sese, C., & Shapira, G. (2022). Financially incentivized knowledge assessments to improve provider compliance with treatment guidelines: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials, 23(1), 227. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06129-8

Fink, G., Kandpal, E., & Shapira, G. (2022). Inequality in the quality of health services: wealth, content of care, and the price of antenatal consultations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 70(3), 1295–1336. https://doi.org/10.1086/713941

Fink, G., Mrema, S., Abdulla, S., Kachur, P., Khatib, R., Lengeler, C., Masanja, H., Okumu, F., & Schellenberg, D. (2022). Mosquito net use in early childhood and survival to adulthood in Tanzania. The New England Journal of Medicine, 386(5), 428–436. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2112524

Fink, Günther, & Felder, Stefan. (2022, January 1). Für offene Schulen würden die Leute viel zahlen. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 11.

Fink, Günther, Tediosi, Fabrizio, & Felder, Stefan. (2022). Burden of Covid-19 restrictions: National, regional and global estimates. EClinicalMedicine, 45, 101305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101305

Hooley, B., Osei Afriyie, D., Fink, G., & Tediosi, F. (2022). Health insurance coverage in low-income and middle-income countries: progress made to date and related changes in private and public health expenditure. BMJ Glob Health, 7(5), e008722. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008722

Jabbarian, J., Werner, L. K., Kagoné, M., Lemp, J. M., McMahon, S., Horstick, O., Kazianga, H., Kobiané, J. F., Fink, G., & De Neve, J. W. (2022). “It’s the poverty”-Stakeholder perspectives on barriers to secondary education in rural Burkina Faso. PLoS One, 17(11), e0277822. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277822

Koné, S., Bonfoh, B., Probst-Hensch, N., Utzinger, J., N’Goran, E. K., & Fink, G. (2022). Impact of newly constructed primary healthcare centres on antenatal care attendance, facility delivery and all-cause mortality: quasi-experimental evidence from Taabo health and demographic surveillance system, Côte d’Ivoire. BMJ Open, 12(1), e054355. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054355

Lambiris, M. J., Blakstad, M. M., Perumal, N., Danaei, G., Bliznashka, L., Fink, G., & Sudfeld, C. R. (2022). Birth weight and adult earnings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Dev Orig Health Dis, 13(3), 284–291. https://doi.org/10.1017/s2040174421000404

Levine, G., Bielicki, J., & Fink, G. (2022). Cumulative antibiotic exposure in the first five years of life: estimates for 45 low- and middle-income countries from demographic and health survey data. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 75(9), 1537–1547. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac225

Loss, G., Fink, G., Bessa, L., & Brentani, A. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on maternal health and child care behavior: evidence from a quasi-experimental study of vulnerable communities in Boa Vista, Brazil. Child abuse and neglect, 129, 105667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105667

Luminati, O., Brentani, A., Flückiger, B., Ledebur de Antas de Campos, B., Raess, M., Röösli, M., de Hoogh, K., & Fink, G. (2022). Assessing the association between air pollution and child development in São Paulo, Brazil. PLoS One, 17(5), e0268192. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268192