Unit costs and other musings: a response

Affiliations

¹ Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, UK.
² Centre for Women, Peace and Security, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK.
³ Health Economics Research Unit, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P.O Box 43640 - 00100, 197 Lenana Place, Off Lenana Road, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ School of Public Health, University of Rwanda, Remera Campus, P.O. Box 3286, Kigali KG 11 Avenue, Gasabo, Kigali, Rwanda.
⁵ Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Francie Van Zyl Drive, Parow Valley, Cape Town 7503, South Africa.
⁶ Kintampo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 200, Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana.
⁷ School of Nursing and Midwifery and Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, National Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan.
⁸ National Institute of Public Administration, P.O Box 31990 Plot No. 4810, Dushanbe Road, Lusaka, Zambia.
⁹ Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Henry Wellcome Building for Molecular Physiology, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
¹⁰ Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, 1 Soutpansberg Road, Pretoria, South Africa.

Comment

Sergio Torres-Rueda et al. Health Policy Plan. 2021.

. 2021 Mar 26;36(2):223-225.

doi: 10.1093/heapol/czaa155.

¹ Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, UK.
² Centre for Women, Peace and Security, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK.
³ Health Economics Research Unit, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P.O Box 43640 - 00100, 197 Lenana Place, Off Lenana Road, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ School of Public Health, University of Rwanda, Remera Campus, P.O. Box 3286, Kigali KG 11 Avenue, Gasabo, Kigali, Rwanda.
⁵ Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Francie Van Zyl Drive, Parow Valley, Cape Town 7503, South Africa.
⁶ Kintampo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 200, Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana.
⁷ School of Nursing and Midwifery and Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, National Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan.
⁸ National Institute of Public Administration, P.O Box 31990 Plot No. 4810, Dushanbe Road, Lusaka, Zambia.
⁹ Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Henry Wellcome Building for Molecular Physiology, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
¹⁰ Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, 1 Soutpansberg Road, Pretoria, South Africa.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest statement. None declared.

Not all costs should be treated equally: Commentary on the article 'What will it cost to prevent violence against women and girls in low- and middle-income countries? Evidence from Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia'.
Murray LK, Kane J, Bolton P, Skavenski S, Mayeya J, Alfonso YN, Webb S, Bishai D. Murray LK, et al. Health Policy Plan. 2021 Mar 26;36(2):221-222. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czaa154. Health Policy Plan. 2021. PMID: 33367676 No abstract available.

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