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Markus Haacker

@markushaacker

Economist working at intersections of global health, macroeconomics, and public finance. Harvard School of Public Health, Center for Global Development, and UCL

 Oxford, England
Joined June 2018
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Who can and cannot get vaccinated right now: nytimes.com/interactive/2021…
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Practice on time horizons in global health inconsistent, causing variation in results on cost-effectiveness. Adopting longer policy periods returns weak guidance on current interventions. More differentiated approach needed. academic.oup.com/heapol/adva… @RifatAtun @CGDev @UCLIGHE
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Discount rate of 3 percent applied in global health is out of line with economic context of low- and middle-income countries, where higher rates would be appropriate. Gap causes bias in cost-effectiveness analysis. cgdev.org/blog/setting-disco… @RifatAtun @CGDev @uclighe
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Today 1pm at #IHEA2019. Targeting treatment coverage in policy analyses biases results on HIV prevention effectiveness - impact on deaths underestimated by 1/2, $ savings overestimated by factor 2. Slides: hu-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/p… … @UCLIGHE @GHP_HarvardChan @RifatAtun @CGDev
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Discussing HIV & NCD intersection in Botswana at #IHEA2019 Basle tomorrow, Tue, 8.30am. KH, HS 102. Demographic implications of HIV, greying of AIDS, HIV as co-existing disease on NCDs. Access slides: hu-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/p… @UCLIGHE @GHP_HarvardChan
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Thank you to @UK_HESG and @HEG_UEA for an excellent meeting. No thanks to UEA for appalling hygiene on campus - bedbug infestation! @uniofeastanglia @UEAConf
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"Greying of AIDS" => overall burden of #NCDs accelerates, and #HIV among NCD population rises, while headline HIV prevalence falls. #botswana jogh.org/documents/issue2019… @RifatAtun #Globalhealth
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Excited to be joining @cgdev, advancing economic analysis of pressing challenges in #globalhealth. cgdev.org/expert/markus-haac… @kchalkidou @idsihealth @glassmanamanda #NCDs #HIV
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'All I hear is anger and frustration': how Brexit is affecting our mental health theguardian.com/politics/201…
'All I hear is anger and frustration': how Brexit is affecting our mental health

'All I hear is anger and frustration': how Brexit is affecting our mental health

Westminster is in chaos, the future is uncertain and there is no end in sight. What toll is the political crisis taking on the nation’s wellbeing?

theguardian.com
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Commemorating Alan Krueger - economics as a human science nyti.ms/2ugEL2B
Opinion | Alan Krueger’s Two Lessons (Published 2019)

Opinion | Alan Krueger’s Two Lessons (Published 2019)

He didn’t just study the obvious economic subjects. He also studied happiness.

nytimes.com
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Congratulations to @gregggonsalves on this well-conceived, clear-headed, and personal NYT piece, which provides a much need counterpoint to the often ignorant and ill-conceived press coverage on the London #HIV patient. nytimes.com/2019/03/09/opini…

Opinion | This is Not A Cure for My H.I.V. (Published 2019)

The news about a second person who may be free of the infection is a distraction from the work we need to keep focusing on.

nytimes.com
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Insightful and enjoyable application of social science to "Rituals of global health: Negotiating the World Health Assembly" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… @ProfRichSmith
Rituals of global health: Negotiating the World Health Assembly

Rituals of global health: Negotiating the World Health Assembly

The World Health Assembly is the WHO’s supreme decision-making body and consists of representatives from the 194 WHO Member States who take formal decisions on the WHO’s policies, workplan and budg...

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@wef2 Mar 2019
We must stop turning a blind eye to the world's #health crises wef.ch/2tCbsqM
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#IMF on resource needs for attaining #SDGs, and macroeconomic and fiscal contributions to closing resource gap. Delivering on the SDG agenda requires additional spending in 2030 of US$2.6 trillion, including an average 15% of GDP in low-income countries: imf.org/en/Publications/Staf…
Fiscal Policy and Development: Human, Social, and Physical Investments for the SDGs

Fiscal Policy and Development: Human, Social, and Physical Investments for the SDGs

The goal of this paper is to estimate the additional annual spending required for meaningful progress on the SDGs in these areas. Our estimates refer to additional spending in 2030, relative to a...

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Human costs of an economic crisis: Infant mortality in Venezuela between 1985 and 2016 - The Lancet Global Health thelancet.com/journals/langl…
Inspiring. Problem with Scientific Credit. nautil.us/issue/66/clockwork… via @NautilusMag
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