Swansea University - jabobs_b

Mr Bart Jacobs

Specialist Subjects: Health sector reform, health financing, poverty alleviation, community participation, TB/HIV/AIDS control, blood safety, social marketing, operations research, indigenous health, private health care practitioners, health economics, project evaluation, sustainability Countries of work experience: Laos, Cambodia, Australia, Uganda, Russian Federation, Armenia, Belgium, Tanzania, Philippines

PUBLICATIONS

  • Jacobs B, Price N, Sam SO (2007) Can user fee exemptions enable equitable access to hospital care? A case study from rural Cambodia. Tropical Medicine and International Health 12:11
  • Jacobs B, Price N, Sam SO (2007) A sustainability assessment of a health equity fund initiative in Cambodia. International Journal Health Planning and Management 22: 183-203
  • Noirhomme M, Meessen B, Griffith F, Ir P, Jacobs B, Thor R, Criel B, Van Damme W (2007) Improving access to hospital care for the poor: comparative analysis of four health equity funds in Cambodia. Health Policy and Planning 22: 246-262
  • Jacobs B and Price N. Improving access for the poorest to public health services: insights from Kirivong Operational Health District in Cambodia. Health Policy and Planning 2006, 21: 27-39
  • Jacobs B. Cambodia. In Tony Fitzpatrick, Huck-ju Kwon, Nick Mannings, James Midgely, Gill Pascall (Eds). International Encyclopaedia of Social Policy, Routledge, London , 2006
  • Jacobs B, Pool R, Whitworth J. Incorporating drug shops in the management of sexually transmitted diseases: suggestions from a study in Uganda. International Journal of STDs and AIDS 2005, 16: 518-519
  • Jacobs B, Kambugu F, Whitworth J, Pool R. STD management in Uganda’s private-for-profit formal and informal sector and patient compliance with treatment. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2004, 31: 650-654
  • Jacobs B and Price N. The impact of the introduction of user fees at a district hospital in Cambodia. Health Policy and Planning 2004, 19: 310-321
  • Jacobs B and Roberts E. Baseline assessment for addressing acute malnutrition by public health staff in Cambodia. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2004, 22: 212-219
  • Mercer A, Jacobs B, Moon S, Kynch J. Prisons and the tuberculosis epidemic in Russia. Journal of International Development 2003, 15: 559-574
  • Jacobs B, Kambugu F, Whitworth J, Ochwo M, Pool R, Lwanga A, Tifft S, Lule J, Cutler J. Social marketing of pre-packaged treatment for men with urethral discharge (Clear seven) in Uganda. International Journal of STDs and AIDS 2003, 14: 216-221
  • Jacobs B and Price N. Community participation in externally-funded health projects: lessons from Cambodia. Health Policy and Planning 2003, 18: 399-410
  • Jacobs B, Clowes C, Wares F, Polivakho V, Lyagoshina T, Peremitin V, Banatvala N. Cost-effectiveness analysis of the Russian treatment scheme for tuberculosis versus short course chemotherapy: results from Tomsk, Siberia. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2002, 6: 406-414
  • Jacobs B and Mercer A. Feasibility of hospital based blood banking: a case study from Tanzania. Health Policy and Planning 1999, 14: 354-362
  • Jacobs B. Approaches to decrease transfusion related HIV transmission in sub-Saharan countries with hospital based blood banks: experiences from Tanzania. Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education for Adolescents & Children 1997, 1 (3/4): 105-136
  • Jacobs B, Mayaud P, Changalucha J, Todd J, Ka-Gina G, Grosskurth H, Berege ZA. Sexual transmission of hepatitis B in Mwanza, Tanzania. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 1997, 24: 121-126
  • Jacobs B and Berege ZA. Attitudes and beliefs about blood donation among adults in Mwanza region, Tanzania. East African Medical Journal 1995, 72: 345-348
  • Berege ZA, Jacobs B, Matasha MR, Mpelumbe F, Kimaro EI. Acute isovolaemic haemodilution: the best option of autologous blood transfusion in Africa? Tropical Doctor 1995, 25: 152-155
  • Jacobs B, Berege ZA, Schalula PJ, Klokke AH. Secondary school students: a safer blood donor population in an urban settlement with high HIV prevalence in East Africa. East African Medical Journal 1994, 71: 720-723


General Information

Diploma Health Systems Management (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), MSEcon Health Planning and Development (Wales), Diploma Clinical Chemistry (Belgium)

Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Development Studies
Swansea
TEL: +44 (0) 1792 295975
FAX: +44 (0)
E-MAIL: bart.jacobs@camshin.com.kh

Courses Taught