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PhD, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
MA, Ohio University

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BU Research

Central Asia Quality Health Care Project
07/10/2000 - 06/30/2003 (PI)
ABT Associates, Inc. USAID

PSBH Problem Solving for Better Health
08/08/2000 - 08/31/2002 (PI)
Dreyfus Health Foundation

Legal and Policy Framework for Health Service Delivery and Financing: Study Tour
07/10/2000 - 08/08/2000 (PI)
ABT Associates, Inc. USAID

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Grosskurth H, Brugha R, Droti B, Foster S, and Laing R. Principles of Medicine in Africa(D. Mabey, G. Gill, E. Parry, M.W. Weber, C. Whitty , eds.). Managing a health service with management and financing of drug supply. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 2013.
Seeley J, Amurwon J, Foster S. AIDS and rural livelihoods: Dynamics and diversity in sub-Saharan Africa. (Anke Niehof, Gabriel Rugalema & Stuart Gillespie, eds.). The longitudinal picture: What does it reveal?. Routledge. Abingdon. 2010; 13-27.

Foster SD, Nakamanya S, Kyomuhangi R, Amurwon J, Namara G, Amuron B, Nabiryo C, Birungi J, Wolff B, Jaffar S, Grosskurth H. The experience of "medicine companions" to support adherence to antiretroviral therapy: quantitative and qualitative data from a trial population in Uganda. AIDS Care. 2010; 22 Suppl 1:35-43. PMID: 20680859; PMCID: PMC2924568; DOI: 10.1080/09540120903500027;

Jaffar S, Amuron B, Foster S, Birungi J, Levin J, Namara G, Nabiryo C, Ndembi N, Kyomuhangi R, Opio A, Bunnell R, Tappero JW, Mermin J, Coutinho A, Grosskurth H. Rates of virological failure in patients treated in a home-based versus a facility-based HIV-care model in Jinja, southeast Uganda: a cluster-randomised equivalence trial. Lancet. 2009 Dec 19; 374(9707):2080-9. PMID: 19939445; PMCID: PMC2806484; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61674-3;

Roberts RR, Hota B, Ahmad I, Scott RD, Foster SD, Abbasi F, Schabowski S, Kampe LM, Ciavarella GG, Supino M, Naples J, Cordell R, Levy SB, Weinstein RA. Hospital and societal costs of antimicrobial-resistant infections in a Chicago teaching hospital: implications for antibiotic stewardship. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 15; 49(8):1175-84. PMID: 19739972; DOI: 10.1086/605630;

Foster SD. Antimicrobial Resistance in Developing Countries (Sosa, A., Byarugaba, D.K., eds.). The economic burden of resistance in the developing world. Springer Science & Business Media Publisher. Berlin. 2009.

Seeley J, Biraro S, Shafer LA, Nasirumbi P, Foster S, Whitworth J, Grosskurth H. Using in-depth qualitative data to enhance our understanding of quantitative results regarding the impact of HIV and AIDS on households in rural Uganda. Soc Sci Med. 2008 Nov; 67(9):1434-46. PMID: 18701204; DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.07.001;

Terris-Prestholt F, Kumaranayake L, Foster S, Kamali A, Kinsman J, Basajja V, Nalweyso N, Quigley M, Kengeya-Kayondo J, Whitworth J. The role of community acceptance over time for costs of HIV and STI prevention interventions: analysis of the Masaka Intervention Trial, Uganda, 1996-1999. Sex Transm Dis. 2006 Oct; 33(10 Suppl):S111-6. PMID: 16505738

Foster SD. In Diagnostics for tuberculosis: global demand and market potential. Chapter 6: The socioeconomic burden of tuberculosis. TDR/FIND SA. Geneva. 2006.
Foster SD, Laing R, Melgaard B, Zaffran M. Disease Control Priorities(D.T. Jamison et al, eds.). Ensuring supplies of Appropriate Drugs and Vaccines. World Bank / National Institutes of Health. Washington DC. 2006.

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McKee M, Foster S. George W Bush's second term. BMJ. 2005 Jan 22; 330(7484):155-6. PMID: 15661759; PMCID: PMC544975

Needham DM, Bowman D, Foster SD, Godfrey-Faussett P. Patient care seeking barriers and tuberculosis programme reform: a qualitative study. Health Policy. 2004 Jan; 67(1):93-106. PMID: 14726009

Foster SD, Laing R. Principles of medicine in Africa. Management and financing of drug supply(Parry E, Godfrey R, Mabey D,Gill G, eds.). Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 2004.
Foster SD. Manson’s Tropical Diseases (Cook, Zumla, eds.). Chapter 7, Economics and financing of tropical and infectious disease programmes. Elsevier. Amsterdam. 2003.

Trouiller P, Torreele E, Olliaro P, White N, Foster S, Wirth D, Pécoul B. Drugs for neglected diseases: a failure of the market and a public health failure? Trop Med Int Health. 2001 Nov; 6(11):945-51. PMID: 11703850

Needham DM, Foster SD, Tomlinson G, Godfrey-Faussett P. Socio-economic, gender and health services factors affecting diagnostic delay for tuberculosis patients in urban Zambia. Trop Med Int Health. 2001 Apr; 6(4):256-9. PMID: 11348515

Walker D, Muyinda H, Foster S, Kengeya-Kayondo J, Whitworth J. The quality of care by private practitioners for sexually transmitted diseases in Uganda. Health Policy Plan. 2001 Mar; 16(1):35-40. PMID: 11238428

Foster SD. (As member of technical consultation group). Cost and economic considerations. Antimalarial drug combination therapy: Report of WHO technical consultation, 4-5 April 2001. Geneva. World Health Organization. Geneva. 2001.

Walker D, McNerney R, Mwembo MK, Foster S, Tihon V, Godfrey-Faussett P. An incremental cost-effectiveness analysis of the first, second and third sputum examination in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2000 Mar; 4(3):246-51. PMID: 10751071

Hawkes S, Morison L, Foster S, Gausia K, Chakraborty J, Peeling RW, Mabey D. Reproductive-tract infections in women in low-income, low-prevalence situations: assessment of syndromic management in Matlab, Bangladesh. Lancet. 1999 Nov 20; 354(9192):1776-81. PMID: 10577639

James KC, Foster SD. Weighing up disability. Lancet. 1999 Jul 10; 354(9173):87-8. PMID: 10408477

Foster SD. Tuberculosis – an international perspective (Porter JDH, JM Grange, eds.). Chapter 10, The economics of tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment. Imperial College Press. London. 1999.

Needham DM, Godfrey-Faussett P, Foster SD. Barriers to tuberculosis control in urban Zambia: the economic impact and burden on patients prior to diagnosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 1998 Oct; 2(10):811-7. PMID: 9783528

Foster SD, Phillips M. Economics and its contribution to the fight against malaria. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 1998; 92(4):391-398.
Adler M, Foster SD, Grosskurth H, Richens J, Slavin H. Guidelines for STD control in developing countries. Department for International Development. London. 1998.
Foster SD. New and resurgent infections: prediction, detection and Management of tomorrow’s epidemics (Greenwood BM, DeCock K, eds.). Reducing uncertainty in infectious disease control – the role of health economics research. John Wiley & Sons. Chichester. 1998.
Foster SD (As member of consultative group). Report of a meeting held in Geneva, 18-20 February 1998. Policy statement on preventive therapy against tuberculosis in people living with HIV. World Health Organization Global Tuberculosis Programme and UNAIDS. Geneva. 1998.
Foster SD, Godfrey-Faussett P, Porter JD. Modelling the economic benefits of TB preventive therapy for people with HIV in Zambia. AIDS. 1997; 11:191-925.
Foster SD. Economic evaluation of health interventions – some strengths and limitations. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1997; 91:625-626.

Elliott AM, Foster SD. Thiacetazone: time to call a halt? Considerations on the use of thiacetazone in African populations with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection. Tuber Lung Dis. 1996 Feb; 77(1):27-9. PMID: 8733410

Foster SD. The implications of HIV/AIDS for South African Mines. AIDS Analysis Africa. 1996; 7(3):5.
Foster SD. The Lancet. Pyronaridine [letter]. Elsevier. Amsterdam. 1996; 347:1190.

Cook AJ, Tuchili LM, Buve A, Foster SD, Godfrey-Fausett P, Pandey GS, McAdam KP. Human and bovine tuberculosis in the Monze District of Zambia--a cross-sectional study. Br Vet J. 1996 Jan; 152(1):37-46. PMID: 8634864

Elliott AM, Mwinga AG, Foster SD. Treatment of tuberculosis in developing countries. Lancet. 1995 Oct 21; 346(8982):1098-9. PMID: 7564805

Foster SD. Treatment of malaria outside the formal health services. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1995; 98:29-34.
Foster SD, Kelly P. Use of thiacetazone [letter]. The Lancet. 1995; 345:62-63.
Foster SD, Buvé A. Benefits of HIV screening of blood transfusions in Zambia. The Lancet. 1995; 346:225-227.
Foster SD. Carrying out a bed census at a district hospital in Zambia. Health Policy and Planning. 1995; 10(4):441-445.
Foster SD. The impact of HIV on the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia. World Hospitals. 1995; 31(1):18-21.
Foster SD. The cost and burden of AIDS on the Zambian health care system. SAFAIDS News. 1995; 2-5.

Kelly P, Buve A, Foster SD, McKenna M, Donnelly M, Sipatunyana G. Cutaneous reactions to thiacetazone in Zambia--implications for tuberculosis treatment strategies. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1994 Jan-Feb; 88(1):113-5. PMID: 7512287

Foster SD. Economic prospects for a new antimalarial drug. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1994; 88:55-56.
Foster SD. Care and treatment of HIV disease in developing countries from a socioeconomic perspective. AIDS. 1994.
Foster SD. Assisting those in the early stages of HIV infection [letter]. American Journal of Public Health. 1994; 84:1178.
Foster SD. The Lancet. Health and self-determination. Elsevier. Amsterdam. 1994; 343:1581-1582.
Buvé A, Foaster (sic) SD, Mbwili C, Mungo E, Tollenaere N, Zeko M. Mortality among female nurses in the face of the AIDS epidemic: a pilot study in Zambia. AIDS. 1994; 8:396.
Foster S, Normand C, Sheaff R. Health sector reform worldwide: the issues and the role of donors. The Lancet. 1994; 344:175-177.
Foster SD. The Lancet. Structural adjustment too painful?. Elsevier. Amsterdam. 1994; 344:1377-1378.
Foster SD. World Bank’s Cure for donor fatigue. The Lancet. 1993; 342(8863):63-64.
Foster SD. Health Economics Research in Developing Countries (A Mills, K Lee, eds.). Economic aspects of the production and use of pharmaceuticals: evidence and gaps in research. Oxford University Press. New York. 1993.
Foster SD. Facing the Challenge: a district hospital in Africa. The Hidden Cost of AIDS. 1992.
Foster SD. Supply and use of essential drugs in sub-Saharan Africa: some issues and possible solutions. Social Science and Medicine. 1991; 32:1201-1218.
Foster SD. Malaria: Waiting for the Vaccine (GAT Targett, ed.). The distribution and use of antimalarial drugs: not a pretty picture. Wiley. London. 1991.

Foster SD. Pricing, distribution, and use of antimalarial drugs. Bull World Health Organ. 1991; 69(3):349-63. PMID: 1893512; PMCID: PMC2393110

Foster SD. Why Things Work: Case Histories in Development (SB Halstead and JA Walsh, eds.). Logistics and Supply. Rockefeller Foundation. New York. 1990.
Foster SD. Report of a WHO Scientific Group, WHO Technical Report Series no. 805. Practical Chemotherapy of Malaria. WHO Geneva. Geneva. 1990.
Foster SD, Drager N. How community drug sales schemes may succeed. World Health Forum. 1988; 9:200-206.
Foster SD, Catsambas T. Spending money sensibly: the case of essential drugs. Finance and Development. 1986; 29-32.

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 39 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 1994

Bar chart showing 39 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 1994

Year	Publications
1986	1
1988	1
1990	2
1991	2
1992	1
1993	2
1994	7
1995	6
1996	2
1997	2
1998	4
1999	1
2001	1
2003	1
2004	1
2006	2
2009	1
2010	1
2013	1

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