Ebenezer Tetteh joined the OHE on 11th August, 2008 as a Health Economist. Prior to that he worked as a (health technology) analyst in the Appraisals Programme of the Centre for Health Technology Evaluation, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

In his position, he was responsible for analysing clinical and economic evidence presented in submissions made to NICE on the value of health technologies. He advised the chairman of the Appraisals Committee on the key concerns and issues surrounding the evidence presented.

He is a pharmacist with an MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. His major interests are in the economics of medicines and health system design, and health technology assessment.

He has recently published a paper on "Providing affordable essential medicines to African households: the missing policies and institutions for price containment" in Social Science & Medicine (2008). In addition, he has a number of manuscripts on differential pricing of pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical innovation and TRIPS flexibilities, and R&D in neglected diseases waiting for publication.

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Selected Journal Articles

Implementing differential pricing for essential medicines via country-specific bilateral negotiated discounts. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy (forthcoming 2009)

Creating reliable pharmaceutical distribution networks and supply chains in African countries: implications for medicine access. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy (2009; In Press)

Policies and institutional arrangements for rationalizing drug selection and consumption patterns in African healthcare systems. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy (2009; In Press)

Providing affordable essential medicines to African households: the missing policies and institutions for price containment. Social Science and Medicine 66(3): 569-581, 2008