Akim Tafadzwa Lukwa, PhD

Research Assistant

Akim Tafadzwa Lukwa is a Health Economist, who holds a Bachelor’s of Commerce and honors in Economics from Midlands State University in Zimbabwe, and a Master’s in Health Economics from the University of Cape Town. He recently completed his Ph.D. in Public Health-Health with University of Cape Town. He has research outputs on; Economic burden of malaria, maternal, and child health socioeconomic inequalities, and Social determinants of health research.

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2534-3731

Recent publications

Household satisfaction with health services and response strategies to malaria in mountain communities of Uganda
Aggrey S, Egeru A, Kalule JB, Lukwa AT, Mutai N, Hartnack S

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

(2024)

https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae084
Socioeconomic determinants of male contraceptive use in South Africa: a secondary analysis of the 2016 SADHS data
Naidoo Y, Joubert L, Nhakaniso K, Nzeribe E, Akinsolu F, Okova D, Chiwire P, Lukwa AT

BMC Public Health

(2024)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20295-1
Stakeholder mapping to explore social and economic capital of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs) to increase demand for and access to healthy food
Lukwa AT, Wayas F, Lambert E, Alaba O

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

(2024)

https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1301578
Socio-economic inequalities in the double burden of malnutrition among under-five children: evidence from 10 selected sub-Saharan African countries
Alaba OA, Chiwire P, Siya A, Saliu OA, Nhakaniso K, Nzeribe E, Okova D, Lukwa AT

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

(2023)

https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085489
Drivers of socioeconomic inequalities of child hunger during COVID-19 in South Africa: evidence from NIDS-CRAM Waves 1-5
Alaba O, Hongoro C, Thulare A, Lukwa AT

BMC Public Health

(2022)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14482-1
Decomposing maternal socioeconomic inequalities in Zimbabwe; leaving no woman behind
Lukwa AT, Siya A, Odunitan-Wayas FA, Alaba O

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

(2022)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04571-9
Can informal savings groups promote food security and social, economic and health transformations, especially among women in urban sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative systematic review
Lukwa AT, Odunitan-Wayas F, Lambert EV, Alaba OA, on behalf of the Savings for Health IDRC Collaborators

Sustainability

(2022)

https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063153

Akim Tafadzwa Lukwa, PhD

Research Assistant

Recent publications

Household satisfaction with health services and response strategies to malaria in mountain communities of Uganda

Socioeconomic determinants of male contraceptive use in South Africa: a secondary analysis of the 2016 SADHS data

Stakeholder mapping to explore social and economic capital of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs) to increase demand for and access to healthy food

Socio-economic inequalities in the double burden of malnutrition among under-five children: evidence from 10 selected sub-Saharan African countries

Drivers of socioeconomic inequalities of child hunger during COVID-19 in South Africa: evidence from NIDS-CRAM Waves 1-5

Decomposing maternal socioeconomic inequalities in Zimbabwe; leaving no woman behind

Can informal savings groups promote food security and social, economic and health transformations, especially among women in urban sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative systematic review