24 Jul 2026Open access
Estimating the human development impacts and economic returns from an adolescent cash ‘plus’ programme in Kenya: An economic modelling studyPublisher sitePLOS Global Public Health, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Active, last published 2026
In poverty, education, and child welfare
Chris
Desmond
Scholar“Research focused on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and adjacent fields.”
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa28
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01 · About the work
What I study
hris Desmond is a researcher working on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare. A fuller summary will appear once they update their profile.
02 · Reach
Publication output and reach
Chris's work has been cited 2,736 times across 2 active years. Bars show publications per year; the line shows cumulative citation totals across publications first appearing in each year.
03 · Research focus
Topics
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare×67Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health×40Child Nutrition and Water Access×40Global Maternal and Child Health×33HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions×30
04 · Where I am
Affiliations
Affiliation on published researchUniversity of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaDrawn from the institution listed on this researcher’s published work.
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05 · Selected work
Recent publications
11 works14 Apr 2026Open access
A Human Development Framework to maximise returns of early life investments in Low-and-Middle Income CountriesPublisher siteOxford Open Economics, Child Nutrition and Water Access
11 Apr 2026Open access
When low benefit-cost ratios mean we need to invest more, not less: The social determinants of value in healthPublisher siteHealth Policy, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
21 Nov 2024Open access4cites
The social determinants of adolescent anxiety and depression in peri-urban South AfricaPublisher sitePLOS mental health., Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
18 Nov 2024Open access3cites
Amplifying youth voices: young people’s recommendations for policy and practice to enhance vaccine acceptabilityPublisher siteBMC Health Services Research, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
21 Oct 2024
Education and gender equality: focus on girls isn’t fair and isn’t enough – global studyPublisher site1 Aug 2024Open access
Protocol of a cost-effectiveness analysis of a combined intervention for depression and parenting compared with enhanced standard of care for perinatally depressed, HIV-positive women and their infants in rural South AfricaPublisher siteBMJ Open, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
15 Jul 2024Open access
Does perceived caregiver HIV stigma and depression increase adolescent neuro-behavioral difficulties? A mediation analysis in the Asenze CohortPublisher siteExpert Academic Profiles go further
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