Fulgence Niyibitegecka

PhD Student, Research Assistant

About

Name: Mr Fulgence Niyibitegecka
Email: fulgence.niyibitegeka@student.unimelb.edu.au
Unit: Global Health and Infectious Diseases Unit, Melbourne Health Economics
School: Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Areas of interest

Vaccine Economics, Economic evaluation of healthcare programs focusing on infectious diseases, cost-of-illness studies, Health Policy research

Biography

Fulgence is a PhD candidate in Health Economics Unit, Centre for Health Policy, School of Population and Global Health. Prior to joining the University of Melbourne, Fulgence worked at the United Nations Development Programme in Burundi, with a focus on programme implementation and evaluation in infectious diseases. He has extensive research experience in systematic literature review, methodological research, economic analyses: health care utilization, hospital costs, cost-of-illness studies, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and Budget impact analysis.

His current research focus on the development of a vaccine pricing policy to improve the equitable vaccine access, optimization of the dosing schedule of the vaccine against pneumonia in Asia Pacific Region and modelling the cost-effectiveness of the vaccine against malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.

Fulgence has a master’s degree in social, Economic and Administrative Pharmacy, with a specialization in Vaccine Economics.

Publications

  1. Niyibitegeka F, Riewpaiboon A, Youngkong S, Thavorncharoensap M. Economic analysis for national immunization program planning: A case of rotavirus vaccines in Burundi. Vaccine. 2021;39(8):1272-82.
  2. Niyibitegeka F, Riewpaiboon A, Youngkong S, Thavorncharoensap M. Economic burden of childhood diarrhea in Burundi. Global Health Research and Policy. 2021;6(1):13.
  3. Niyibitegeka F, Riewpaiboon A, Sangroongruangsri S. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Community Case Management of Childhood Diarrhea in Burundi. Value in Health Regional Issues. 2021; 25:157-64.
  4. Niyibitegeka F, Thavorncharoensap M, Riewpaiboon A, Youngkong S. Does the choice of health metric, DALY or QALY, influence conclusions in health economic evaluation? A case study of rotavirus vaccine in Burundi. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2022.

Awards

  • Outstanding Thesis Award at the completion of Master’s degree at Mahidol University, Thailand