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Publicaciones

Soy autora de más de 50 publicaciones en revistas científicas y otros formatos, centradas en sistemas de salud, financiación, equidad y evaluación.

Mi trabajo ha sido publicado en revistas internacionales y utilizado por gobiernos y organizaciones para informar políticas y programas.

Publicaciones destacadas de los últimos cinco años: 

  • Federspiel, F., Borghi, J., Jensen, H.T., Mbaye, E.M. and Martinez Alvarez, M., 2026. International Monetary Fund and World Bank Influence on Domestic Health Financing Sources: A Mixed-Methods Case Study of Senegal. SSM-Health Systems, p.100179.
  • Martinez-Alvarez, M., Amouzou, A., Barros, A.J., Faye, C., Behanzin, P., Borghi, J., Binyaruka, P., Greco, G., Pitt, C. and Boerma, T., 2025. Broken promises: the USA foreign aid freeze threatens women's, children's, and adolescents' health. The Lancet, 405(10488), pp.1448-1450.
  • Federspiel, F., Borghi, J., Mbaye, E.M., Jensen, H.T. and Martinez Alvarez, M., 2025. Development partner influence on domestic health financing contributions in Senegal: a mixed-methods case study. Health Policy and Planning, 40(3), pp.300-317.
  • Kpokiri EE, Phiri MM, Martinez-Alvarez M, Tembo M, Chikwari CD, Nzvere F, Doyle AM, Tucker JD, Hensen B. How to (or how not to) implement crowdsourcing for the development of health interventions: lessons learned from four African countries. Health Policy and Planning. 2024 Dec;39(10):1125-31.
  • Mayhew, S.H., Doyle, K., Babawo, L.S., Mokuwa, E., Rohan, H., Martinez-Alverez, M., Borghi, J. and Pitt, C., 2024. Did aid to the Ebola crisis divert aid for reproductive, maternal, and newborn health? An analysis of donor-reported data in Sierra Leone. Conflict and Health, 18(1), pp.1-9.
  • Binyaruka, P., Martinez-Alvarez, M., Pitt, C. and Borghi, J., 2024. Assessing equity and efficiency of health financing towards universal health coverage between regions in Tanzania. Social Science & Medicine, 340, p.116457.
  • Lohmann, J., Diallo, M., De Allegri, M., Koulidiati, J.L. and Martinez-Alvarez, M., 2023. Stress and coping in the face of COVID-19: a qualitative inquiry into early pandemic experiences and psychological well-being of health workers in Burkina Faso, Senegal and The Gambia. Health Policy and Planning, 38(7), pp.777-788.
  • Dabira, E.D., Fehr, A., Beloum, N., Van Geertruyden, J.P., Achan, J., Erhart, A., Martinez-Alvarez, M. and D’Alessandro, U., 2023. Perceptions and acceptability of the controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) model in The Gambia: a qualitative study. Scientific Reports, 13(1), p.8708.
  • Quaife, M., Diallo, M., Jaye, A. and Martinez-Alvarez, M., 2023. Partnership preferences, economic drivers, and health consequences of Gambian men’s interactions with foreign tourists: A mixed methods study. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(2), p.e0001115.
  • Federspiel, F., Borghi, J. and Martinez-Alvarez, M., 2022. Growing debt burden in low-and middle-income countries during COVID-19 may constrain health financing. Global Health Action, 15(1), p.2072461.
  • Diallo, Brahima Amara, Effua Usuf, Omar Ceesay, Umberto D'Alessandro, Anna Roca, and Martinez-Alvarez, M. "Clinical research on COVID-19: perceptions and barriers to participation in The Gambia." BMJ Global Health 7, no. 2 (2022).
  • Cho, Y.C., Gai, A., Diallo, B.A., Samateh, A.L., Lawn, J.E., Martinez-Alvarez, M. and Brotherton, H., 2022. Barriers and enablers to kangaroo mother care prior to stability from perspectives of Gambian health workers: A qualitative study. Frontiers in Pediatrics, p.1399.
  • Abatan, B, Agboghoroma, O, Akemoke, F, Antonio, M, Awokola, B, Bittaye, M, Bojang, A, Bojang, K, Brotherton, H, Cerami, C, Clarke, E, D’Alessandro, U, de Silva, T, Drammeh, M, Forrest, K, Hofmann, N, Jagne, S, Jah, H, Jarju, S, Jaye, A, Jobe, M, Kampmann, B, Manjang, B, Martinez-Alvarez, M, Mohammed, N, Nadjm, B, Ousmane, M, Nkereuwem, N, Nwakanma, D, Oko, F, Okoh, E, Okomo, U, Olatunji, Y, Oriero, E, Prentice, A, Roberts, C, Roca, A, Sabally, B, Sambou, S, Samateh, A, Secka, O, Sesay, AK, Singhateh, Y, Susso, B, Usuf, E, Vilane, A, Wariri, O. (2021) Intense and Mild First Epidemic Wave of Coronavirus Disease, The Gambia.  Emerging infectious diseases 27.8: 2064 
  • C Pitt, D Bath, P Binyaruka, J Borghi, M Martinez-Alvarez. (2021) Falling aid for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in the lead-up to the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Global Health 6 (6), e006089

Capítulos en libros

  • Martinez-Alvarez M, Vega A. Sources of Health Financing in edited book “Health Financing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: the Path to Universal Health Coverage” Borghi J, Wiseman V, Maceira D, Chuma J and Prinja S (eds). De Gruyter Press; 2025.

Tesis doctoral

  • Development Assistance for Health in Tanzania: Has the sector wide approach achieved the principles of aid effectiveness? Martinez-Alvarez M Thesis type: PhD Thesis. Vassall A. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 2018.