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Dr Sabah Boufkhed BSc, MSc, MA, PhD

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Research Associate in Global Health Palliative Care

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Sabah Boufkhed is a Research Associate in Global Health at the Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London. She is working on the Palliative Care aspects of the Research For Health In Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa (R4HC-MENA) project, including understanding the palliative care needs for adult and children palliative care in the region. She has also led research aiming at evaluating the preparedness of palliative care services to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, MENA, India and the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to this work, she conducted research on migrant workers' health and exploitation, global health, and preparedness and response to public health emergencies.

Sabah earned an ESRC-funded PhD in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Master’s degrees in Public Health-Epidemiology and Humanitarian Action and Law. She co-founded organisations aiming to empower and support women and ‘minorities’ in science and academia, a Trustee for an NGO in Global Health and Development, and a migration expert for an international think-tank.

Research interests:

Global health
Migrant workers
Labour exploitation
Public health emergencies and crises

Research profile

Latest publications

Preparedness to Face the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hospice and Palliative Care Services in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Rapid Online Survey
Lin, C. P., Boufkhed, S., Kizawa, Y., Mori, M., Hamzah, E., Aggarwal, G., Namisango, E., Higginson, I. J., Goh, C. & Harding, R., 1 Jul 2021, In: American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. 38, 7, p. 861-868 8 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091211002797
Preparedness and capacity of Indian palliative care services to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic: an online rapid assessment survey
Lin, C-P., Boufkhed, S., Pai, A., Namisango, E., Luyirika, E. BK., Sleeman, K., Costantini, M., Peruselli, C., Higginson, I., Ekstrand, M., Harding, R., Salins, N. & Bhatnagar, S., 17 Feb 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Indian journal of palliative care. 27, 1, p. 152-171 20 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_429_20
What is the preparedness and capacity of palliative care services in Middle-Eastern and North African countries to respond to COVID-19?: A rapid survey
Boufkhed, S., Harding, R., Kutluk, T., Husseini, A., Pourghazian, N. & Shamieh, O., 1 Feb 2021, In: Journal of pain and symptom management. 61, 2, p. E13-E50 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.10.025
Preparedness of African palliative care services to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid assessment
Boufkhed, S., Namisango, E., Luyirika, E., Sleeman, K. E., Costantini, M., Peruselli, C., Normand, C., Higginson, I. J. & Harding, R., Dec 2020, In: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 60, 6, p. e10-e26 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.09.018
Implementation outcome instruments for use in physical healthcare settings: a systematic review
Khadjesari, Z., Boufkhed, S., Vitoratou, S., Schatte, L., Ziemann, A., Daskalopoulou, C., Uglik-Marucha, E., Hull, L. & Sevdalis, N., 18 Aug 2020, In: Implementation Science. 15, 1, p. 66 1 p., 66. Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-020-01027-6
Évaluation du coût direct de la prise en charge médicale du VIH entre la troisième et la dixième année de traitement ARV à Dakar
Boufkhed, S. & Taverne, B., Oct 2014, In: Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique (1990). 107, 4, p. 292-8 7 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13149-014-0374-5
Cranial ultrasonography and transfontanellar Doppler in premature neonates (24-32 weeks of gestation): Dynamic evolution and association with a severe adverse neurological outcome at hospital discharge in the Aquitaine cohort, 2003-2005
Brissaud, O., Boufkhed, S., Joly, L., Germain, C., Bouvet-Murcia, A., Brun, M., Chateil, J-F., Leroy, V. & Grp, A. S., 1 Sep 2012, In: European Journal of Radiology. 81, 9, p. 2396-2402 7 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.11.017
Risk factors associated with asthma, atopic dermatitis and rhinoconjunctivitis in a rural Senegalese cohort
Herrant, M., Loucoubar, C., Boufkhed, S., Bassene, H., Sarr, F. D., Baril, L., Mercereau-Puijalon, O., Mecheri, S., Sakuntabhai, A. & Paul, R., 25 Aug 2015, In: ALLERGY ASTHMA AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 11 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13223-015-0090-0
Ebola Virus Disease in Children, Sierra Leone, 2014-2015
Fitzgerald, F., Naveed, A., Wing, K., Gbessay, M., Ross, J. C. G., Checchi, F., Youkee, D., Jalloh, M. B., Baion, D., Mustapha, A., Jah, H., Lako, S., Oza, S., Boufkhed, S., Feury, R., Bielicki, J. A., Gibb, D. M., Klein, N., Sahr, F. & Yeung, S., 1 Oct 2016, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 22, 10, p. 1769-1777 9 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2210.160579
Refining the paediatric Ebola case definition: a study of children in Sierra Leone with suspected Ebola virus disease
Fitzgerald, F., Wing, K., Naveed, A., Gbessay, M., Ross, J. C. G., Checchi, F., Youkee, D., Jalloh, M. B., Baion, D., Mustapha, A., Jah, H., Lako, S., Oza, S., Boufkhed, S., Feury, R., Bielicki, J., Williamson, E., Gibb, D. M., Klein, N., Sahr, F. & 1 others, Yeung, S., 23 Feb 2017, In: Lancet. 389, 1, p. 19 1 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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