Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Varunika Ruwanpura is a journalist, author and social sciences researcher. She is currently working on her PhD in Public Health at Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Australia. Her research focuses on suggesting improved policy interventions for P. vivax malaria in three affected countries.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics where Varunika Sonani Hapuwatte Ruwanpura is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
Projects
- 1 Active
-
Eliminating malaria in our time
Lynch, C. A., Lhazeen, K., Shrestha, M., Ruwanpura, V., Valecha, N. & Thriemer, K., 17 Apr 2024, In: PLOS Global Public Health. 4, 4, p. 1-3 3 p., e0003086.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Open AccessFile30 Downloads (Pure) -
Evidence uptake is only part of the process: Stakeholders’ insights on WHO treatment guideline recommendation processes for radical cure of P. vivax malaria
Ruwanpura, V. S. H., Grietens, K. P., Price, R. N. & Thriemer, K., 14 Mar 2024, In: PLOS Global Public Health. 4, 3, p. 1-21 21 p., e0002990.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)41 Downloads (Pure) -
Further evidence needed to change policy for the safe and effective radical cure of vivax malaria: Insights from the 2019 annual APMEN Vivax Working Group meeting
Ruwanpura, V. S. H., Nowak, S., Gerth-Guyette, E., Theodora, M., Dysoley, L., Haile, M., Peeters Grietens, K., Price, R. N., Lynch, C. A. & Thriemer, K., May 2021, In: Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies. 8, 2, p. 208-242 35 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)125 Downloads (Pure) -
Opening the policy blackbox: Unravelling the process for changing national diagnostic and treatment guidelines for vivax malaria in seven countries
Ruwanpura, V., Neukom, J., Grietens, K. P., Price, R. N., Thriemer, K. & Lynch, C. A., Dec 2021, In: Malaria Journal. 20, 1, p. 1-20 20 p., 428.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile7 Citations (Scopus)56 Downloads (Pure)