Sovathiro Mao
Phd Student
E-mail: sovathiro.mao@ki.se
Visiting address: Widerströmska huset, Tomtebodavägen 18 A, Plan 4, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: K9 Global folkhälsa, K9 GPH von Schreeb, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
I am a external doctoral student working on using systems thinking methods and causal inference analysis to advance current understanding of social health protection schemes and their impact on healthcare utilisations, financial protection and healthcare outcomes. The project titled "Social Health Protection in the Universal Health Coverage era: Does it impact health?" is funded by the Swedish Research Council and focuses on the social health protection scheme called the Health Equity Fund in Cambodia.
Research
- Health Insurance
- Social Health Protection
- Health system strenghtening
- Health economics
- Universal Health Coverage in LMICs
Articles
- Journal article: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 2025;367:117783Kaiser AH; Vorn S; Ekman B; Ross M; Mao S; Koy S; Koeut P; Sundewall J
- Journal article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH. 2025;24(1):33Kaiser AH; Mao S; Sundewall J; Ross M; Koy S; Vorn S; Koeut P; Ekman B
- Journal article: FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;11:1332423Mao S; Soputhy C; Lay S; Jacobs J; Ku GM; Chau D; Chhea C; Ir P
- Journal article: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2023;8(5):e011885Chhim S; Ku G; Mao S; Van De Put W; Van Damme W; Ir P; Chhea C; Or V
- Journal article: PLOS PATHOGENS. 2022;18(11):e1010700Herring SE; Mao S; Bhalla M; Tchalla EYI; Kramer JM; Ghanem ENB
Employments
- Phd Student, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2028
- Researcher, Health system, Centre for Health Research and Policy Support, National Institute of Public Health, 2022-2024