Dr. Tintswalo Hlungwani

Tintswalo Hlungwani is a public health researcher whose work centers on improving adolescent and youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services in Nigeria. Her scholarship integrates health economics, quality of care assessment, and mixed-methods research to inform service design within public health systems. She has contributed to the development and validation of practical tools for evaluating adolescent health services, strengthening evidence-based programming.

Her publications highlight expertise in discrete choice experiments, mystery client methodologies, and index development, notably the Adolescent Health Quality of Care tool. This body of work examines young people’s preferences, provider attitudes, and system-level barriers, linking empirical findings to policy and financing opportunities. The research consistently emphasizes youth engagement, equity, and context-responsive service delivery.

Earlier contributions reflect involvement in questionnaire validation and population health research in Southern Africa, including studies on neurological disorders and educational outcomes. Across projects, methodological rigor and cross-disciplinary collaboration stand out as key strengths, positioning her work at the intersection of measurement science, health systems research, and adolescent wellbeing.