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  1. Postpartum Care is a strategy to improve survival of women and newborns, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Early post-partum care can promote healthy behaviors and the identification of risk fact...

    Authors: Nancy R. Cardona Cordero, José Perez Ramos, Zahira Quiñones Tavarez, Scott McIntosh, Esteban Avendaño, Carmen DiMare, Deborah J. Ossip and Timothy De Ver Dye

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2021 6:16

    Content type: Research

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  4. The COVID-19 pandemic is considerably the biggest global health challenge of this modern era. Spreading across all regions of the world, this corona virus disease has disrupted even some of the most advanced e...

    Authors: Mohammed AlKhaldi, Nigel James, Vijay Kumar Chattu, Sara Ahmed, Hamza Meghari, Kirsty Kaiser, Carel IJsselmuiden and Marcel Tanner

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2021 6:12

    Content type: Perspective

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  5. In 2016, diarrhea killed around 7 children aged under 5 years per 1000 live births in Burundi. The objective of this study was to estimate the economic burden associated with diarrhea in Burundi and to examine...

    Authors: Fulgence Niyibitegeka, Arthorn Riewpaiboon, Sitaporn Youngkong and Montarat Thavorncharoensap

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2021 6:13

    Content type: Research

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  6. Although more and more attention has been paid to the psychological consequences of the lockdown policy amongst pregnant women, the underlying mechanism linking the lockdown policy to maternal depression has n...

    Authors: Yongjie Zhou, Ruoxi Wang, Lei Liu, Ting Ding, Lijuan Huo, Ling Qi, Jie Xiong, Jie Yan, Lingyun Zeng, Jiezhi Yang, Suyi Song and Gaolanxin Dai

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2021 6:11

    Content type: Research

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  7. Education institutions promptly implemented a set of steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among international Chinese students, such as restrictive physical exercise, mask wear, daily health reporting, etc....

    Authors: Tanwne Sarker, Apurbo Sarkar, Md. Ghulam Rabbany, Milon Barmon, Rana Roy, Md. Ashfikur Rahman, Kh. Zulfikar Hossain, Fazlul Hoque and Muhammad Asaduzzaman

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2021 6:10

    Content type: Research

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  8. Performance-based financing (PBF) has attracted considerable attention in recent years in low and middle-income countries. Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) implemented a PBF programme between 201...

    Authors: Ahmad Shah Salehi, Karl Blanchet, Anna Vassall and Josephine Borghi

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2021 6:9

    Content type: Research

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  9. Universal health coverage (UHC) embedded within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, is defined by the World Health Organization as all individuals having access to required health services, of su...

    Authors: Susan C. Ifeagwu, Justin C. Yang, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi and Carol Brayne

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2021 6:8

    Content type: Review

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  10. The Regional Network for Asian Schistosomiasis and Other Helminth Zoonoses (RNAS+) was established in 1998, which has developed close partnerships with Asian countries endemic for schistosomiasis and other helmin...

    Authors: Hong-Mei Li, Ying-Jun Qian, Kun Yang, Wei Ding, Lu-Lu Huang, Xue-Jiao Ma, Lei Duan, Duo-Quan Wang, Ya-Yi Guan, Ning Xiao and Xiao-Nong Zhou

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2021 6:7

    Content type: Research

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  11. Nepal’s poultry industry has increased with a growing middle class, which has translated to an increase in antimicrobial consumption and thus a rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Describing and understand...

    Authors: Anastasia S. Lambrou, Gabriel K. Innes, Laura O’Sullivan, Himal Luitel, Rebanta K. Bhattarai, Hom B. Basnet and Christopher D. Heaney

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2021 6:6

    Content type: Research

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  13. Performance-Based Financing (PBF), an innovative health financing initiative, was recently implemented in Mali. PBF aims to improve quality of care by motivating health workers. The purpose of this research wa...

    Authors: Tony Zitti, Amandine Fillol, Julia Lohmann, Abdourahmane Coulibaly and Valéry Ridde

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2021 6:5

    Content type: Research

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  14. Epidemiological data indicate that a large part of population needs to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity. Hence, it is of high importance for public health officials to know whether people are going to ge...

    Authors: Georgia Kourlaba, Eleni Kourkouni, Stefania Maistreli, Christina-Grammatiki Tsopela, Nafsika-Maria Molocha, Christos Triantafyllou, Markela Koniordou, Ioannis Kopsidas, Evangelia Chorianopoulou, Stefania Maroudi-Manta, Dimitrios Filippou and Theoklis E. Zaoutis

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2021 6:3

    Content type: Research

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  15. Increasing men’s involvement in their pregnant partners’ wellness has been reported as one of the ways to improve access to and utilization of maternal health services, including birth preparedness and complic...

    Authors: Germaine Tuyisenge, Valorie A. Crooks and Nicole S. Berry

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2021 6:2

    Content type: Research

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  16. The increasing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Bangladesh underscores the importance of strengthening primary health care systems. In this study, we examined the barriers and facilitators to enga...

    Authors: Lal Rawal, Shamim Jubayer, Sohel R. Choudhury, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam and Abu S. Abdullah

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2021 6:1

    Content type: Research

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  17. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Jianjun Bai, Fang Shi, Jinhong Cao, Haoyu Wen, Fang Wang, Sumaira Mubarik, Xiaoxue Liu, Yong Yu, Jianbo Ding and Chuanhua Yu

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:55

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:54

  18. To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 related deaths in Wuhan, China and comprehend the changing trends of this epidemic along with analyzing the prevention and control measures in Wuhan.

    Authors: Jianjun Bai, Fang Shi, Jinhong Cao, Haoyu Wen, Fang Wang, Sumaira Mubarik, Xiaoxue Liu, Yong Yu, Jianbo Ding and Chuanhua Yu

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:54

    Content type: Research

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:55

  19. In addition to healthcare entitlements, ‘migrant-friendly health services’ in Thailand include interpretation and cultural mediation services which aim to reduce language and cultural barriers between health p...

    Authors: Hathairat Kosiyaporn, Sataporn Julchoo, Mathudara Phaiyarom, Pigunkaew Sinam, Watinee Kunpeuk, Nareerut Pudpong, Pascale Allotey, Zhie X. Chan, Tharani Loganathan, Nicola Pocock and Rapeepong Suphanchaimat

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:53

    Content type: Research

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  20. Fructose plays an important role in the complex metabolism of uric acid in the human body. However, high blood uric acid concentration, known as hyperuricemia, is the main risk factor for development of gout. ...

    Authors: Jiayun Huang, Zheng Feei Ma, Yutong Zhang, Zhongxiao Wan, Yeshan Li, Hang Zhou, Anna Chu and Yeong Yeh Lee

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:52

    Content type: Review

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  21. Neonatal tetanus (NT) is a deadly nervous system disorder that is endemic to Afghanistan. Administering sufficient doses of tetanus toxoid containing vaccine (TTCV) during pregnancy can pass antibodies to the ...

    Authors: Jillian Sherley and Sam Newton

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:51

    Content type: Research

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  23. Antimicrobial resistance is a significant public health concern with the establishment of antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals being increasingly obligatory. Perspectives and insights of health managers on a...

    Authors: Samuel Mungai Mbugua, George Njoroge, Caroline Kijogi, Moses Kamita, Rachel Kimani, Peter Mwaura, Bibianne Waiganjo Aidi and Jesse Gitaka

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:49

    Content type: Research

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  24. Global Health Education (GHE) focuses on training proactive global citizens to tackle health challenges in an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world. Studies show that health professionals in tra...

    Authors: Héctor Carrasco, Patricia Fuentes, Itzel Eguiluz, Cesar Lucio-Ramírez, Sandra Cárdenas, Ilse Mariana Leyva Barrera and Manuel Pérez-Jiménez

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:48

    Content type: Research

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  25. A novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was firstly identified in Wuhan by the end of 2019. China has implemented a series of preventive measures to deter COVID-19 spread and its consequences since the beginning of the...

    Authors: Mohamed S. Bangura, Maria J. Gonzalez, Nasra M. Ali, Ran Ren and Youlin Qiao

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:47

    Content type: Commentary

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  27. Irrational antibiotics use in clinical prescription, especially in primary health care (PHC) is accelerating the spread of antibiotics resistance (ABR) around the world. It may be greatly useful to improve the...

    Authors: Lu Yao, Jia Yin, Ruiting Huo, Ding Yang, Liyan Shen, Shuqin Wen and Qiang Sun

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:45

    Content type: Review

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  30. As a key health risk, the prevalence of overweight has been strikingly increasing worldwide. This study aimed to disentangle the net age, period, and cohort effects on overweight among Chinese adults by gender.

    Authors: Yinmei Yang, Mohammedhamid Osman Kelifa, Bin Yu, Carly Herbert, Yongbo Wang and Junfeng Jiang

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:42

    Content type: Research

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  33. Air pollution is the most significant environmental risk factor for all-cause mortality, and it has caused substantial disability-adjusted life-years and economic loss. Air pollution intensified the mortality ...

    Authors: Abhinav Karan, Kabeer Ali, Surujpal Teelucksingh and Sateesh Sakhamuri

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:39

    Content type: Commentary

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  34. Understanding the pattern of COVID-19 infection progression is critical for health policymakers. Reaching the exponential peak of cases, flattening the curve, and treating all of the active cases are the keys ...

    Authors: Novi Reandy Sasmita, Muhammad Ikhwan, Suyanto Suyanto and Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:38

    Content type: Research

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  35. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health threat that requires a “One Health” approach. Of the One Health triad, the environmental component is the most dynamic and most neglected. Therefore, the objec...

    Authors: Waleed M. Sweileh and Ahmad Moh’d Mansour

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:37

    Content type: Research

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  39. In the early months of the pandemic, most reported cases and deaths due to COVID-19 occurred in high-income countries. However, insufficient testing could have led to an underestimation of true infections in m...

    Authors: Madhu Gupta, Brian Wahl, Binita Adhikari, Naor Bar-Zeev, Sudip Bhandari, Alexandra Coria, Daniel J. Erchick, Nidhi Gupta, Shreya Hariyani, E. Wangeci Kagucia, Japhet Killewo, Rupali Jayant Limaye, Eric D. McCollum, Raghukul Pandey, William S. Pomat, Krishna D. Rao…

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:33

    Content type: Commentary

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  40. Result-Based Financing (RBF) is an umbrella term for financial mechanisms that link incentives to outputs or outcomes. International development agencies are promoting RBF as a viable financing approach for th...

    Authors: Nigel James, Kenny Lawson and Yubraj Acharya

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:31

    Content type: Review

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  42. The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported in Wuhan, China. The mass population mobility in China during the Spring Festival has been considered a driver to the transmission of COVID-19, but i...

    Authors: Junfeng Jiang and Lisha Luo

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:30

    Content type: Research

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:32

  44. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Duyen Thi Kim Nguyen, Lindsay McLaren, Nelly D. Oelke and Lynn McIntyre

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:28

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:18

  46. China’s engagement in global affairs has changed substantially in the 2010s. One aspect of the country’s global reorientation has been its increased interest in, and willingness to play a role in, global healt...

    Authors: Lewis Husain, Gerald Bloom and Sam McPherson

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:26

    Content type: Research

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  47. Many studies have modeled and predicted the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) in the U.S. using data that begins with the first reported cases. However, the shortage of testing services to detect i...

    Authors: Ding-Geng Chen, Xinguang Chen and Jenny K. Chen

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:25

    Content type: Research

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  48. Human genome-editing is banned by guidelines, laws and regulations in most countries. However, the first criminal case on genome-edited babies was sentenced in China in 2019. In this commentary we discuss our ...

    Authors: Shuang Liu

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:24

    Content type: Commentary

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  50. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused staggering human and economic costs. We outline four key lessons learned from efforts to address the pandemic in China and the US. First, effective surveillance, reporting, and...

    Authors: Zhuo Chen, Cong Cao and Gonghuan Yang

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2020 5:22

    Content type: Commentary

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