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  3. Content type: Research

    In an effort to improve access to proven maternal and newborn health interventions, Rwanda implemented a mobile phone (mHealth) monitoring system called RapidSMS. RapidSMS was scaled up across Rwanda in 2013. ...

    Authors: Celestin Hategeka, Hinda Ruton and Michael R. Law

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2019 4:8

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  4. Content type: Study Protocol

    Economic dimensions of implementing quality improvement for diabetes care are understudied worldwide. We describe the economic evaluation protocol within a randomised controlled trial that tested a multi-compo...

    Authors: Kavita Singh, Mohammed K. Ali, Raji Devarajan, Roopa Shivashankar, Dimple Kondal, Vamadevan S. Ajay, V. Usha Menon, Premlata K. Varthakavi, Vijay Viswanathan, Mala Dharmalingam, Ganapati Bantwal, Rakesh Kumar Sahay, Muhammad Qamar Masood, Rajesh Khadgawat, Ankush Desai, Dorairaj Prabhakaran…

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2019 4:7

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    Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a form of violence against women and girls that is widely performed in about 30 countries in Africa, Middle East and Asia. In Sudan, the prevalence of FGM/C amon...

    Authors: Majdi M. Sabahelzain, Ahmed Gamal Eldin, Suad Babiker, Caroline W. Kabiru and Muna Eltayeb

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2019 4:5

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    Reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health, and nutrition (RMNCH&N) data is an indispensable tool for program and policy decisions in low- and middle-income countries. However, being equipped with evidence ...

    Authors: Tricia Aung, Debora Niyeha, Shagihilu Shagihilu, Rose Mpembeni, Joyceline Kaganda, Ashley Sheffel and Rebecca Heidkamp

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2019 4:4

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  8. Content type: Research

    Results-Based Financing (RBF) has proliferated in health sectors of low and middle income countries, especially fragile and conflict-affected ones, and has been presented as a way of reforming and strengthenin...

    Authors: Sophie Witter, Maria Paola Bertone, Justine Namakula, Pamela Chandiwana, Yotamu Chirwa, Aloysius Ssennyonjo and Freddie Ssengooba

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2019 4:3

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  9. Content type: Research

    Incidence of breast cancer has increased in Vietnam over the past two decades, but little data exists to inform policy and planning. This study examined the organisation and delivery of breast cancer services ...

    Authors: Chris Jenkins, Tran Thu Ngan, Nguyen Bao Ngoc, Tran Bich Phuong, Lynne Lohfeld, Michael Donnelly, Hoang Van Minh and Liam Murray

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2019 4:2

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  10. Content type: Research

    In Nigeria, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) is the recommended first line antimalarial medicine for uncomplicated malaria. However, health care providers still continue the use of less efficacious ...

    Authors: Sylvanus C. Welle, Olufemi Ajumobi, Magbagbeola Dairo, Muhammad Balogun, Peter Adewuyi, Babatunde Adedokun, Patrick Nguku, Saheed Gidado and IkeOluwapo Ajayi

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2019 4:1

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  11. Content type: Review

    Access to primary health care (PHC) is a fundamental human right and central in the performance of health care systems, however persons with disabilities (PWDs) generally experience greater barriers in accessi...

    Authors: Ebenezer Dassah, Heather Aldersey, Mary Ann McColl and Colleen Davison

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:36

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  12. Content type: Research

    The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was introduced in Ghana in 2003, enrolment is still far from the desired target of universal coverage. Low community engagement in the design and management of the s...

    Authors: Christine J. Fenenga, Katalin Buzasi, Daniel K. Arhinful, Stephen K. O. Duku, Alice Ogink and Wouter Poortinga

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:35

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  13. Content type: Research

    Delivering Reproductive Health Results(DRHR) programme used social franchising (SF) and social marketing (SM) approaches to increase the supply of high quality family planning services in underserved areas of ...

    Authors: Adrian Gheorghe, Rashid Uz Zaman, Molly Scott and Sophie Witter

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:33

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  14. Content type: Review

    Migration is a fundamental demographic process that has been observed globally. It is suggested that migration is an issue of global health importance that can have an immediate and lasting impact on an indivi...

    Authors: Hanzhang Xu, Allison A. Vorderstrasse, Eleanor S. McConnell, Matthew E. Dupre, Truls Østbye and Bei Wu

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:34

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    In 2004, Ghana started experimenting a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to reduce  out-of-pocket payment for healthcare. Like many other social health insurance schemes in Africa, the NHIS is striving f...

    Authors: Eric Nsiah-Boateng and Moses Aikins

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:32

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  16. Content type: Research

    A high performing physician workforce is critical to attain nationally set health sector goals. Ethiopia has expanded training of medical doctors. However, little is known about junior doctors’ performance. Un...

    Authors: Daniel Dejene, Tegbar Yigzaw, Samuel Mengistu, Zerihun Wolde, Abiy Hiruy, Damtew Woldemariam and Miftah Awol

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:31

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  18. Content type: Review

    Effective knowledge translation allows the optimisation of access to and utilisation of research knowledge in order to inform and enhance public health policy and practice. In low- and middle- income countries...

    Authors: Catherine Malla, Paul Aylward and Paul Ward

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:29

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  19. Content type: Review

    Little is known about the health of GMS commercial fishers and seafarers, many of whom are migrants and some trafficked. This systematic review summarizes evidence on occupational, physical, sexual and mental ...

    Authors: Nicola S. Pocock, Long Hoang Nguyen, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III, Cathy Zimmerman and Siân Oram

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:28

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  20. Content type: Short report

    The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the World Health Organization’s five item well-being index (WHO-5) when administered to adults living with HIV or epilepsy in a rural se...

    Authors: Esther Chongwo, Derrick Ssewanyana, Carophine Nasambu, Patrick N. Mwangala, Paul M. Mwangi, Moses K. Nyongesa, Charles R. Newton and Amina Abubakar

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:26

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  21. Content type: Research

    Ambient air pollution has posed negative effects on human health. Individual-level factors may modify this effect, but previous studies have controversial conclusions, and evidence is lacking especially in dev...

    Authors: Peirong Zhong, Shichun Huang, Xiaotong Zhang, Simin Wu, Yaohui Zhu, Yang Li and Lu Ma

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:27

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  22. Content type: Review

    The prevalence of diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is growing rapidly. Qualitative research on experiences of type 2 diabetes in SSA is emerging, but no qualitative synthesis has been attempted. This scopi...

    Authors: Mikaela Zimmermann, Christopher Bunn, Hazel Namadingo, Cindy M. Gray and John Lwanda

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:25

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  23. Content type: Research

    Despite increasing recognition that health-systems constraints are the fundamental barrier to attaining anti-retroviral therapy (ART) scale-up targets in Sub-Saharan Africa, current discourses are dominated by...

    Authors: Henry Zakumumpa, Nkosiyazi Dube, Respicius Shumbusho Damian and Elizeus Rutebemberwa

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:23

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  24. Content type: Research

    While malaria control is the primary health focus in Burkina Faso, the recent dengue epidemic calls for new interventions. This paper examines the implementation fidelity of an innovative intervention to contr...

    Authors: Diane Saré, Dennis Pérez, Paul-André Somé, Yamba Kafando, Ahmed Barro and Valéry Ridde

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:21

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  25. Content type: Research

    The pursuit of efficiency and productivity is one of the goals of health systems. In the era of Sustainable Development Goals and particularly the move towards universal health coverage, it is imperative to cu...

    Authors: Maysoun Dimachkie Masri and Eyob Zere Asbu

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:22

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  27. Content type: Research

    Mass media exposure plays a pivotal role in health communication and adoption of a healthy lifestyle. In this study, we aimed to measure the prevalence of malaria prevention behaviour among adult women in eigh...

    Authors: Sanni Yaya, Olalekan A. Uthman, Agbessi Amouzou and Ghose Bishwajit

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:20

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  28. Content type: Research

    Access to safe Cesarean section (C-section) in resource-constrained settings such as sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) region is a foremost approach to reduce maternal mortality. C-section is an obstetric operative proc...

    Authors: Sanni Yaya, Olalekan A. Uthman, Agbessi Amouzou and Ghose Bishwajit

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:19

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  29. Content type: Review

    Low and middle income countries (LMICs) face severe resource limitations but the highest burden of disease. There is a growing evidence base on effective and cost-effective interventions for these diseases. Ho...

    Authors: Samuel I. Watson, Harvir Sahota, Celia A. Taylor, Yen-Fu Chen and Richard J. Lilford

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:17

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  30. Content type: Research

    Community Health Workers (CHWs) have been widely used in response to the shortage of skilled health workers especially in resource limited areas. China has a long history of involving CHWs in public health int...

    Authors: Wenting Huang, Hongfei Long, Jiang Li, Sha Tao, Pinpin Zheng, Shenglan Tang and Abu S. Abdullah

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:18

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  31. Content type: Research

    Improving access to culturally appropriate mental healthcare has been recognised as a key strategy to address the often greater burden of mental health issues experienced by Indigenous populations. We present ...

    Authors: Lennart Reifels, Angela Nicholas, Justine Fletcher, Bridget Bassilios, Kylie King, Shaun Ewen and Jane Pirkis

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:16

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  32. Content type: Review

    The paper reviews alcohol consumption patterns and alcohol-related social and health issues among 15–29-year old young people in Asian countries, and discusses strategies for preventing and controlling alcohol...

    Authors: Heng Jiang, Xiaojun Xiang, Wei Hao, Robin Room, Xiaojie Zhang and Xuyi Wang

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:14

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  33. Content type: Research

    This study examined the extent to which sporting event attendance is associated with self-rated health. Drawing from an economic model of health production and psychological research on the health benefits of ...

    Authors: Yuhei Inoue, Mikihiro Sato and Makoto Nakazawa

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:13

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  34. Content type: Research

    Latin America presently has the world’s highest burden of Zika virus, but there are unexplained differences in national rates of congenital malformations collectively referred to as Congenital Zika Syndrome (C...

    Authors: Mabel Carabali, Nichole Austin, Nicholas B. King and Jay S. Kaufman

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:15

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  35. Content type: Research

    To sustain the critical progress made, prioritization and a multidisciplinary approach to malaria research remain important to the national malaria control program in Benin. To document the structure of the ma...

    Authors: Roseric Azondekon, Zachary James Harper, Fiacre Rodrigue Agossa, Charles Michael Welzig and Susan McRoy

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:11

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  36. Content type: Study Protocol

    Nigeria presently has the second highest absolute number of maternal deaths and perinatal deaths (stillbirth and neonatal deaths) in the world. The country accounts for up to 14% of global maternal deaths and ...

    Authors: Sanni Yaya, Friday Okonofua, Lorretta Ntoimo, Bernard Kadio, Rodrigue Deuboue, Wilson Imongan and Wapada Balami

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:12

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  37. Content type: Research

    The increasing prevalence of undiagnosed and diagnosed type 2 diabetes (T2D) posed a major challenge for public health and thus screening for T2D becomes essentially important. The social-demographical factors...

    Authors: Xin Xie, Nianyang Wang and Ying Liu

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:9

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  41. Content type: Research

    Human behaviors are affected by attitudes and beliefs, which in turn are shaped by higher-level values to which we have ascribed. In this study, we explore the relationship between two higher-level values, pre...

    Authors: Xinguang Chen, Amy L. Elliott and Shuang Wang

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:6

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  42. Content type: Research

    Immunizations are considered the most successful and cost-effective public health interventions employed today. While immunization coverage in India has improved dramatically in the last decade, areas of very ...

    Authors: J. P. Montgomery, P. Ganguly, B. F. Carlson, N. Shrivastwa and M. L. Boulton

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:5

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  43. Content type: Short Report

    In Swaziland, as in many high HIV/TB burden settings, there is not information available regarding the household location of TB cases for identifying areas of increased TB incidence, limiting the development o...

    Authors: Marie Brunetti, Sathyanath Rajasekharan, Piluca Ustero, Katherine Ngo, Welile Sikhondze, Buli Mzileni, Anna Mandalakas and Alexander W. Kay

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:3

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  44. Content type: Research

    Solid fuel use is the major source of household air pollution (HAP) and accounts for a substantial burden of morbidity and mortality in low and middle income countries. To evaluate and compare childhood mortal...

    Authors: Sabrina Naz, Andrew Page and Kingsley Emwinyore Agho

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:4

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  45. Content type: Research

    Current practice in the Western Cape region of South Africa is to discharge newborns born in-hospital within 24 h following uncomplicated vaginal delivery and two days after caesarean section. Mothers are inst...

    Authors: Jean Paul Muambangu Milambo, KaWing Cho, Charles Okwundu, Abiola Olowoyeye, Leonidas Ndayisaba, Sanjay Chand and Mark H. Corden

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:2

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  46. Content type: Research

    Diarrheal diseases are a major threat to human health and still represent a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although the burden of the diarrheal diseases is much lower in developed countrie...

    Authors: Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Marufa Sultana, Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Nausad Ali, Tanvir M Huda, M. Salim uzzaman, Sabbir Haider, Hafizur Rahman, Ziaul Islam, Jahangir A. M. Khan, Robert Van Der Meer and Alec Morton

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:1

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  47. Content type: Research

    Starting in December 2013, the Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic spread in West Africa through five countries (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Nigeria, and Mali), killing over 11,300 people. In partnership wit...

    Authors: Lara Gautier, Koffi Ange Houngbedji, Jeanne Uwamaliya and Megan Coffee

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2017 2:35

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  48. Content type: Research

    Many low-income and crises-affected countries like Sierra Leone struggle with the recruitment and retention of their health professionals, particularly nurses and doctors. There are multiple factors that influ...

    Authors: Aniek Woodward, Suzanne Thomas, Mohamed Bella Jalloh, John Rees and Andrew Leather

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2017 2:34

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  50. Content type: Research

    Rapid and precise diagnosis of malaria is an essential element in effective case management and control of malaria. Malaria microscopy is used as the gold standard for malaria diagnosis, however results remain...

    Authors: Bolatito Aiyenigba, Abiodun Ojo, Adolor Aisiri, Justus Uzim, Oluwole Adeusi and Halima Mwenesi

    Citation: Global Health Research and Policy 2017 2:32

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