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State of newborn care in South Sudan’s displacement camps: a descriptive study of facility-based deliveries
(BMC, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Approximately 2.7 million neonatal deaths occur annually, with highest rates of neonatal mortality in
countries that have recently experienced conflict. Constant instability in South Sudan further strains a ...
Adolescent access to care and risk of early mother-to-child HIV transmission
(Elsevier, 2017)
PURPOSE: Adolescent females aged 15–19 account for 62% of new HIV infections and give birth to
16 million infants annually. We quantify the risk of early mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of
HIV among adolescents ...
What influences linkage to care after home-based HIV counseling and testing?
(Springer Verlag, 2017)
To maximize the benefits of test and treat
strategies that utilize community-based HIV testing, clients
who test positive must link to care in a timely manner.
However, linkage rates across the HIV treatment cascade
are ...
What constitutes responsiveness of physicians: A qualitative study in rural Bangladesh
(Public Library of Science, 2017)
Responsiveness entails the social actions by health providers to meet the legitimate expectations
of patients. It plays a critical role in ensuring continuity and effectiveness of care
within people centered health ...
Wealth and cardiovascular health: a cross-sectional study of wealth-related inequalities in the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in high-, middle- and low-income countries
(BMC, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Effective policies to control hypertension require an understanding of its distribution in the population
and the barriers people face along the pathway from detection through to treatment and control. One key ...
What constitutes responsiveness of physicians: A qualitative study in rural Bangladesh
(Public Library of Science, 2017)
Responsiveness entails the social actions by health providers to meet the legitimate expectations
of patients. It plays a critical role in ensuring continuity and effectiveness of care
within people centered health ...
Coming of age? Women's sexual and reproductive health after twenty-one years of democracy in South Africa
(2016)
This paper is a sequel to a 2004 article thet reviewed South Africa's introduction of new sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and rights, laws, policies and programmes, a decade into democracy. Similarly to the previous ...
Doing implementation research on health governance: a frontline researcher’s reflexive account of field-level challenges and their management
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Implementation Research (IR) in and around health systems comes with unique challenges for
researchers including implementation, multi-layer governance, and ethical issues. Partnerships between
researchers, ...
How are gender equality and human rights interventions included in sexual and reproductive health programmes and policies: a systematic review of existing research foci and gaps
(Public Library of Science, 2016)
The importance of promoting gender equality and human rights in sexual and reproductive
health (SRH) programmes and policies has been affirmed in numerous international
and regional agreements, most recently the 2030 ...
Perceptions of body size, obesity threat and the willingness to lose weight among black South African adults: a qualitative study
(BioMed Central, 2016)
BACKGROUND: The obesity epidemic is associated with rising rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among adults,
particularly in countries undergoing rapid urbanisation and nutrition transition. This study explored the ...