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What makes international global health university partnerships higher-value? An examination of partnership types and activities favoured at four East African universities
(Levy Library Press, 2018)
BACKGROUND: There are many interuniversity global health partnerships with African universities. Representatives of these partnerships often claim partnership success in published works, yet critical, contextualized, and ...
Roles played by community cadres to support retention in PMTCT Option B+ in four African countries: a qualitative rapid appraisal
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
OBJECTIVES To explore the roles of community cadres
in improving access to and retention in care for PMTCT
(prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV) services
in the context of PMTCT Option B+ treatment scale-up
in ...
Can community action improve equity for maternal health and how does it do so? Research findings from Gujarat, India
(BMC, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Efforts to work with civil society to strengthen community participation and action for health are
particularly important in Gujarat, India, given that the state has resources and capacity, but faces challenges ...
Advancing the science behind human resources for health: highlights from the Health Policy and Systems Research Reader on Human Resources for Health
(BMC, 2018)
Health workers are central to people-centred health systems, resilient economies and sustainable development.
Given the rising importance of the health workforce, changing human resource for health (HRH) policy and ...
Defending academic and medical independence in Turkey
(Elsevier, 2017)
We write on behalf of 207 health professionals, academics, and researchers, and 25 health and human rights organisations from many countries (appendix). We wish to bring to the attention of The Lancet’s readers alarming ...
Monitoring policy and actions on food environments: rationale and outline of the INFORMAS policy engagement and communication stategies
(John Wiley & Sons, 2013)
The International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable
diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS) proposes
to collect performance indicators on food policies, actions and
environments related ...
INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles
(John Wiley & Sons, 2013)
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) dominate disease burdens globally
and poor nutrition increasingly contributes to this global burden. Comprehensive
monitoring of food environments, and evaluation of the impact
of public ...
South-Africa (Goodstart III) trial: community-based maternal and newborn care economic analysis
(Oxford University Press, 2017)
In light of South Africa’s generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic coupled with high infant mortality, we undertook
a cluster Randomized Control Trial (2008–10) assessing the effect of Community Health Worker
(CHW) antenatal and ...
Knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among rural women in South-West Nigeria: Implications for development of women empowerment programme
(UNISA Press, 2017)
Cancer is a major public health concern globally. In Nigeria, over 10 000 cancer deaths and 250 000 new cases of cancer are recorded yearly. It was reported that the number of women at risk of breast cancer increased ...
Allergy and infant feeding guidelines in the context of resource-constrained settings
(American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 2016)
Recent discussions about the need for revised infant feeding
guidelines in the context of allergy are founded in substantial
evidence-based research. Key studies (Table I)1-5 undertaken in
high-income country settings ...