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Galvanizing collective action to accelerate reductions in maternal and newborn mortality and prevention of stillbirths
(Johns Hopkins University, 2021)Every day, there are an estimated 810 maternal and 7,000 newborn deaths, and more than 5,000 stillbirths, most of which are preventable.1-3 While progress has been made in reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and ... -
Gender differences in experiences of ART services in South Africa: a mixed methods study
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)Objectives: A mixed methods study exploring gender differences in patient profiles and experiences of ART services, along the access dimensions of availability, affordability and acceptability, in two rural and two urban ... -
Gendered conflict in the human family
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)Sexual conflict is a thriving area of animal behaviour research. Yet parallel research in the evolutionary human sciences remains underdeveloped and has become mired by controversy. In this special collection, we aim to ... -
Girl champ in Eswatini: A strategic marketing campaign to promote demand for sexual and reproductive health services among young women
(Springe, 2021)Eforts to engage adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in HIV services have struggled, in part, due to limited awareness of services and stigma. Strategic marketing is a promising approach, but the impact on youth behavior ... -
Girl champ in eSwatini: A strategic marketing campaign to promote demand for sexual and reproductive health services among young women
(AIDS and Behavior, 21)Efforts to engage adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in HIV services have struggled, in part, due to limited awareness of services and stigma. Strategic marketing is a promising approach, but the impact on youth ... -
Global core indicators for measuring WHO’s paediatric quality‑of‑care standards in health facilities: Development and expert consensus
(BMC, 2022)There are currently no global recommendations on a parsimonious and robust set of indicators that can be measured routinely or periodically to monitor quality of hospital care for children and young adolescents. We describe ... -
Global differences in lung function by region (PURE): an international, community-based prospective study
(Elsevier, 2013)BACKGROUND Despite the rising burden of chronic respiratory diseases, global data for lung function are not available. We investigated global variation in lung function in healthy populations by region to establish whether ... -
Global health activists' lessons on building social movements for Health for all
(Springer Nature, 2020)The People's Health Movement (PHM) was formed in 2000 and drew inspiration from the Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care's 'Health for All' (1978). Since then PHM has been an active part of a global counter-hegemonic ... -
Global health research, partnership, and equity: no more business-as-usual
(BioMed Central, 2011)The papers in this important collection reflect a mature and confident way of doing global health research which is anything but business-as-usual. In the context of increasing competition for individual or institutional ... -
Global investments in pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: development assistance and domestic spending on health between 1990 and 2026
(Elsevier Ltd, 2023)Background: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted gaps in health surveillance systems, disease prevention, and treatment globally. Among the many factors that might have led to these gaps is the issue of the financing of ... -
The global pendulum swing towards community health workers in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of trends, geographical distribution and programmatic orientations, 2005 to 2014
(BioMed Central, 2016)BACKGROUND: There has been a substantial increase in publications and interest in community health workers (CHWs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) over the last years. This paper examines the growth, geographical ... -
Globalisation and health inequalities: can a human rights paradigm create space for civil society action?
(Elsevier Ltd, 2012)While neoliberal globalisation is associated with increasing inequalities, global integration has simultaneously strengthened the dissemination of human rights discourse across the world. This paper explores the seeming ... -
The governance of local health systems in the era of Sustainable Development Goals: reflections on collaborative action to address complex health needs in four country contexts
(BMJ Global Health, 2019)This analysis reflects on experiences and lessons from four country settings - Zambia, India, Sweden and South Africa - on building collaborations in local health systems in order to respond to complex health needs. These ... -
The governance of national community health worker programmes in low- and middle-income countries: an empirically based framework of governance principles, purposes and tasks
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2018)BACKGROUND: National community health worker (CHW) programmes are increasingly regarded as an integral component of primary healthcare (PHC) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). At the interface of the formal health ... -
Government helper and citizen advocate? A case study of the multiple roles and pressures facing a nongovernmental organization contracted by government to strengthen community health in northern India
(Wiley, 2017)While nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) can potentially strengthen valuable citizen political engagement, NGOs that are increasingly oriented towards donor and government contracts may instead contribute to depoliticizing ... -
A guideline for the prevention and management of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in South Africa
(BMC, 2019)Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a public health problem globally, with South Africa having the highest recorded prevalence of all countries. Government programmes to prevent and manage FASD remain limited because ... -
Health economic evidence in clinical guidelines in South Africa: a mixedmethods study
(BMC, 2021)Evidence-informed clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are useful tools to inform transparent healthcare decision-making. Consideration of health economic evidence (HEE) during CPG development in a structured manner remains ... -
Health policy and systems research: needs, challenges and opportunities in South Africa – a university perspective
(Health systems trust, 2013)The last two decades have seen growing international recognition of the need to strengthen health systems in order to deliver already available, cost-effective health interventions. This chapter describes the parallel ... -
Health promotion in Australian multi-disciplinary primary health care services: case studies from South Australia and the Nothern Territory
(Oxford University Press, 2013)This paper reports on the health promotion and disease prevention conducted at Australian multi-disciplinary primary health care (PHC) services and considers the ways in which the organizational environment affects the ... -
Health promotion school-based projects: The experience of the University of the Western Cape Community and Health Sciences students
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Background: Annually about 550 Community and Health Sciences students participate in the Interdisciplinary Health Promotion course which aims to equip students with the basic knowledge skills and understanding of health ...
