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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 ...
Socialization, legitimation and the transfer of biomedical knowledge to low- and middle-income countries: analyzing the case of emergency medicine in India
(BMC, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Medical specialization is a key feature of biomedicine, and is a growing, but weakly understood
aspect of health systems in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including India. Emergency medicine
is ...
Understanding internal accountability in Nigeria’s routine immunization system: Perspectives from government officials at the national, state, and local levels
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Routine immunization coverage in Nigeria has remained low, and studies have identified a lack of accountability as a barrier to high performance in the immunization system. Accountability lies at the heart of ...
Reflecting strategic and conforming gendered experiences of community health workers using photovoice in rural Wakiso district, Uganda
(BMC, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are an important human resource in Uganda as they are the first
contact of the population with the health system. Understanding gendered roles of CHWs is important in
establishing ...
Maternal and newborn health implementation research: programme outcomes, pathways of change and partnerships for equitable health systems in Uganda
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2018)
Nestled in eastern and southern Africa, with a population
of just over 39 million, Uganda reported a maternal
mortality ratio of 360 per 100,000 live births, a neonatal
mortality rate of 19 per 1000 live births and an ...
Participatory monitoring and evaluation approaches that influence decision-making: lessons from a maternal and newborn study in Eastern Uganda
(World Health Organization, 2017)
BACKGROUND: The use of participatory monitoring and evaluation (M&E) approaches is important for guiding local
decision-making, promoting the implementation of effective interventions and addressing emerging issues in ...
Principles and processes behind promoting awareness of rights for quality maternal care services: a synthesis of stakeholder experiences and implementation factors
(BMC, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Promoting awareness of rights is a value-based process that entails a different way of thinking and
acting, which is at times misunderstood or deemed as aspirational.
METHODS: Guided by the SURE framework, ...
Beyond form and functioning: Understanding how contextual factors influence village health committees in northern India
(Public Library of Science, 2017)
Health committees are a common strategy to foster community participation in health. Efforts
to strengthen committees often focus on technical inputs to improve committee form
(e.g. representative membership) and functioning ...
Negotiating power relations, gender equality, and collective agency: are village health committees transformative social spaces in northern India?
(BMC, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Participatory health initiatives ideally support progressive social change and stronger collective agency
for marginalized groups. However, this empowering potential is often limited by inequalities within ...