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Integrated community case management of childhood illness in low- and middle-income countries
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2021)The leading causes of mortality globally in children younger than five years of age (under-fives), and particularly in the regions of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Southern Asia, in 2018 were infectious diseases, including ... -
Assessing the capacity of symptom scores to predict COVID-19 positivity in Nigeria: A national derivation and validation cohort study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)s This study aimed to develop and validate a symptom prediction tool for COVID-19 test positivity in Nigeria.A cohort of 43 221 individuals within the national COVID-19 surveillance dataset from 27 February to 27 August ... -
Impact of social isolation on mortality and morbidity in 20 high-income, middle-income and low-income countries in five continents
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)Objective To examine the association between social isolation and mortality and incident diseases in middle-aged adults in urban and rural communities from high-income, middle-income and low-income countries. Design ... -
Counting on birth registration: Mixed-methods research in two EN-BIRTH study hospitals in Tanzania
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2021)Birth registration marks a child’s right to identity and is the first step to establishing citizenship and access to services. At the population level, birth registration data can inform effective programming and planning. ... -
Using photography to explore people with diabetes' perspectives on food environments in urban and rural South Africa
(NLM (Medline), 2021)Diabetes, a serious disease resulting in significant morbidity and early mortality, is currently on the rise globally. A major contributor to this observed increase in low- and middle-income countries, such as South Africa, ... -
Adolescent health in the sustainable development goal era: Are we aligned for multisectoral action?
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)Adolescents are an increasing proportion of low and middle-income country populations. Their coming of age is foundational for health behaviour, as well as social and productive citizenship. We mapped intervention areas ... -
Scoping review protocol of service delivery-related interventions to improve maternal and newborn health in low-income and middle-income countries
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)Introduction This review will explore the characteristics of service delivery-related interventions to improve maternal and newborn health in low-income and middle-income countries, comparing three common framing approaches ... -
Interventions for improving treatment outcomes in adolescents on antiretroviral therapy with unsuppressed viral loads: A systematic review protocol
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)Adolescents represent one of the most underserved population groups among people living with HIV. With successes in the elimination of mother to child transmission initiatives and advances in paediatric HIV treatment ... -
How can community engagement in health research be strengthened for infectious disease outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa? A scoping review of the literature
(BMC, 2021)Community engagement (CE) is a well-established practical and scholarly field, recognised as core to the science and ethics of health research, for which researchers and practitioners have increasingly asked questions about ... -
Building on momentum from the global campaigns: An exploration of factors that influenced prioritization of stillbirth prevention at the national level in Uganda
(BMC, 2021)Of the close to 2.6 million stillbirths that happen annually, most are from low-income countries where until recently policies rarely paid special attention to addressing them. The global campaigns that followed called ... -
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 ... -
Effect of a baby-friendly workplace support intervention on exclusive breastfeeding in Kenya
(Wiley Open Access, 2021)Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) during the first 6 months of life is crucial for optimizing child growth, development and survival, as well as the mother's wellbeing. Mother's employment may hinder optimal breastfeeding, ... -
The social context of early adolescents in the global early adolescent study
(Elsevier, 2021)This paper used data from the Global Early Adolescent Study (GEAS) to provide a descriptive analysis of how early adolescents’ social environments vary by sex across diverse cultural settings.The analyses were based on ... -
Coping with access barriers to non‐ communicable disease medicines: Qualitative patient interviews in eight counties in Kenya
(BMC, 2021)There is rich literature on barriers to medicines access for the treatment of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in high-income countries. Less is known about low- and middle-income countries, in particular the differences ... -
Is client reporting on contraceptive use always accurate?measuring consistency and Change with a multicountry study
(Studies in Family Planning, 2021)The consistency of self-reported contraceptive use over short periods of time is important for understanding measurement reliability. We assess the consistency of and change in contraceptive use using longitudinal data ... -
Adult food choices in association with the local retail food environment and food access in resource-poor communities: A scoping review protocol
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)The local retail food environment influences dietary patterns and food choices, as suggested in the literature. The lack of access to healthy food within this environment may result in unhealthy food choices which may ... -
A scoping review of the determinants of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in South Africa: an intersectional perspective
(Oxford University Press in association with The London School of Hygiene and Tropical M, 2021)Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) affects babies born to mothers who consume alcohol while pregnant. South Africa has the highest prevalence of FASD in the world. We review the social determinants underpinning FASD ... -
Democratic South Africa at 25 – A conceptual framework and narrative review of the social and structural determinants of adolescent health
(Springer Nature, 2021)Twenty-five years into South Africa’s constitutional democracy provides an opportunity to take stock of the social and structural determinants of adolescent health. Those born in democratic South Africa, commonly known ... -
Adapting to, integrating and selfmanaging HIV as a chronic illness: a scoping review protocol
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)The process of adapting to a life with a chronic illness, is a well-researched phenomenon for a number of common chronic illnesses. The construct, adaptation, embeds the notions of integration of the chronic illness ... -
How to navigate the application of ethics norms in global health research: Refections based on qualitative research conducted with people with disabilities in Uganda
(BMC, 2021)As Canadian global health researchers who conducted a qualitative study with adults with and with‑ out disabilities in Uganda, we obtained ethics approval from four institutional research ethics boards (two in Canada and ...