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    Antenatal Doppler ultrasound implementation in a rural sub-Saharan African setting: exploring the perspectives of women and healthcare providers

    The World Health Organization recommends research to evaluate the effects of a single third trimester Doppler ultrasound examination on preventable deaths in unselected-risk pregnancies, particularly in low- a...

    Sam Ali, Olive Kabajaasi, Michael G. Kawooya, Josaphat Byamugisha in Reproductive Health (2021)

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    Covid-19 pandemic impact on maternal and child health services access in Nampula, Mozambique: a mixed methods research

    The Covid-19 pandemic has so far infected more than 30 million people in the world, having major impact on global health with collateral damage. In Mozambique, a public state of emergency was declared at the e...

    Paulo Henrique das Neves Martins Pires, Cynthia Macaringue in BMC Health Services Research (2021)

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    Community of practice: an effective mechanism to strengthen capacity in climate change and health

    Climate change is one of the greatest threats to global health in the twenty-first century and has recently been declared a health emergency. The lack of effective dissemination of emerging evidence on climate...

    Nisrine El Amiri, Paivi Abernethy, Nicole Spence in Canadian Journal of Public Health (2020)

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    Physician experiences and barriers to addressing the social determinants of health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a qualitative research study

    While it is increasingly recognized that social determinants influence the health of patients and populations, little is known about how doctors in the Eastern Mediterranean Region can help their patients with...

    Labib Girgis, Gerald Van Gurp, David Zakus, Anne Andermann in BMC Health Services Research (2018)

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    Benefits and challenges of EMR implementations in low resource settings: a state-of-the-art review

    The intent of this review is to discover the types of inquiry and range of objectives and outcomes addressed in studies of the impacts of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) implementations in limited resource set...

    Badeia Jawhari, Dave Ludwick, Louanne Keenan in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (2016)

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    Paving the way for universal family planning coverage in Ethiopia: an analysis of wealth related inequality

    Family planning plays a significant role in reducing maternal and child mortality and ultimately in achieving national and international development goals. It also has an important role in reducing new pediatr...

    Muluneh Yigzaw, David Zakus in International Journal for Equity in Health (2015)

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    Analysis of the Status of Chinese clinical practice guidelines development

    The work of develo** clinical practice guidelines began just a little more than ten years ago in China. Up to now, there have been few studies about them.

    Zhi-hong Zheng, Shu-qi Cui, **ao-qin Lu, David Zakus in BMC Health Services Research (2012)

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    The impact of different benefit packages of Medical Financial Assistance Scheme on health service utilization of poor population in Rural China

    Since 2003 and 2005, National Pilot Medical Financial Assistance Scheme (MFA) has been implemented in rural and urban areas of China to improve the poorest families' accessibility to health services. Local gov...

    Yanhua Hao, Qunhong Wu, Zhenzhong Zhang, Lijun Gao in BMC Health Services Research (2010)

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    China: Policy and Practice of MCH Since the Early 1990s

    Since the socioeconomic reforms in China in the late 1970s the improvement of maternal and child health (MCH), which was once considered one of the great achievements of China after 1949, has slowed and some i...

    Youde Guo, David Zakus, Hong Liang in Maternal and Child Health Journal (2008)