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Inequity in the face of success: understanding geographic and wealth-based equity in success of facility-based delivery for under-5 mortality reduction in six countries
BackgroundBetween 2000–2015, many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) implemented evidence-based interventions (EBIs) known to reduce under-5...
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Bellwether Procedures for Monitoring Subnational Variation of All-cause Perioperative Mortality in Brazil
BackgroundAll-cause perioperative mortality rate (POMR) is a commonly reported metric to assess surgical quality. Benchmarking POMR remains difficult...
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How does HIV-related stigma correlate with HIV prevalence in African countries? Distinct perspectives from individuals living with and living without HIV
BackgroundPopulation-level research evaluating HIV-related stigma among countries with varied national HIV prevalence is scarce. To better understand...
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Inequalities in infant mortality in Brazil at subnational levels in Brazil, 1990 to 2015
BackgroundIn this study, infant mortality rate (IMR) inequalities are analyzed from 1990 to 2015 in different geographic scales.
Methods ...
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Deconcentrating regulation in low- and middle-income country health systems: a proposed ambidextrous solution to problems with professional regulation for doctors and nurses in Kenya and Uganda
BackgroundRegulation can improve professional practice and patient care, but is often weakly implemented and enforced in health systems in low- and...
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Could an optimally fitted categorization of difference between multi-disease score and multi-symptom score be a practical indicator aiding in improving the cost-effectiveness of healthcare delivery for older adults in develo** countries?
BackgroundPhysio-psycho-socioeconomical health comprehensively declines during aging, the complexity of which is challenging to measure. Among the...
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Estimating completeness of national and subnational death reporting in Brazil: application of record linkage methods
BackgroundIn Brazil, both the Civil Registry (CR) and Ministry of Health (MoH) Mortality Information System (SIM) are sources of routine mortality...
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Sex differences in the management of persons with dementia following a subnational primary care policy intervention
BackgroundThe influence of sex and gender on the risk of dementia, its clinical presentation and progression is increasingly being recognized....
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Substantial but spatially heterogeneous progress in male circumcision for HIV prevention in South Africa
BackgroundVoluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the risk of male HIV acquisition by 60%. Programmes to provide VMMCs for HIV prevention...
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Drivers of success: improving implementation research tools for better health outcomes
A thorough examination of context, and how it influences implementation of evidence-based interventions, is a promising strategy for enhancing child...
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Oral rehydration solution coverage in under 5 children with diarrhea: a tri-country, subnational, cross-sectional comparative analysis of two demographic health surveys cycles
BackgroundMore than 3 million children under 5 years in develo** countries die from dehydration due to diarrhea, a preventable and treatable...
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Understanding health system resilience in responding to COVID-19 pandemic: experiences and lessons from an evolving context of federalization in Nepal
IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has tested the resilience capacities of health systems worldwide and highlighted the need to understand the...
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The burden of pneumoconiosis in China: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
BackgroundPneumoconiosis refers to a class of serious diseases threatening the health of workers exposed to coal or silicosis dust. However, the...
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How service delivery implementation strategies can contribute to attaining universal health coverage: lessons from polio eradication using an implementation science approach
BackgroundImproving service delivery is a key strategy for achieving service coverage, one of the two components of universal health coverage (UHC)....
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COVID-19 surveillance in Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda: strengths, weaknesses and key Lessons
IntroductionAs part of efforts to rapidly identify and care for individuals with COVID-19, trace and quarantine contacts, and monitor disease trends...
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The prevalence of insufficient iodine intake in pregnancy in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundFortification of foodstuffs with iodine, mainly through iodization of salt, which commenced in several African countries after 1995 is the...
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The impact of donor transition on continuity of maternal and newborn health service delivery in Rwenzori sub-region of Uganda: a qualitative country case study analysis
BackgroundThe transition of donor-supported health programmes to country ownership is gaining increasing attention due to reduced development...
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Spatial Variation in Excess Mortality Across Europe: A Cross-Sectional Study of 561 Regions in 21 Countries
ObjectiveTo measure the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 at the subnational level by estimating excess mortality, defined as the increase in...
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Attributable disease burden related to low bone mineral density in Iran from 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease 2019
PurposeLow bone mineral density (BMD) including low bone mass and osteoporosis is a bone state that carries the risk of fractures and the consequent...
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Inequalities and risk factors analysis in prevalence and management of hypertension in India and Nepal: a national and subnational study
BackgroundHypertension is one of the leading risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in India and Nepal. Socio-economic disparity in these two...
