Browsing Faculty of Medicine by Journals "Global health action"
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Acceptability of an economic support component to reduce early pregnancy and school dropout in Zambia: a qualitative case study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Cash Transfer (CT) schemes have become popular poverty reducing measures in many low and middle-income countries. Research indicates that when provided to girls in resource poor settings, cash transfers can ... -
Adding video-debriefing to Helping-Babies-Breathe training enhanced retention of neonatal resuscitation knowledge and skills among health workers in Uganda: a cluster randomized trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Skilled birth attendants must be competent to provide prompt resuscitation to save newborn lives at birth. Both knowledge and skills (competence) decline with time after training but the optimal duration for ... -
Births and deaths in Sidama in southern Ethiopia: findings from the 2018 Dale-Wonsho Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Sidama is one of the most densely populated areas in Ethiopia. Information about the demographic characteristics is scarce, and most studies were census based on interviews. Earlier population studies from ... -
Building sustainable operational research capacity in Pakistan: starting with tuberculosis and expanding to other public health problems
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: For many years, operational research capacity has been a challenge and has remained a low priority for the health sector in Pakistan. Building research capacity for developing a critical mass of researchers in ... -
Comparison of a palm-based biometric solution with a name-based identification system in rural Bangladesh
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Unique identifiers are not universal in low- and middle-income countries. Biometric solutions have the potential to augment existing name-based searches used for identification in these settings. This paper ... -
Factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding: a survey in Northern Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Background: Initiation of breastfeeding later than 1 hour after birth is associated with increased neonatal morbidity and mortality. Objective: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with delayed initiation of ... -
Fifteen-year trend in treatment outcomes among patients with pulmonary smear-positive tuberculosis and its determinants in Arsi Zone, Central Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-19)Background: Directly Observed Treatment Short course (DOTS) strategy is aimed at diagnosing 70% of infectious tuberculosis (TB) and curing 85% of it. Arsi Zone of Ethiopia piloted DOTS strategy in 1992. Since then, the ... -
Geographic accessibility to childhood tuberculosis care in Pakistan
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Tuberculosis (TB) in children is difficult to detect and often needs specialists to diagnose; the health system is supposed to refer to higher level of health care when diagnosis is not settled in a sick child. ... -
High attrition among HIV-infected patients with advanced disease treated in an intermediary referral center in Maputo, Mozambique
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-08)Background: In Mozambique, antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up has been successfully implemented. However, attrition in care remains a major programmatic challenge. In 2009, an intermediary-level HIV referral center was ... -
Impact of a peer-counseling intervention on breastfeeding practices in different socioeconomic strata: results from the equity analysis of the PROMISE-EBF trial in Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-07-28)Background: Undernutrition is highly prevalent among infants in Uganda. Optimal infant feeding practices may improve nutritional status, health, and survival among children. Objective: Our study evaluates the socioeconomic ... -
Is resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus? A register review in Beijing, China
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-19)Background: China has a high burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM). Objective: The objectives of this study were to determine the following in patients with culture-confirmed TB: 1) demographic ... -
Stillbirths at a hospital in Nablus, 2010: a cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-05)Background: Stillbirths are insufficiently reported in many countries. In Nablus, reporting has recently started; little is published in Palestine on the stillbirth rate and its risk factors. Objective: To study the rate ... -
Survey of ENT services in sub-Saharan Africa: Little progress between 2009 and 2015
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Background: A 2009 survey of ENT, audiology, and speech therapy services and training opportunities in 18 Sub-Saharan African countries reported that the availability of services was extremely poor, the distribution of ...