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A mixed methods study to assess the impact of COVID-19 on maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition in fragile and conflict-affected settings

Conflict and Health, 2022
Background The impacts of COVID-19 are unprecedented globally. The pandemic is reversing decades of progress in maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition (MNCHN), especially fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) whose populations were already
Mariana Rodo, Lucy Singh, Neal Russell, Neha S. Singh   +3 more
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Reproductive justice & preventable deaths: State funding, family planning, abortion, and infant mortality, US 1980–2010

SSM: Population Health, 2016
Introduction: Little current research examines associations between infant mortality and US states’ funding for family planning services and for abortion, despite growing efforts to restrict reproductive rights and services and documented associations ...
Nancy Krieger, Sofia Gruskin, Nakul Singh, Mathew V. Kiang, Jarvis T. Chen, Pamela D. Waterman, Jason Beckfield, Brent A. Coull   +7 more
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Local government funding and life expectancy in England: a longitudinal ecological study

The Lancet Public Health, 2021
Summary: Background: Since 2010, large reductions in funding for local government services have been introduced in England. These reductions in funding have potentially led to reduced provision of health-promoting public services.
Alexandros Alexiou, PhD, Katie Fahy, MMath, Kate Mason, PhD, Davara Bennett, MSc, Heather Brown, PhD, Clare Bambra, ProfPhD, David Taylor-Robinson, ProfPhD, Benjamin Barr, ProfPhD   +7 more
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Family planning services financing in the West African Economic and Monetary Union countries: Trend analysis from 2013 to 2021

Journal of Public Health in Africa
Background: Access to high-quality family planning (FP) services is crucial for addressing unintended pregnancies and maternal mortality. There is uncertainty about health expenditures, especially FP services, by financing sources. Aim: The study aims to
Danielle Yugbaré Belemsaga, Simon T. Nassa, Yann Tapsoba, Kadari Cissé, Désiré L. Dahourou, Henri G. Ouedraogo, Seni Kouanda   +6 more
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Health information and health-seeking behaviour in Yemen: perspectives of health leaders, midwives and mothers in two rural areas of Yemen

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Humanitarian crises can lead to the rapid change in the health needs of women and newborns, which may give rise to a complex situation that would require various interventions as solutions.
Dalia Hyzam, Mingyang Zou, Michael Boah, Abeer Saeed, Chenrui Li, Shixu Pan, Jinhe Zhai, Li-Jie Wu   +7 more
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Understanding the crisis in harm reduction funding in Central and Eastern Europe

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background The harm reduction (HR) approach to injecting drug use was rapidly adopted in Central Europe following the fall of the Iron Curtain. The associated social and economic transformation had significant consequences for drug policies in the region.
Michal Miovský, Silvia Miklíková, Viktor Mravčík, Jean-Paul Grund, Tereza Černíková   +4 more
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COVID-19 and gender-based violence service provision in the United States.

PLoS ONE, 2022
IntroductionGender-based violence (GBV) policies and services in the United States (U.S.) have historically been underfunded and siloed from other health services. Soon after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, reports emerged noting increases in GBV and
Rachel Sapire, Jennifer Ostrowski, Malia Maier, Goleen Samari, Clarisa Bencomo, Terry McGovern   +5 more
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Examining the Sustainability of Core Capacity and Evidence-Based Interventions for FIT-Based CRC Screening: California Colorectal Cancer Control Program

Cancer Control
Objectives We examined the extent to which funded satellite clinics could sustain the California Colon Cancer Control Program (C4P) strategies implemented in health systems to increase uptake of the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) or immunochemical fecal
Ndukaku Omelu PhD, MsCLRA, Marilyn Kempster MPH, LeeAnn Velasquez HS, Jessica Nunez de Ybarra MD, MPH, Renato Littaua DVM, Shauntay Davis-Patterson MPH, Marco Coelho BA, Brendan Darsie MPH, June Hunter MPH, Celena Donahue BA, Socorro Carrillo BA, Raquel Arias MPH, Sonia Pinal MPH   +12 more
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Development of the Kisiizi hospital health insurance scheme: lessons learned and implications for universal health coverage

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Kisiizi Hospital Health Insurance scheme started in 1996 to; improve access to health services, and provide a stable source of funding and reduce bad debts to Kisiizi hospital. Objectives of this study were; to describe Kisiizi Hospital Health
Sebastian Olikira Baine, Alex Kakama, Moses Mugume   +2 more
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Prevalence of 21 Physician‐Defined Severe Toxicities Following Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment: Australian Retrospective Cohort Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, with an overall survival now surpassing 90% in developed countries. However, treatments are not without adverse effects. In this study, we apply the severe toxicity‐free survival (STFS) framework to determine the prevalence of 21 physician‐defined severe ...
Lane Collier, Brittany Grantham, Camilla Grud Nielsen, Louise Lundgren, Liv Andrés‐Jensen, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Chris Selman, Gareth Ball, Elyse Passmore, David A. Elliott, Rachel Conyers   +10 more
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