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malERA: An updated research agenda for health systems and policy research in malaria elimination and eradication. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2017
Health systems underpin disease elimination and eradication programmes. In an elimination and eradication context, innovative research approaches are needed across health systems to assess readiness for programme reorientation, mitigate any decreases in ...
malERA Refresh Consultative Panel on Health Systems and Policy Research
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Integrated Management of Type 2 Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes in the Context of Multi-Morbidity in Africa: A Systematic Review

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2022
Introduction: Many adults diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) also have other known or unknown comorbid conditions.
Jean Claude Mutabazi, Mahmoud Werfalli, Angeli Rawat, Ezekiel Musa, Tawanda Chivese, Shane Norris, Katherine Murphy, Helen Trottier, Naomi Levitt, Christina Zarowsky   +9 more
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The Integration of Primary Care and Public Health in Medical Students’ Training Based on Social Accountability and Community-Engaged Medical Education

International Journal of Public Health, 2023
Objectives: Primary care and public health comprise the bedrock of health systems, but their divergence has produced two groups of practitioners either focused on individual health or population health. We explored how primary care and public health were
Jaime Kristoffer Punzalan, Monserrat Guingona, Mary Germeyn Punzalan, Fortunato Cristobal, Annika Frahsa, Harvy Joy Liwanag   +5 more
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Barriers and facilitators for the sustainability of digital health interventions in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review

Frontiers in Digital Health, 2022
BackgroundDigital health interventions (DHIs) have increased exponentially all over the world. Furthermore, the interest in the sustainability of digital health interventions is growing significantly.
Soutongnoma Safiata Kaboré, Soutongnoma Safiata Kaboré, Soutongnoma Safiata Kaboré, Patrice Ngangue, Patrice Ngangue, Dieudonné Soubeiga, Abibata Barro, Arzouma Hermann Pilabré, Arzouma Hermann Pilabré, Nestor Bationo, Nestor Bationo, Yacouba Pafadnam, Koiné Maxime Drabo, Hervé Hien, Hervé Hien, Gueswendé Blaise Léon Savadogo   +15 more
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Preparing Health Systems to Respond Effectively, Adaptively, and Efficiently to Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Proceedings, 2020
A country’s ability to prepare for, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks such as the Ebola outbreaks in West Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the recent Zika outbreak in the Latin American and Caribbean region, depends ...
Megan Barry, Benjamin Goebel
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Does training of Health Extension Workers reduce scabies load in district health facilities in rural Ethiopia?

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020
Introduction: In 2017, Ethiopia included scabies management within the responsibility of health extension workers. In Kamba (the intervention district) workers were trained on scabies management. Whereas, in Arba Minch Zuria (the control district) there
Tigist Gezmu, Wendemagegn Enbiale, Mekuria Asnakew, Alemayehu Bekele, Gelila Beresaw, Mekdes Nigussie, Kudakwashe Takarinda, Marcel Manzi, Rony Zachariah   +8 more
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Limits of Compartmental Models and New Opportunities for Machine Learning: A Case Study to Forecast the Second Wave of COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Lombardy, Italy

Informatics, 2021
Compartmental models have long been used in epidemiological studies for predicting disease spread. However, a major issue when using compartmental mathematical models concerns the time-invariant formulation of hyper-parameters that prevent the model from
Andrea Gatto, Gabriele Accarino, Valeria Aloisi, Francesco Immorlano, Francesco Donato, Giovanni Aloisio   +5 more
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International monitoring of capacity of treatment systems for alcohol and drug use disorders: Methodology of the Service Capacity Index for Substance Use Disorders

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 2023
Objectives We aimed to develop a Service Capacity Index for Substance Use Disorders (SCI‐SUD) that would reflect the capacity of national health systems to provide treatment for alcohol and drug use disorders, in terms of the proportion of available ...
Dzmitry Krupchanka, Tomas Formanek, Kevin Shield, Jürgen Rehm, Martijn W. Heymans, Alexandra Fleischmann, Louisa Degenhardt, Tarek Gawad, Vladimir Poznyak   +8 more
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How much does HIV self-testing cost in low and middle income countries? A systematic review of evidence from economic studies

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
ObjectivesHIV self-testing (HIVST) has been proposed as an innovative strategy to diagnose human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). While HIVST offers the potential to broaden accessibility of early HIV diagnosis and treatment initiation, this testing ...
Brianna Empringham, Brianna Empringham, Angela Karellis, Abdulhameed Kashkary, Abdulhameed Kashkary, Olivia D’Silva, Sergio Carmona, Marta Fernandez Suarez, Angelina Addae, Nitika Pant Pai, Alice Anne Zwerling   +10 more
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A research agenda for malaria eradication: health systems and operational research.

PLoS Medicine, 2011
Health systems research and development is needed to support the global malaria eradication agenda. In this paper, we (the malERA Consultative Group on Health Systems and Operational Research) focus on the health systems needs of the elimination phase of
malERA Consultative Group on Health Systems and Operational Research
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