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Use of community engagement interventions to improve child immunisation in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2022
Immunisation is one of the most cost‐effective interventions to prevent and control life‐threatening infectious diseases. Nonetheless, rates of routine vaccination of children in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) are strikingly low or stagnant. In
Monica Jain, Shannon Shisler, Charlotte Lane, Avantika Bagai, Elizabeth Brown, Mark Engelbert, Yoav Vardy, John Eyers, Daniela Anda Leon, Shradha S. Parsekar   +9 more
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Making the most of existing research: an evidence gap map of the effects of food systems interventions in low-income and middle-income countries

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective Identify and describe the available evidence on the effects food systems interventions on food security and nutrition outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries.Methods An adapted version of the high-level panel of experts food systems ...
Birte Snilstveit, Ingunn Gilje Storhaug, Charlotte Lane, Nick Moore, Mark Engelbert, Thalia Morrow Sparling, Amber Franich, Heike Rolker   +7 more
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Epidemiology of adult trauma injuries in Malawi: results from a multisite trauma registry

Injury Epidemiology, 2022
Background Large-scale multisite trauma registries with broad geographic coverage in low-income countries are rare. This lack of systematic trauma data impedes effective policy responses.
Linda Chokotho, Kevin Croke, Meyhar Mohammed, Wakisa Mulwafu, Jonna Bertfelt, Saahil Karpe, Sveta Milusheva   +6 more
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PROTOCOL: Residential energy efficiency interventions: An effectiveness systematic review

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2021
This review aims to identify, appraise and synthesise the evidence available on the effectiveness of energy efficiency measure installations, including those bundled with behavioural interventions.
Miriam Berretta, Joshua Furgeson, Collins Zamawe, Ian Hamilton, Yue Wu, Paul J. Ferraro, Neal Haddaway, John Eyers   +7 more
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Adjuvant-attenuated symptom severity of influenza infections in vaccinated children

Infectious Medicine, 2022
Background: Young children are at high risk for developing complications of influenza, as well as severe clinical presentation of disease. Vaccination provides direct protection and reduces symptom severity in breakthrough infections. We assessed whether
Charlotte Switzer, Chris P. Verschoor, Eleanor Pullenayegum, Pardeep Singh, Mark Loeb   +4 more
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Disentangling Challenges to Scaling Alternate Wetting and Drying Technology for Rice Cultivation: Distilling Lessons From 20 Years of Experience in the Philippines

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) is a low-cost innovation that enables farmers to adapt to increasingly water scarcity conditions (such as drought), increase overall farm production efficiency, and mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It is seen as
Yuji Enriquez, Sudhir Yadav, Gio Karlo Evangelista, Donald Villanueva, Mary Ann Burac, Valerien Pede   +5 more
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Residential energy efficiency interventions: A meta‐analysis of effectiveness studies

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2021
Background The residential sector releases around 17% of global greenhouse gas emissions and making residential buildings more energy efficient can help mitigate climate change.
Miriam Berretta, Joshua Furgeson, Yue (Nicole) Wu, Collins Zamawe, Ian Hamilton, John Eyers   +5 more
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Citizen engagement in public services in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A mixed‐methods systematic review of participation, inclusion, transparency and accountability (PITA) initiatives

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2019
Background How do governance interventions that engage citizens in public service delivery planning, management and oversight impact the quality of and access to services and citizens’ quality of life?
Hugh Waddington, Ada Sonnenfeld, Juliette Finetti, Marie Gaarder, Denny John, Jennifer Stevenson   +5 more
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Pediatric trauma burden in Tanzania: analysis of prospective registry data from thirteen health facilities

Injury Epidemiology, 2022
Background Trauma is among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among pediatric and adolescent populations worldwide, with over ninety percent of childhood injuries occurring in low-income and middle-income countries.
Hendry R. Sawe, Sveta Milusheva, Kevin Croke, Saahil Karpe, Juma A. Mfinanga   +4 more
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Improving routine childhood immunisation outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries: an evidence gap map

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective To support evidence-informed decision-making, we created an evidence gap map to characterise the evidence base on the effectiveness of interventions in improving routine childhood immunisation outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries (
Shradha S Parsekar, Monica Jain, Mark Engelbert, Avantika Bagai   +3 more
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