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A conceptual framework for measuring community health workforce performance within primary health care systems

Human Resources for Health, 2019
Background With the 40th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata, a global effort is underway to re-focus on strengthening primary health care systems, with emphasis on leveraging community health workers (CHWs) towards the goal of achieving universal
Smisha Agarwal, Pooja Sripad, Caroline Johnson, Karen Kirk, Ben Bellows, Joseph Ana, Vince Blaser, Meghan Bruce Kumar, Kathleen Buchholz, Alain Casseus, Nan Chen, Hannah Sarah Faich Dini, Rachel Hoy Deussom, David Jacobstein, Richard Kintu, Nazo Kureshy, Lory Meoli, Lilian Otiso, Neil Pakenham-Walsh, Jérôme Pfaffmann Zambruni, Mallika Raghavan, Ryan Schwarz, John Townsend, Brittney Varpilah, William Weiss, Charlotte E. Warren   +25 more
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Last mile deliveries in the framework of urban distribution and supply chain management: review of best practices and conceptual framework

Розвиток методів управління та господарювання на транспорті, 2021
This paper aims to investigate the impact of last mile supply chain practices on urban sustainability. An extensive review of literature has been conducted, on last mile logistics best practices, the impact of e-commerce on last mile deliveries, and the ...
Maria Aristea Bakogianni, George Malindretos   +1 more
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The mediating effect of information sharing on pharmaceutical supply chain integration and operational performance in Ethiopia: an analytical cross-sectional study

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2022
Background Information is crucial in enhancing partnership, reducing uncertainties and inventory costs, improving order fulfillment, and increasing customer satisfaction.
Yohannes Birhanu, Tafesse Gizaw, Dawit Teshome, Bekele Boche, Tadesse Gudeta   +4 more
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Transforming Last-mile Logistics : Opportunities for more Sustainable Parcel Deliveries [PDF]

, 2018
Road congestion, air pollution and sustainability are increasingly important in major cities. We look to understand how last-mile deliveries in the parcel sector are impacting our roads. Using formative field work and quantitative analysis of consignment
Tolga Bektas, Davies, Nigel Andrew Justin, Tom Cherrett, Bektas, T., Nguyen, ThuBa, Fraser McLeod, McLeod, F, Allen, Julian, Bektas, Tolga, Cherrett, Tom, Piotrowska, M., Piecyk, Maja, Nguyen, T, Julian Allen, Davies, N, Nguyen, T., Bektas, T, Davies, Nigel, Bates, O, Adrian Friday, Maja Piecyk, Piotrowska, Marzena, Bates, O., Oliver Bates, Friday, A., Friday, Adrian John, Piotrowska, M, Friday, Adrian, Wise, S., Piecyk, M., Wise, Sarah, McLeod, Fraser, Piecyk, M, Cherrett, T., Friday, A, Bates, Oliver, Nigel Davies, Bates, Oliver Emile Glaves, Cherrett, T, Wise, S, Allen, J, ThuBa Nguyen, Davies, N., McLeod, F., Marzena Piotrowska, Sarah Wise, Allen, J.   +46 more
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Three methods of selecting a smart meter for data concentration in the automatic meter reading last mile network [PDF]

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences, 2023
This paper proposes three methods of the optimal smart meter selection for acting as a data concentrator in the automatic meter reading last mile network. The study explains the reasons why the selected smart meter should also act as a data concentrator,
Piotr Kiedrowski
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Type 2 diabetes and healthcare resource utilisation in the Kingdom of Bahrain

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Type 2 diabetes is a growing health challenge in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the disease exerts significant pressure on the healthcare system.
Rabha AbdulAziz Salman, Adel Salman AlSayyad, Craig Ludwig   +2 more
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"Last-Mile" preparation for a potential disaster [PDF]

, 2009
Extreme natural events, like e.g. tsunamis or earthquakes, regularly lead to catastrophes with dramatic consequences. In recent years natural disasters caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, destruction of infrastructure, disruption of economic activity
Gress, A., Setiadi, N., Klein, R., Klüpfel, H., Schlurmann, T., Moder, F., Birkmann, J., Oczipka, M., Dech, S., Goseberg, N., Strunz, G., Siegert, Florian, Taubenböck, H., Lämmel, G., Wahl, R., Nagel, K., Lehmann, F.   +16 more
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Travellers’ preferences towards existing and emerging means of first/last mile transport: a case study for the Almere centrum railway station in the Netherlands

European Transport Research Review, 2021
First/last mile transport is essential for transit but is often found to be the weakest link in a trip. Moreover, as a result of multiple developments (e.g.
Bas Stam, Niels van Oort, Hilke J. van Strijp-Harms, Stefan C. van der Spek, Serge P. Hoogendoorn   +4 more
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The last mile transport [PDF]

, 2020
Purpose: The growing importance of e-commerce makes it necessary to look for new solutions in ways of delivering goods on the last delivery stretch from the last distribution warehouse to the final customer.
Wierzbicka, Aleksandra
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Readiness of health facilities to provide safe childbirth in Liberia: a cross-sectional analysis of population surveys, facility censuses and facility birth records

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background The provision of quality obstetric care in health facilities is central to reducing maternal mortality, but simply increasing childbirth in facilities not enough, with evidence that many facilities in sub-Saharan Africa do not fulfil even ...
Jessica King, Alfred K. Tarway-Twalla, Mardieh Dennis, Musu Pusah Twalla, Patrick K. Konwloh, Chea Sanford Wesseh, Bentoe Zoogley Tehoungue, Geetor S. Saydee, Oona Campbell, Carine Ronsmans   +9 more
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