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Donor financing of human resources for health, 1990–2016: an examination of trends, sources of funds, and recipients

Globalization and Health, 2018
Background Skilled health professionals are a critical component of the effective delivery of lifesaving health interventions. The inadequate number of skilled health professionals in many low- and middle-income countries has been identified as a ...
Angela E Micah, Bianca S Zlavog, Catherine S Chen, Abigail Chapin, Joseph L Dieleman   +4 more
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Factors associated with the disbursements of development assistance for health in low-income and middle-income countries, 2002–2017

BMJ Global Health, 2021
Introduction In 2017, development assistance for health (DAH) comprised 5.3% of total health spending in low-income countries. Despite the key role DAH plays in global health-spending, little is known about the characteristics of assistance that may be ...
Angela E Micah, Golsum Tsakalos, Joseph Dieleman, Modhurima Moitra, Ian Cogswell, Emilie Maddison, Kyle Simpson, Hayley Stutzman   +7 more
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Adjusting health spending for the presence of comorbidities: an application to United States national inpatient data

Health Economics Review, 2017
Background One of the major challenges in estimating health care spending spent on each cause of illness is allocating spending for a health care event to a single cause of illness in the presence of comorbidities. Comorbidities, the secondary diagnoses,
Joseph L. Dieleman, Ranju Baral, Elizabeth Johnson, Anne Bulchis, Maxwell Birger, Anthony L. Bui, Madeline Campbell, Abigail Chapin, Rose Gabert, Hannah Hamavid, Cody Horst, Jonathan Joseph, Liya Lomsadze, Ellen Squires, Martin Tobias   +14 more
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Mapping male circumcision for HIV prevention efforts in sub-Saharan Africa

BMC Medicine, 2020
Background HIV remains the largest cause of disease burden among men and women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa. Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the risk of female-to-male transmission of HIV by 50–60%.
Michael A. Cork, Kate F. Wilson, Samantha Perkins, Michael L. Collison, Aniruddha Deshpande, Jeffrey W. Eaton, Lucas Earl, Emily Haeuser, Jessica E. Justman, Damaris K. Kinyoki, Benjamin K. Mayala, Jonathan F. Mosser, Christopher J. L. Murray, John N. Nkengasong, Peter Piot, Benn Sartorius, Lauren E. Schaeffer, Audrey L. Serfes, Amber Sligar, Krista M. Steuben, Frank C. Tanser, John D. VanderHeide, Mingyou Yang, Njeri Wabiri, Simon I. Hay, Laura Dwyer-Lindgren   +25 more
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Assessment of the quality of the vital registration system for under-5 mortality in Yucatan, Mexico

Population Health Metrics, 2022
Introduction Vital registration is an important element in health information systems which can inform policy and strengthen health systems. Mexico has a well-functioning vital registration system; however, there is still room for improvement, especially
Bernardo Hernandez, Elsa Rodriguez Angulo, Louisa M. Johnson, Erin B. Palmisano, Ricardo Ojeda, Rafael Ojeda, Salvador Gómez Carro, Alan Chen, Joseph Camarda, Casey Johanns, Abraham Flaxman   +10 more
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Progress toward eliminating TB and HIV deaths in Brazil, 2001–2015: a spatial assessment

BMC Medicine, 2018
Background Brazil has high burdens of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV, as previously estimated for the 26 states and the Federal District, as well as high levels of inequality in social and health indicators.
Jennifer M. Ross, Nathaniel J. Henry, Laura A. Dwyer-Lindgren, Andrea de Paula Lobo, Fatima Marinho de Souza, Molly H. Biehl, Sarah E. Ray, Robert C. Reiner, Rebecca W. Stubbs, Kirsten E. Wiens, Lucas Earl, Michael J. Kutz, Natalia V. Bhattacharjee, Hmwe H. Kyu, Mohsen Naghavi, Simon I. Hay   +15 more
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Examining the relationship between malaria burden and domestic spending on malaria in 106 countries, 2000–2019

The Lancet Global Health, 2022
Background: In 2019, there were 231 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 186–290) new malaria cases across the 106 malaria-endemic countries worldwide.
Ian Cogswell, BS, Emilie Maddison, BS, Paola Pedroza, MPH, Yingxi Zhao, MPH, Golsum Tsakalos, MS, Joseph Dieleman, PhD, Angela Micah, PhD   +6 more
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Mortality from tetanus between 1990 and 2015: findings from the global burden of disease study 2015

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Although preventable, tetanus still claims tens of thousands of deaths each year. The patterns and distribution of mortality from tetanus have not been well characterized.
Hmwe H. Kyu, John Everett Mumford, Jeffrey D. Stanaway, Ryan M. Barber, Jamie R. Hancock, Theo Vos, Christopher J. L. Murray, Mohsen Naghavi   +7 more
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Results-based aid with lasting effects: sustainability in the Salud Mesoamérica Initiative

Globalization and Health, 2018
Background The Salud Mesoamérica Initiative is a public-private partnership aimed at reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality for the poorest populations in Central America and the southernmost state of Mexico.
Charbel El Bcheraoui, Aruna M Kamath, Emily Dansereau, Erin B Palmisano, Alexandra Schaefer, Bernardo Hernandez, Ali H Mokdad   +6 more
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Flow Metrics

Theoretical Computer Science, 2002
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Claudson F. Bornstein, Santosh S. Vempala   +1 more
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