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Public Health Action for public health action [PDF]

Public Health Action, 2014
The last day of the final module of our Luxembourg based-Structured Operational Research Training Initiative (SORT IT) course has arrived. SORT IT supports countries to 1) undertake operational research in accordance with their own priorities, 2) develop adequate and sustainable operational research capacity in public health programmes, and 3) create ...
Anthony D, Harries, Laura, Bianchi, Paul M, Jensen, Moka, Pantages, Karen, Bissell, Ajay M V, Kumar, Sven Gudmund, Hinderaker, Katie, Tayler-Smith, Rafael, Van den Bergh, Wilma, van den Boogaard, Marcel, Manzi, Petros, Isaakidis, Anthony J, Reid, Rony, Zachariah   +13 more
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Public Action for Public Goods [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2006
This Discussion Paper is issued under the auspices of the Centre’s research programme in DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and not those of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. Research disseminated by CEPR may include views on policy, but the Centre itself takes no institutional policy positions.
Banerjee, Abhijit V., Lakshmi Iyer, Somanathan, Rohini   +2 more
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Association of identification of facility and transportation for childbirth with institutional delivery in high priority districts of Uttar Pradesh, India

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Timely and skilled care is key to reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. Birth preparedness involves preparation for safe childbirth during the antenatal period to reach the appropriate health facility for ensuring safe delivery.
Divya Rajvanshi, John Anthony, Vasanthakumar Namasivayam, Bidyadhar Dehury, Ramesh Banadakoppa Manjappa, Ravi Prakash, Dhanunjaya Rao Chintada, Shagun Khare, Lisa Avery, Maryanne Crockett, Shajy Isac, Marissa Becker, James Blanchard, Shiva Halli   +13 more
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The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in humanitarian settings: epidemiology, health service utilization, and health care seeking behavior in Bangui and surrounding areas, Central African Republic

Conflict and Health, 2023
Background Despite increasing evidence on COVID-19, few studies have been conducted in humanitarian settings and none have investigated the direct and indirect effects of the pandemic in the Central African Republic. We studied the COVID-19 epidemiology,
Chiara Altare, Natalya Kostandova, Gbètoho Fortuné Gankpe, Patricia Nalimo, Abdoul Azizi Almoustapha Abaradine, IMPACT CAR Team, Sophie Bruneau, Caroline Antoine, Paul B. Spiegel   +8 more
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Risk factors for childhood illness and death in rural Uttar Pradesh, India: perspectives from the community, community health workers and facility staff

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Uttar Pradesh (UP), India continues to have a high burden of mortality among young children despite recent improvement. Therefore, it is vital to understand the risk factors associated with under-five (U5) deaths and episodes of severe illness
Kanchan Srivastava, Ranjana Yadav, Lorine Pelly, Elisabeth Hamilton, Gaurav Kapoor, Aman Mohan Mishra, Parwez Anis, Maryanne Crockett   +7 more
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Association between sexual orientation acceptance and suicidal ideation, substance use, and internalised homophobia amongst the pink carpet Y cohort study of young gay, bisexual, and queer men in Singapore

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Gay, bisexual and queer (GBQ) men are frequently subjected to minority stressors that have negative impacts on their health. Milestones that include the acceptance and disclosure of sexual identity amongst GBQ men are hence key instruments in ...
Clarence Ong, Rayner Kay Jin Tan, Daniel Le, Avin Tan, Adrian Tyler, Calvin Tan, Chronos Kwok, Sumita Banerjee, Mee Lian Wong   +8 more
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Social capital and chemsex initiation in young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: the pink carpet Y cohort study

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background Young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (YMSM) are especially vulnerable to the risks associated with sexualized substance use, or ‘chemsex’.
Rayner Kay Jin Tan, Caitlin Alsandria O’Hara, Wee Ling Koh, Daniel Le, Avin Tan, Adrian Tyler, Calvin Tan, Chronos Kwok, Sumita Banerjee, Mee Lian Wong   +9 more
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Delineating patterns of sexualized substance use and its association with sexual and mental health outcomes among young gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Singapore: a latent class analysis

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (YMSM) are vulnerable to the risks associated with sexualized substance use. This is a novel study in Singapore that aims to classify patterns of sexualized substance use among YMSM, and
Rayner Kay Jin Tan, Caitlin Alsandria O’Hara, Wee Ling Koh, Daniel Le, Avin Tan, Adrian Tyler, Calvin Tan, Chronos Kwok, Sumita Banerjee, Mee Lian Wong   +9 more
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Anthropometry at discharge and risk of relapse in children treated for severe acute malnutrition: a prospective cohort study in rural Nepal

Nutrition Journal, 2021
Background There is a dearth of evidence on what should be the optimal criteria for discharging children from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) treatment.
Benjamin Guesdon, Manisha Katwal, Amod Kumar Poudyal, Tusli Ram Bhandari, Emilie Counil, Sujay Nepali   +5 more
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Readiness to provide child health services in rural Uttar Pradesh, India: mapping, monitoring and ongoing supportive supervision

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background In 2018, 875 000 under-five children died in India with children from poor families and rural communities disproportionately affected. Community health centres are positioned to improve access to quality child health services but capacity is ...
Lorine Pelly, Kanchan Srivastava, Dinesh Singh, Parwez Anis, Vishal Babu Mhadeshwar, Rashmi Kumar, Maryanne Crockett   +6 more
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