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Establishing evidence-based decision-making mechanism in a health eco-system and its linkages with health service coverage in 25 high-priority districts of Uttar Pradesh, India

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Achievement of successful health outcomes depends on evidence-based programming and implementation of effective health interventions. Routine Health Management Information System is one of the most valuable data sets to support evidence-based ...
Ravi Prakash, Bidyadhar Dehury, Charu Yadav, Anand Bhushan Tripathi, Chhavi Sodhi, Huzaifa Bilal, N. Vasanthakumar, Shajy Isac, B. M. Ramesh, James Blanchard, Ties Boerma   +10 more
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Scaling severe acute malnutrition treatment with community health workers: a geospatial coverage analysis in rural Mali

Human Resources for Health, 2022
Background In 2015, the Ministry of Health in Mali included the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) into the package of activities of the integrated Community Case Management (iCCM).
Pilar Charle-Cuéllar, Lidia Espí-Verdú, Juan Goyanes, Magloire Bunkembo, Salimata Samake, Mamadou Traore, Adama Balla Coulibaly, Aly Landouré, Fatou Diawara, Abdias Ogobara Dougnon, Antonio Vargas, Noemí López-Ejeda   +11 more
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Correction to: Mothers screening for malnutrition by mid-upper arm circumference is non-inferior to community health workers: results from a large-scale pragmatic trial in rural Niger

Archives of Public Health, 2020
In the original publication of this article [1], the author pointed out the affiliation of author Franck G.B. Alé should be: Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA), ALIMA, Fann Residence, BP155530, Dakar, Senegal and University Rey Juan Carlos,
Franck G. B. Alé, Kevin P. Q. Phelan, Hassan Issa, Isabelle Defourny, Guillaume Le Duc, Geza Harczi, Kader Issaley, Sani Sayadi, Nassirou Ousmane, Issoufou Yahaya, Mark Myatt, André Briend, Thierry Allafort-Duverger, Susan Shepherd, Nikki Blackwell   +14 more
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The implementation of infection prevention and control measures and health care utilisation in ACF-supported health facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2020

Global Health Action, 2023
Background Infection prevention and control (IPC) was a central component of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s COVID-19 response in 2020, aiming to prevent infections and ensure safe health service provision.
Chiara Altare, Linda Matadi Basadia, Natalya Kostandova, Justus Nsio Mbeta, Sophie Bruneau, Caroline Antoine, Marie Petry   +6 more
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Response to Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from Action Against Hunger’s Emotional and Stress Management Intervention in Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

European Psychiatry, 2023
Introduction In 2020, as in the rest of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic spread in Africa and transformed people’s lives. Adding to the already existing burden of fragile health care systems, especially in low-resource settings, the pandemic response ...
K. Le Roch, A. Garriott, X. Phan, F. M. Bintu, S. P. Darciba, P. B. Koleti, S. M. Murray   +6 more
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Costs and cost-effectiveness of three point-of-use water treatment technologies added to community-based treatment of severe acute malnutrition in Sindh Province, Pakistan

Global Health Action, 2019
Background: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a major global public health concern. Despite the cost-effectiveness of treatment, ministries of health are often unable to commit the required funds which limits service coverage.
Eleanor Rogers, Hannah Tappis, Shannon Doocy, Karen Martínez, Nicolas Villeminot, Ann Suk, Deepak Kumar, Silke Pietzsch, Chloe Puett   +8 more
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Hunger and Public Action [PDF]

Population Studies, 1991
Abstract This book analyses the role of public action in solving the problem of hunger in the modern world. The study is divided into four parts. The first, making extensive use of the concepts of entitlements and capabilities explores the interaction of nutritional, economic, social, and political elements and their influence on hunger ...
Mark Gersovitz, Jean Dreze, Amartya Sen
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Associations between local descriptive norms for overweight/obesity and insufficient fruit intake, individual-level diet, and 10-year change in body mass index and glycosylated haemoglobin in an Australian cohort

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2018
Background Descriptive norms (what other people do) relate to individual-level dietary behaviour and health outcome including overweight and obesity.
Suzanne J. Carroll, Theo Niyonsenga, Neil T. Coffee, Anne W. Taylor, Mark Daniel   +4 more
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Public goods and government action [PDF]

Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2013
It is widely agreed that one of the core functions of government is to supply public goods that markets either fail to provide or cannot provide efficiently. I will suggest that arguments for government provision of public goods require fundamental moral judgments in addition to the usual economic considerations about the relative efficacy of markets ...
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The “goldfish bowl”: a qualitative study of the effects of heightened surveillance on people who use drugs in a rural and coastal Canadian setting

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background A growing body of research has focused on contextual factors that shape health and well-being of people who use drugs (PWUD). However, most of this research focuses on large cities and less is known about the effects of social and structural ...
Geoff Bardwell, Manal Mansoor, Ashley Van Zwietering, Ellery Cleveland, Dan Snell, Thomas Kerr   +5 more
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