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The United Nations Convention on the rights of the child and implications for clinical, practice, policy and research

M. L. Belfer; S. Song IACAPAP (2012) C2

Miscellaneous Chapter J.7

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Covid-19 pandemic impact on maternal and child health services access in Nampula, Mozambique: a mixed methods research

das Neves Martins Pires P.H. , Macaringue C. , Abdirazak A. et al. BMC Health Services (2021) CC

The Covid-19 pandemic has so far infected more than 30 million people in the world, having major impact on global health with collateral damage. In Mozambique, a public state of emergency was declared at the end of March 2020. This has limited people's movements and reduced public services, leading ...to a decrease in the number of people accessing health care facilities. An implementation research project, The Alert Community for a Prepared Hospital, has been promoting access to maternal and child health care, in Natikiri, Nampula, for the last four years. Nampula has the second highest incidence of Covid-19. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of Covid-19 pandemic Government restrictions on access to maternal and child healthcare services. We compared health centres in Nampula city with healthcare centres in our research catchment area. We wanted to see if our previous research interventions have led to a more resilient response from the community. METHODS: Mixed-methods research, descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective, using a review of patient visit documentation. We compared maternal and child health care unit statistical indicators from March-May 2019 to the same time-period in 2020. We tested for significant changes in access to maternal and child health services, using KrushKall Wallis, One-way Anova and mean and standard deviation tests. We compared interviews with health professionals, traditional birth attendants and patients in the two areas. We gathered data from a comparable city health centre and the main city referral hospital. The Marrere health centre and Marrere General Hospital were the two Alert Community for a Prepared Hospital intervention sites. RESULTS: Comparing 2019 quantitative maternal health services access indicators with those from 2020, showed decreases in most important indicators: family planning visits and elective C-sections dropped 28%; first antenatal visit occurring in the first trimester dropped 26%; hospital deliveries dropped a statistically significant 4% (p = 0.046), while home deliveries rose 74%; children vaccinated down 20%. CONCLUSION: Our results demonstrated the negative collateral effects of Covid-19 pandemic Government restrictions, on access to maternal and child healthcare services, and highlighted the need to improve the health information system in Mozambique. more

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National guidance and district-level practices in the supervision of community health workers in South Africa: a qualitative study

Assegaai, T. and H. Schneider Human Resources for Health (2019) C1

Supportive supervision is considered critical to community health worker programme performance, but there is relatively little understanding of how it can be sustainably done at scale. Supportive supervision is a holistic concept that encompasses three key functions: management (ensuring performance... more

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Achieving UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets for pregnant and postpartum women in sub-Saharan Africa: progress, gaps and research needs

L. L. Abuogi; J. M. Humphrey; C. Mpody, et al. Journal of Virus Eradication (2018) CC

Journal of Virus Eradication 2018; 4 (Supplement 2): 33–39

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Global guidance framework for the responsible use of the life sciences: mitigating biorisks and governing dual-use research

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

The Global guidance framework for the responsible use of the life sciences: mitigating biorisks and governing dual-use research (the framework) aims to provide values and principles, tools and mechanisms to support Member States and key stakeholders to mitigate and prevent biorisks and govern dual-u... more

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Challenges in the diagnosis of asthma in children, what are the solutions? A scoping review of 3 countries in sub Saharan Africa

Magwenzi, P.; Rusakaniko, S.; Sibanda, E.N. et al. Respiratory Research (2022) CC

The article is a scoping review that explores the challenges in diagnosing asthma in children in three sub-Saharan African countries: Nigeria, South Africa, and Uganda. It identifies key barriers, such as a lack of community awareness, inadequate healthcare access, limited diagnostic tools like spir... more

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A Toolkit for integrating menstrual hygiene management (MHM) into humanitarian response

r2hc Reserach for Health in Humanitarian Crisis; Elrha; et al. (2017) C1

In many humanitarian emergencies, there is a serious lack of access to even the most basic materials needed for managing the blood in addition to a lack of appropriate sanitation facilities (including water), which are critical for addressing menstrual hygiene. Privacy in emergencies is often scarc... more

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Closing the gaps to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) in South Africa: Understanding MTCT case rates, factors that hinder the monitoring and attainment of targets, and potential gam

A. Goga; W. Chirinda; N. K. Ngandu; et al. SAMJ Research (2018) CC

March 2018, Vol. 108, (3 Suppl 1)

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Mapping the Literature on Development Assistance in Health: A Bibliometric Analysis

Karwa O., Jain R., Deo S. Observer Research Foundation (2024) CC

This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of the literature on private health aid and official health assistance between 2000 and 2022. It provides an overview of the sites and themes in the literature pertaining to development assistance in health, and collates the significant policy recommendati... more

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Report: Baseline Study for Rural and Remote Education Initiative for Papuan Provinces - Report of Findings

Myriad Research; UNICEF; Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (2016)

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Selection of essential medicines for South Africa - an analysis of in-depth interviews with national essential medicines list committee members

Velisha Ann Perumal-Pillay & Fatima Suleman BMC Health Services Research (2017) CC

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The Men Are Away: Pregnancy Risk and Family Planning Needs among Women with a Migrant Husband in Barisal, Bangladesh

Khan, Rasheda, Kerry L. D. MacQuarrie, Quamrun Nahar, and Marzia Sultana National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), and ICF International (2016) C1

DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 98

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Educational support for orphans and vulnerable children in primary schools: Challenges and interventions

T. Mwoma; J. Pillay Issues in Educational Research (2016) C2

Issues in Educational Research, 26(1), 2016

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Disability and Related Factors among Road Traffic Accident Victims in Benin: Study from Five Public and Faith-Based Hospitals in Urban and Suburban Areas

Yolaine Glèlè-Ahanhanzo, Alphonse Kpozèhouen, Noël Moussiliou Paraïso, Patrick Makoutodé, Chabi O. Alphonse Biaou, Eric Remacle, Edgard-Marius Ouendo, Alain Levêque Scientific Research Publishing (2018) C2

Open Journal of Epidemiology, 2018, 8, 226-241 Abstract Introduction: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are a major public health issue in developing countries, where roads tend to be built haphazardly and accidents take a heavy toll on victims—including leaving them disabled. This study seeks ... more

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Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms in Refugee Camps in Rwanda: An Ethnographic Study

Child Protection in Crisis Network for Research, Learning & Action (2013) CC

Despite the increasing population of refugees stuck in protracted situations and our awareness of the vulnerability of children and adolescents growing in up these contexts, relatively little is known about community based child protection mechanisms (CBCPMs) in refugee communities. CBCPMs, defined ... more

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Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 9. CHWs’ relationships with the health system and communities

Karen LeBan , Maryse Kok and Henry B. Perry Health Research Policy and Systems (2021) CC

This is the ninth paper in our series, “Community Health Workers at the Dawn of a New Era”. Community health workers (CHWs) are in an intermediary position between the health system and the community. While this position provides CHWs with a good platform to improve community health, a major cha... more

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Evaluation of Humanitarian Action (EHA). Course Reference Manual

Margie Buchanan-Smith and John Cosgrave Channel Research; ALNAP (2010)

This manual is for the beginner/intermediate and advanced EHA courses run by Channel Research on behalf of ALNAP. It is supported by a course specific set of case studies and exercises and by a bibliography of evaluation references

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An Introduction to Evaluation of Humanitarian Action. Course Manual

Margie Buchanan-Smith and John Telford Channel Research; ALNAP (2006)

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Quality of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV Services in Public Hospitals of Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia

B. B. Bachore; F. Tafese; F. Gebissa; et al. Health Systems and Policy Research; iMedPub (2018) C2

2018 Vol.5 No.2:73 DOI: 10.21767/2254-9137.100092 Health Systems and Policy Research ISSN 2254-9137

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HIV stigma and associated factors among antiretroviral treatment clients in Jimma town, Southwest Ethiopia

N. N. Fido; M. Aman; Z. Brihnu HIVAIDS - Research and Palliative Care; Dovepress; PMC (US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health) (2016) CC

HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care 2016:8 183–193