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Ethiopian National Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) Data from 2006-2007 EFY

(2016) C1

Third progress analysis of implementation of antimicrobial resistance national action plans in the WHO South-East Asia Region

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is described as a situation when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder or impossible to treat, and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death.1 AMR in recent years has ... more

Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

GBD 2016 Neurology Collaborators (2019) CC

Lancet Neurol 2019 Volume 18, ISSUE 5, P459-480, May 01, 2019 Published OnlineMarch 14, 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ S1474-4422(18)30499-X

Global, regional, and national burden of epilepsy, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

GBD 2016 Epilepsy Collaborators (2019) CC

Lancet Neurol. 2019 Apr;18(4):357-375. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30454-X. Epub 2019 Feb 14.

Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

GBD 2016 Stroke Collaborators (2019) CC

Lancet Neurol. Volume 18, ISSUE 5, P439-458, May 01, 2019 Published Mar 11. pii: S1474-4422(19)30034-1. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30034-1.

Strengthening the collection, analysis and use of health workforce data and information: a handbook

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Access to health workers who are fit for purpose, motivated and protected is a fundamental force of health service delivery and the achievement of universal health coverage and the health and health-related Sustainable Development Goals. Data and kn ... more

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation - University of Washington The Lancet (2017) CC2

The Global Status Report on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) 2014 by the World Health Organization outlines the global impact of NCDs, including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases, which are responsible for a significant portion of global mortality, particular ... more

Engagement with health in national climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement: a global mixed-methods analysis of the nationally determined contributions

Dasandi, N.; Graham H., Lampard P., et al. (2021) C1

Lancet Planet Health 2021; 5: e93–101

Donor Funding for Newborn Survival: An Analysis of Donor-Reported Data, 2002–2010

Pitt1, C.; J. E. Lawn; M. Ranganathan et al. PLoS Med (2012) CC

Background:Neonatal mortality accounts for 43% of global under-five deaths and is decreasing more slowly than maternal or child mortality. Donor funding has increased for maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH), but no analysis to date has disagg ... more

Gaps in service Utilization and service provision: an analysis of DHS and SPA Malaria data from Malawi, Senegal, and Tanzania

C. Taylor, A. Linn, W. Wang, and H. Moussa (2018) C2

Barriers to the prompt and effective diagnosis and treatment of malaria exist at both the community and health facility level. Household surveys measure malaria case management at the population level with standard indicators that assess treatment-seeking behavior, access to diagnostic testing, and ... more

Gender and noncommunicable diseases in Ukraine: analysis of STEPS data

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2020) C_WHO

This report is part of the gender and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) initiative launched by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, which aims to strengthen the response to NCDs through a gender approach. It is part of a series of country profiles and a synthesis report. The country profile of Ukraine ... more

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

Trends in infant mortality in Venezuela between 1985 and 2016: a systematic analysis of demographic data

Jenny García, Gerardo Correa, Brenda Rousset (2019) CC

Lancet Glob Health 2019 Published Online January 24, 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30479-0 The health-care system collapse underway in Venezuela is a cause of utmost concern for its people and, increasingly, for the wider region. Declines in provision of basic services, such as ... more

Analysing and using routine data to monitor the effects of COVID-19 on essential health services: practical guide for national and subnational decision-makers

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

14 January 2021 This practical guide can be used to help countries monitor and analyse the impact of COVID-19 on essential health services to inform planning and decision-making. It provides practical recommendations on how to use key performance indicators to analyse changes in access to and deliv ... more

High global consumption of potentially inappropriate fixed dose combination antibiotics: Analysis of data from 75 countries

Bortone, B.; et al. (2021) CC

PlosOne January 20, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241899 Antibiotic fixed dose combinations (FDCs) can have clinical advantages such as improving effectiveness and adherence to therapy. However, high use of potentially inappropriate FDCs has been reported, with implications for antim ... more

Prevalence of clinical forms of Chagas disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis – data from the RAISE study

Nasciemento, B.R.; (2024) CC

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2024;30: 100681 Published Online 3 February 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2024.100681

Childhood multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the European Union and European Economic Area: an analysis of tuberculosis surveillance data from 2007 to 2015

C. Ködmön; M. van den Boom; P. Zucs, et al. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2017) CC

15. Euro Surveill. 2017;22(47):pii=17-00103

Assessing the efficiency of rural health centres in Burkina Faso: an application of Data Envelopment Analysis

Marschall P., S.Flessa Journal of Public Health (2010) CC

In this paper we aim to provide information on the importance of efficiency measurement of health care facilities in developing countries. We state that efficiency measurement can be a substantial contribution to saving lives. Therefore we analyse the performance of health centres in rural Burkina F ... more