Works in Global Health Action, 2015, Vol 8, Issue 1

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Impact of an electronic clinical decision support system on workflow in antenatal care: the QUALMAT eCDSS in rural health care facilities in Ghana and Tanzania.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.25756

By:

Mensah, Nathan;
Sukums, Felix;
Awine, Timothy;
Meid, Andreas;
Williams, John;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Kaltschmidt, Jens;
Haefeli, Walter E.;
Blank, Antje

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Evaluating youth-friendly health services: young people's perspectives from a simulated client study in urban South Africa.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.26080

By:

Geary, Rebecca S.;
Webb, Emily L.;
Clarke, Lynda;
Norris, Shane A.

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Medication supply chain management through implementation of a hospital pharmacy computerized inventory program in Haiti.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.26546

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Holm, Michelle R.;
Rudis, Maria I.;
Wilson, John W.

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Nutrition labelling: a review of research on consumer and industry response in the global South.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.25912

By:

Mandle, Jessie;
Tugendhaft, Aviva;
Michalow, Julia;
Hofman, Karen

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Article

Drug-resistant tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients in a national referral hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.25964

By:

Walls, Genevieve;
Bulifon, Sophie;
Breysse, Serge;
Daneth, Thol;
Bonnet, Maryline;
Hurtado, Northan;
Molfino, Lucas

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Article

Health systems challenges in cervical cancer prevention program in Malawi.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.26282

By:

Maseko, Fresier C.;
Chirwa, Maureen L.;
Muula, Adamson S.

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Article

Poverty-related and neglected diseases - an economic and epidemiological analysis of poverty relatedness and neglect in research and development.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.25818

By:

von Philipsborn, Peter;
Steinbeis, Fridolin;
Bender, Max E.;
Regmi, Sadie;
Tinnemann, Peter

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Article

Inter-epidemic abundance and distribution of potential mosquito vectors for Rift Valley fever virus in Ngorongoro district, Tanzania.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.25929

By:

Mweya, Clement N.;
Kimera, Sharadhuli I.;
Mellau, Lesakit S. B.;
Mboera, Leonard E. G.

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Article

How supportive supervision influences immunization session site practices: a quasi-experimental study in Odisha, India.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.25772

By:

Panda, Bhuputra;
Pati, Sanghamitra;
Nallala, Srinivas;
Chauhan, Abhimanyu S.;
Anasuya, Anita;
Som, Meena;
Zodpey, Sanjay

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Article

Characteristics and clinical management of patients admitted to cholera wards in a regional referral hospital during the 2012 epidemic in Sierra Leone.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.25266

By:

Blacklock, Alexander;
Sesay, Andrew;
Kamara, Abdul;
Kamara, Mamud;
Blacklock, Claire

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Article

Promoting public health legal preparedness for emergencies: review of current trends and their relevance in light of the Ebola crisis.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.28871

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Cohen, Odeya;
Feder-Bubis, Paula;
Bar-Dayan, Yaron;
Adini, Bruria

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Article

The use of cell phones and radio communication systems to reduce delays in getting help for pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.28887

By:

Oyeyemi, Sunday O.;
Wynn, Rolf

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Article

A systematic review of the status of children's school access in low- and middle-income countries between 1998 and 2013: using the INDEPTH Network platform to fill the research gaps.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.28430

By:

Kamanda, Mamusu;
Sankoh, Osman

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Article

Interventions targeting sexual and reproductive health and rights outcomes of young people living with HIV: a comprehensive review of current interventions from sub-Saharan Africa.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.28454

By:

Pretorius, Leandri;
Gibbs, Andrew;
Crankshaw, Tamaryn;
Willan, Samantha

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Article

Tackling malnutrition: a systematic review of 15-year research evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance systems.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.28298

By:

Arthur, Samuelina S.;
Nyide, Bongiwe;
Soura, Abdramane Bassiahi;
Kahn, Kathleen;
Weston, Mark;
Sankoh, Osman

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Article

Improving financial access to health care in the Kisantu district in the Democratic Republic of Congo: acting upon complexity.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.25480

By:

Stasse, Stéphanie;
Vita, Dany;
Kimfuta, Jacques;
da Silveira, Valèria Campos;
Bossyns, Paul;
Criel, Bart

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Article

Prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Nepal: a systematic review and meta-analysis from 2000 to 2014.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.29088

By:

Gyawali, Bishal;
Sharma, Rajan;
Neupane, Dinesh;
Mishra, Shiva Raj;
van Teijlingen, Edwin;
Kallestrup, Per

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Article

Vital need to engage the community in HIV control in South Africa.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.27450

By:

Hanson, Stefan;
Zembe, Yanga;
Ekström, Anna Mia

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Article

Understanding the social determinants of health among Indigenous Canadians: priorities for health promotion policies and actions.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.27968

By:

Kolahdooz, Fariba;
Nader, Forouz;
Yi, Kyoung J.;
Sharma, Sangita

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Article

Inequalities in health: definitions, concepts, and theories.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.27106

By:

Arcaya, Mariana C.;
Arcaya, Alyssa L.;
Subramanian, S. V.

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Article

The post-2015 development agenda for diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and future directions.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.27600

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Renzaho, Andre M. N.

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Medical tourism's impacts on health worker migration in the Caribbean: five examples and their implications for global justice.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.27348

By:

Snyder, Jeremy;
Crooks, Valorie A.;
Johnston, Rory;
Adams, Krystyna;
Whitmore, Rebecca

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Article

Global surgery in a postconflict setting - 5-year results of implementation in the Russian North Caucasus.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.29227

By:

Lunze, Fatima I.;
Lunze, Karsten;
Tsorieva, Zemfira M.;
Esenov, Constantin T.;
Reutov, Alexandr;
Eichhorn, Thomas;
Offergeld, Christian

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Article

Review of HIV response in Pakistan using a system thinking framework.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.25820

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Abdullah, Muhammad Ahmed;
Shaikh, Babar Tasneem

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Article

Challenges with routine data sources for PMTCT programme monitoring in East Africa: insights from Tanzania.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.29987

By:

Gourlay, Annabelle;
Wringe, Alison;
Todd, Jim;
Michael, Denna;
Reniers, Georges;
Urassa, Mark;
Njau, Prosper;
Kajoka, Deborah;
Lema, Levina;
Zaba, Basia

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Article

Measuring population health: costs of alternative survey approaches in the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System in rural Burkina Faso.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.28330

By:

Lietz, Henrike;
Lingani, Moustapha;
Sié, Ali;
Sauerborn, Rainer;
Souares, Aurelia;
Tozan, Yesim

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Article

Factors affecting adoption, implementation fidelity, and sustainability of the Redesigned Community Health Fund in Tanzania: a mixed methods protocol for process evaluation in the Dodoma region.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.29648

By:

Kalolo, Albino;
Radermacher, Ralf;
Stoermer, Manfred;
Meshack, Menoris;
De Allegri, Manuela

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Article

Strengthening the delivery of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care at primary health-care facilities: study design of a cluster randomized controlled trial in Pakistan.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.28225

By:

Khan, Muhammad Amir;
Ahmed, Maqsood;
Anil, Shirin;
Walley, John

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Article

The prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension among workers in West Africa: a systematic review.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.26227

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Bosu, William K.

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Article

Behind the scenes of the PRIME intervention: designing a complex intervention to improve malaria care at public health centres in Uganda.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.29067

By:

DiLiberto, Deborah D.;
Staedke, Sarah G.;
Nankya, Florence;
Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Catherine;
Taaka, Lilian;
Nayiga, Susan;
Kamya, Moses R.;
Haaland, Ane;
Chandler, Clare I. R.

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Article

Development and formative evaluation of an innovative mHealth intervention for improving coverage of community-based maternal, newborn and child health services in rural areas of India.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.26769

By:

Modi, Dhiren;
Gopalan, Ravi;
Shah, Shobha;
Venkatraman, Sethuraman;
Desai, Gayatri;
Desai, Shrey;
Shah, Pankaj

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Article

Effectiveness of a multiple-strategy community intervention to reduce maternal and child health inequalities in Haryana, North India: a mixed-methods study protocol.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.25987

By:

Gupta, Madhu;
Angeli, Federica;
van Schayck, Onno C. P.;
Bosma, Hans

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Article

University-level nutrition training in West Africa: cost and financing issues.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.29415

By:

Sodjinou, Roger;
Bosu, William;
Fanou, Nadia;
Zagre, Noel;
Tchibindat, Félicité;
Baker, Shawn;
Delisle, Helene

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Article

Human resources for research: building bridges through the Diaspora.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.29559

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Hofman, Karen;
Kramer, Beverley

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Article

Feasibility of a large cohort study in sub-Saharan Africa assessed through a four-country study.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.27422

By:

Dalal, Shona;
Holmes, Michelle D.;
Laurence, Carien;
Bajunirwe, Francis;
Guwatudde, David;
Njelekela, Marina;
Adebamowo, Clement;
Nankya-Mutyoba, Joan;
Chiwanga, Faraja S.;
Volmink, Jimmy;
Ajayi, Ikeoluwapo;
Kalyesubula, Robert;
Reid, Todd G.;
Dockery, Douglas;
Hemenway, David;
Adami, Hans-Olov

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Article

Factors that hinder community participation in developing and implementing comprehensive council health plans in Manyoni District, Tanzania.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.26461

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Kilewo, Emmanuel G.;
Frumence, Gasto

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Article

Collaborative development and implementation of a knowledge brokering program to promote research use in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.26004

By:

Dagenais, Christian;
Somé, Télesphore D.;
Boileau-Falardeau, Michèle;
McSween-Cadieux, Esther;
Ridde, Valéry

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Article

Towards reframing health service delivery in Uganda: the Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.26537

By:

Schwartz, Jeremy I.;
Dunkle, Ashley;
Akiteng, Ann R.;
Birabwa-Male, Doreen;
Kagimu, Richard;
Mondo, Charles K.;
Mutungi, Gerald;
Rabin, Tracy L.;
Skonieczny, Michael;
Sykes, Jamila;
Mayanja-Kizza, Harriet

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Article

School Health: an essential strategy in promoting community resilience and preparedness for natural disasters.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.29106

By:

Takahashi, Kenzo;
Kodama, Mitsuya;
Gregorio, Ernesto R.;
Tomokawa, Sachi;
Asakura, Takashi;
Waikagul, Jitra;
Kobayashi, Jun

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Article

Utility and limitations of measures of health inequities: a theoretical perspective.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.27591

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Alonge, Olakunle;
Peters, David H.

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Article

Healing the health system after civil unrest.

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Health care in a homophobic climate: the SPEND model for providing sexual health services to men who have sex with men where their health and human rights are compromised.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.26096

By:

Ross, Michael W.;
Nyoni, Joyce;
Larsson, Markus;
Mbwambo, Jessie;
Agardh, Anette;
Kashiha, John;
McCurdy, Sheryl A.

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Article

Evaluating the cost of adult voluntary medical male circumcision in a mixed (surgical and PrePex) site compared to a hypothetical PrePex-only site in South Africa.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.29116

By:

Kim, Hae-Young;
Lebina, Limakatso;
Milovanovic, Minja;
Taruberekera, Noah;
Dowdy, David W.;
Martinson, Neil A.

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Article

Prenatal arsenic exposure and drowning among children in Bangladesh.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.28702

By:

Rahman, Mahfuzar;
Sohel, Nazmul;
Kumar Hore, Samar;
Yunus, Mohammad;
Bhuiya, Abbas;
Kim Streatfield, Peter

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Article

Origin of malaria cases: a 7-year audit of global trends in indigenous and imported cases in relation to malaria elimination.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.29133

By:

Velarde-Rodríguez, Mar;
Van den Bergh, Rafael;
Fergus, Cristin;
Casellas, Aina;
Sanz, Sergi;
Cibulskis, Richard;
Ramsay, Andrew R.;
Bissell, Karen;
Zachariah, Rony

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Article

National health insurance policy in Nepal: challenges for implementation.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.28763

By:

Mishra, Shiva Raj;
Khanal, Pratik;
Karki, Deepak Kumar;
Kallestrup, Per;
Enemark, Ulrika

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Article

The importance of considering the evidence in the MTP 2014 Amendment debate in India - unsubstantiated arguments should not impede improved access to safe abortion.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.27512

By:

Paul, Mandira;
Danielsson, Kristina Gemzell;
Essén, Birgitta;
Allvin, Marie Klingberg

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Article

The core competencies for mental, neurological, and substance use disorder care in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.26682

By:

Collins, Pamela Y.;
Musisi, Seggane;
Frehywot, Seble;
Patel, Vikram

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The role of 'hidden' community volunteers in community-based health service delivery platforms: examples from sub-Saharan Africa.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.27214

By:

Leon, Natalie;
Sanders, David;
Van Damme, Wim;
Besada, Donela;
Daviaud, Emmanuelle;
Oliphant, Nicholas P.;
Berzal, Rocio;
Mason, John;
Doherty, Tanya

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Article

Statistics and sovereignty: the workings of biopower in epidemiology.

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Global Health Action, 2015, v. 8, n. 1, p. -1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v8.28262

By:

Führer, Amand;
Eichner, Friederike

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