Works by Witter, Sophie

Results: 125

Understanding the political economy of reforming global health initiatives – insights from global and country levels.

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Globalization & Health, 2025, v. 21, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12992-025-01129-0

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Witter, Sophie;
Palmer, Natasha;
Jouhaud, Rosemary;
Zaidi, Shehla;
Carillon, Severine;
English, Rene;
Loffreda, Giulia;
Venables, Emilie;
Habib, Shifa Salman;
Tan, Jeff;
Hane, Fatouma;
Bertone, Maria Paola;
Hosseinalipour, Seyed-Moeen;
Ridde, Valery;
Shoaib, Asad;
Faye, Adama;
Dudley, Lilian;
Daniels, Karen;
Blanchet, Karl

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Article

All the wrong places/Poisoned arrows (Book Review).

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1989

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Witter, Sophie

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Book Review

Inside Nazi Germany (Book Review).

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1988

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Witter, Sophie

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Book Review

Addressing challenges in tuberculosis adherence via performance-based payments for integrated case management: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial in Georgia.

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2019

By:

Chikovani, Ivdity;
Diaconu, Karin;
Duric, Predrag;
Sulaberidze, Lela;
Uchaneishvili, Maia;
Mohammed, Nuredin Ibrahim;
Zoidze, Akaki;
Witter, Sophie

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journal article

Performance-Based Financing, Basic Packages of Health Services and User-Fee Exemption Mechanisms: An Analysis of Health-Financing Policy Integration in Three Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings.

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Applied Health Economics & Health Policy, 2020, v. 18, n. 6, p. 801, doi. 10.1007/s40258-020-00567-8

By:

Jacobs, Eelco;
Bertone, Maria Paola;
Toonen, Jurrien;
Akwataghibe, Ngozi;
Witter, Sophie

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Article

An analysis of policy and funding priorities of global actors regarding noncommunicable disease in low- and middle-income countries.

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2021

By:

Jailobaeva, Kanykey;
Falconer, Jennifer;
Loffreda, Giulia;
Arakelyan, Stella;
Witter, Sophie;
Ager, Alastair

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journal article

Lessons from community participation in primary health care and water resource governance in South Africa: a narrative review.

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Global Health Action, 2022, v. 15, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1080/16549716.2021.2004730

By:

Hove, Jennifer;
D'Ambruoso, Lucia;
Kahn, Kathleen;
Witter, Sophie;
van der Merwe, Maria;
Mabetha, Denny;
Tembo, Kingsley;
Twine, Rhian

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Article

Developing stakeholder participation to address lack of safe water as a community health concern in a rural province in South Africa.

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Global Health Action, 2021, v. 14, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1080/16549716.2021.1973715

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Hove, Jennifer;
D'Ambruoso, Lucia;
Twine, Rhian;
Mabetha, Denny;
van der Merwe, Maria;
Mtungwa, Ishmael;
Khoza, Sonto;
Kahn, Kathleen;
Witter, Sophie

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Article

Understanding non-communicable diseases: combining health surveillance with local knowledge to improve rural primary health care in South Africa.

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Global Health Action, 2021, v. 14, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1080/16549716.2020.1852781

By:

Cowan, Eilidh;
D'Ambruoso, Lucia;
van der Merwe, Maria;
Witter, Sophie;
Byass, Peter;
Ameh, Soter;
Wagner, Ryan G.;
Twine, Rhian

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Article

Building cooperative learning to address alcohol and other drug abuse in Mpumalanga, South Africa: a participatory action research process.

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Global Health Action, 2020, v. 13, p. 1, doi. 10.1080/16549716.2020.1726722

By:

Oladeinde, Oladapo;
Mabetha, Denny;
Twine, Rhian;
Hove, Jennifer;
Van Der Merwe, Maria;
Byass, Peter;
Witter, Sophie;
Kahn, Kathleen;
D’Ambruoso, Lucia

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Article

Building cooperative learning to address alcohol and other drug abuse in Mpumalanga, South Africa: a participatory action research process.

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Global Health Action, 2020, v. 13, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1080/16549716.2020.1726722

By:

Oladeinde, Oladapo;
Mabetha, Denny;
Twine, Rhian;
Hove, Jennifer;
Van Der Merwe, Maria;
Byass, Peter;
Witter, Sophie;
Kahn, Kathleen;
D'Ambruoso, Lucia

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Article

Providing free maternal health care: ten lessons from an evaluation of the national delivery exemption policy in Ghana.

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Global Health Action, 2009, v. 2, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.3402/gha.v2i0.1881

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Adjei, Sam;
Armar-Klemesu, Margaret;
Graham, Wendy

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Article

Opportunities and challenges for delivering non-communicable disease management and services in fragile and post-conflict settings: perceptions of policy-makers and health providers in Sierra Leone.

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Conflict & Health, 2020, v. 14, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s13031-019-0248-3

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Zou, Guanyang;
Diaconu, Karin;
Senesi, Reynold G. B.;
Idriss, Ayesha;
Walley, John;
Wurie, Haja Ramatulai

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Article

Performance-based financing in three humanitarian settings: principles and pragmatism.

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Conflict & Health, 2018, v. 12, n. 1, p. N.PAG, doi. 10.1186/s13031-018-0166-9

By:

Bertone, Maria Paola;
Jacobs, Eelco;
Toonen, Jurrien;
Akwataghibe, Ngozi;
Witter, Sophie

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Article

Evolution of policies on human resources for health: opportunities and constraints in four post-conflict and post-crisis settings.

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Conflict & Health, 2017, v. 11, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s13031-016-0099-0

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Bertone, Maria Paola;
Chirwa, Yotamu;
Namakula, Justine;
So, Sovannarith;
Wurie, Haja R.

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Article

Ebola in the context of conflict affected states and health systems: case studies of Northern Uganda and Sierra Leone.

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2015

By:

McPake, Barbara;
Witter, Sophie;
Ssali, Sarah;
Wurie, Haja;
Namakula, Justine;
Ssengooba, Freddie

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Case Study

Understanding Health Workers’ Job Preferences to Improve Rural Retention in Timor-Leste: Findings from a Discrete Choice Experiment.

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PLoS ONE, 2016, v. 11, n. 11, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0165940

By:

Smitz, Marc-Francois;
Witter, Sophie;
Lemiere, Christophe;
Eozenou, Patrick Hoang-Vu;
Lievens, Tomas;
Zaman, Rashid U.;
Engelhardt, Kay;
Hou, Xiaohui

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Article

In-service Training of Maternal Health Workers in Rural Areas in Vietnam: Is it Relevant, Timely and Effective? A Mixed-method Study.

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Journal of Health Management, 2023, v. 25, n. 3, p. 553, doi. 10.1177/09720634231195175

By:

Thu, Nguyen Thi Hoai;
McDonald, Fiona;
Witter, Sophie;
Anh, Bui Thi My;
Wilson, Andrew

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Article

Political economy analysis of health financing reforms in times of crisis: findings from three case studies in south-east Asia.

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International Journal for Equity in Health, 2025, v. 24, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12939-025-02395-5

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Bertone, Maria Paola;
Baral, Sushil;
Gautam, Ghanshyam;
Pratap, Saugat K. C.;
Pholpark, Aungsumalee;
Saputri, Nurmala Selly;
Darmawan, Arif Budi;
Toyamah, Nina;
Fillaili, Rizki;
de Oliveira Cruz, Valeria;
Sparkes, Susan

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Article

Assessing the role of non-state actors in health service delivery and health system resilience in Myanmar.

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International Journal for Equity in Health, 2024, v. 23, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12939-024-02292-3

By:

Than, K.;
Bertone, Maria Paola;
La, T.;
Witter, Sophie

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Article

Political economy analysis of universal health coverage and health financing reforms in low- and middle-income countries: the role of stakeholder engagement in the research process.

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2021

By:

Loffreda, Giulia;
Bello, Kéfilath;
Kiendrébéogo, Joël Arthur;
Selenou, Isidore;
Ahmed, Mohamed Ali Ag;
Dossou, Jean Paul;
Witter, Sophie;
Bertone, Maria Paola

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journal article

Collective reflections on the first cycle of a collaborative learning platform to strengthen rural primary healthcare in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

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2021

By:

van der Merwe, Maria;
D'Ambruoso, Lucia;
Witter, Sophie;
Twine, Rhian;
Mabetha, Denny;
Hove, Jennifer;
Byass, Peter;
Tollman, Stephen;
Kahn, Kathleen;
Verbal Autopsy with Participatory Action Research (VAPAR)/Wits/Mpumalanga Department of Health Learning Platform

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journal article

Factors influencing the free maternal health care policy under the national health insurance scheme's provision for skilled delivery services in Ghana: a narrative literature review.

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BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 2023, v. 23, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12884-023-05730-2

By:

Abredu, Juliet;
Alipitio, Boo;
Dwumfour, Catherine K.;
Witter, Sophie;
Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent

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Article

Paying for Performance to Improve the Delivery and Uptake of Family Planning in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review.

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2016

By:

Blacklock, Claire;
MacPepple, Ekelechi;
Kunutsor, Setor;
Witter, Sophie

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journal article

Breaking the silence: using memory books as a counselling and succession-planning tool with AIDS-affected households in Uganda.

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African Journal of AIDS Research (AJAR), 2004, v. 3, n. 2, p. 139, doi. 10.2989/16085900409490328

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Were, Beatrice

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Article

How do we design and evaluate health system strengthening? Collaborative development of a set of health system process goals.

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International Journal of Health Planning & Management, 2023, v. 38, n. 2, p. 279, doi. 10.1002/hpm.3607

By:

Bertone, Maria Paola;
Palmer, Natasha;
Kruja, Krista;
Witter, Sophie

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Article

Context matters (but how and why?) A hypothesis-led literature review of performance based financing in fragile and conflict-affected health systems.

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PLoS ONE, 2018, v. 13, n. 4, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0195301

By:

Bertone, Maria Paola;
Falisse, Jean-Benoît;
Russo, Giuliano;
Witter, Sophie

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Article

Children's perceptions of poverty, participation, and local governance in Uganda.

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Development in Practice, 2004, v. 14, n. 5, p. 645, doi. 10.1080/0961452042000239797

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Bukokhe, Jenifer

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Article

Mangrove planting in Vietnam.

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Development in Practice, 1994, v. 4, n. 2, p. 130, doi. 10.1080/096145249100077661

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Witter, Sophie

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Article

Realising radical potential: building community power in primary health care through Participatory Action Research.

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International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12939-023-01894-7

By:

Mabetha, Denny;
Ojewola, Temitope;
van der Merwe, Maria;
Mabika, Reflect;
Goosen, Gerhard;
Sigudla, Jerry;
Hove, Jennifer;
Witter, Sophie;
D’Ambruoso, Lucia

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Article

Community stressors and coping mechanisms in accessing the health system during a double crisis: a qualitative case study from Yangon Region, Myanmar.

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International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12939-023-01851-4

By:

Kyaw, Hnin Kalyar;
Than, Kyu Kyu;
Diaconu, Karin;
Witter, Sophie

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Article

Financing care for Severe Stigmatizing Skin Diseases (SSSDs) in Liberia: challenges and opportunities.

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International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022, v. 21, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12939-022-01781-7

By:

Smith Jr, John Solunta;
Diaconu, Karin;
Witter, Sophie;
Weiland, Stefanie;
Zaizay, F. Zeela;
Theobald, Sally;
McCollum, Rosalind;
Kollie, Karsor;
Kollie, Jerry;
Berrian, Hannah;
Hotopf, India;
Sempe, Lucas;
Tate, Wede;
Dean, Laura

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Article

Experiences of a new cadre of midwives in Bangladesh: findings from a mixed method study.

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2020

By:

Zaman, Rashid U.;
Khaled, Adiba;
Sabur, Muhammod Abdus;
Islam, Shahidul;
Ahmed, Shehlina;
Varghese, Joe;
Sherratt, Della;
Witter, Sophie

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journal article

Human resources for health interventions in high- and middle-income countries: findings of an evidence review.

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2020

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Hamza, Mariam M.;
Alazemi, Nahar;
Alluhidan, Mohammed;
Alghaith, Taghred;
Herbst, Christopher H.

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journal article

Developing a social mobilisation intervention for salt reduction: participatory action research in Bombali district, Sierra Leone.

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BMC Public Health, 2023, v. 23, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12889-023-16693-6

By:

Cheedella, Kiran;
Conteh, Peter;
Zou, Guanyang;
Walley, John;
Kamara, Ajaratu;
Wurie, Haja;
Witter, Sophie

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Article

Social determinants and mental health needs of Palestine refugees and UNRWA responses in Gaza during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative assessment.

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BMC Public Health, 2022, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12889-022-14771-9

By:

Jamal, Zeina;
ElKhatib, Zoheir;
AlBaik, Shatha;
Horino, Masako;
Waleed, Mohammed;
Fawaz, Farah;
Loffreda, Giulia;
Seita, Akihiro;
Witter, Sophie;
Diaconu, Karin

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Article

Opening decision spaces: A case study on the opportunities and constraints in the public health sector of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

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PLoS ONE, 2024, v. 19, n. 7, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0304775

By:

Witter, Sophie;
van der Merwe, Maria;
Twine, Rhian;
Mabetha, Denny;
Hove, Jennifer;
Tollman, Stephen M.;
D'Ambruoso, Lucia

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Article

Assessing communities of practice in health policy: a conceptual framework as a first step towards empirical research.

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2013

By:

Bertone, Maria Paola;
Meessen, Bruno;
Clarysse, Guy;
Hercot, David;
Kelley, Allison;
Kafando, Yamba;
Lange, Isabelle;
Pfaffmann, Jérôme;
Ridde, Valéry;
Sieleunou, Isidore;
Witter, Sophie

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journal article

Adapting and implementing training, guidelines and treatment cards to improve primary care-based hypertension and diabetes management in a fragile context: results of a feasibility study in Sierra Leone.

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2020

By:

Zou, Guanyang;
Witter, Sophie;
Caperon, Lizzie;
Walley, John;
Cheedella, Kiran;
Senesi, Reynold G. B.;
Wurie, Haja Ramatulai

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journal article

The obstetric care subsidy policy in Burkina Faso: what are the effects after five years of implementation? Findings of a complex evaluation.

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2016

By:

Ganaba, Rasmané;
Ilboudo, Patrick G. C.;
Cresswell, Jenny A.;
Yaogo, Maurice;
Diallo, Cheick Omar;
Richard, Fabienne;
Cunden, Nadia;
Filippi, Veronique;
Witter, Sophie

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journal article

Performance-based financing in the context of the complex remuneration of health workers: findings from a mixed-method study in rural Sierra Leone.

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2016

By:

Bertone, Maria Paola;
Lagarde, Mylene;
Witter, Sophie

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journal article

Studying complex interventions: reflections from the FEMHealth project on evaluating fee exemption policies in West Africa and Morocco.

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BMC Health Services Research, 2013, v. 13, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/1472-6963-13-469

By:

Marchal, Bruno;
Van Belle, Sara;
De Brouwere, Vincent;
Witter, Sophie

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Article

Performance-based financing as a health system reform: mapping the key dimensions for monitoring and evaluation.

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BMC Health Services Research, 2013, v. 13, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/1472-6963-13-367

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Toonen, Jurrien;
Meessen, Bruno;
Kagubare, Jean;
Fritsche, György;
Vaughan, Kelsey

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Article

The human resource implications of improving financial risk protection for mothers and newborns in Zimbabwe.

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BMC Health Services Research, 2013, v. 13, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/1472-6963-13-197

By:

Chirwa, Yotamu;
Witter, Sophie;
Munjoma, Malvern;
Mashange, Wilson;
Ensor, Tim;
McPake, Barbara;
Munyati, Shungu

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Article

The human resource implications of improving financial risk protection for mothers and newborns in Zimbabwe.

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2013

By:

Chirwa, Yotamu;
Witter, Sophie;
Munjoma, Malvern;
Mashange, Wilson;
Ensor, Tim;
McPake, Barbara;
Munyati, Shungu

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journal article

Performance-based financing as a health system reform: mapping the key dimensions for monitoring and evaluation.

Published in:

2013

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Toonen, Jurrien;
Meessen, Bruno;
Kagubare, Jean;
Fritsche, György;
Vaughan, Kelsey

Publication type:

journal article

Studying complex interventions: reflections from the FEMHealth project on evaluating fee exemption policies in West Africa and Morocco.

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2013

By:

Marchal, Bruno;
Van Belle, Sara;
De Brouwere, Vincent;
Witter, Sophie

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Letter

Developing a framework for monitoring child poverty: results from a study in Uganda.

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Children & Society, 2004, v. 18, n. 1, p. 3, doi. 10.1002/chi.772

By:

Witter, Sophie

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Article

Expanding Community Health Worker decision space: learning from a Participatory Action Research training intervention in a rural South African district.

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Human Resources for Health, 2023, v. 21, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12960-023-00853-1

By:

D'Ambruoso, Lucia;
Abruquah, Nana Akua;
Mabetha, Denny;
van der Merwe, Maria;
Goosen, Gerhard;
Sigudla, Jerry;
Witter, Sophie

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Article

Correction: Expanding Community Health Worker decision space: learning from a Participatory Action Research training intervention in a rural South African district.

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2023

By:

D'Ambruoso, Lucia;
Abruquah, Nana Akua;
Mabetha, Denny;
van der Merwe, Maria;
Goosen, Gerhard;
Sigudla, Jerry;
Witter, Sophie

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Correction Notice