Works by Witter, Sophie

Results: 124

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

Published in:

2016

By:

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

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journal article

Understanding fragility: implications for global health research and practice.

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2020

By:

Diaconu, Karin;
Falconer, Jennifer;
Vidal, Nicole;
O'May, Fiona;
Azasi, Esther;
Elimian, Kelly;
Bou-Orm, Ibrahim;
Sarb, Cristina;
Witter, Sophie;
Ager, Alastair

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journal article

Health system resilience in the face of crisis: analysing the challenges, strategies and capacities for UNRWA in Syria.

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2020

By:

Jamal, Zeina;
Alameddine, Mohamad;
Diaconu, Karin;
Lough, Graham;
Witter, Sophie;
Ager, Alastair;
Fouad, Fouad M

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journal article

Rethinking collaboration: developing a learning platform to address under-five mortality in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.

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2019

By:

D'Ambruoso, Lucia;
van der Merwe, Maria;
Wariri, Oghenebrume;
Byass, Peter;
Goosen, Gerhard;
Kahn, Kathleen;
Masinga, Sparara;
Mokoena, Victoria;
Spies, Barry;
Tollman, Stephen;
Witter, Sophie;
Twine, Rhian

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journal article

The gendered health workforce: mixed methods analysis from four fragile and post-conflict contexts.

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2017

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Namakula, Justine;
Wurie, Haja;
Chirwa, Yotamu;
So, Sovanarith;
Vong, Sreytouch;
Ros, Bandeth;
Buzuzi, Stephen;
Theobald, Sally

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journal article

Minding the gaps: health financing, universal health coverage and gender.

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2017

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Govender, Veloshnee;
Ravindran, T. K. Sundari;
Yates, Robert

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journal article

How do health workers experience and cope with shocks? Learning from four fragile and conflict-affected health systems in Uganda, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and Cambodia.

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2017

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Wurie, Haja;
Chandiwana, Pamela;
Namakula, Justine;
So, Sovannarith;
Alonso-Garbayo, Alvaro;
Ssengooba, Freddie;
Raven, Joanna

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journal article

Experiences of using life histories with health workers in post-conflict and crisis settings: methodological reflections.

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2017

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Namakula, Justine;
Alonso-Garbayo, Alvaro;
Wurie, Haja;
Theobald, Sally;
Mashange, Wilson;
Ros, Bandeth;
Buzuzi, Stephen;
Mangwi, Richard;
Martineau, Tim

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journal article

Delivery fee exemption and subsidy policies: how have they affected health staff? Findings from a four-country evaluation.

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2017

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Ilboudo, Patrick G.;
Cunden, Nadia;
Boukhalfa, Chakib;
Makoutode, Patrick;
Daou, Zoumana

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journal article

The free health care initiative: how has it affected health workers in Sierra Leone?

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2016

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Wurie, Haja;
Bertone, Maria Paola

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journal article

Living through conflict and post-conflict: experiences of health workers in northern Uganda and lessons for people-centred health systems.

Published in:

2014

By:

Namakula, Justine;
Witter, Sophie

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journal article

Living through conflict and post-conflict: experiences of health workers in northern Uganda and lessons for people-centred health systems.

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Health Policy & Planning, 2014, v. 29, n. suppl_2, p. ii6, doi. 10.1093/heapol/czu022

By:

Namakula, Justine;
Witter, Sophie

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Article

Paying health workers for performance in a fragmented, fragile state: reflections from Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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2014

By:

Fox, Sarah;
Witter, Sophie;
Wylde, Emily;
Mafuta, Eric;
Lievens, Tomas

Publication type:

Journal Article

How to (or not to) … measure performance against the Abuja target for public health expenditure.

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Health Policy & Planning, 2014, v. 29, n. 4, p. 450, doi. 10.1093/heapol/czt031

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Jones, Alex;
Ensor, Tim

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Article

Paying health workers for performance in a fragmented, fragile state: reflections from Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Health Policy & Planning, 2014, v. 29, n. 1, p. 96, doi. 10.1093/heapol/czs138

By:

Fox, Sarah;
Witter, Sophie;
Wylde, Emily;
Mafuta, Eric;
Lievens, Tomas

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Article

How to get research into practice: first get practice into research.

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2007

By:

Walley, John;
Khan, M. Amir;
Shah, Sayed Karam;
Witter, Sophie;
Xiaolin Wei

Publication type:

Editorial

Participatory action research to address lack of safe water, a community-nominated health priority in rural South Africa.

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PLoS ONE, 2023, v. 18, n. 7, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0288524

By:

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

Publication type:

Article

Access to maternal and perinatal health services: lessons from successful and less successful examples of improving access to safe delivery and care of the newborn.

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Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2010, v. 15, n. 8, p. 901, doi. 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02558.x

By:

De Brouwere, Vincent;
Richard, Fabienne;
Witter, Sophie

Publication type:

Article

An exploratory study of the policy process and early implementation of the free NHIS coverage for pregnant women in Ghana.

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International Journal for Equity in Health, 2013, v. 12, n. 1, p. 16, doi. 10.1186/1475-9276-12-16

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Garshong, Bertha;
Ridde, Valéry

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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

Fee Exemption for Maternal Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of 11 Countries and Lessons for the Region.

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Global Health Governance, 2013, v. 6, n. 2, p. 1

By:

Richard, Fabienne;
Antony, Matthieu;
Witter, Sophie;
Kelley, Allison;
Sieleunou, Isidore;
Kafando, Yamba;
Meessen, Bruno

Publication type:

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

What, why and how do health systems learn from one another? Insights from eight low- and middle-income country case studies.

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2019

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Anderson, Ian;
Annear, Peter;
Awosusi, Abiodun;
Bhandari, Nitin N.;
Brikci, Nouria;
Binachon, Blandine;
Chanturidze, Tata;
Gilbert, Katherine;
Jensen, Charity;
Lievens, Tomas;
McPake, Barbara;
Raichowdhury, Snehashish;
Jones, Alex

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journal article

Embedded health service development and research: why and how to do it (a ten-stage guide).

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2018

By:

Walley, John;
Khan, Mohammad Amir;
Witter, Sophie;
Haque, Rumana;
Newell, James;
Wei, Xiaolin

Publication type:

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

Publication type:

Article

The effectiveness of the Sierra Leone health sector's response to COVID-19: a quantitative analysis.

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BMC Health Services Research, 2025, v. 25, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12913-025-12477-3

By:

Osborne, Augustus;
Amara, Philip S.;
M'Cormack-Hale, Fredline A.O.;
Kanu, Mohamed;
Kanu, Alhassan Fouard;
Yillah, Regina Mamidy;
Gooding, Kate;
Witter, Sophie

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Article

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

Published in:

2016

By:

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

Publication type:

journal article

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

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.

Publication type:

journal article

Health workers' experiences of coping with the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone's health system: a qualitative study.

Published in:

2018

By:

Raven, Joanna;
Wurie, Haja;
Witter, Sophie

Publication type:

journal article

Health workers' perceptions of private-not-for-profit health facilities' organizational culture and its influence on retention in Uganda.

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2017

By:

Shumba, Constance Sibongile;
Kielmann, Karina;
Witter, Sophie

Publication type:

journal article

"Three Nooses on Our Head": The Influence of District Health Reforms on Maternal Health Service Delivery in Vietnam.

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International Journal of Health Policy & Management, 2018, v. 7, n. 7, p. 593, doi. 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.134

By:

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

Publication type:

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

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

Publication type:

journal article

The bumpy trajectory of performance-based financing for healthcare in Sierra Leone: agency, structure and frames shaping the policy process.

Published in:

2018

By:

Bertone, Maria Paola;
Wurie, Haja;
Samai, Mohamed;
Witter, Sophie

Publication type:

journal article

Political Economy of Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) prevention and control in Lebanon: identifying challenges and opportunities for policy change and care provision reforms.

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BMC Public Health, 2023, v. 23, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12889-023-17357-1

By:

Bou-Orm, Ibrahim R.;
Loffreda, Giulia;
Diaconu, Karin;
Witter, Sophie;
deVos, Pol

Publication type:

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

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

Health system strengthening-Reflections on its meaning, assessment, and our state of knowledge.

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2019

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Palmer, Natasha;
Balabanova, Dina;
Mounier‐Jack, Sandra;
Martineau, Tim;
Klicpera, Anna;
Jensen, Charity;
Pugliese‐Garcia, Miguel;
Gilson, Lucy;
Mounier-Jack, Sandra;
Pugliese-Garcia, Miguel

Publication type:

journal article

Why do people become health workers? Analysis from life histories in 4 post-conflict and post-crisis countries.

Published in:

2018

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Wurie, Haja;
Namakula, Justine;
Mashange, Wilson;
Chirwa, Yotamu;
Alonso‐Garbayo, Alvaro;
Alonso-Garbayo, Alvaro

Publication type:

journal article

The free healthcare initiative in Sierra Leone: Evaluating a health system reform, 2010-2015.

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2018

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Brikci, Nouria;
Harris, Tim;
Williams, Richard;
Keen, Sarah;
Mujica, Ana;
Jones, Alex;
Murray‐Zmijewski, Alex;
Bale, Barbara;
Leigh, Bailah;
Renner, Ade;
Murray-Zmijewski, Alex

Publication type:

journal article

Removal of user fees for caesareans and under-fives in northern Sudan: a review of policy implementation and effectiveness.

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International Journal of Health Planning & Management, 2013, v. 28, n. 1, p. e95, doi. 10.1002/hpm.2146

By:

Witter, Sophie;
Khalid Mousa, Khalda;
Abdel‐Rahman, Manar E.;
Hussein Al‐Amin, Rania;
Saed, Mohammed

Publication type:

Article

Start‐stop funding, its causes and consequences: a case study of the delivery exemptions policy in GhanaWe declare that we have participated in the design, implementation, analysis and writing of this article and that we have seen and approved the final version. We also declare that we have no conflict of interest in connection with this paper.

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International Journal of Health Planning & Management, 2007, v. 22, n. 2, p. 133, doi. 10.1002/hpm.867

By:

Sophie Witter;
Sam Adjei

Publication type:

Article

Health service quality and users' perceptions in West Nile, Uganda.

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International Journal of Health Planning & Management, 2004, v. 19, n. 2, p. 195, doi. 10.1002/hpm.753

By:

Sophie Witter;
Gamba Osiga

Publication type:

Article

Informal payments in transitional economies: implications for health sector reform.

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International Journal of Health Planning & Management, 2000, v. 15, n. 3, p. 169, doi. 10.1002/1099-1751(200007/09)15:3<169::AID-HPM589>3.0.CO;2-2

By:

Thompson, Robin;
Witter, Sophie

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Article

Health-seeking behaviour and rural/urban variation in Kazakhstan.

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Health Economics, 2003, v. 12, n. 7, p. 553, doi. 10.1002/hec.749

By:

Robin Thompson;
Nigel Miller;
Sophie Witter

Publication type:

Article

User Fees for Health Services: Guidelines for Protecting the Poor/Ensuring Equal Access to Health Services: User Fee Systems and the Poor (Book).

Published in:

2002

By:

Witter, Sophie

Publication type:

Book Review

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

Published in:

1989

By:

Witter, Sophie

Publication type:

Book Review