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1. COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa region: an urgent call for reliable, disaggregated and openly shared data

   

   Most Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are not publicly reporting comprehensive and disaggregated epidemiological data on COVID-19. Long-standing underinvestment and undervaluation of data is exemplified by the COVID-19 pand

   Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): BMJ Global Health Author(s): Wehbe, Sarah | Fahme, Sasha A. | Rizk, Anthony | Mumtaz, Ghina R. | DeJo ...

2. The Role of Governance in Implementing Sustainable Global Health Interventions: Review of health system integration for integrated community case management (iCCM) of childhood illnesses

   

   Improving health outcomes in countries with the greatest burden of under-5 child mortality requires implementing innovative approaches like integrated community case management (iCCM) to improve coverage and access for hard-to-reach populations. ICCM impr

   Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): BMJ Global Health Author(s): Allen, Koya C. | Whitfield, Kate | Rabinovich, Regina | Sadruddin, Salim

3. The Socioeconomic Dynamics of Trends in Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Across Africa

   

   This article explores the socioeconomic dynamics of changing prevalence in female genital mutilation-cutting (FGM/C) across Africa. Among the findings is the suggestion that, as countries transition from higher to lower prevalence of FGM/C, the socioecono

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMJ Global Health Author(s): Batyra, Ewa | Coast, Ernestina | Wilson, Ben | Cetorelli, Valeria

4. The Health of Internally Displaced Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review

   

   Around 41,3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) were located around the world at the end of 2018. The same year, internal displacement in sub-Saharan Africa was higher than in any other region, with approximately 7,4 million people displaced due t

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMJ Global Health Author(s): Salami, Bukola | Iwuagwu, Stella | Amodu, Oluwakemi | Tulli, Mia | Nd ...

5. Factors Influencing Undernutrition Among Children Under 5 Years from Cocoa-Growing Communities in Bougainville

   

   In Papua New Guinea, half of the children under the age of five are undernourished. This is more than double the global average. By using data from a comprehensive 2017 cross-sectional livelihoods survey in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, this stud

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMJ Global Health Author(s): Hall, Jessica | Walton, Merrilyn | Van Ogtrop, Floris | Guest, David | ...

6. Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Children's Surgery in Africa

   

   On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The virus has now spread across the globe and is a common threat to the health of everyone. Some countries in Africa have baseline weaknesses in healthcare resource allocation,

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMJ Global Health Author(s): Mazingi, Dennis | Ihediwa, George | Ford, Kathryn | Ademuyiwa, Adesoji O | ...

7. Nowhere To Go: Disclosure and helpseeking behaviors for survivors of violence against women and girls in South Sudan

   

   Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a serious problem during times of armed conflict. Global estimates show that approximately 21 percent of women and girls in complex humanitarian crises have experienced sexual violence at least once during their

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMC, BioMed Central Author(s): Murphy, Maureen | Ellsberg, Mary | Contreras-Urbina, Manuel

8. Redressing the Gender Imbalance: a qualitative analysis of recruitment and retention in Mozambique’s community health workforce

   

   Mozambique’s community health programme has a disproportionate number of male community health workers (known as Agentes Polivalentes Elementares (APEs)). The Government of Mozambique is aiming to increase the proportion of females to constitute 60% to im

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMC Health Services Research Author(s): Steege, Rosalind | Taegtmeyer, Miriam | Ndima, Sozinho | Give, Celso | ...

9. Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Access to Maternal Healthcare Services: A national longitudinal study in Burkina Faso

   

   Improvements in access to healthcare are likely to disappear if new barriers are introduced or former barriers are reinstituted. Common barriers for women's access to healthcare are user-fees and distance as well as poor quality. One aspect that remains u

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMJ Global Health Author(s): Druetz, Thomas | Browne, Lalique | Bicaba, Frank | Mitchell, Matthew I. | ...

10. Integrated Delivery of Family Planning and Childhood Immunisation Services in Routine Outreach Clinics: Findings from a realist evaluation in Malawi

    

    Family planning (FP) needs among postpartum women in low- and middle-income countries remain largely unmet. This article evaluates and analyzes how integrating FP with childhood immunisation services could partially reduce this unmet need by creating mult

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMC Health Services Research Author(s): Hamon, Jessie K. | Krishnaratne, Shari | Hoyt, Jenna | Kambanje, Misozi | ...

11. Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Service Delivery during Conflict in Yemen: A case study

    

    At the time of writing, Yemen is one of two countries identified by the United Nations (UN) Inter-Agency Standing Committee as a level three emergency, indicating the need for large-scale response to meet immediate humanitarian needs. The health system in

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMC, BioMed Central Author(s): Tappis, Hannah | Elaraby, Sarah | Elnakib, Shatha | Abdulghani AlShawaf, Nagiba A. | ...

12. Trends and Inequalities in the Nutritional Status of Adolescent Girls and Adult Women in Sub-Saharan Africa Since 2000: A cross-sectional series study

    

    The rate at which the double burden of malnutrition is unfolding has limited evidence. Through analyzing 102 demographic and health Surveys from 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa between 1993 and 2017, this study quantifies trends and inequalities and nu

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMJ Global Health Author(s): Jiwani, Safia S | Gatica-Domínguez, Giovanna | Crochemore-Silva, Inacio | Maïga, ...

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