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Effective Coverage Measurement in Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and Nutrition: Progress, future prospects, and implications for quality health systems
Universal health coverage is at the centre of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3: “to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all, at all ages”, and is described as the key driver for achieving health-related targets. Monitoring progress towards
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Implementation Research: New imperatives and opportunities in global health
Implementation research is important in global health because it addresses the challenges of the know–do gap in real-world settings and the practicalities of achieving national and global health goals. Implementation research is an integrated concept that
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Chlorhexidine and Newborn Omphalitis and Mortality
This Lancet correspondence disagrees with conclusions David Osrin & Tim Colbourn made from Cochrane reviews, which uphold the recommendation to restrict the use of chlorhexidine to “infants born at home in environments with high neonatal mortality rates.”
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Vaccination to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance
This document discusses the benefits of adopting an expanded vaccination strategy to decrease antimicrobial resistance in the fight against pneumonia.
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Longer Lives and Unfinished Agendas on Child Survival
Commentary in the Lancet by Save the Children UK CEO, Kevin Watkins, based on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Data.
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Safety and Efficacy of Alternative Antibiotic Regimens Compared with 7 day Injectable Procaine Benzylpenicillin and Gentamicin for Outpatient Treatment of Neonates and Young Infants with Clinical Signs of Severe Infection when Referral is not Possible
Severe infections are one of the main causes of neonatal deaths worldwide. The typical recommended treatment for young infants experiencing severe infection is hospital admission with antibiotic therapy. Since there are barriers to hospital care for many
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The Good School Toolkit for reducing physical violence from school staff to primary school students: a cluster-randomised controlled trial in Uganda
The Good School Toolkit, produced by Raising Voices, aims to help teachers and administrators create a violence-free learning environment where students can develop their skills and confidence and become constructive, creative, and thoughtful members of t
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Settings: Linking practice and research
This review links practice, funding, and evidence for interventions for mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in humanitarian settings. We studied practice by reviewing reports of mental health and psychosocial support activities (2007–10); funding by