Community engagement initiatives in primary health care to achieve universal health coverage: A realist synthesis of sco** review

D Erku, R Khatri, A Endalamaw, E Wolka, F Nigatu… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Community engagement (CE) is an essential component in a primary health
care (PHC) and there have been growing calls for service providers to seek greater CE in …

Transforming Nepal's primary health care delivery system in global health era: addressing historical and current implementation challenges

B Adhikari, SR Mishra, R Schwarz - Globalization and health, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Nepal's Primary Health Care (PHC) is aligned vertically with disease control
programs at the core and a vast network of community health workers at the periphery …

Community engagement and ethical global health research

B Adhikari, C Pell, PY Cheah - Global Bioethics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Community engagement is increasingly recognized as a critical element of medical
research, recommended by ethicists, required by research funders and advocated in ethics …

Barriers in the access, diagnosis and treatment completion for tuberculosis patients in central and western Nepal: A qualitative study among patients, community …

SB Marahatta, RK Yadav, D Giri, S Lama, KR Rijal… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Nepal has achieved a significant reduction of TB incidence over the past
decades. Nevertheless, TB patients continue to experience barriers in access, diagnosis …

The impact of targeted malaria elimination with mass drug administrations on falciparum malaria in Southeast Asia: a cluster randomised trial

L Von Seidlein, TJ Peto, J Landier, TN Nguyen… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in
the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) threatens global malaria elimination efforts. Mass …

Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among adolescents living in an area of persistent transmission in Senegal: Results from a cross …

F Tairou, S Nawaz, MC Tahita, S Herrera, B Faye… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Introduction While malaria morbidity has sharply declined in several areas in Senegal, it
remains an important problem in the southern part of the country, particularly among …

Comparing the roles of community health workers for malaria control and elimination in Cambodia and Tanzania

B Adhikari, M Bayo, TJ Peto, JJ Callery, R Tripura… - BMJ Global …, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
The reduction of deaths from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is stalling, whereas many
countries in Southeast Asia are approaching malaria elimination. We reviewed the role of …

Why do people purchase antibiotics over-the-counter? A qualitative study with patients, clinicians and dispensers in central, eastern and western Nepal

B Adhikari, S Pokharel, S Raut, J Adhikari, S Thapa… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Over-the-counter (OTC) use of antibiotics contributes to the burgeoning rise in
antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Drawing on qualitative research methods, this article …

Elements of effective community engagement: lessons from a targeted malaria elimination study in Lao PDR (Laos)

B Adhikari, C Pell, K Phommasone, X Soundala… - Global health …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Mass drug (antimalarial) administration (MDA) is currently under study in
Southeast Asia as part of a package of interventions referred to as targeted malaria …

Knowledge, attitudes and practices about malaria in Cabo Verde: a country in the pre-elimination context

AJ DePina, AK Dia, A de Ascenção Soares Martins… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Malaria in Cape Verde is unstable, with a sporadic and seasonal
transmission of low endemicity. In this sense, the community perceptions regarding malaria …