[HTML][HTML] High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution

ME Kruk, AD Gage, C Arsenault, K Jordan… - The Lancet global …, 2018‏ - thelancet.com
Executive summary Although health outcomes have improved in low-income and middle-
income countries (LMICs) in the past several decades, a new reality is at hand. Changing …

Evidence-based interventions for improvement of maternal and child nutrition: what can be done and at what cost?

ZA Bhutta, JK Das, A Rizvi, MF Gaffey, N Walker… - The lancet, 2013‏ - thelancet.com
Maternal undernutrition contributes to 800 000 neonatal deaths annually through small for
gestational age births; stunting, wasting, and micronutrient deficiencies are estimated to …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 9. CHWs' relationships with the health system and communities

K LeBan, M Kok, HB Perry - Health Research Policy and Systems, 2021‏ - Springer
Background This is the ninth paper in our series,“Community Health Workers at the Dawn of
a New Era”. Community health workers (CHWs) are in an intermediary position between the …

Which intervention design factors influence performance of community health workers in low-and middle-income countries? A systematic review

MC Kok, M Dieleman, M Taegtmeyer… - Health policy and …, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly recognized as an integral component of
the health workforce needed to achieve public health goals in low-and middle-income …

Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world

J Frenk, L Chen, ZA Bhutta, J Cohen, N Crisp, T Evans… - The lancet, 2010‏ - thelancet.com
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Task shifting for non-communicable disease management in low and middle income countries–a systematic review

R Joshi, M Alim, AP Kengne, S Jan, PK Maulik… - PloS one, 2014‏ - journals.plos.org
Background One potential solution to limited healthcare access in low and middle income
countries (LMIC) is task-shifting-the training of non-physician healthcare workers (NPHWs) …

The inverse care law re-examined: a global perspective

R Cookson, T Doran, M Asaria, I Gupta, FP Mujica - The Lancet, 2021‏ - thelancet.com
An inverse care law persists in almost all low-income and middle-income countries, whereby
socially disadvantaged people receive less, and lower-quality, health care despite having …

Prevalence of early initiation of breastfeeding and determinants of delayed initiation of breastfeeding: secondary analysis of the WHO Global Survey

K Takahashi, T Ganchimeg, E Ota, JP Vogel… - Scientific reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
Early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) within 1 hour of birth can decrease neonatal death.
However, the prevalence of EIBF is approximately 50% in many develo** countries, and …

Global supply of health professionals

N Crisp, L Chen - New England Journal of Medicine, 2014‏ - Mass Medical Soc
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Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of lay health worker programmes to improve access to maternal and child health: a qualitative evidence synthesis

C Glenton, CJ Colvin, B Carlsen… - Cochrane Database …, 2013‏ - cochranelibrary.com
Background Lay health workers (LHWs) perform functions related to healthcare delivery,
receive some level of training, but have no formal professional or paraprofessional certificate …