Exploring the effects of volunteering on the social, mental, and physical health and well-being of volunteers: an umbrella review

B Nichol, R Wilson, A Rodrigues… - … : international journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Volunteering provides unique benefits to organisations, recipients, and potentially the
volunteers themselves. This umbrella review examined the benefits of volunteering and their …

World heart federation roadmap for hypertension–A 2021 update

P Jeemon, T Séverin, C Amodeo, D Balabanova… - Global …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The World Heart Federation (WHF) Roadmap series covers a large range of cardiovascular
conditions. These Roadmaps identify potential roadblocks and their solutions to improve the …

The best person (or machine) for the job: rethinking task shifting in healthcare

MCI Van Schalkwyk, A Bourek, DS Kringos, L Siciliani… - Health policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Globally, health systems are faced with the difficult challenge of how to get the best results
with the often limited number of health workers available to them. Exacerbating this …

Integrating tuberculosis and noncommunicable diseases care in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs): a systematic review

CD Foo, P Shrestha, L Wang, Q Du… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are facing a combined affliction from
both tuberculosis (TB) and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which threatens population …

Accelerating action on cervical screening in lower-and middle-income countries (LMICs) post COVID-19 era

YL Woo, P Gravitt, SK Khor, CW Ng, M Saville - Preventive medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Cervical cancer remains the fourth most common cancer in women, with 85% of deaths
occurring in LMICs. Despite the existence of effective vaccine and screening tools, efforts to …

Enablers and barriers of community health programs for improved equity and universal coverage of primary health care services: A sco** review

RB Khatri, A Endalamaw, D Erku, E Wolka, F Nigatu… - BMC primary care, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Community health programs (CHPs) are integral components of
primary health care (PHC) systems and support the delivery of primary care and allied …

Engaging with peers to integrate community care: Knowledge synthesis and conceptual map

AC Panaite, OA Desroches, É Warren… - Health …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Context Engaging with peers is gaining increasing interest from healthcare systems in
numerous countries. Peers are people who offer support by drawing on lived experiences of …

The effects of community home visit and peer group nutrition intervention delivery platforms on nutrition outcomes in low and middle-income countries: a systematic …

A Janmohamed, N Sohani, ZS Lassi, ZA Bhutta - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Weak delivery systems reduce the potential of evidence-supported interventions to improve
nutrition. We synthesized the evidence for the effectiveness of nutrition-specific intervention …

The experiences and challenges of community health volunteers as agents for behaviour change programming in Africa: a sco** review

M Ndu, E Andoniou, S McNally, F Olea Popelka… - Global health …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Community health volunteers are considered a vital part of the community health structure in
Africa. Despite this vital role in African health systems, very little is known about the …

Determinants of pentavalent and measles vaccination dropouts among children aged 12–23 months in The Gambia

PAM Ntenda, A Sixpence, TE Mwenyenkulu… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Every year, vaccination averts about 3 million deaths from vaccine-preventable
diseases (VPDs). However, despite that immunization coverage is increasing globally, many …