Browsing by QMU Author "Diaconu, Karin"
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Understanding fragility: Implications for global health research and practice
Diaconu, Karin; Falconer, Jennifer; Vidal, Nicole L.; O'May, Fiona; Azasi, Esther; Elimian, Kelly; Bou-Orm, Ibrahim R.; Sarb, Cristina; Witter, Sophie; Ager, Alastair (Oxford University Press, 2019-12-10)Advances in population health outcomes risk being slowed—and potentially reversed—by a range of threats increasingly presented as ‘fragility’. Widely used and critiqued within the development arena, the concept is ... -
Health system resilience in the face of crisis: Analysing the challenges, strategies and capacities for UNRWA in Syria
Jamal, Zeina; Alameddine, Mohamad; Diaconu, Karin; Lough, Graham; Witter, Sophie; Ager, Alastair; Fouad, Fouad M. (Oxford University Press, 2019-10-18)Health system resilience reflects the ability to continue service delivery in the face of extraordinary shocks. We examined the case of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and its delivery of services to ... -
Addressing challenges in tuberculosis adherence via performance-based payments for integrated case management: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial in Georgia
Chikovani, Ivdity; Diaconu, Karin; Duric, Predrag; Sulaberidze, Lela; Uchaneishvili, Maia; Mohammed, Nuredin Ibrahim; Zoidze, Akaki; Witter, Sophie (BMC, 2019-08-28)Background: Tuberculosis is one of the greatest global health concerns and disease management is challenging particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Despite improvements in addressing this epidemic in Georgia, ... -
Short‐ and longer‐term impacts of Child Friendly Space Interventions in Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement, Uganda
Metzler, Janna; Diaconu, Karin; Hermosilla, Sabrina; Kaijuka, Robert; Ebulu, George; Savage, Kevin; Ager, Alastair (Wiley, 2019-05-20)Background The establishment of Child Friendly Spaces (CFSs) has become a widespread intervention targeting protection and support for displaced children in humanitarian contexts. There is a lack of evidence of impact of ... -
Resilience capacities of health systems: Accommodating the needs of Palestinian refugees from Syria
Alameddine, Mohamad; Fouad, Fouad M.; Diaconu, Karin; Jamal, Zeina; Lough, Graham; Witter, Sophie; Ager, Alastair (Elsevier, 2018-10-21)Resilience is increasingly recognised as a key process mitigating the impact of shocks and stressors on functioning. The literature on individual and community resilience is being extended to address characteristics of ... -
In support of UNRWA appeal for health and dignity of Palestinian refugees
Alameddine, Mohamad; Witter, Sophie; Fouad, Fouad M; Diaconu, Karin; Jamal, Zeina; Lough, Graham; Ager, Alastair (Elsevier, 2018-03-31)Our research into the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)'s delivery of health services to Palestinian refugees during the Syria crisis1 puts us in a unique position to anticipate the challenges of the organisation's current ... -
Cholera diagnosis in human stool and detection in water: protocol for a systematic review of available technologies
Diaconu, Karin; Falconer, Jennifer; O'May, Fiona; Jimenez, Miguel; Matragrano, Joe; Njanpop-Lafourcade, Betty; Ager, Alastair (2018-02-20)Background: Cholera is a highly infectious diarrheal disease spread via fecal contamination of water and food sources; it is endemic in parts of Africa and Asia and recent outbreaks have been reported in Haiti, the Zambia ... -
Informal work-related injuries: a one year prospective study in a rural community in Serbia
Duric, Predrag; Diaconu, Karin; O'May, Fiona; Rybovic, Jan; Stevenson, Mark (Informa UK Limited, 2018-02-20)Work-related injuries occurring during informal work often go unreported, yet lead to significant mortality and contribute substantially to disease burden due to injury-related disability. In Serbia, injury is a leading ... -
Methods for medical device and equipment procurement and prioritization within low- and middle-income countries: findings of a systematic literature review
Diaconu, Karin; Chen, Y-F; Cummins, C.; Jimenez Moyao, Gabriela; Manaseki-Holland, S.; Lilford, R. (2017-08-18)Background: Forty to 70 % of medical devices and equipment in low- and middle-income countries are broken, unused or unfit for purpose; this impairs service delivery to patients and results in lost resources. Undiscernin ... -
An approach to prioritization of medical devices in low-income countries: an example based on the Republic of South Sudan
Lilford, R.; Burn, S.; Diaconu, Karin; Lilford, P.; Chilton, P.; Biob, V.; Cummins, C.; Manaseki-Holland, S. (BioMed Central, 2015-01-10)Background: Efficient and evidence-based medical device and equipment prioritization is of particular importance in low-income countries due to constraints in financing capacity, physical infrastructure and human resource ... -
Medical device procurement in low- and middle-income settings: protocol for a systematic review
Diaconu, Karin; Chen, Y-F; Manaseki-Holland, S.; Cummins, C.; Lilford, R. (BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Medical device procurement processes for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are a poorly understood and researched topic. To support LMIC policy formulation in this area, international public health organizations ...