Browsing by Research Centre "Institute for Global Health and Development"
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A case study of health service provision in Yobe State, Nigeria in the context of the Boko Haram insurgency
(ReBUILD Consortium, 2014)Health Systems Resilience: A Systems Analysis is a ReBUILD affiliate research project applying a systems dynamics approach to understand, predict and identify mechanisms that influence the resilience of health systems in ... -
A cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effect of optimising TB/HIV integration on patient level outcomes: The merge- trial protocol
(Elsevier, 2014-10)Introduction We describe the design of the MERGE trial, a cluster randomised trial, to evaluate the effect of an intervention to optimise TB/HIV service integration on mortality, morbidity and retention in care among ... -
A new look: professionalization of NGOs in Kyrgyzstan
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-09-12)Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan have become visible players in the social and political scene. However, despite being portrayed as professional organizations in the literature, the ... -
A window of opportunity for reform in post-conflict settings? The case of Human Resources for Health policies in Sierra Leone, 2002-2012
(2014-07)Background: It is recognized that decisions taken in the early recovery period may affect the development of health systems. Additionally, some suggest that the immediate post-conflict period may allow for the opening of ... -
Achieving accountability through maternal death reviews in Nigeria: a process analysis
(OUP, 2017-06-28)Abstract _ View references (35) Maternal death reviews (MDRs) are part of the drive to increase accountability for maternal deaths and reduce their occurrence by identifying barriers to effective, quality care. ... -
Advancing the science behind human resources for health: highlights from the Health Policy and Systems Research Reader on Human Resources for Health
(BioMed Central, 2018-08-14)Health workers are central to people-centred health systems, resilient economies and sustainable development. Given the rising importance of the health workforce, changing human resource for health (HRH) policy and practice ... -
Alcohol purchasing by ill heavy drinkers; cheap alcohol is no single commodity
(2015-12)Objectives: Potential strategies to address alcohol misuse remain contentious. We aim to characterise the drink purchases of one population group: heavy drinkers in contact with Scottish health services. We contrast our ... -
An approach to prioritization of medical devices in low-income countries: an example based on the Republic of South Sudan
(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 ... -
An exploration of the political economy dynamics shaping health worker incentives in three districts in Sierra Leone
(Elsevier, 2015)The need for evidence-based practice calls for research focussing not only on the effectiveness of interventions and their translation into policies, but also on implementation processes and the factors influencing them, ... -
Application of social network analysis in the assessment of organization infrastructure for service delivery: a three district case study from post-conflict northern Uganda
(OUP, 2017-06-16)In post-conflict settings, service coverage indices are unlikely to be sustained if health systems are built on weak and unstable inter-organization networks-here referred to as infrastructure. The objective of this study ... -
Association between health service utilisation of internal migrant children and parents' acculturation in Guangdong, China: a cross-sectional study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-01-13)Objectives To assess the health service utilisation of internal migrant children in Guangdong, China, and to explore the association between children's health service utilisation and their parents' acculturation. Design ... -
Balancing authority, deference and trust across the public-private divide in health care: Tuberculosis health visitors in western Maharashtra, India
(2014-08)While concepts such as 'partnership' are central to the terminology of private-public mix (PPM), little attention has been paid to how social relations are negotiated among the diverse actors responsible for implementing ... -
Balancing the personal, local, institutional, and global: multiple case study and multidimensional scaling analysis of African experiences in addressing complexity and political economy in health research capacity strengthening
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background Strengthening health research capacity in low- and middle-income countries remains a major policy goal. The Health Research Capacity Strengthening (HRCS) Global Learning (HGL) program of work documented experiences ... -
Blood donors' awareness and attitudes towards blood transfusion safety in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia
(Wiley, 2017-08-01)Objectives To assess the awareness and attitudes related to blood transfusion safety among blood donors from the Autonomous Province (AP) Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia. Background Blood donors are at the initial ... -
The case for — and challenges of — faith-sensitive psychosocial programming
(Wolters Kluwer - Medknow, 2018-09-29)Drawing upon evidence compiled in a recent literature review, we identify five arguments for seeking faith-sensitivity in psychosocial programming: it is indicated by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidelines ... -
Changes in catastrophic health expenditure in post-conflict Sierra Leone: an Oaxaca-blinder decomposition analysis
(BioMed Central, 2017-09-04)Background At the end of the eleven-year conflict in Sierra Leone, a wide range of policies were implemented to address both demand- and supply-side constraints within the healthcare system, which had collapsed during the ... -
Choices for spending government revenue: New African oil, gas, and mining economies
(Oxford University Press, 2018-09-20)Extractives projects have the potential to contribute to improved human development, but this is not guaranteed. It is well understood that translating natural resources into individuals living longer and healthier lives, ...