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Global Health Action, Volume 14, Issue 1 (2021)

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Original Article

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Last mile research: a conceptual map
Colleen M. Davison, Susan A Bartels, Eva Purkey, Abigail H Neely, Elijah Bisung, Amanda Collier, Sherri Dutton, Heather M Aldersey, Kendall Hoyt, Chelsey L Kivland, Jennifer Carpenter, Elizabeth A Talbot & Lisa V Adams
Article: 1893026
Published online: 18 Mar 2021
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Review Article

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Informing ‘good’ global health research partnerships: A scoping review of guiding principles
Erynn M. Monette, David McHugh, Maxwell J. Smith, Eugenia Canas, Nicole Jabo, Phaedra Henley & Elysée Nouvet
Article: 1892308
Published online: 11 Mar 2021
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PhD Review

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‘There is no more future for me? Like really, are you kidding?’: agency and decision-making in early motherhood in an urban area in Johannesburg, South Africa
Nirvana Pillay
Article: 1886456
Published online: 03 Mar 2021
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Original Article

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Achieving equity in UHC interventions: who is left behind by neglected tropical disease programmes in Cameroon?
Makia Christine Masong, Kim Ozano, Marlene Siping Tagne, Marlene Ntchinda Tchoffo, Sharon Ngang, Rachael Thomson, Sally Theobald, Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté & Estelle Kouokam
Article: 1886457
Published online: 28 Feb 2021
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Current Debate

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Making a COVID-19 vaccine that works for everyone: ensuring equity and inclusivity in clinical trials
Toby Pepperrell, Florence Rodgers, Pranav Tandon, Kelly Sarsfield, Molly Pugh-Jones, Theo Rashid & Sarai Keestra
Article: 1892309
Published online: 24 Feb 2021
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Original Article

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Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness, attitudes and uptake willingness among young people: gender differences and associated factors in two South African districts
Simukai Shamu, Patience Shamu, Sikhulile Khupakonke, Thato Farirai, Thato Chidarikire, Geoffrey Guloba & Nkhensani Nkhwashu
Article: 1886455
Published online: 19 Feb 2021
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Article
Teacher Nomination of School-aged Children for Mental Health Services in a Low and Middle Income Country
Christina M. Cruz, Molly M. Lamb, Karen Hampanda, Priscilla Giri, Matthew Campbell, Bijita Chowdhury, Aileen A. Giardina, Bradley N. Gaynes & Michael Matergia
Article: 1861921
Published online: 16 Feb 2021
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1874138

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Approaches, achievements, challenges, and lessons learned in setting up an urban-based Health and Demographic Surveillance System in South Africa
Sunday A. Adedini, Dineo Thaele, Matshidiso Sello, Portia Mutevedzi, Cleopas Hywinya, Nonhlanhla Ngwenya, Nellie Myburgh & Shabir A. Madhi
Article: 1874138
Published online: 03 Feb 2021
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Methods Forum

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Adaptation of WHO’s generic tuberculosis patient cost instrument for a longitudinal study in Africa
Denise Evans, Craig van Rensburg, Caroline Govathson, Olena Ivanova, Friedrich Rieß, Andrew Siroka, Abdou K. Sillah, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Ilesh Jani, Farzana Sathar, Sydney Rosen, Ian Sanne, Andrea Rachow & Knut Lönnrothon behalf of the TB Sequel Consortium
Article: 1865625
Published online: 25 Jan 2021
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Study Design Article

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Study design: policy landscape analysis for sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in seven sub-Saharan African countries
Anne-Marie Thow, Agnes Erzse, Gershim Asiki, Charles Mulindabigwi Ruhara, Gemma Ahaibwe, Twalib Ngoma, Hans Justus Amukugo, Milka N. Wanjohi, Mulenga M. Mukanu, Lebogang Gaogane, Safura Abdool Karim & Karen Hofman
Article: 1856469
Published online: 21 Jan 2021
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Original Article

Article
Antimicrobial resistance control efforts in Africa: a survey of the role of Civil Society Organisations
Jessica L. Fraser, Yewande H. Alimi, Jay K. Varma, Tracie Muraya, Tapiwanashe Kujinga, Vanessa K. Carter, Constance Schultsz & Victor J. Del Rio Vilas
Article: 1868055
Published online: 21 Jan 2021
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Learnings from the evaluation of HERrespect: a factory-based intervention to prevent intimate partner and workplace violence against female garment workers in Bangladesh
Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Mahfuz Al Mamun, Kausar Parvin, Samantha Willan, Andrew Gibbs & Rachel Jewkes
Article: 1868960
Published online: 21 Jan 2021
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Factors associated with low adherence to medication among patients with type 2 diabetes at different healthcare facilities in southern Bangladesh
Adnan Mannan, Md. Mahbub Hasan, Farhana Akter, Md. Mashud Rana, Nowshad Asgar Chowdhury, Lal B. Rawal & Tuhin Biswas
Article: 1872895
Published online: 21 Jan 2021
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Review Article

review article
Demographic, regional and temporal trends of hyperuricemia epidemics in mainland China from 2000 to 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Yang Li, Ziyan Shen, Bowen Zhu, Han Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang & Xiaoqiang Ding
Article: 1874652
Published online: 21 Jan 2021
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Original Article

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Strategies for financing social health insurance schemes for providing universal health care: a comparative analysis of five countries
Ama P. Fenny, Robert Yates & Rachel Thompson
Article: 1868054
Published online: 20 Jan 2021
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Review Article

review article
COVID-19 in Germany and China: mitigation versus elimination strategy
Guangyu Lu, Oliver Razum, Albrecht Jahn, Yuying Zhang, Brett Sutton, Devi Sridhar, Koya Ariyoshi, Lorenz von Seidlein & Olaf Müller
Article: 1875601
Published online: 20 Jan 2021
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Original Article

Article
Macro-level mental health system indicators and cross-national suicide rates
Johnny Andoh-Arthur & Samuel Adjorlolo
Article: 1839999
Published online: 19 Jan 2021
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Association between Maternal Plasma Ferritin Level and Infants’ Size at Birth: A Prospective Cohort Study in Rural Bangladesh
Syed Moshfiqur Rahman, Md. Shahjahan Siraj, Mohammad Redwanul Islam, Anisur Rahman & Eva-Charlotte Ekström
Article: 1870421
Published online: 19 Jan 2021
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Matching action to need: an analysis of Global Burden of Disease 2017 and population health data to focus adolescent health policy and actions in Myanmar
Karly I. Cini, Phone Myint Win, Zay Yar Swe, Kyu Kyu Than, Thin Mar Win, Ye Win Aung, Aye Aye Myint, Nisaa R. Wulan, Lia J. Burns, Elissa C. Kennedy, Kate L. Francis, Sanda, Su Mon Myat, Sithu Swe, Aung Ko Ko, Yadanar, Margaret Hellard, Chad L. Hughes, George C. Patton, Ali H. Mokdad & Peter S. Azzopardi
Article: 1844976
Published online: 15 Jan 2021
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Perinatal death in Northern Uganda: incidence and risk factors in a community-based prospective cohort study
Anna Agnes Ojok Arach, James K. Tumwine, Noeline Nakasujja, Grace Ndeezi, Juliet Kiguli, David Mukunya, Beatrice Odongkara, Vincentina Achora, Justin B. Tongun, Milton W. Musaba, Agnes Napyo, Thorkild Tylleskar & Victoria Nankabirwa
Article: 1859823
Published online: 15 Jan 2021
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Methods Forum

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Routine health management information system data in Ethiopia: consistency, trends, and challenges
Abyot Adane, Tewabe M. Adege, Mesoud M. Ahmed, Habtamu A. Anteneh, Emiamrew S. Ayalew, Della Berhanu, Netsanet Berhanu, Misrak G. Beyene, Antoinette Bhattacharya, Tesfahun Bishaw, Eshetu Cherinet, Mamo Dereje, Tsega H. Desta, Abera Dibabe, Heven S. Firew, Freweini Gebrehiwot, Etenesh Gebreyohannes, Zenebech Gella, Addis Girma, Zuriash Halefom, Sorsa F. Jama, Binyam Kemal, Abyi Kiflom, Carina Källestål, Seblewengel Lemma, Yidnekachew D. Mazengiya, Kalkidan Mekete, Magdelawit Mengesha, Meresha W. Nega, Israel A. Otoro, Joanna Schellenberg, Tefera Taddele, Gulilat Tefera, Admasu Teketel, Miraf Tesfaye, Tsion Tsegaye, Kidist Woldesenbet, Yakob Wondarad, Zemzem M. Yosuf, Kidist Zealiyas, Mebratom H. Zeweli, Lars Åke Persson & Annika Janson
Article: 1868961
Published online: 15 Jan 2021
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Original Article

Article
Can non-fatal burden estimates from the Global Burden of Disease study be used locally? An investigation using models of stroke and diabetes for South Africa
Victoria Pillay-van Wyk, Rifqah Abeeda Roomaney, Mweete Debra Nglazi, Oluwatoyin Folashade Awotiwon, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, Tracy Glass, Janetta Debora Joubert & Debbie Bradshaw
Article: 1856471
Published online: 04 Jan 2021
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Associations between caregiver mental health and young children’s behaviour in a rural Kenyan sample
Christina A. Laurenzi, Xanthe Hunt, Sarah Skeen, Phillip Sundin, Robert E. Weiss, Victor Kosi, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus & Mark Tomlinson
Article: 1861909
Published online: 04 Jan 2021
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Current Debate

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Could COVID-19 be contained in poor populations by herd immunity rather than by strategies designed for affluent societies or potential vaccine(s)?
Andreas Ruppel, Mohammad Ibrahim Halim, Rhondemo Kikon, Nouh S. Mohamed & Mohammad Reza Saebipour
Article: 1863129
Published online: 04 Jan 2021
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Short Communication

Is exclusive breastfeeding for six-months protective against pediatric tuberculosis?
Juan A. Flores, Julia Coit, Milagros Mendoza, Segundo R. Leon, Kelika Konda, Leonid Lecca & Molly F. Franke
Article: 1861922
Published online: 03 Jan 2021
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Original Article

Article
Characterizing ‘health equity’ as a national health sector priority for maternal, newborn, and child health in Ethiopia
Nicole Bergen, Arne Ruckert, Lakew Abebe, Shifera Asfaw, Getachew Kiros, Abebe Mamo, Sudhakar Morankar, Manisha A. Kulkarni & Ronald Labonté
Article: 1853386
Published online: 30 Dec 2020
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Keeping silent or running away. The voices of Vietnamese women survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Raquel Herrero-Arias, Anh Ngoc Truong, Gaby Ortiz-Barreda & Erica Briones-Vozmediano
Article: 1863128
Published online: 30 Dec 2020
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Tanzanian women´s knowledge about Cervical Cancer and HPV and their prevalence of positive VIA cervical screening results. Data from a Prevention and Awareness Campaign in Northern Tanzania, 2017 – 2019
Antje Henke, Ulrike Kluge, Theda Borde, Bariki Mchome, Furaha Serventi & Oliver Henke
Article: 1852780
Published online: 28 Dec 2020
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A decade of Ecuador´s efforts to raise its health research output: a bibliometric analysis
Ivan Sisa, Andrea Abad, Isabel Espinosa, Isaac Martinez-Cornejo & Pablo Burbano-Santos
Article: 1855694
Published online: 27 Dec 2020
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Understanding non-communicable diseases: combining health surveillance with local knowledge to improve rural primary health care in South Africa
Eilidh Cowan, Lucia D’Ambruoso, Maria van der Merwe, Sophie Witter, Peter Byass, Soter Ameh, Ryan G. Wagner & Rhian Twine
Article: 1852781
Published online: 24 Dec 2020
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Surgical data strengthening in Ethiopia: results of a Kirkpatrick framework evaluation of a data quality intervention
Sehrish Bari, Joseph Incorvia, Katherine R. Iverson, Abebe Bekele, Kaya Garringer, Olivia Ahearn, Laura Drown, Amanu Aragaw Emiru, Daniel Burssa, Samson Workineh, Ephrem Daniel Sheferaw, John G. Meara & Andualem Beyene
Article: 1855808
Published online: 24 Dec 2020
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Peer victimization and experiences of violence at school and at home among school age children with disabilities in Pakistan and Afghanistan
Rozina Somani, Julienne Corboz, Rozina Karmaliani, Esnat D. Chirwa, Judith McFarlane, Hussain Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja, Nargis Asad, Yasmeen Somani, Ingrid Van Der Heijden & Rachel Jewkes
Article: 1857084
Published online: 24 Dec 2020
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