Issue 1/2015
Content (52 Articles)
Impact of international experience on research capacity of Chinese health professionals
Tingjiao Liu, Liming Zhang, Lina Sun, Xun Wang
Reverse innovation: an opportunity for strengthening health systems
Anne W Snowdon, Harpreet Bassi, Andrew D Scarffe, Alexander D Smith
The ecosystem approach to health is a promising strategy in international development: lessons from Japan and Laos
Takashi Asakura, Hein Mallee, Sachi Tomokawa, Kazuhiko Moji, Jun Kobayashi
Maternal mortality: a cross-sectional study in global health
Sima Sajedinejad, Reza Majdzadeh, AbouAli Vedadhir, Mahmoud Ghazi Tabatabaei, Kazem Mohammad
Strengthening health systems in low-income countries by enhancing organizational capacities and improving institutions
Robert Chad Swanson, Rifat Atun, Allan Best, Arvind Betigeri, Francisco de Campos, Somsak Chunharas, Tea Collins, Graeme Currie, Stephen Jan, David McCoy, Francis Omaswa, David Sanders, Thiagarajan Sundararaman, Wim Van Damme
Why is patient safety so hard in low-income countries? A qualitative study of healthcare workers’ views in two African hospitals
Emma-Louise Aveling, Yvette Kayonga, Ansha Nega, Mary Dixon-Woods
Preparing for Ebola Virus Disease in West African countries not yet affected: perspectives from Ghanaian health professionals
Yaw Nyarko, Lewis Goldfrank, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Sari Soghoian, Ama de-Graft Aikins
An analysis of the potential for achieving the fourth millennium development goal in SSA with domestic resources
Bernadette O’Hare, Innocent Makuta
Why language matters: insights and challenges in applying a social determination of health approach in a North-South collaborative research program
Jerry M Spiegel, Jaime Breilh, Annalee Yassi
Cardiovascular prevention model from Kenyan slums to migrants in the Netherlands
Steven van de Vijver, Samuel Oti, Eric Moll van Charante, Steven Allender, Charlie Foster, Joep Lange, Brian Oldenburg, Catherine Kyobutungi, Charles Agyemang
Tracking development assistance for health to fragile states: 2005–2011
Casey M Graves, Annie Haakenstad, Joseph L Dieleman
Health in the sustainable development goals: ready for a paradigm shift?
Kent Buse, Sarah Hawkes
Improving regulatory capacity to manage risks associated with trade agreements
Helen L Walls, Richard D Smith, Peter Drahos
Corporate social responsibility in global health: an exploratory study of multinational pharmaceutical firms
Hayley Droppert, Sara Bennett
It takes threat of Ebola to see lessons from low income countries
Matthew Harris, Viva Dadwal, Albert Wu, Shamsuzzoha B Syed
Medicines availability for non-communicable diseases: the case for standardized monitoring
Jane Robertson, Cécile Macé, Gilles Forte, Kees de Joncheere, David Beran
Globalization and the health of Canadians: ‘Having a job is the most important thing’
Ronald Labonté, Elizabeth Cobbett, Michael Orsini, Denise Spitzer, Ted Schrecker, Arne Ruckert
Design, testing, and scale-up of medical devices for global health: negative pressure wound therapy and non-surgical male circumcision in Rwanda
Gita N Mody, Vincent Mutabazi, Danielle R Zurovcik, Jean Paul Bitega, Sabin Nsanzimana, Sardis H Harward, Claire M Wagner, Cameron T Nutt, Agnes Binagwaho
Tracking Global Fund HIV/AIDS resources used for sexual and reproductive health service integration: case study from Ethiopia
Sangeeta Mookherji, Samantha Ski, Dale Huntington
Reducing the global burden of type 2 diabetes by improving the quality of staple foods: The Global Nutrition and Epidemiologic Transition Initiative
Josiemer Mattei, Vasanti Malik, Nicole M. Wedick, Frank B. Hu, Donna Spiegelman, Walter C. Willett, Hannia Campos
Understanding the United States and Brazil’s response to obesity: institutional conversion, policy reform, and the lessons learned
Eduardo J. Gómez
Aid conditionalities, international Good Manufacturing Practice standards and local production rights: a case study of local production in Nepal
Petra Brhlikova, Ian Harper, Madhusudan Subedi, Samita Bhattarai, Nabin Rawal, Allyson M. Pollock
Profile of people with hypertension in Nairobi’s slums: a descriptive study
Annelieke Hulzebosch, Steven van de Vijver, Samuel O. Oti, Thaddaeus Egondi, Catherine Kyobutungi
Implementation of an electronic fingerprint-linked data collection system: a feasibility and acceptability study among Zambian female sex workers
Kristin M. Wall, William Kilembe, Mubiana Inambao, Yi No Chen, Mwaka Mchoongo, Linda Kimaru, Yuna Tiffany Hammond, Tyronza Sharkey, Kalonde Malama, T. Roice Fulton, Alex Tran, Hanzunga Halumamba, Sarah Anderson, Nishant Kishore, Shawn Sarwar, Trisha Finnegan, David Mark, Susan A. Allen
Teaching global health with simulations and case discussions in a medical student selective
Nathan S Bertelsen, Michelle DallaPiazza, Mary Ann Hopkins, Gbenga Ogedegbe
Policy implications of medical tourism development in destination countries: revisiting and revising an existing framework by examining the case of Jamaica
Rory Johnston, Valorie A. Crooks, Meghann Ormond
A study of mobile phone use among patients with noncommunicable diseases in La Paz, Bolivia: implications for mHealth research and development
Kevin Kamis, Mary R. Janevic, Nicolle Marinec, Rachel Jantz, Helen Valverde, John D. Piette
Psychosocial job characteristics, wealth, and culture: differential effects on mental health in the UK and Thailand
Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Antonio Ivan Lazzarino, Andrew Steptoe, Sam-ang Seubsman, Adrian C Sleigh
Burgeoning burden of non-communicable diseases in Nepal: a scoping review
Shiva Raj Mishra, Dinesh Neupane, Parash Mani Bhandari, Vishnu Khanal, Per Kallestrup
On est ensemble: social capital and maternal health care use in rural Cameroon
Sarah McTavish, Spencer Moore
Does Pharmaceutical Pricing Transparency Matter? Examining Brazil’s Public Procurement System
Jillian Clare Kohler, Nicholas Mitsakakis, Faridah Saadat, Danalyn Byng, Martha Gabriela Martinez
Erratum to: Medicines availability for non-communicable diseases: the case for standardized monitoring
Jane Robertson, Cécile Macé, Gilles Forte, Kees de Joncheere, David Beran
Attitudes and behaviours of maternal health care providers in interactions with clients: a systematic review
P. Mannava, K. Durrant, J. Fisher, M. Chersich, S. Luchters
“I get hungry all the time”: experiences of poverty and pregnancy in an urban healthcare setting in South Africa
Fiona Scorgie, Duane Blaauw, Tessa Dooms, Ashraf Coovadia, Vivian Black, Matthew Chersich
Introducing payment for performance in the health sector of Tanzania- the policy process
Victor Chimhutu, Marit Tjomsland, Nils Gunnar Songstad, Mwifadhi Mrisho, Karen Marie Moland
Bibliometric analysis on global Catha edulis (khat) research production during the period of 1952–2014
Sa’ed H. Zyoud
Islamist insurgency and the war against polio: a cross-national analysis of the political determinants of polio
Jonathan Kennedy, Martin McKee, Lawrence King
The role of trade and investment liberalization in the sugar-sweetened carbonated beverages market: a natural experiment contrasting Vietnam and the Philippines
Ashley Schram, Ronald Labonte, Phillip Baker, Sharon Friel, Aaron Reeves, David Stuckler
Trade liberalization, social policies and health: an empirical case study
Courtney McNamara
Mitigation of non-communicable diseases in developing countries with community health workers
Shiva Raj Mishra, Dinesh Neupane, David Preen, Per Kallestrup, Henry B. Perry
Rethinking health care commercialization: evidence from Malaysia
Vitalis Chukwudi Nwagbara, Rajah Rasiah
‘They hear “Africa” and they think that there can’t be any good services’ – perceived context in cross-national learning: a qualitative study of the barriers to Reverse Innovation
Matthew Harris, Emily Weisberger, Diana Silver, James Macinko
Conceptual and institutional gaps: understanding how the WHO can become a more effective cross-sectoral collaborator
Unni Gopinathan, Nicholas Watts, Daniel Hougendobler, Alex Lefebvre, Arthur Cheung, Steven J. Hoffman, John-Arne Røttingen
The personal value of being part of a Tropical Health Education Trust (THET) links programme to develop a palliative care degree programme in Sub Saharan Africa: a descriptive study of the views of volunteer UK health care professionals
B. A. Jack, J. A. Kirton, J. Downing, K. Frame
A rapid evidence review on the effectiveness of institutional health partnerships
Ema Kelly, Vicki Doyle, David Weakliam, Yvonne Schönemann
Towards a simple typology of international health partnerships
Suzanne Edwards, Dan Ritman, Emily Burn, Natascha Dekkers, Paula Baraitser
Short term global health experiences and local partnership models: a framework
Lawrence C. Loh, William Cherniak, Bradley A. Dreifuss, Matthew M. Dacso, Henry C. Lin, Jessica Evert
Assessing health program performance in low- and middle-income countries: building a feasible, credible, and comprehensive framework
Onil Bhattacharyya, Kathryn Mossman, John Ginther, Leigh Hayden, Raman Sohal, Jieun Cha, Ameya Bopardikar, John A. MacDonald, Himanshu Parikh, Ilan Shahin, Anita McGahan, Will Mitchell
An evaluation of the benefits to a UK Health Care Trust working in a partnership with a hospital in Northern Uganda: International partnership working in mental health
Ben Hague, Jenny Sills, Andrew R. Thompson