Global Health Action

Papers
(The median citation count of Global Health Action is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Quality of active case-finding for tuberculosis in India: a national level secondary data analysis38
Strategies for supporting the implementation of a task-shared psychological intervention in South Africa’s chronic disease services: qualitative insights from health managers’ experiences of project M37
Understanding why oral health professionals migrate: A qualitative investigation of Iranian dentists who have moved to Canada (Oral health professionals’ migration)33
Diaspora engagement: a scoping review of diaspora involvement with strengthening health systems of their origin country29
Local governance of the 2014 ebola Epidemic: a PhD synthesis26
Factors associated with essential newborn care practices among non-institutional births in urban Bangladesh: evidence from Bangladesh Urban Health Survey 202123
Fathers’ involvement in pregnancy and childbirth in Africa: an integrative systematic review22
Global Financing Facility investments for vulnerable populations: content analysis regarding maternal and newborn health and stillbirths in 11 African countries, 2015 to 201922
Comparison of the efficacy of COVID-19 responses in South Korea and the United States22
“Arming half-baked people with weapons!” Information enclaving among professionals and the need for a care-centred model for antibiotic use information in Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi21
Cluster analysis of social determinants of health and HIV/AIDS knowledge among Peruvian youths using Kohonen’s self-organized maps: a data-exploration study based on a Demographic and health survey21
Sexual and reproductive health literacy among young people in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence synthesis and implications19
Methodological issues of retrospective surveys for measuring mortality of highly clustered diseases: case study of the 2014–16 Ebola outbreak in Bo District, Sierra Leone18
“When you provide abortion services, you are looked upon as a bad guy”: experiences of abortion stigma by health providers in Nigeria17
Stakeholder arguments during the adoption of a sugar sweetened beverage tax in South Africa and their influence: a content analysis17
Term stillbirths in Eastern Uganda: a community-based prospective cohort study17
Surveillance of severe maternal morbidity and maternal mortality in maternity hospitals of the Latin American and Caribbean network - Red CLAP: study protocol16
Barriers and pathways to environmental surveillance of antibiotic resistance in middle- and low-income settings: a qualitative exploratory key expert study15
There is no right time for accountability for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health15
Livelihood dynamics and challenges to wellbeing in the drylands of rural East Africa – the Drylands Transform study population in the Karamoja border region15
Developing capacity in identifying cost-effective interventions to prevent and reduce obesity in China15
Facilitators and barriers to anemia prevention in the urban government childcare program for infants and young children in Peru14
The role of chest X-ray in the diagnosis of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review concerning low-resource birth scenarios14
Should disability-inclusive health be a priority in low-income countries? A case-study from Zimbabwe14
Modern slavery and labor exploitation during the COVID-19 pandemic: a conceptual model14
“We don’t trust all data coming from all facilities”: factors influencing the quality of care network data quality in Ethiopia13
Comparison of a palm-based biometric solution with a name-based identification system in rural Bangladesh12
Measuring the quality of mental health services from the patient perspective in China: psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the World Health Organization responsiveness performance questi12
Closing the birth registration gap for Every newborn facility birth: literature review and qualitative research12
Integrating environmental sustainability into the teaching of global health ethics from a students’ perspective: new guiding questions12
Building a ‘Virtual Library’: continuing a global collaboration to strengthen research capacity within Nepal and other low- and middle-income countries12
Global public health policies: gathering public health associations’ perspectives12
Causes of death among older children and adolescents (5–19 years) in the Magu Health and Demographic Surveillance Study, Tanzania, 1995–202211
Exploring approaches to weighting estimates of facility readiness to provide health services used for estimating input-adjusted effective coverage: a case study using data from Tanzania11
Starting then stopping: a nationwide register-based study on the magnitude, predictors, and urban-rural patterns of under-vaccination variation across health centers in The Gambia11
Preconception care practices among primary health care nurses working in public health facilities in KwaZulu-Natal11
Strategies to increase rural maternal utilization of skilled health personnel for childbirth delivery in low- and middle-income countries: a narrative review11
Psychological distress 35 years after the Chornobyl accident in the Lithuanian clean-up workers11
‘Condoms are hard to get by’: access to HIV prevention methods during lockdown of the COVID-19 epidemic in eastern Zimbabwe10
Disease burden comparison and associated risk factors of early- and late-onset neonatal sepsis in China and the USA, 1990–201910
HIV self-testing for men who have sex with men in Sweden. A cross-sectional study concerning interest to use HIV self-tests10
Behavioural and emotional comorbidities in school-aged children with neurological conditions in Kilifi, Kenya, and their long-term consequences9
Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure in a cohort in Northern Andean Peru9
Tuberculosis treatment and resulting abnormal blood glucose: a scoping review of studies from 1981 - 20219
Interactive effects of atmospheric oxidising pollutants and heat waves on the risk of residential mortality9
Using maternal sepsis patient journeys to map and prioritise barriers to quality maternal healthcare in Malawi: a multidisciplinary stakeholder consultation workshop9
Effects of decentralization on the functionality of health facility governing committees in lower and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review9
Overweight and obesity trends and associated factors among reproductive women in Ethiopia9
Beyond supply and demand: a new ecological framework for understanding the access of young migrants to sexual and reproductive health services in Sweden9
Do cash or digital payment modalities affect community health worker performance? – a case study of a remote refugee settlement in Western Uganda9
Two decades of research capacity strengthening and reciprocal learning on sexual and reproductive health in East Africa – a point of (no) return9
Validating a modified instrument for measuring Demand-Control-Support among students at a large university in southern Sweden9
The contextual awareness, response and evaluation (CARE) diabetes project: study design for a quantitative survey of diabetes prevalence and non-communicable disease risk in Ga Mashie, Accra, Ghana9
The role of community health workers in influencing social connectedness using the household model: a qualitative case study from Malawi9
Understanding women’s decision-making process for birth location in Tanzania based on individual women’s reproductive pathways: a life-course perspective9
Social inequalities in social-emotional problems among preschool children: a population-based study in Sweden9
The legacy of ZikaPLAN: a transnational research consortium addressing Zika8
A global review of the impact on women from men’s alcohol drinking: the need for responding with a gendered lens8
Prevalence and risk factors of gestational diabetes mellitus among pregnant women in northern Vietnam: a cross-sectional study8
The perception of air pollution and its health risk: a scoping review of measures and methods8
A decade of designing and implementing electronic health records in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review8
Provider and client perspectives on the use of maternity waiting homes in rural Rwanda8
Spatial disparities in impoverishing effects of out-of-pocket health payments in Malawi8
Women’s exposure to intimate partner violence and its association with child stunting: findings from a population-based study in rural Rwanda8
Building coherent monitoring and evaluation plans with the Evaluation Planning Tool for global health8
Rwanda’s success in advancing midwifery education: a blueprint of a sustainable, nationally driven curriculum standardization8
Strengthening effectiveness evaluations to improve programs for women, children and adolescents7
Situational analysis of pesticide poisoning and perceptions of autoinjector devices in rural communities in Sri Lanka – a study protocol7
Community-based follow-up of very low birth weight neonates discharged from a regional hospital in Cape Town: a descriptive study7
Perspectives of health workers engaging in task shifting to deliver health care in low-and-middle-income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis7
Prevalence, risk factors and health-seeking behavior of menstrual disorders among women in India: a review of two-decade evidence7
Fiscal policies and regulations for healthy diets in Sri Lanka: an analysis of the political economy of taxation and traffic light labelling for sugar-sweetened beverages7
Geographic and socioeconomic inequities in cesarean delivery rates at the district level in Madhya Pradesh, India: A secondary analysis of the national family health survey-57
Evaluation of care and clinical outcomes after the implementation of an electronic medical record system for type 1 diabetes management in Rwanda7
The Kenyan assistive technology ecosystem: a network analysis7
Strategies to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in First Nations peoples: a systematic review7
Applying the photovoice method with adolescents in mining areas in rural Mozambique: critical reflections and lessons learned6
Improving WASH facilities and practices in Bangladeshi schools: progress and challenges from 2014 to 20186
Role of actor networks in primary health care implementation in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review6
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on type 2 diabetes care and factors associated with care disruption in Kenya and Tanzania6
Examining health equity in Nepal’s climate change and health policies through the lens of environmental justice: insights from a content analysis6
Should all pregnant women take calcium supplements in Nepal? GRADE evidence to policy assessment6
Determinants of outpatient healthcare-seeking behaviors among the rural poor affected by chronic conditions in India: a population-based cross-sectional study in seven states6
Describing adolescents with disabilities’ experiences of COVID-19 and other humanitarian emergencies in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review6
Indirect effects of COVID-19 on maternal and child health in South Africa6
Low body mass index as a predictor of sputum culture conversion and treatment outcomes among patients receiving treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lesotho6
Any better? A follow-up content analysis of adolescent sexual and reproductive health inclusion in Global Financing Facility country planning documents6
Use of mobile phones to collect data on COVID-19: phone access and participation rates, in Rakai, Uganda6
A life in death: reflections of Peter6
Feasibility and impact of a patient support group care model on diabetes and hypertension care in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: a quasi-experimental study6
Changes in self-reported risky sexual behaviour indicators among adults receiving regular risk reduction counselling and optional initiation of pre-exposure prophylaxis in an HIV vaccine preparedness 6
Perspectives on delivering sexual and reproductive health and rights information and services to young people: focus group discussions with civil society organizations in the Democratic Republic of Co6
Childhood undernutrition in North Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies5
A conceptualisation of scale-up and sustainability of social innovations in global health: a narrative review and integrative framework for action5
Understanding the meanings of male partner support in the adherence to therapy among HIV-positive women: a gender analysis5
Development and validation of a prognosis risk score model for neonatal mortality in the Amhara region, Ethiopia. A prospective cohort study5
Awareness of postpartum depression among midwives and pregnant women in Arkhangelsk, Arctic Russia5
‘I was in need of somewhere to release my hurt:’ Addressing the mental health of vulnerable adolescent mothers in Harare, Zimbabwe, through self-help groups5
Governance systems for skilled health worker migration, their public value and competing priorities: an interpretive scoping review5
Perceptions of child death in Jigawa State, Nigeria: a mixed-methods study on how sociocultural nuances shape paediatric mortality reporting5
Improving COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a message co-design process for a national mHealth intervention in Colombia5
Community engagement to develop a dialogue-drama on adolescent pregnancy in a marginalised migrant population on the Thailand-Myanmar border: an ethnographic approach to participatory action research5
Strengthening teamwork and respect (STAR) in maternity units: developing a health system intervention in South Africa5
Client satisfaction with antiretroviral treatment services in South Ethiopian public health facilities: an institution-based cross-sectional survey5
Community engagement to support public health: mixed-method evaluation evidence on COVID-19 attitudes and practices in Lao PDR5
The Health Innovation Impact Checklist: a tool to improve the development and reporting of impact models for global health innovations5
The experiences and challenges of community health volunteers as agents for behaviour change programming in Africa: a scoping review5
Factors associated with unplanned readmissions for patients with mental and behavioural disorders in China: a quantitative analysis5
Quantitative evaluation of Zindagii Shoista (Living with Dignity) intervention to prevent violence against women in Tajikistan4
Comparing program supervision with an external RADAR evaluation of quality of care in integrated community case management for childhood illnesses in Mali4
A comprehensive approach to optimizing malaria prevention in pregnant women: evaluating the efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and resistance of IPTp-SP and IPTp-DP4
Community-supported self-administered tuberculosis treatment combined with active tuberculosis screening: a pilot experience in Conakry, Guinea4
Putting co-creation into practice: lessons learned from developing a midwife-led quality improvement intervention4
How does community health feature in Global Financing Facility planning documents to support reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition (RMNAH-N)? insights from six fra4
Strengthening Global Health Research4
Lessons from an eight-country community health data harmonization collaborative4
Quality of sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young people in public health facilities in Southwest Nigeria: a mystery client study4
Dismantling and reimagining global health education4
Does training on the WHO package of essential noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions enhance consultation quality? A real-world assessment of adherence to PEN protocol in primary health centres i4
Transformed through the CARTA experience: changes reported by CARTA fellows about their PhD journey4
Factors contributing to pre-treatment loss to follow-up in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis: a qualitative evidence synthesis of patient and healthcare worker perspectives4
A systematic review of the determinants of job satisfaction in healthcare workers in health facilities in Gulf Cooperation Council countries4
Agreement between cause of death assignment by computer-coded verbal autopsy methods and physician coding of verbal autopsy interviews in South Africa4
Perspectives on common chronic diseases in adult cancer patients in South Africa4
Parenting with nutrition education and unconditional cash reduce maternal depressive symptoms and improve quality of life: findings from a cluster randomised controlled trial in urban Bangladesh4
‘Too much, too little’ – heat wave impact during pregnancy and the need for adaptation measures4
Engaging youth in global health and social justice: a decade of experience teaching a high school summer course4
Transforming care for patients living with diabetes in rural Mexico: a qualitative study of patient and provider experiences and perceptions of shared medical appointments4
Association between delayed cesarean section and severe maternal and adverse newborn outcomes in the Somaliland context: a cohort study in a national referral hospital4
Evaluation of a comprehensive maternal newborn health intervention in rural Tanzania: single-arm pre-post coverage survey results4
Towards optimising children’s capability and tackling relative child poverty in high-income countries: the cases of Japan, Sweden and the UK since 20003
Training program for female community volunteers to combat COVID 19 in rural Nepal3
Factors associated with cessation of smoking in health professionals: a scoping review3
Level of elderly-supportive infrastructure, fine particulate matter and cardiovascular disease hospitalisations: a time-stratified case-crossover study in Wuhan3
Supporting early-career women researchers: lessons from a global mentorship programme3
Cash transfer, maternal and child health outcomes: a scoping review in sub-Saharan Africa3
The influence of internship training experience on Kenyan and Ugandan doctors’ career intentions and decisions: a qualitative study3
Population mobility : spatial spillover effect of government health expenditure in China3
Prevalence and social determinants of smoking among men in Mauritius: a cross-sectional study3
Comparing AI and human-generated health messages in an Arabic cultural context3
Exploratory validation of relationship functioning and non-pregnant partner behavior scales in pregnant people living with HIV in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa3
Contextual awareness, response and evaluation (CARE) of diabetes in poor urban communities in Ghana: the CARE diabetes project qualitative study protocol3
The global failure of facing the pandemic3
Medical educators’ perspectives on the barriers and enablers of teaching public health in the undergraduate medical schools: a systematic review3
E-Questionnaire on health knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP-Health) for Brazilian students in distance learning3
Injury mortality in South Africa: a 2009 and 2017 comparison to track progress to meeting sustainable development goal targets3
Adolescent mental health in sub-Saharan Africa: crisis? What crisis? Solution? What solution?3
NGO perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for real-world evaluation: a qualitative study3
Implementation barriers and facilitators of Moyo foetal heart rate monitor during labour in public hospitals in Nepal3
A ‘training of trainers’ programme for operational research: increasing capacity remotely3
Co-creation of a toolkit to assist risk communication and clinical decision-making in severe preeclampsia: SPOT-Impact study design3
The role of digital health in pandemic preparedness and response: securing global health?3
Improving disease surveillance data analysis, interpretation, and use at the district level in Tanzania3
Evaluating the programme and behavior change theories of a community alcohol education intervention in rural Sri Lanka: a study protocol3
The benefits, barriers, and specific needs of palliative care for adults with cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review3
Generalisability of and lessons learned from a mixed-methods study conducted in three low- and middle-income countries to identify care pathways for atrial fibrillation3
Ten years of ear, nose and throat (ENT) services in Southern Africa: a scoping review3
Scoping review of community health participatory research projects in Ghana3
Exploring healthcare workers’ experiences of managing patients returning to HIV care in Johannesburg, South Africa3
Workplace sexual harassment is associated with poor mental well-being among employees at a large Swedish university3
Catalyzing action on HIV/SRH integration: lessons from Kenya, Malawi, and Zimbabwe to spur investment3
Mediating effects of women’s empowerment on dietary diversity during pregnancy in Central West Ethiopia: A structural equation modelling3
How interventions to maintain services during the COVID-19 pandemic strengthened systems for delivery of maternal and child health services: a case-study of Wakiso District, Uganda3
Insights from the COVID-19 pandemic: trends in development assistance committee countries’ aid allocation, 2011–20213
A study protocol for developing a spatial vulnerability index for infectious diseases of poverty in the Caribbean region3
Workplace violence against healthcare workers in Pakistan; call for action, if not now, then when? A systematic review3
Service providers’ self-perceived competence in supporting women with disabilities subjected to intimate partner violence: insights from a Swedish survey3
Cost-effectiveness of Lifestyle Africa : an adaptation of the diabetes prevention programme for delivery by community health workers in urban South Africa2
Tailoring an evidence-based clinical intervention and training package for the treatment and prevention of comorbid heavy drinking and depression in middle-income country settings: the development of 2
­­Eleven tips for operational researchers working with health programmes: our experience based on implementing differentiated tuberculosis care in south India2
Framing the future of the COVID-19 response operations in 2022 in the WHO African region2
Recruiting hard-to-reach populations via respondent driven sampling for mobile phone surveys in Colombia: a qualitative study2
Health-related quality of life among adult patients with cancer in Uganda – a cross-sectional study2
Protecting the healthcare workers in low- and lower-middle-income countries through vaccination: barriers, leverages, and next steps2
Women’s sexual and reproductive health in war and conflict: are we seeing the full picture?2
An assessment of immediate newborn care readiness and availability in Nepal2
The impact of COVID-19 and national pandemic responses on health service utilisation in seven low- and middle-income countries2
The effectiveness of rural community health workers in improving health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review2
Factors associated with TB screening among agricultural workers in Limpopo Province, South Africa2
Prevalence and associated factors for poor mental health among young migrants in Sweden: a cross-sectional study2
The maternal and newborn health eCohort to track longitudinal care quality: study protocol and survey development2
The impact of the Ebola epidemics on children’s rights: a scoping review2
Effect of homemade peanut oil consumption during pregnancy on low birth weight and preterm birth outcomes: a cohort study in Southwestern China2
Relevance of assistive technology and the sustainable development goals to stakeholder organizations in Malawi2
Hypertension screening, awareness, treatment, and control: a study of their prevalence and associated factors in a nationally representative sample from Nepal2
Network analysis of assistive technology stakeholders in Malawi2
A cluster randomized controlled trial for measuring the impact of a social norm intervention addressing child marriage in Pirgacha in Rangpur district of Bangladesh: study protocol for evaluati2
What to scale first? A cross-sectional analysis of factors affecting cesarean delivery rates at first referral units in Bihar, India2
Misinformation, infighting, backlash, and an ‘endless’ recovery; policymakers recount challenges and mitigating measures after a vaccine scare in the Philippines2
The role of principled engagement in public health policymaking: the case of Zambia’s prolonged efforts to develop a comprehensive tobacco control policy2
Implementation of a three-pillar training intervention to improve maternal and neonatal healthcare in the Democratic Republic Of Congo: a process evaluation study in an urban health zone2
The association between alcohol consumption and intimate partner violence in young male perpetrators in Mwanza, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study2
Health system response to preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV policy changes in Zambia: a health system dynamics analysis of primary health care facilities2
Cultivating resilience and adaptability through hands-on One Health2
Implementing the QUALI-DEC project in Argentina, Burkina Faso, Thailand and Viet Nam: a process delineation and theory-driven process evaluation protocol2
Quality and resilience of clinical laboratories in Rwanda: a need for sustainable strategies2
Validating the diagnostic accuracy of medical certification: a population-level comparison between verbal autopsy and Saudi medical records causes of death of deceased with type 2 diabetes2
Research priorities for improving menstrual health across the life-course in low- and middle-income countries2
Women’s empowerment as a determinant of neonatal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review focused on Nigeria2
The Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (TIMCI) study protocol: a multi-country mixed-method evaluation of pulse oximetry and clinical decision support algorithms2
Mitigating moral distress by enhancing healthcare workers’ understanding of challenges faced by carers of children with disabilities in low-resource settings in Kenya2
Form and functioning: contextualising the start of the Global Financing Facility policy processes in Burkina Faso2
Exploring women’s exposure to marketing of commercial formula products: a qualitative marketing study from two sites in South Africa2
Effectiveness of oral health promotion interventions for people with type 2 diabetes delivered by non-dental health care professionals: a systematic review2
Evaluating the implementation of person-centred care and simulation-based learning in a midwifery education programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a study protocol2
Essential newborn care practices for healthy newborns at a district hospital in Pemba, Tanzania: a cross-sectional observational study utilizing video recordings2
Estimating non-communicable disease treatment costs using probability-based cost estimation2
Financial inclusion for people with disability: a scoping review2
Feasibility and acceptability of peer-delivered interventions using mHealth for PrEP services among adolescent girls and young women in DREAMS program in Botswana2
Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana : receipt and utilization among persons with TB notified under the National TB Elimination Program in India, 20222
Successful task shifting: a mixed-methods cross-sectional evaluation of an emergency obstetric care program to increase access to cesarean sections in rural Nepal2
Assessing the role of depression in reducing intimate partner violence perpetration among young men living in urban informal settlements using a mediation analysis of the Stepping Stones and Creating 2
Patients with stress-induced exhaustion disorder and their experiences of physical activity prescription in a group context2
Maternal betel quid use during pregnancy and child growth: a cohort study from rural Bangladesh2
The evolution, facilitators, barriers, and additional activities of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance platform in polio eradication programme Bangladesh: a mixed-method study2
Ghanaian women’s experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) during group antenatal care: a brief report from a cluster randomised controlled trial2
Temperature effects on incidence of surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in the Nordics2
Mortality transition over a quarter century in rural South Africa: findings from population surveillance in Agincourt 1993-20182
The community support and its role in adolescent pregnancy and school reintegration in rural Rwanda: a mixed-methods study2
Weather, climate, and climate change research to protect human health in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia2
Prioritising and mapping barriers to achieve equitable surgical care in South Africa: a multi-disciplinary stakeholder workshop2
International pediatric surgery partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping literature review2
Effectiveness of peer-led education interventions on contraceptive use, unmet need, and demand among adolescent girls in Gedeo Zone, South Ethiopia. A cluster randomized controlled trial2
Colonization and decolonization of global health: which way forward?2
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