OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Global Health-Science and Practice is 4. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Midpoint Reflections on USAID HIV Local Partner Transition Efforts	94
Supporting the Manufacturing of Medical Supplies in Africa: Collaboration Between Africa CDC, Partners, and Member States	45
Strengthening Integrated Approaches for Family Planning and Menstrual Health	30
Timely Access to Essential Surgery, Surgical Workforce, and Surgical Volume: Global Surgery Indicators in Mexico	29
The Evolving Landscape of Medical Device Regulation in East, Central, and Southern Africa	28
Let’s Make Life Easier for Health Workers, Not More Complicated	22
Social and Political Dimensions of Disseminating Research Findings on Emerging Zoonotic Viruses: Our Experience in Sierra Leone	20
A Tale of 2 Countries: Implementation of the Cold Chain Equipment Optimization Platform in Guinea and Kenya	19
Improving Maternity Care in India’s Private Hospitals: Quality Certification? Yes, but More Is Needed	19
A Call to Action: Reinvigorating Interest and Investments in Health Infrastructure	18
Improving Primary Care Quality Through Supportive Supervision and Mentoring: Lessons From the African Health Initiative in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique	18
Assessing Acceptability of Biodegradable Contraceptive Implants in Kenya and Senegal	17
Assessing Use, Usefulness, and Application of the High Impact Practices in Family Planning Briefs and Strategic Planning Guides	17
Oxygen Inequity in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond	17
Repeatability of Pulse Oximetry Measurements in Children During Triage in 2 Ugandan Hospitals	16
Authors’ Response to Letter on “Down but Not Out: Vasectomy Is Faring Poorly Almost Everywhere—We Can Do Better to Make It a True Method Option”	16
End Malaria Faster: Taking Lifesaving Tools Beyond “Access” to “Reach” All People in Need	15
Impact of Solar Light and Electricity on the Quality and Timeliness of Maternity Care: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Trial in Uganda	15
Corrigendum: Carrasco M et al., Assessing Use, Usefulness, and Application of the High Impact Practices in Family Planning Briefs and Strategic Planning Guides	14
Using Human-Centered Design to Explore Potential Users' and Men's Views of New Injectable Contraceptives in Kampala and Lagos	14
Nutrition Capacity Building to Meet National Priorities: Lessons Learned in Developing and Implementing Malawi's First Dietetics Program	14
Evaluation of a Depression Intervention in People With HIV and/or TB in Eswatini Primary Care Facilities: Implications for Southern Africa	14
Drivers and Barriers to Improved Data Quality and Data-Use Practices: An Interpretative Qualitative Study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	13
Operational Challenges in Conducting a Subnational TB Prevalence Survey in India: Lessons Learned for Resource-Limited, High-Burden Settings	12
Evaluating Vertical Malaria Community Health Worker Programs as Malaria Declines: Learning From Program Evaluations in Honduras and Lao PDR	12

Faith-Based Advocacy for Family Planning Works: Evidence From Kenya and Zambia	12
Capacity-Building Through Digital Approaches: Evaluating the Feasibility and Effectiveness of eLearning to Introduce Subcutaneous DMPA Self-Injection in Senegal and Uganda	12
Screening for Severe Illness at Diagnosis Has the Potential to Prevent Early TB Deaths: Programmatic Experience From Karnataka, India	12
Evaluation of 2 Intervention Models to Integrate Family Planning Into Worker Health and Livelihood Programs in Egypt: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis	12
How Real-Time Case-Based Malaria Surveillance Helps Zanzibar Get a Step Closer to Malaria Elimination: Description of Operational Platform and Resources	11
A Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation: Integrating Depression Treatment Into HIV Care in Malawi	11
Uganda National Institute of Public Health: Establishment and Experiences, 2013–2021	11
Blended Learning Using Peer Mentoring and WhatsApp for Building Capacity of Health Workers for Strengthening Immunization Services in Kenya	11
Lessons Learned From Building a Global Health Partnership on Obstetric Care in Madagascar	11
Task-Shifting Immunization Activities to Community Health Workers: A Mixed-Method Cross-Sectional Study in Sahel Region, Burkina Faso	11
Perspectives of Muslim Religious Leaders to Shape an Educational Intervention About Family Planning in Rural Tanzania: A Qualitative Study	11
Engaging Community Health Workers to Enhance Modern Contraceptive Uptake Among Young First-Time Parents in Five Cities of Uttar Pradesh	10
A Social Norms Analysis of Religious Drivers of Child Marriage	10
Performance of Pit Latrines and Their Herd Protection Against Diarrhea: A Longitudinal Cohort Study in Rural Ethiopia	10
What Underlies State Government Performance in Scaling Family Planning Programming? A Study of The Challenge Initiative State Partnerships in Nigeria	10
Lessons Learned From Telephone-Based Data Collection for Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia	10
Examining Public Sector Availability and Supply Chain Management Practices for Malaria Commodities: Findings From Northern Nigeria	10
COVID-19 Pandemic in India: Through the Lens of Modeling	10
Empowerment Among Adolescent Girls in Nepal: A Concept Mapping Exploratory Study	9
Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic Response Implementation: A Case Study of South Sudan and Sierra Leone	9
COVID-19 Vaccine Collaborative Supply Planning: Is This the Next Frontier for Routine Immunization Supply Chains?	9
Bugs in the Bed: Addressing the Contradictions of Embedded Science with Agile Implementation Research	9
Community Health Worker Program Sustainability in Africa: Evidence From Costing, Financing, and Geospatial Analyses in Mali	9
COVID-19 Vaccination Integration: Efforts in 11 African Countries to Strengthen the Primary Health Care System	9
Maternal and Child Health Care Service Disruptions and Recovery in Mozambique After Cyclone Idai: An Uncontrolled Interrupted Time Series Analysis	9
Evidence for Decision-Making: The Importance of Systematic Data Collection as an Essential Component of Responsive Feedback	9
Leveraging COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Monitoring in Ethiopia and Pakistan to Enhance System-Wide Safety Surveillance	9
Galvanizing Action on Primary Health Care: Analyzing Bottlenecks and Strategies to Strengthen Community Health Systems in West and Central Africa	8
Getting Rigor Right: A Framework for Methodological Choice in Adaptive Monitoring and Evaluation	8
Early Lessons From Working With Local Partners to Expand Private-Sector Health Care Networks in Burundi and Mali	8
Innovations in Providing HIV Index Testing Services: A Retrospective Evaluation of Partner Elicitation Models in Southern Nigeria	8
Methods and Measures to Assess Health Care Provider Behavior and Behavioral Determinants in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health: A Rapid Review	8
FP2020 and FP2030 Country Commitments: A Mixed Method Study of Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Components	8
Evaluation of the Impact of Immunization Second Year of Life Training Interventions on Health Care Workers in Ghana	8
Leveraging Responsive Feedback to Redesign a Demand Generation Strategy: Experience From the IntegratE Project in Lagos State, Nigeria	8
Promoting Male Involvement in Family Planning: Insights From the No-Scalpel Vasectomy Program of Davao City, Philippines	8
Twinning Partnership Network: A Learning and Experience-Sharing Network Among Health Professionals in Rwanda to Improve Health Services	8
Does the Current Global Health Agenda Lack Vision?	7
Lessons Learned From the Use of the Most Significant Change Technique for Adaptive Management of Complex Health Interventions	7
Early Outcomes of Mental Health Screening Integrated Into Routine HIV Care in Malawi	7
Considerations for Program Managers to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health Services for Displaced Populations	7
Transitioning to Digital Systems: The Role of World Health Organization’s Digital Adaptation Kits in Operationalizing Recommendations and Interoperability Standards	7
Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Kenya: A Mixed Methods Study	7
mHealth and Digital Innovations as Catalysts for Transforming Mental Health Care in Ghana	7
Accelerating Progress in Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Decision-Making: Trends in 32 Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Future Perspectives	7
Using mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in Ethiopia	7
A Theory of Change for Guiding the Integration of Human-Centered Design Into Global Health Programming	7
Recognizing and Addressing the Contraceptive Hesitancy-Acceptability Continuum: Adopting Lessons Learned From the Immunization Field	7
Micronutrient Powders for Infants and Young Children	6
Carpe DM: The First Global Diabetes Targets	6

Ten Years for GHSP: Where Are We Now? Where Will We Go?	6
The Case for Using a Behavior Change Model to Design Interventions to Promote Respectful Maternal Care	6
Exploring the Adaptations of the Free Maternity Policy Implementation by Health Workers and County Officials in Kenya	6
A Supervision Framework for Task-Shared Mental Health Workers: Implications for Clinical Trials and Beyond	6
Can We Use Routine Data for Strategic Decision Making? A Time Trend Comparison Between Survey and Routine Data in Mali	6
Nongovernmental Organization Practitioners’ Perspectives on the Challenges and Solutions to Changing Handwashing Behavior in Older Children: A Qualitative Study	6
Toward Meaningful Cultural Adaptation Across Implementation Stages: Lessons Learned From a Culturally Based HIV Stigma Intervention in Gaborone, Botswana	6
Addressing COVID-19 Rumors and Behaviors Using Theory in Guyana: A Program Case Study	6
TraumaLink: A Community-Based First-Responder System for Traffic Injury Victims in Bangladesh	6
Prevalence of Skeletal Fluorosis in Northern Tanzania: A Follow-Up Study	6
Young People’s Experiences With an Empowerment-Based Behavior Change Intervention to Prevent Sexual Violence in Nairobi Informal Settlements: A Qualitative Study	6
Development of a Modular and Equitable Surgical Simulator	6
Cocreation in Health Workforce Planning to Shape the Future of the Health Care System in the Philippines	6
Social Distancing in the Era of COVID-19: A Call for Maintaining Social Support for the Maternal Population	6
Development of an Innovative Digital Data Collection System for Routine Mental Health Care Delivery in Rural Haiti	6
Improving Community Health Worker Compensation: A Case Study From India Using Quantitative Projection Modeling and Incentive Design Principles	6
Care Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in India	6
Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance in the Western Pacific Region: A Literature Review on Integration of Surveillance Functions, 2000–2021	5
Lessons Learned From the Capacity-Building and Mentorship Program to Improve Health Information Systems in 11 Districts of Ethiopia	5
Author’s Response to Letter on “Willingness to Pay for HIV Prevention Commodities Among Key Population Groups in Nigeria”	5
Translating Implementation Experiences and Lessons Learned From Polio Eradication Into a Global Health Course: Insights From an International Consortium	5
Improving TB Case Detection Through Active Case-Finding: Results of Multiple Intervention Strategies in Hard-to-Reach Riverine Areas of Southern Nigeria	5
The Salience of Trust to the Client-Provider Relationship in Post-Ebola Guinea: Findings From a Qualitative Study	5
Interventions to Improve the Reproductive Health of Undocumented Female Migrants and Refugees in Protracted Situations: A Systematic Review	5
A Field Test of the NORMAL Job Aid With Community Health Workers in Kenya to Address Contraceptive-Induced Menstrual Changes	5
Taking Stock: An Adaptable Research and Partnership Model for Developing Puberty Education in 10 Countries	5
Promising Practices in Capacity Development for Health Supply Chains in Resource-Constrained Countries	5
Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program's Contributions to the National HIV and TB Programs, 2015–2020	5
The Community Health Systems Reform Cycle: Strengthening the Integration of Community Health Worker Programs Through an Institutional Reform Perspective	5
When a Toolkit Is Not Enough: A Review on What Is Needed to Promote the Use and Uptake of Immunization-Related Resources	5
An International Virtual Classroom: The Emergency Department Experience at Weill Cornell Medicine and Weill Bugando Medical Center in Tanzania	5
The Untold Story of Community Mobilizers Re-engaging a Disengaged Community During the Endemic Era of India's Polio Eradication Program	5
Lessons From Implementing Ask-Boost-Connect-Discuss, a Peer-Delivered Psychosocial Intervention for Young Mothers Living With HIV in Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia	5
Applying the Community Health Worker Coverage and Capacity Tool for Time-Use Modeling for Program Planning in Rwanda and Zanzibar	5
The African Health Initiative’s Role in Advancing the Use of Embedded Implementation Research for Health Systems Strengthening	5
A Community-Led Central Kitchen Model for School Feeding Programs in the Philippines: Learnings for Multisectoral Action for Health	5
Maintaining Continuity of Care for Expectant Mothers in Kenya During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study of MomCare	5
Leveraging Experience From Active TB Drug-Safety Monitoring and Management for Monitoring Active Antiretroviral Toxicity	5
Locked Down: Experiences of Domestic Violence in Central India	5
UDHAVI Community Support During India's Second COVID-19 Wave: A Descriptive Study on a Tertiary Care Center's Pandemic Response Helpline	5
Galvanizing Collective Action to Accelerate Reductions in Maternal and Newborn Mortality and Prevention of Stillbirths	5
Applying the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to Identify Implementation Determinants for the Integrated District Evidence-to-Action Program, Mozambique	5
The Journey Toward Establishing Inpatient Care for Small and Sick Newborns in Ethiopia, India, Malawi, and Rwanda	5
No Matter When or Where: Addressing the Need for Continuous Family Planning Services During Shocks and Stressors	4
Infant Circumcision for Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk Reduction Globally	4
Applying a Theory of Change for Human Resources Development in Public Health Supply Chains in Rwanda	4
Levels, Trends, and Inequalities in Using Institutional Delivery Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Stratified Analysis by Facility Type	4
Prioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty Commissions	4
Early Reflections on Mphatlalatsane, a Maternal and Neonatal Quality Improvement Initiative Implemented During COVID-19 in South Africa	4
National Policy Influences of Contraceptive Prevalence and Method Mix Strategy: A Longitudinal Analysis of 59 Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2010–2021	4
Mother-Baby Friendly Philippines: Using Citizen Reporting to Improve Compliance to the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes	4
Implementing Quality Improvement Initiatives to Improve the Use of Adolescent- and Youth-Friendly Health Services in Zou, Benin	4
Animal Source Food Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention Among Girinka Livestock Transfer Beneficiaries in Rwanda: A Cluster Randomized Evaluation	4
Developing and Testing a Chatbot to Integrate HIV Education Into Family Planning Clinic Waiting Areas in Lusaka, Zambia	4
Early Lessons From Ethiopia in Establishing a Data Triangulation Process to Analyze Immunization Program and Supply Data for Decision Making	4
Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic to Strengthen TB Infection Control: A Rapid Review	4
Lessons From the Design and Rollout of an Electronic Medical Record System for Cervical Cancer Screening in Rwanda	4
Implementation of a Community Transport Strategy to Reduce Delays in Seeking Obstetric Care in Rural Mozambique	4
Qualitative Examination of the Role and Influence of Mothers-in-Law on Young Married Couples’ Family Planning in Rural Maharashtra, India	4
Demand Forecasting Approaches for New Contraceptive Technologies: A Landscape Review and Recommendations for Alignment	4
What Have We Learned? Implementation of a Shared Learning Agenda and Access Strategy for the Hormonal Intrauterine Device	4
Inequities in Family Planning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	4
Hybrid Mentorship of Medical Laboratories to Achieve ISO 15189:2012 Accreditation in Malawi: The University of Maryland Malawi Experience	4
Strength in Diversity: Integrating Community in Primary Health Care to Advance Universal Health Coverage	4
Journey From a Digital Innovation to a Sustainable Health Worker Capacity-Building App in India: Experiences, Challenges, and Lessons Learned	4
Improving the Quality of Health Care in Special Neonatal Care Units of India: A Before and After Intervention Study	4
Implementation of GeneXpert for TB Testing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review	4
Uptake of Encapsulated Ferrous Fumarate Double Fortified Salt in the Public Distribution System in India: A Value Chain Analysis	4
Improving Services for HIV-Exposed Infants in Zambia and Cameroon Using a Quality Improvement Collaborative Approach	4
Applying a Three-Tier Approach to Address Gaps in Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake and Continuity in Uganda: A Mixed Methods Approach	4
Global Research Priorities for Understanding and Improving Respectful Care for Newborns: A Modified Delphi Study	4
Recommendations for Using Health Service Coverage Cascades to Measure Effective Coverage for Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health Services or Interventions	4
Pathways to Care for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and HIV/AIDS Comorbidities in Soweto, South Africa: An Ethnographic Study	4