OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Global Health-Science and Practice is 6. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Let’s Make Life Easier for Health Workers, Not More Complicated	39
Early Lessons From Working With Local Partners to Expand Private-Sector Health Care Networks in Burundi and Mali	36
Assessing Acceptability of Biodegradable Contraceptive Implants in Kenya and Senegal	34
Innovations in Providing HIV Index Testing Services: A Retrospective Evaluation of Partner Elicitation Models in Southern Nigeria	34
Empowerment Among Adolescent Girls in Nepal: A Concept Mapping Exploratory Study	32
COVID-19 Vaccine Collaborative Supply Planning: Is This the Next Frontier for Routine Immunization Supply Chains?	32
End Malaria Faster: Taking Lifesaving Tools Beyond “Access” to “Reach” All People in Need	30
Repeatability of Pulse Oximetry Measurements in Children During Triage in 2 Ugandan Hospitals	27
FP2020 and FP2030 Country Commitments: A Mixed Method Study of Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Components	27
Integrating Gender-Based Violence Services Into HIV Care: Insights From Malawi	23
Improving Primary Care Quality Through Supportive Supervision and Mentoring: Lessons From the African Health Initiative in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique	22
Lessons Learned From the Use of the Most Significant Change Technique for Adaptive Management of Complex Health Interventions	21
Development of a Modular and Equitable Surgical Simulator	18
How Real-Time Case-Based Malaria Surveillance Helps Zanzibar Get a Step Closer to Malaria Elimination: Description of Operational Platform and Resources	18
A Supervision Framework for Task-Shared Mental Health Workers: Implications for Clinical Trials and Beyond	18
Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program's Contributions to the National HIV and TB Programs, 2015–2020	16
UDHAVI Community Support During India's Second COVID-19 Wave: A Descriptive Study on a Tertiary Care Center's Pandemic Response Helpline	16
Maintaining Continuity of Care for Expectant Mothers in Kenya During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study of MomCare	16
Early Reflections on Mphatlalatsane, a Maternal and Neonatal Quality Improvement Initiative Implemented During COVID-19 in South Africa	16
Leveraging Experience From Active TB Drug-Safety Monitoring and Management for Monitoring Active Antiretroviral Toxicity	16
Mother-Baby Friendly Philippines: Using Citizen Reporting to Improve Compliance to the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes	16
Applying a Three-Tier Approach to Address Gaps in Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake and Continuity in Uganda: A Mixed Methods Approach	16
The Journey Toward Establishing Inpatient Care for Small and Sick Newborns in Ethiopia, India, Malawi, and Rwanda	15
Inequities in Family Planning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	15
Evaluating Counseling for Choice in Malawi: A Client-Centered Approach to Contraceptive Counseling	14

Effectiveness of Capacity-Building and Quality Improvement Interventions to Improve Day-of-Birth Care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	14
Documenting Community Health Worker Compensation Schemes and Their Perceived Effectiveness in Seven sub-Saharan African Countries: A Qualitative Study	14
Down But Not Out: Vasectomy Is Faring Poorly Almost Everywhere—We Can Do Better To Make It A True Method Option	13
Strengthening Capacity for Tailored Immunization Programs Using Adult Learning Principles: A Case Study from Nigeria	13
Using the 5C Vaccine Hesitancy Framework to Elucidate and Measure Contraceptive Acceptability in sub-Saharan Africa	13
Novel Approaches to Postnatal Prophylaxis to Eliminate Vertical Transmission of HIV	13
Defining Collective Priorities: Research and Learning Agendas for Family Planning Across 6 Countries	12
Funders' Perspectives on Supporting Implementation Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	12
Implementation of HIV Retesting During Pregnancy and Postpartum in Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study	12
Maintaining Polio-Free Status in Indonesia During the COVID-19 Pandemic	12
A New Contraceptive Diaphragm in Niamey, Niger: A Mixed Methods Study on Acceptability, Use, and Programmatic Considerations	12
Empowering Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Mothers’ Support Groups: Evidence From a Community Engagement Initiative in Sri Lanka	12
Transforming Supply Logistics for Health Commodity Security in Africa	12
Baseline Assessment of Evidence-Based Intrapartum Care Practices in Medical Schools in 3 States in India: A Mixed-Methods Study	12
Can a Smartphone Application Help Address Barriers to Reporting Substandard/Falsified Medical Products? A Pilot Study in Tanzania and Indonesia	11
Modeling Pathways to Describe How Maternal Health Care Providers' Mental Health Influences the Provision of Respectful Maternity Care in Malawi	11
Results From a Multimethod Exploratory Scale Development Process to Measure Authoritarian Provider Attitudes in Democratic Republic of Congo and Togo	11
Thematic Analysis and Mapping of Reproductive Empowerment Scales: A Tool for Family Planning Self-Care Programming and Research	11
Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Rwanda: A Mixed Methods Study	11
Findings and Implications From an Evaluation of the Gold Star Campaign in Post-Ebola Guinea: The Role of Gender and Education	11
The Godmother Project: A Virtual Initiative to Support Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Brazil During the COVID-19 Pandemic	10
Improving Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Among Pregnant Women: An Implementation Science Approach in East-Central Uganda	10
Strategic Training Executive Program 2.0: A Leadership and Change Management Program for Health Supply Chains in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	10
Family Planning, Reproductive Health, and Progress Toward the Sustainable Development Goals: Reflections and Directions on the 30th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Develo	10
People that Deliver: Established to Address the Health Supply Chain Workforce Gap	10
Design and Implementation of Brief Interventions to Address Noncommunicable Diseases in Uzbekistan	9
Community Health Workers in Pandemics: Evidence and Investment Implications	9
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Internally Displaced Persons in Ethiopia’s Somali Region: A Qualitative Process Evaluation	9
Do No Harm: A Review of Social Harms Associated with HIV Partner Notification	9
Three Pivots for Improving Health Care Provider Performance	9
Where Women Access Contraception in 36 Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Why It Matters	9
Community Health Worker Program Outcomes for Diabetes and Hypertension Control in West Bank Refugee Camps: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study	9
Addressing the Impact of Climate Change on Sexual and Reproductive Health Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	9
Implementation of Maternal and Newborn Health Mobile Phone E-Cohorts to Track Longitudinal Care Quality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	9
Health System Resilience: Withstanding Shocks and Maintaining Progress	9
Adaptive Interventions to Promote Change in the 21st Century: The Responsive Feedback Approach	9
Establishing a Standardized Surveillance System for Health Care-Associated Infections in Vietnam	9
Documenting the Provision of Emergency Contraceptive Pills Through Youth-Serving Delivery Channels: Exploratory Mixed Methods Research on Malawi’s Emergency Contraception Strategy	8
From Pre-Implementation to Institutionalization: Lessons From Sustaining a Perinatal Audit Program in South Africa	8
COVID-19 Testing Crisis Management Through a Public-Private Partnership in Sindh, Pakistan	8
Building Public Health Quantitative Methods Capacity and Networks in sub-Saharan Africa: An Evaluation of a Faculty Training Program	8
The Equity Tool for Valuing Global Health Partnerships	8
Experiences, Challenges, and Lessons Learned During Implementation of a Remote Monitoring Program for Home-Isolated COVID-19 Patients in Chennai, India	8
Examining Roles, Support, and Experiences of Community Health Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: A Mixed Methods Study	8
Conceptualizing Contraceptive Agency: A Critical Step to Enable Human Rights-Based Family Planning Programs and Measurement	8
Regarding “Down but Not Out: Vasectomy Is Faring Poorly Almost Everywhere—We Can Do Better to Make It a True Method Option”	8
Improving Program Outcomes Through Responsive Feedback: A Case Study of a Leadership Development Academy in Nigeria	8
Using Health Systems and Policy Research to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in Ghana	8
Indicators and Implementation Guidance to Advance Value-Based HIV Care Through People-Centered Metrics	8
A Narrative Review of Kenya’s Surgical Capacity Using the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery’s Indicator Framework	8

An Oxygen Supply Is Not Enough: A Qualitative Analysis of a Pressure Swing Adsorption Oxygen Plant Program in Ethiopian Hospitals	8
What Distinguishes Women Who Choose to Self-Inject? A Prospective Cohort Study of Subcutaneous Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Users in Ghana	8
Design and Implementation of the Amenah Early Marriage Pilot Intervention Among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon	8
Trends in and Correlates of Short-Acting Contraceptive Stock-Outs: Multicountry Analysis of Performance Monitoring for Action Agile Platform Data	8
Midpoint Reflections on USAID HIV Local Partner Transition Efforts	7
A Field Test of the NORMAL Job Aid With Community Health Workers in Kenya to Address Contraceptive-Induced Menstrual Changes	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
Drivers and Barriers to Improved Data Quality and Data-Use Practices: An Interpretative Qualitative Study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	7
Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic Response Implementation: A Case Study of South Sudan and Sierra Leone	7
Examining Public Sector Availability and Supply Chain Management Practices for Malaria Commodities: Findings From Northern Nigeria	7
Does the Current Global Health Agenda Lack Vision?	7
A Tale of 2 Countries: Implementation of the Cold Chain Equipment Optimization Platform in Guinea and Kenya	7
Demand Forecasting Approaches for New Contraceptive Technologies: A Landscape Review and Recommendations for Alignment	7
Strengthening Integrated Approaches for Family Planning and Menstrual Health	7
Disinfection of Neonatal Resuscitation Equipment in Resource-Limited Settings: Lessons From a Mixed-Methods Implementation Experience in Kenya	7
Getting Rigor Right: A Framework for Methodological Choice in Adaptive Monitoring and Evaluation	7
Promoting Male Involvement in Family Planning: Insights From the No-Scalpel Vasectomy Program of Davao City, Philippines	7
Strengthening Social and Behavior Change Programming Through Application of an Adaptive Management Framework: A Case Study in Tanzania	7
Evaluation of a Depression Intervention in People With HIV and/or TB in Eswatini Primary Care Facilities: Implications for Southern Africa	7
“Testing Can Be Done Anywhere”: A Qualitative Assessment of Targeted Community-Based Point-of-Care Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV in Lusaka, Zambia	6
Exploring the Role of Gender in the Public Health Supply Chain Workforce in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	6
The Impact of Health Information System Interventions on Maternal and Child Health Service Utilizations in Ethiopia: A Quasi-Experimental Study	6
Using Vignettes to Gain Insights Into Social Norms Related to Voluntary Family Planning and Gender-Based Violence in South Sudan	6
Carpe DM: The First Global Diabetes Targets	6
Budgeting and Advocacy to Improve Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Health Care Facilities: A Case Study in Nepal	6
Applying the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to Identify Implementation Determinants for the Integrated District Evidence-to-Action Program, Mozambique	6
Promising Practices in Capacity Development for Health Supply Chains in Resource-Constrained Countries	6
Changes in Child Undernutrition and Overweight in India From 2006 to 2021: An Ecological Analysis of 36 States	6
Emergency Obstetric Care Access Dynamics in Kampala City, Uganda: Analysis of Women’s Self-Reported Care-Seeking Pathways	6
When Knowledge Is Not Enough: Applying a Behavioral Design Approach to Improve Fever Case Management in Nigeria	6
Maternal Death Surveillance and Response: Looking Backward, Going Forward	6
Advocacy as a Tool for Advancing Family Planning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Case Study	6
Community Barriers, Enablers, and Normative Embedding of Second Year of Life Vaccination in Ghana: A Qualitative Study	6
Examining Masculinities to Inform Gender-Transformative Violence Prevention Programs: Qualitative Findings From Rakai, Uganda	6
Rehabilitation Practices Delivered by Physical and Occupational Therapists to Brazilian Children With Congenital Zika Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study	6
Early Lessons From Ethiopia in Establishing a Data Triangulation Process to Analyze Immunization Program and Supply Data for Decision Making	6
TraumaLink: A Community-Based First-Responder System for Traffic Injury Victims in Bangladesh	6
A Cross-Sectional Assessment of HIV Self-Testing Preferences and Uptake Among Key Populations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia	6
Perceptions of the COVID-19 Vaccine and Other Adult Vaccinations in Malawi: A Qualitative Assessment	6
Networks of Care: An Approach to Improving Maternal and Newborn Health	6
Preventing Disruptions in HIV Service Delivery to Key Populations During Project Transition From an International to a Local Implementing Partner: A Case Study From Zambia	6
Promoting Supportive and Respectful Maternity Care in Public Health Facilities in Sindh, Pakistan: A Theory-Informed Health System Intervention	6
A Novel Approach to Assessing the Potential of Electronic Decision Support Systems to Improve the Quality of Antenatal Care in Nepal	6
Many Cooks in the Kitchen: Iterating a Qualitative Analysis Process Across Multiple Countries, Sites, and Teams	6
Lessons Learned From the Capacity-Building and Mentorship Program to Improve Health Information Systems in 11 Districts of Ethiopia	6
Locked Down: Experiences of Domestic Violence in Central India	6
Improving the Quality of Adolescent and Youth-Friendly Health Services Through Integrated Supportive Supervision in Four Nigerian States	6
Optimizing the Health Management Information System in Uttar Pradesh, India: Implementation Insights and Key Learnings	6
An Effective Health System Approach to End TB: Implementing the Double X Strategy in Vietnam	6