Nga Thi Thuy, Huong T L Vu, Chuc T K Nguyen, Sureeporn Punpuing et al.
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial misuse is common in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), and this practice is a driver of antibiotic resistance. We compared community-based antibiotic access and use practices across communities in LMICs to identify contextually specific targets for intervention...
Joseph Akuze, Hannah Blencowe, Peter Waiswa, Angela Baschieri et al.
BACKGROUND: An estimated 5·1 million stillbirths and neonatal deaths occur annually. Household surveys, most notably the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), run in more than 90 countries and are the main data source from the highest burden regions, but data-quality concerns remain. We aimed to comp...
Angela Baschieri, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Joseph Akuze, Doris Kwesiga et al.
BACKGROUND: may underestimate mortality rates particularly for stillbirths. METHODS: and FPH to measure pregnancy outcomes in a household survey in five selected INDEPTH Network sites in Africa and South Asia (Bandim in urban and rural Guinea-Bissau; Dabat in Ethiopia; IgangaMayuge in Uganda; Kintam...
Heiman Wertheim, Nguyễn Thị Kim Chúc, Sureeporn Punpuing, Wasif Ali Khan et al.
In many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), a poor link between antibiotic policies and practices exists. Numerous contextual factors may influence the degree of antibiotic access, appropriateness of antibiotic provision, and actual use in communities. Therefore, improving appropriateness of a...
Elizabeth Hazel, Daniel J. Erchick, Joanne Katz, Anne CC Lee et al.
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to understand the mortality risks of vulnerable newborns (defined as preterm and/or born weighing smaller or larger compared to a standard population), in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). DESIGN: Descriptive multi-country, secondary analysis of individual-level study dat...
Daniel J. Erchick, Elizabeth Hazel, Joanne Katz, A. C. C. Lee et al.
OBJECTIVE: To examine prevalence of novel newborn types among 541 285 live births in 23 countries from 2000 to 2021. DESIGN: Descriptive multi-country secondary data analysis. SETTING: Subnational, population-based birth cohort studies (n = 45) in 23 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) spanning...
Elizabeth Hazel, Daniel J. Erchick, Joanne Katz, Anne CC Lee et al.
Abstract Objective To describe the mortality risks by fine strata of gestational age and birthweight among 230 679 live births in nine low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) from 2000 to 2017. Design Descriptive multi‐country secondary data analysis. Setting Nine LMICs in sub‐Saharan Africa, South...
the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group, Yeetey Enuameh, Francis Dzabeng, Hannah Blencowe et al.
BACKGROUND: Termination of pregnancy (TOP) is a common cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Population-based surveys are the major data source for TOP data in LMICs but are known to have shortcomings that require improving. The EN-INDEPTH multi-country surve...
Annelie A Monnier, Nga Thi Thuy, Kwaku Poku Asante, Samuel Afari-Asiedu et al.
In this Viewpoint, we discuss how the identification of oral antibiotics and their distinction from other commonly used medicines can be challenging for consumers, suppliers, and health-care professionals. There is a large variation in the names that people use to refer to antibiotics and these ofte...
Emil Ljungberg, Francesco Padormo, Megan Poorman, Petter Clemensson et al.
The lower infrastructure requirements of portable ultra-low field MRI (ULF-MRI) systems have enabled their use in diverse settings such as intensive care units and remote medical facilities. The UNITY Project is an international neuroimaging network harnessing this technology, deploying portable ULF...
Samuel Afari-Asiedu, Annelie A Monnier, Nga T., Kwaku Poku Asante et al.
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is largely attributable to inappropriate antibiotic use particularly in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). Misidentification of antibiotics could contribute to inappropriate use, as people may use the wrong drugs for their conditions. Misidentificatio...