Joy E Lawn, Jon E. Rohde, Susan B. Rifkin, Miriam Were et al.
In this paper, we revisit the revolutionary principles-equity, social justice, and health for all; community participation; health promotion; appropriate use of resources; and intersectoral action-raised by the 1978 Alma-Ata Declaration, a historic event for health and primary health care. Old healt...
Jon E. Rohde, Simon Cousens, Mickey Chopra, Viroj Tangcharoensathien et al.
We assessed progress for primary health care in countries since Alma-Ata. First we analysed life expectancy relative to national income and HIV prevalence to identify overachieving and underachieving countries. Then we focused on the 30 low-income and middle-income countries with the highest average...
Igor Rudan, Shams El Arifeen, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Robert E. Black et al.
Igor Rudan and colleagues report the results of their consensus building exercise that identified health research priorities to help reduce child mortality from pneumonia.
Igor Rudan, Jennifer Gibson, Lydia Kapiriri, Mary Ann Lansang et al.
This article reviews theoretical and practical approaches for setting priorities in global child health research investments. It also provides an overview of previous attempts to develop appropriate tools and methodologies to define priorities in health research investments. A brief review of the mo...
Igor Rudan, Sachiyo Yoshida, Kit Yee Chan, Devi Sridhar et al.
BACKGROUND: Several recent reviews of the methods used to set research priorities have identified the CHNRI method (acronym derived from the "Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative") as an approach that clearly became popular and widely used over the past decade. In this paper we review the ...
Yael Velleman, Elizabeth Mason, Wendy Graham, Lenka Beňová et al.
Yael Velleman and colleagues argue for stronger integration between the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and maternal and newborn health sectors. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.
Mark Tomlinson, Mickey Chopra, David Sanders, Debbie Bradshaw et al.
CITATION: Tomlinson, M., et al. 2007. Setting priorities in child health research investments for South Africa. PLoS Medicine, 4(8): 1293-1298, doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040259.
César G. Victora, Jennifer Requejo, Ties Boerma, Agbessi Amouzou et al.
Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival began monitoring and analysing country progress towards achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 (reduce child mortality) and 5 (improve maternal health) to support a call to action stemming from The Lancet's Child Survival Series pub...
Lydia Kapiriri, Mark Tomlinson, Mickey Chopra, Shams El Arifeen et al.
AIM: To identify main groups of stakeholders in the process of health research priority setting and propose strategies for addressing their systems of values. METHODS: In three separate exercises that took place between March and June 2006 we interviewed three different groups of stakeholders: 1) me...
Agbessi Amouzou, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Jennifer Requejo, Cheikh Fayé et al.
Ozren Polašek, Kerri Wazny, Davies Adeloye, Peige Song et al.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions to the functioning of societies and their health systems. Prior to the pandemic, health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) were particularly stretched and vulnerable. The International Society of Global Health (ISoGH) sought to...
Peige Song, Davies Adeloye, Yubraj Acharya, Danladi Adamu Bojude et al.
Background: In this priority-setting exercise, we sought to identify leading research priorities needed for strengthening future pandemic preparedness and response across countries. Methods: The International Society of Global Health (ISoGH) used the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (C...
Igor Rudan, Evropi Τheodoratou, Lina Zgaga, Harish Nair et al.
A cute lower respiratory infections, which broadly include pneumonia and bronchiolitis, are still the leading cause of childhood mortality.ALRI contributed to 18% of all deaths in children younger than five years of age in 2008 [1], and the main pathogens responsible for high mortality were Streptoc...
Asha George, Tanya Jacobs, Mary Kinney, Annie Haakenstad et al.
BACKGROUND: The Global Financing Facility (GFF) offers an opportunity to close the financing gap that holds back gains in women, children's and adolescent health. However, very little work exists examining GFF practice, particularly for adolescent health. As momentum builds for the GFF, we examine i...
Anita Gibson, Lisa Noguchi, Mary Kinney, Hannah Blencowe et al.
Every day, there are an estimated 810 maternal and \n7,000 newborn deaths, and more than 5,000 stillbirths, most of which are preventable.1-3 While progress \nhas been made in reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and preventing stillbirths worldwide, inequities and gaps in ...