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Estimating program coverage in the treatment of severe acute malnutrition: a comparative analysis of the validity and operational feasibility of two methods

Isanaka S, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Grais RF, Allen BGS
2018-07-03 • Population Health Metrics
2018-07-03 • Population Health Metrics
Many health programs can assess coverage using standardized cluster survey methods, but estimating the coverage of nutrition programs presents a special challenge due to low disease prev...
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Making progress towards food security: evidence from an intervention in three rural districts of Rwanda

Nsabuwera V, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Khogali MA, Edginton ME, Hinderaker SG,  et al.
2015-08-06 • Public Health Nutrition
2015-08-06 • Public Health Nutrition
OBJECTIVE
Determining interventions to address food insecurity and poverty, as well as setting targets to be achieved in a specific time period have been a persistent challenge for d...
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Active and adaptive case finding to estimate therapeutic program coverage for severe acute malnutrition: a capture-recapture study

Isanaka S, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Salou H, Berthé F, Grais RF,  et al.
2019-12-16 • BMC Health Services Research
2019-12-16 • BMC Health Services Research
BACKGROUND
Coverage is an important indicator to assess both the performance and effectiveness of public health programs. Recommended methods for coverage estimation for the treatmen...
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Caring for patients with surgically resectable cancers: experience from a specialised centre in rural Rwanda

Mubiligi JM, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Mpunga T, Tapela N, Okao P,  et al.
2014-06-21 • Public Health Action
2014-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
Butaro Cancer Centre of Excellence (BCCOE), Burera District, Rwanda.

OBJECTIVES
To describe characteristics, management and 6-month outcome of adult patients pre...
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Short Report

Childhood immunization in Bungoma County, Kenya, from 2008 to 2011: need for improved uptake

Mbuthia GW, Harries AD, Obala AA, Nyamogoba HDN, Simiyu C,  et al.
2014-03-21 • Public Health Action
2014-03-21 • Public Health Action
Uptake of immunisations in children aged 1–2 years in Bungoma County, Kenya, was determined as part of the 6-monthly Health and Demographic Surveillance System surveys. A total of 2699 c...
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Review

Stuck in the middle: a systematic review of authorship in collaborative health research in Africa, 2014–2016

Hedt-Gauthier BL, Jeufack HM, Neufeld NH, Alem A, Sauer SM,  et al.
2019-10-18 • BMJ Global Health
2019-10-18 • BMJ Global Health
Background Collaborations are often a cornerstone of global health research. Power dynamics can shape if and how local researchers are included in manuscripts. This article investigates ...
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Outcomes of decentralizing hypertension care from district hospitals to health centers in Rwanda, 2013-2014

Ngoga G, Park PH, Borg R, Bukhman G, Ali E,  et al.
2019-12-21 • Public Health Action
2019-12-21 • Public Health Action
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Three district hospitals (DHs) and seven health centers (HCs) in rural Rwanda.

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To describe follow-up and treatment outcomes in stage ...
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Gender equity in health research publishing in Africa

Baobeid A, Faghani-Hamadani T, Sauer SM, Boum Y II, Hedt-Gauthier BL,  et al.
2022-07-12 • BMJ Global Health
2022-07-12 • BMJ Global Health
INTRODUCTION
Women researchers find it more difficult to publish in academic journals than men, an inequity that affects women's careers and was exacerbated during the pandemic, part...
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HIV Testing and Retention in Care of Infants Born to HIV- Infected Women Enrolled in 'Option B+', Thyolo, Malawi

Martínez Pérez G, Metcalf CJ, Garone DB, Coulborn RM, Harries AD,  et al.
2014-06-21 • Public Health Action
2014-06-21 • Public Health Action
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission 'Option B+' originated in Malawi in 2011 to prevent new infections in infants exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We assessed 12...
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Assessing and improving data quality from community health workers: a successful intervention in Neno, Malawi

Admon AJ, Bazile J, Makungwa H, Chingoli MA, Hirschhorn LR,  et al.
2013-03-01 • Public Health Action
2013-03-01 • Public Health Action
SETTING
A community health worker (CHW) program was established in Neno District, Malawi, in 2007 by Partners In Health in support of Ministry of Health activities. Routinely generat...