Background Inadequate health-care provider performance is a major challenge to the
delivery of high-quality health care in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). The …

Background A key function of health systems is implementing interventions to improve
health, but coverage of essential health interventions remains low in low‐income countries …

Background Most low and middle income countries (LMICs) are currently not on track to
reach the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). One way to accelerate …

Primary health care workers (HCWs) in low-and middle-income settings (LMIC) often work in
challenging conditions in remote, rural areas, in isolation from the rest of the health system …

Introduction In low/middle-income countries (LMICs), training is often used to improve
healthcare provider (HCP) performance. However, important questions remain about how …

Introduction The 2018 Astana Declaration reaffirmed global commitment to primary
healthcare (PHC) as a core strategy to achieve universal health coverage. To meet this …

To achieve universal health coverage, the scale-up of high impact public health
interventions is essential. However, scale-up is challenging and often not successful …

This paper examines the characteristics of implementation research (IR) efforts in low-
income and middle-income countries (LMICs) by describing how key IR principles and …

Policy Points: Strengthening accountability through better measurement and reporting is
vital to ensure progress in improving quality primary health care (PHC) systems and …

Purpose. We summarize and comment on the available literature on the effectiveness of
interventions designed to change professional behaviour in order to bring evidence into …