[HTML][HTML] Accelerate progress—sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: report of the Guttmacher–Lancet Commission

AM Starrs, AC Ezeh, G Barker, A Basu, JT Bertrand… - The lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are fundamental to
people's health and survival, to economic development, and to the wellbeing of humanity …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing global health and strengthening the HIV response in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals: the International AIDS Society—Lancet …

LG Bekker, G Alleyne, S Baral, J Cepeda, D Daskalakis… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Inspired by unprecedented improvements in human health and
development in recent decades, our world has embarked on a quest that only a generation …

Use of short peripheral intravenous catheters: characteristics, management, and outcomes worldwide

E Alexandrou, G Ray‐Barruel, PJ Carr… - Journal of hospital …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) use in health care is common
worldwide. Failure of PIVCs is also common, resulting in premature removal and …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in future health financing and coverage: future health spending and universal health coverage in 188 countries, 2016–40

JL Dieleman, N Sadat, AY Chang, N Fullman… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) requires health financing systems
that provide prepaid pooled resources for key health services without placing undue …

Social determinants of health: addressing unmet needs in nephrology

YN Hall - American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2018 - Elsevier
There is ongoing recognition that a wide array of social, economic, and environmental
factors influence individuals' opportunities to engage in health care and healthy behaviors …

[HTML][HTML] Leveraging the power of partnerships: spreading the vision for a population health care delivery model in western Kenya

T Mercer, A Gardner, B Andama, C Chesoli… - Globalization and …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) has
been a model academic partnership in global health for nearly three decades, leveraging …

Advancing patient-centered care in tuberculosis management: a mixed-methods appraisal of video directly observed therapy

SB Holzman, A Zenilman, M Shah - Open forum infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Directly observed therapy (DOT) remains an integral component of treatment
support and adherence monitoring in tuberculosis care. In-person DOT is resource intensive …

Geographic variation in household and catastrophic health spending in India: Assessing the relative importance of villages, districts, and States, 2011‐2012

SK Mohanty, R Kim, PK Khan… - The Milbank …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Policy Points: Per‐capita household health spending was higher in economically developed
states and was associated with ability to pay, but catastrophic health spending (CHS) was …

Health financing at district level in Malawi: an analysis of the distribution of funds at two points in time

J Borghi, S Munthali, LB Million… - Health policy and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
There is growing attention to tracking country level resource flows to health, but limited
evidence on the sub-national allocation of funds. We examined district health financing in …

[HTML][HTML] Selling my sheep to pay for medicines–household priorities and coping strategies in a setting without universal health coverage

KH Onarheim, MM Sisay, M Gizaw, KM Moland… - BMC health services …, 2018 - Springer
Background The first month of life is the period with the highest risk of dying. Despite
knowledge of effective interventions, newborn mortality is high and utilization of health care …