Improving malaria case management with artemisinin-based combination therapies and malaria rapid diagnostic tests in private medicine retail outlets in sub-Saharan …

C Goodman, S Tougher, TJ Shang, T Visser - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Private medicine retailers (PMRs) such as pharmacies and drug stores account for a
substantial share of treatment-seeking for fever and malaria, but there are widespread …

[HTML][HTML] God is in the rain: The impact of rainfall-induced early social distancing on COVID-19 outbreaks

A Shenoy, B Sharma, G Xu, R Kapoor, HA Rho… - Journal of Health …, 2022 - Elsevier
We measure the benefit to society created by preventing COVID-19 deaths through a
marginal increase in early social distancing. We exploit county-level rainfall on the last …

A broader perspective on the economics of malaria prevention and the potential impact of SARS-CoV-2

E Sicuri, F Ramponi, I Lopes-Rafegas… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Economic evaluations of public health interventions to prevent malaria should consider the
adoption of wider perspectives and the inclusion of non-health impacts, particularly …

Biometric tracking, healthcare provision, and data quality: experimental evidence from tuberculosis control

T Bossuroy, C Delavallade, V Pons - 2019 - nber.org
Developing countries increasingly use biometric identification technology in hopes of
improving the reliability of administrative information and delivering social services more …

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND HEALTH

JL Cohen, H Thirumurthy - Health Behavior: Theory, Research …, 2024 - books.google.com
259 Introduction accompanied by efforts to promote adherence. But what should
policymakers do to increase adherence? The correct policy response hinges on having a …

[PDF][PDF] Improving Health Outcomes Through Mid-level Providers: Evidence from India's Large-Scale Primary Healthcare Expansion

P Agte, J Soni - 2023 - patrickagte.github.io
This paper examines the stepwise rollout of one of the world's largest healthcare reforms:
the assignment of a new mid-level provider (non-physician practitioner) to each public …

Factors influencing patients' adherence to malaria artemisinin-based combination therapy in Kamuli District, Uganda

C Bawate, ST Callender-Carter, B Guyah, C Ouma - Malaria Journal, 2024 - Springer
Background Patients' adherence to artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is a
malaria control strategy. Studies report varied experiences regarding patients' adherence to …

Field testing of user-friendly perennial malaria chemoprevention packaging in Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and Mozambique

SLB Faye, MM Lugand, AT Offianan, A Dossou-Yovo… - Malaria Journal, 2024 - Springer
Background Perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC) aims to protect children at risk from
severe malaria by the administration of anti-malarial drugs to children of defined ages …

Medication adherence framework: A population‐based pharmacokinetic approach and its application in antimalarial treatment assessments

J Ding, RM Hoglund, J Tarning - CPT: Pharmacometrics & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We reported here on the development of a pharmacometric framework to assess patient
adherence, by using two population‐based approaches–the percentile and the Bayesian …

[HTML][HTML] Community education training to optimize the use of artemisinin-based combination therapy in Kamuli District, Uganda

C Bawate, ST Callender-Carter, B Guyah… - BMC Public …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Community health education improves members health-seeking and utilization
behaviours. To enhance the community knowledge and optimize the use of Artemisinin …