Health care systems in low-and middle-income countries

A Mills - New England Journal of Medicine, 2014 - Mass Medical Soc
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The impact of conditional cash transfers on health outcomes and use of health services in low and middle income countries

M Lagarde, A Haines, N Palmer… - Cochrane database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Conditional cash transfers (CCT) provide monetary transfers to households on
the condition that they comply with some pre‐defined requirements. CCT programmes have …

India's Janani Suraksha Yojana, a conditional cash transfer programme to increase births in health facilities: an impact evaluation

SS Lim, L Dandona, JA Hoisington, SL James… - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
Background In 2005, with the goal of reducing the numbers of maternal and neonatal
deaths, the Government of India launched Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), a conditional …

Promoting healthy behaviours and improving health outcomes in low and middle income countries: a review of the impact of conditional cash transfer programmes

M Ranganathan, M Lagarde - Preventive medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To provide an overview of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programmes in
low and middle income countries and present the evidence to date on their contribution to …

Improving quality of care for maternal and newborn health: prospective pilot study of the WHO safe childbirth checklist program

JM Spector, P Agrawal, B Kodkany, S Lipsitz… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Most maternal deaths, intrapartum-related stillbirths, and newborn deaths in low
income countries are preventable but simple, effective methods for improving safety in …

The contribution of female community health volunteers (FCHVs) to maternity care in Nepal: a qualitative study

S Panday, P Bissell, E Van Teijlingen… - BMC health services …, 2017 - Springer
Background In resource-poor settings, the provision of basic maternity care within health
centres is often a challenge. Despite the difficulties, Nepal reduced its maternal mortality …

Audit-identified avoidable factors in maternal and perinatal deaths in low resource settings: a systematic review

HS Merali, S Lipsitz, N Hevelone, AA Gawande… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2014 - Springer
Background Audits provide a rational framework for quality improvement by systematically
assessing clinical practices against accepted standards with the aim to develop …

Strategies to increase demand for maternal health services in resource-limited settings: challenges to be addressed

K Elmusharaf, E Byrne, D O'Donovan - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Universal health access will not be achieved unless women are cared for in
their own communities and are empowered to take decisions about their own health in a …

The effects of cash transfers and vouchers on the use and quality of maternity care services: a systematic review

BM Hunter, S Harrison, A Portela, D Bick - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Cash transfers and vouchers are forms of 'demand-side financing'that have
been widely used to promote maternal and newborn health in low-and middle-income …

Maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination: from protecting women and newborns to protecting all

R Khan, J Vandelaer, A Yakubu… - International journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
A total of 35 of the 59 countries that had not eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT)
as a public health problem in 1999 have since achieved the MNT-elimination goal. Neonatal …