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Abdul Ghaffar
Researcher at World Health Organization
Publications - 109
Citations - 2627
Abdul Ghaffar is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health policy & Health services research. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 109 publications receiving 2063 citations. Previous affiliations of Abdul Ghaffar include National Agricultural Research Centre & Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology.
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A checklist for health research priority setting: nine common themes of good practice
TL;DR: A checklist for health research priority setting that allows for informed choices on different approaches and outlines nine common themes of good practice is proposed, intended to provide generic assistance for planning health research prioritization processes.
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Burden of non-communicable diseases in South Asia: Authors' reply
TL;DR: Concern about the inadequate data available to document a rise in the prevalence of coronary heart disease in India is justified and reinforces the author's expressed concerns about inadequate data from South Asia on non-communicable disease related burdens and their trends.
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Defining Research to Improve Health Systems
Jan H. F. Remme,Taghreed Adam,Francisco Becerra-Posada,Catherine d'Arcangues,Michael Devlin,Charles A Gardner,Abdul Ghaffar,Joachim Hombach,Jane F. K. Kengeya,Anthony Mbewu,Michael Mbizvo,Zafar Mirza,Tikki Pang,Robert G. Ridley,Fabio Zicker,Robert F Terry +15 more
TL;DR: Robert Terry and colleagues present working definitions of operational research, implementation research, and health systems research within the context of research to strengthen health systems.
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Refugees: towards better access to health-care services
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Inequities in postnatal care in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Etienne V. Langlois,Malgorzata Miszkurka,Maria Victoria Zunzunegui,Abdul Ghaffar,Daniela Ziegler,Igor Karp +5 more
TL;DR: In low- and middle-income countries, use of postnatal care services remains highly inequitable and varies markedly with socioeconomic status and between urban and rural residents.