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Alexander K. Rowe
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 76
Citations - 7926
Alexander K. Rowe is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Integrated Management of Childhood Illness. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 74 publications receiving 6846 citations. Previous affiliations of Alexander K. Rowe include Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp & University of Marburg.
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High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution
Margaret E Kruk,Anna D. Gage,Catherine Arsenault,Keely Jordan,Hannah H. Leslie,Sanam Roder-DeWan,Olusoji Adeyi,Pierre M. Barker,Bernadette Daelmans,Svetlana V. Doubova,Mike English,Ezequiel García Elorrio,Frederico C. Guanais,Oye Gureje,Lisa R. Hirschhorn,Lixin Jiang,Edward Kelley,Ephrem T. Lemango,Jerker Liljestrand,Address Malata,Tanya Marchant,Malebona Precious Matsoso,John G. Meara,Manoj Mohanan,Youssoupha Ndiaye,Ole Frithjof Norheim,K. Srinath Reddy,Alexander K. Rowe,Joshua A. Salomon,Gagan Thapa,Nana A Y Twum-Danso,Muhammad Pate +31 more
TL;DR: High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution.
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How can we achieve and maintain high-quality performance of health workers in low-resource settings?
TL;DR: An international collaborative research agenda is proposed to generate knowledge about the true determinants of performance and about the effectiveness of strategies to improve performance and it is recommended that ministries of health and international organisations should actively help translate research findings into action to improve health.
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Achieving child survival goals: potential contribution of community health workers
Andy Haines,David Sanders,David Sanders,Uta Lehmann,Alexander K. Rowe,Joy E Lawn,Steve Jan,Steve Jan,Damian G. Walker,Damian G. Walker,Zulfiqar A Bhutta +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, community health workers can undertake various tasks, including case management of childhood illnesses (eg, pneumonia, malaria, and neonatal sepsis) and delivery of preventive interventions such as immunisation, promotion of healthy behaviour, and mobilisation of communities.
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Clinical, Virologic, and Immunologic Follow-Up of Convalescent Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Patients and Their Household Contacts, Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Alexander K. Rowe,Alexander K. Rowe,Jeanne Bertolli,Jeanne Bertolli,Ali S. Khan,Ali S. Khan,Rose Mukunu,Rose Mukunu,J. J. Muyembe-Tamfum,J. J. Muyembe-Tamfum,David S. Bressler,David S. Bressler,A. J. Williams,A. J. Williams,C. J. Peters,C. J. Peters,Luis L. Rodriguez,Luis L. Rodriguez,Heinz Feldmann,Heinz Feldmann,Stuart T. Nichol,Stuart T. Nichol,Pierre E. Rollin,Pierre E. Rollin,Thomas G. Ksiazek,Thomas G. Ksiazek +25 more
TL;DR: The existence of initially antibody-positive HHCs suggests that mild cases of Ebola virus infection occurred and that the full extent of the EHF epidemic was probably underestimated.
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The effect of mobile phone text-message reminders on Kenyan health workers' adherence to malaria treatment guidelines: a cluster randomised trial
Dejan Zurovac,Dejan Zurovac,Dejan Zurovac,Raymond K Sudoi,Willis Akhwale,Moses Ndiritu,Davidson H. Hamer,Alexander K. Rowe,Robert W. Snow,Robert W. Snow +9 more
TL;DR: In resource-limited settings, malaria control programmes should consider use of text messaging to improve health workers' case-management practices and correct artemether-lumefantrine management improved.