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Mariame Sylla
Researcher at UNICEF
Publications - 9
Citations - 495
Mariame Sylla is an academic researcher from UNICEF. The author has contributed to research in topics: Government & Community health. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 9 publications receiving 438 citations.
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Every Newborn: health-systems bottlenecks and strategies to accelerate scale-up in countries
Kim E Dickson,Aline Simen-Kapeu,Mary V Kinney,Luis Huicho,Linda Vesel,Eve M. Lackritz,Joseph de Graft Johnson,Severin von Xylander,Nuzhat Rafique,Mariame Sylla,Charles Mwansambo,Bernadette Daelmans,Joy E Lawn,Joy E Lawn +13 more
TL;DR: A country-led, data-driven process to sharpen national health plans, seize opportunities to address the quality gap for care at birth and care of small and ill newborn babies, and systematically scale up care to reach every mother and newborn baby, particularly the poorest is proposed.
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Community case management of childhood illness in sub-Saharan Africa - findings from a cross-sectional survey on policy and implementation.
Kumanan Rasanathan,Maria Muñiz,Salina Bakshi,Meghan Kumar,Agnes Solano,Wanjiku Kariuki,Asha George,Mariame Sylla,Rory Nefdt,Mark Young,Theresa Diaz +10 more
TL;DR: Most countries in sub–Saharan Africa now report implementing CCM for pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria, or “iCCM”, so a focus on implementation is now required, including monitoring and evaluation of performance, quality and impact.
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Cost-effectiveness of trachoma control in seven world regions.
TL;DR: As individual components of the SAFE strategy, trichiasis surgery for trachoma is a cost-effective way of restoring sight in all epidemiological sub-regions considered, as is the use of azythromycin, if donated or at reduced prices.
Community case management of childhood illness in sub-Saharan Africa - findings from a cross-sectional survey on policy and
Kumanan Rasanathan,Maria Muñiz,Salina Bakshi,Meghan Kumar,Agnes Solano,Wanjiku Kariuki,Asha George,Mariame Sylla,Mark Young,Theresa Diaz +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, a cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative survey amongst technical officers in Ministries of Health and UNICEF offices in sub-Saharan Africa was conducted to provide an overview of the status in 2013 of CCM policy and implementation.
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Community health workers providing government community case management for child survival in sub-Saharan Africa: who are they and what are they expected to do?
Asha George,Mark Young,Rory Nefdt,Roshni Basu,Mariame Sylla,Guy Clarysse,Marika Yip Bannicq,Alexandra de Sousa,Nancy J. Binkin,Theresa Diaz +9 more
TL;DR: Community health workers (CHWs) in government community case management (CCM) programs for child survival across sub-Saharan Africa are described and more work must be done in terms of the design and implementation of the CHW programs for them to realize their potential.