Umaira Ansari

TL;DR: A national survey of abuse against women in Pakistan examined factors related to disclosure: women who had experienced physical violence telling someone about it and focus groups explored why women do not report domestic violence.

TL;DR: The most consistent and prominent of 28 candidate risk factors and underlying determinants for non-fatal maternal morbidity was intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy, which is within men's capacity to change.

TL;DR: Vaccination coverage varies from district to district in Pakistan and between urban and rural areas in any district, so good local information about vaccination rates and associated variables is important to allow effective and equitable planning of services.

TL;DR: This is the first systematic review to systematize evidence on risk factors for short birth interval in low- and middle-income countries and finds shorter breastfeeding and female sex of the previous child were the only factors consistently associated with short birth intervals.

TL;DR: Under devolution, the public did not experience improved government health services, but devolution was not fully implemented as intended; an ongoing social audit process could provide a basis for local and national accountability of health services.