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University of Zambia
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About: University of Zambia is a education organization based out in Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 2593 authors who have published 4402 publications receiving 122411 citations. The organization is also known as: UNZA.
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TL;DR: Through rigorous process and impact evaluation, the experience of the PHIT teams hope to contribute to the evidence base in the areas of HIS strengthening, linking data with decision making, and its impact on measures of health system outputs and impact.
Abstract: Weak health information systems (HIS) are a critical challenge to reaching the health-related Millennium Development Goals because health systems performance cannot be adequately assessed or monitored where HIS data are incomplete, inaccurate, or untimely. The Population Health Implementation and Training (PHIT) Partnerships were established in five sub-Saharan African countries (Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia) to catalyze advances in strengthening district health systems. Interventions were tailored to the setting in which activities were planned. All five PHIT Partnerships share a common feature in their goal of enhancing HIS and linking data with improved decision-making, specific strategies varied. Mozambique, Ghana, and Tanzania all focus on improving the quality and use of the existing Ministry of Health HIS, while the Zambia and Rwanda partnerships have introduced new information and communication technology systems or tools. All partnerships have adopted a flexible, iterative approach in designing and refining the development of new tools and approaches for HIS enhancement (such as routine data quality audits and automated troubleshooting), as well as improving decision making through timely feedback on health system performance (such as through summary data dashboards or routine data review meetings). The most striking differences between partnership approaches can be found in the level of emphasis of data collection (patient versus health facility), and consequently the level of decision making enhancement (community, facility, district, or provincial leadership). Design differences across PHIT Partnerships reflect differing theories of change, particularly regarding what information is needed, who will use the information to affect change, and how this change is expected to manifest. The iterative process of data use to monitor and assess the health system has been heavily communication dependent, with challenges due to poor feedback loops. Implementation to date has highlighted the importance of engaging frontline staff and managers in improving data collection and its use for informing system improvement. Through rigorous process and impact evaluation, the experience of the PHIT teams hope to contribute to the evidence base in the areas of HIS strengthening, linking HIS with decision making, and its impact on measures of health system outputs and impact.
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RTI International1, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh2, Christiana Care Health System3, Aga Khan University4, Columbia University5, Moi University6, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis7, Universidad Francisco Marroquín8, University of Colorado Denver9, Government Medical College, Nagpur10, Harvard University11, University of Zambia12, University of Alabama at Birmingham13, National Institutes of Health14, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center15, Tulane University16
TL;DR: Despite increased use of antenatal corticosteroids in low-birthweight infants in the intervention groups, neonatal mortality did not decrease in this group, and increased in the population overall, and the risk of maternal infection seems to have been increased.
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TL;DR: The primary outcomes were prevalance of EBF and diarrhoea reported by mothers for infants aged 12 weeks and 24 weeks and prevalence ratios were adjusted for cluster effects and sites.
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TL;DR: The current findings suggest the widespread presence of human tapeworm carriers and thus a high risk of human cysticercosis in both rural areas and urban centres in the ESA region.
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TL;DR: The five-fold increase in median DEET concentration following the onset of the seasonal rains highlights that more mobile compounds can rapidly migrate from the surface to the Aquifer suggesting the aquifer is more vulnerable than previously considered and suggests DEET is potentially useful as a wastewater tracer in Africa.
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Alimuddin Zumla | 100 | 747 | 43284 |
David Clark | 73 | 652 | 24857 |
Sten H. Vermund | 69 | 606 | 22181 |
Paul A. Kelly | 68 | 208 | 16836 |
Francis Drobniewski | 67 | 293 | 17371 |
Ayato Takada | 67 | 273 | 14467 |
Karl Peltzer | 60 | 880 | 18515 |
Hirofumi Sawa | 55 | 325 | 11735 |
Peter Godfrey-Faussett | 52 | 173 | 8486 |
Igor J. Koralnik | 52 | 197 | 10186 |
Peter Mwaba | 48 | 132 | 7386 |
Alison M. Elliott | 48 | 299 | 7772 |
Kelly Chibale | 47 | 337 | 7713 |
Chihiro Sugimoto | 47 | 325 | 7737 |
Sian Floyd | 47 | 163 | 6791 |