abstract：:Many global health institutions, including the World Health Organization, consider primary health care as the path towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC). However, there remain concerns about the feasibility and effectiveness of this approach in low-resource countries. Ethiopia has been implementing the pri...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Assefa Y,Hill PS,Gilks CF,Admassu M,Tesfaye D,Van Damme W

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To estimate the use of hospitals for four essential primary care services offered in health centres in low- and middle-income countries and to explore differences in quality between hospitals and health centres. Methods:We extracted data from all demographic and health surveys conducted since 2010 on the typ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Arsenault C,Kim MK,Aryal A,Faye A,Joseph JP,Kassa M,Degfie TT,Yahya T,Kruk ME

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kenya's Constitution of 2010 triggered a cascade of reforms across all sectors to align with new constitutional standards, including devolution and a comprehensive bill of rights. The constitution acts as a platform to advance health rights and to restructure policy, legal, institutional and regulatory frameworks towa...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Mbindyo R,Kioko J,Siyoi F,Cheruiyot S,Wangai M,Onsongo J,Omwoyo A,Kisia C,Miriti K

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To analyse the demographic and clinical characteristics of people attending physical rehabilitation centres run or supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross in countries and territories affected by conflict. Methods:Of 150 such rehabilitation centres worldwide, 38 use an electronic patient ma...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Barth CA,Wladis A,Blake C,Bhandarkar P,O'Sullivan C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To analyse and improve the Namibian maternity care system by implementing maternal near-miss surveillance during 1 October 2018 and 31 March 2019, and identifying the challenges and benefits of such data collection. Methods:From the results of an initial feasibility study, we adapted the World Health Organiz...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Heemelaar S,Josef M,Diener Z,Chipeio M,Stekelenburg J,van den Akker T,Mackenzie S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To determine the prevalence of and factors associated with dispensing antibiotics without a prescription in online and community pharmacies in China. Methods:We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional study of online and community pharmacies in 27 cities and counties in nine provinces in China (selected by mu...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Gong Y,Jiang N,Chen Z,Wang J,Zhang J,Feng J,Lu Z,Yin X

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the international agreement governing responses to public health emergencies, with some experts calling for its revision. Lynn Eaton and Gary Humphreys report. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Problem:Slovenia's model of primary health care relied on reactive, episodic care and was ill-equipped to address the country's burden of disease dominated by noncommunicable diseases. Approach:The government has developed a multidisciplinary, community-based, prevention-oriented service delivery model for primary hea...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Johansen AS,Vracko P,West R

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technological advances in big data (large amounts of highly varied data from many different sources that may be processed rapidly), data sciences and artificial intelligence can improve health-system functions and promote personalized care and public good. However, these technologies will not replace the fundamental c...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Ho CWL,Ali J,Caals K

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To evaluate the effect of a disease management programme in Kazakhstan on quality indicators for patients with hypertension, diabetes and chronic heart failure. Methods:A supportive, interdisciplinary, quality improvement programme was implemented between November 2014 and November 2015 at seven polyclinics ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Chan BT,Rauscher C,Issina AM,Kozhageldiyeva LH,Kuzembaeva DD,Davis CL,Kravchenko H,Hindmarsh M,McGowan J,Kulkaeva G

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advancing the public health insurance system is one of the key strategies of the Senegalese government for achieving universal health coverage. In 2013, the government launched a universal health financial protection programme, la Couverture Maladie Universelle. One of the programme's aims was to establish a community...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Daff BM,Diouf S,Diop ESM,Mano Y,Nakamura R,Sy MM,Tobe M,Togawa S,Ngom M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To estimate the level and trend of development assistance for community health worker-related projects in low- and middle-income countries between 2007 and 2017. Methods:We extracted data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's creditor reporting system on aid funding for projects t...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Lu C,Palazuelos D,Luan Y,Sachs SE,Mitnick CD,Rhatigan J,Perry HB

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To evaluate the changes in sugar and energy labelling of carbonated sugar-sweetened soft drinks after the implementation of a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Methods:We visited nine main supermarkets before (May 2014) and after (April 2018) the tax c...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Hashem KM,He FJ,MacGregor GA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To compare estimated losses from international corporate tax avoidance in individual countries and domestic government health expenditure, with reference to the annual threshold of 86 United States dollars (US$) per capita required to achieve universal health coverage. Methods:I obtained and compared estimat...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： O'Hare BA

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To assess the outcomes of children diagnosed with hearing impairment 3 years earlier in terms of referral uptake, treatment received and satisfaction with this treatment, and social participation. Methods:We conducted a population-based longitudinal analysis of children with a hearing impairment in two rural...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Mulwafu W,Tataryn M,Polack S,Viste A,Goplen FK,Kuper H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teguest Guerma talks to Gary Humphreys about her career in public health, and her commitment to training midwives in Ethiopia. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:James Chau talks to Ana Lesher Treviño about the challenges faced in communicating about public health. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability globally. In 2018, an international working group called on the World Health Organization to increase attention on the burden of low back pain and the need to avoid excessively medical solutions. Indeed, major international clinical guidelines now recog...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Traeger AC,Buchbinder R,Elshaug AG,Croft PR,Maher CG

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health financing is a complex health system function, which cannot be analysed accurately without tracking each step of the flow of funds separately. We analysed the revenue mix of the Hungarian health insurance fund from 1994 to 2015 and discuss the policy implications of our findings. We used the System of Health Ac...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Szigeti S,Evetovits T,Kutzin J,Gaál P

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four decades after the declaration of Alma Ata, Kazakhstan still struggles to provide basic health care to its citizens. This may now be changing. Andrey Shukshin reports. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paula Radcliffe tells Gary Humphreys about her journey from athlete to clean air advocate and her hopes for a clean air initiative launched by the International Association of Athletics Federation. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the rising burden of noncommunicable diseases, access to quality decentralized noncommunicable disease services remain limited in many low- and middle-income countries. Here we describe the strategies we employed to drive the process from adaptation to national endorsement and implementation of the 2016 Botswa...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Tapela NM,Tshisimogo G,Shatera BP,Letsatsi V,Gaborone M,Madidimalo T,Ovberedjo M,Jibril HB,Tsima B,Nkomazana O,Dryden-Peterson S,Lockman S,Masupe T,Hirschhorn LR,El Halabi S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalina Devandas Aguilar talks to Stephanie Cheng about the impact of the 2008 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the importance of listening to people living with disabilities and what United Nations agencies can do to support their further empowerment. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To estimate the average treatment effect of working past the current retirement age on the health of Japanese men. Methods:We used publicly available data from the National Survey of Japanese Elderly, extracting a sample of 1288 men who were 60 years or older. Survey respondents were followed-up for at most ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Okamoto S,Okamura T,Komamura K

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To estimate population-wide hepatitis B and C seroprevalence using dried blood spot samples acquired for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) surveillance as part of the 2010-2011 Demographic and Health Survey in Burkina Faso. Methods:We used the database acquired during the multistage, clustered, population-b...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Meda N,Tuaillon E,Kania D,Tiendrebeogo A,Pisoni A,Zida S,Bollore K,Medah I,Laureillard D,Moles JP,Nagot N,Nebie KY,Van de Perre P,Dujols P

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Countries signed up to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development face the challenge of achieving economic progress without damaging the environment or depleting natural resources. Göran Tomson tells Fiona Fleck how scientists can help. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airport and aviation authorities are starting to recognize that airports do not have to be unhealthy. Sima Barmania reports. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To assess cash transfer interventions for improving treatment outcomes of active pulmonary tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries. Methods:We searched PubMed®, Embase®, Cochrane Library and ClinicalTrials.gov for studies published until 4 August 2017 that reported on cash transfer interventions dur...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Richterman A,Steer-Massaro J,Jarolimova J,Luong Nguyen LB,Werdenberg J,Ivers LC

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To raise awareness about the importance of public pharmaceutical standards, identify if and, if so, where current pharmacopeias are falling short in the development of new and complete monographs and foster collaboration among the various pharmacopeias, to prioritize, develop and make available standards for ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Roth L,Adler M,Jain T,Bempong D

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Problem:If universal health coverage (UHC) is to be achieved globally, it needs sustained promotion and political awareness and support. Approach:During its presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations in 2016, Japan aimed to raise the issue of UHC to the top of the global health agenda. Local setting...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Sakamoto H,Ezoe S,Hara K,Hinoshita E,Sekitani Y,Abe K,Inada H,Kato T,Komada K,Miyakawa M,Yamaya H,Yamamoto N,Abe SK,Shibuya K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To investigate multicontaminant air pollution in Chinese cities, to quantify the urban population affected and to explore the relationship between air pollution and urban population size. Methods:We obtained data for 155 cities with 276 million inhabitants for 2014 from China's air quality monitoring network...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Han L,Zhou W,Pickett ST,Li W,Qian Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The One Health concept covers the interrelationship between human, animal and environmental health and requires multistakeholder collaboration across many cultural, disciplinary, institutional and sectoral boundaries. Yet, the implementation of the One Health approach appears hampered by shortcomings in the global fra...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Hitziger M,Esposito R,Canali M,Aragrande M,Häsler B,Rüegg SR

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marion Koopmans tells Fiona Fleck why the world needs a publicly-funded network of hubs in all regions with local experts able to respond to infectious disease threats as they emerge. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the introduction of direct-acting antiviral drugs, treatment of hepatitis C is both highly effective and tolerable. Access to treatment for patients, however, remains limited in low- and middle-income countries due to the lack of supportive health infrastructure and the high cost of treatment. Poorer countries ar...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Mbituyumuremyi A,Van Nuil JI,Umuhire J,Mugabo J,Mwumvaneza M,Makuza JD,Umutesi J,Nsanzimana S,Gupta N

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of affordable medicines is a major barrier to providing high-quality health care in many countries. Fatima Suleman talks to Fiona Fleck. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uruguay is hosting the WHO Global Conference on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) this month, from 18-20 October. Tabaré Vázquez, the President of Uruguay, tells the Bulletin of the World Health Organization about his country's efforts to prevent and fight NCDs and why countries should step up the global response. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Access to contraceptives in Africa has not increased at the same pace as elsewhere in the world. Some African nations are investing in family planning services to reduce fertility rates, improve economic development and their population's health. Tatum Anderson reports. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of decentralized treatment and care for patients with multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, in comparison with centralized approaches. METHODS:We searched ClinicalTrials.gov, the Cochrane library, Embase®, Google Scholar, LILACS, PubMed®, Web of Science and the World Health Orga...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Ho J,Byrne AL,Linh NN,Jaramillo E,Fox GJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the consistent availability of basic surgical resources at selected facilities in seven countries. METHODS:In 2010-2014, we used a situational analysis tool to collect data at district and regional hospitals in Bangladesh (n = 14), the Plurinational State of Bolivia (n = 18), Ethiopia (n = 19), Gua...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Knowlton LM,Banguti P,Chackungal S,Chanthasiri T,Chao TE,Dahn B,Derbew M,Dhar D,Esquivel MM,Evans F,Hendel S,LeBrun DG,Notrica M,Saavedra-Pozo I,Shockley R,Uribe-Leitz T,Vannavong B,McQueen KA,Spain DA,Weiser TG

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate, in Amhara, Ethiopia, the association between prevalence of active trachoma among children aged 1-9 years and community sanitation usage. METHODS:Between 2011 and 2014, prevalence of trachoma and household pit latrine usage were measured in five population-based cross-sectional surveys. Data o...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Oswald WE,Stewart AE,Kramer MR,Endeshaw T,Zerihun M,Melak B,Sata E,Gessese D,Teferi T,Tadesse Z,Guadie B,King JD,Emerson PM,Callahan EK,Flanders D,Moe CL,Clasen TF

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00