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A community-based study of early childhood sensory stimulation in home environment associated with growth and psychomotor development in Pakistan

scientific article

A comparison of chloroquine and pyrimethamine as malaria chemoprophylactics in young Nigerian children

scientific article published on January 1985

Aetiology and clinical presentation of pneumonia in hospitalized and outpatient children in Northeast Brazil and risk factors for severity.

scientific article published on March 2005

Aetiology of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in rural Ghana: implications for health programming in developing countries

scientific article published in September 2008

An epidemiological study of urban and rural children in Pakistan: examining the relationship between delayed psychomotor development, low birth weight and postnatal growth failure

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Are verbatim transcripts necessary in applied qualitative research: experiences from two community-based intervention trials in Ghana

scientific article published on 28 June 2022

Association between probable postnatal depression and increased infant mortality and morbidity: findings from the DON population-based cohort study in rural Ghana

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Association of antenatal depression with adverse consequences for the mother and newborn in rural Ghana: findings from the DON population-based cohort study

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Associations Between Maternal Depression, Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis ⬇️

journal article from 'Obstetrics & Gynecology' published in 2021

Avoiding hypothermia, an intervention to prevent morbidity and mortality from pneumonia in young children

scientific article published on February 2010

Beyond symptom recognition: Care-seeking for ill newborns in rural Ghana

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Breast-feeding, nutritional status, and other prognostic factors for dehydration among young children with diarrhoea in Brazil ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Can women's groups reduce maternal and newborn deaths?

scientific article published on May 2013

Child malnutrition and land ownership in Southern Brazil

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Child morbidity and mortality following vitamin A supplementation in Ghana: time since dosing, number of doses, and time of year

scientific article published on 01 September 1995

Childhood diarrhoeal deaths in seven low- and middle-income countries

scientific article published on 23 June 2014

Chronic fatigue in developing countries: population based survey of women in India

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Co-coverage of preventive interventions and implications for child-survival strategies: evidence from national surveys

scientific article published in The Lancet

Common genital complaints in women: the contribution of psychosocial and infectious factors in a population-based cohort study in Goa, India

scientific article published on 22 September 2006

Comparison of the causes and consequences of prematurity and intrauterine growth retardation: a longitudinal study in southern Brazil ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 1992

Competence of health workers in emergency obstetric care: an assessment using clinical vignettes in Brong Ahafo region, Ghana

scientific article published on 13 June 2016

Comprehensive review of the evidence regarding the effectiveness of community-based primary health care in improving maternal, neonatal and child health: 8. summary and recommendations of the Expert Panel

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Contextual design choices and partnerships for scaling early child development programmes

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Correction: Quality along the Continuum: A Health Facility Assessment of Intrapartum and Postnatal Care in Ghana

scientific article published on 20 October 2015

Correction: Quality along the Continuum: A Health Facility Assessment of Intrapartum and Postnatal Care in Ghana.

scientific article published on 21 January 2014

Cost and cost-effectiveness of newborn home visits: findings from the Newhints cluster-randomised controlled trial in rural Ghana

scientific article published on 27 November 2015

Counselling for Alcohol Problems (CAP), a lay counsellor-delivered brief psychological treatment for harmful drinking in men, in primary care in India: a randomised controlled trial

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Delayed breastfeeding initiation increases risk of neonatal mortality

scientific article published in March 2006

Detecting common mental disorders in primary care in India: a comparison of five screening questionnaires

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Determinants of morbidity associated with infant male circumcision: community-level population-based study in rural Ghana

scientific article published on 19 December 2016

Determinants of postnatal depression in rural ghana: findings from the don population based cohort study

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Developing a community-based neonatal care intervention: a health facility assessment to inform intervention design

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Development and validation of a simplified algorithm for neonatal gestational age assessment - protocol for the Alliance for Maternal Newborn Health Improvement (AMANHI) prospective cohort study

scientific article published in December 2017

Diagnostic accuracy of verbal autopsies in ascertaining the causes of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in rural Ghana

scientific article published in September 2008

Disability from dracunculiasis: effect on mobility

scientific article published in April 1989

Does facility birth reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in Brong Ahafo, Ghana? A secondary analysis using data on 119 244 pregnancies from two cluster-randomised controlled trials

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Economic evaluation of a task-shifting intervention for common mental disorders in India

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Effect of Vitamin A Supplementation in Women of Reproductive Age on Maternal Survival in Ghana (ObaapaVita): A Cluster-Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

scientific article published in September 2010

Effect of early infant feeding practices on infection-specific neonatal mortality: an investigation of the causal links with observational data from rural Ghana

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Effect of early neonatal vitamin A supplementation on mortality during infancy in Ghana (Neovita): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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Effect of implementation of integrated management of neonatal and childhood illness programme on treatment seeking practices for morbidities in infants: cluster randomised trial

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Effect of socioeconomic deprivation and health service utilisation on antepartum and intrapartum stillbirth: population cohort study from rural Ghana

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Effect of the Newhints home-visits intervention on neonatal mortality rate and care practices in Ghana: a cluster randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 9 April 2013

Effect of vitamin A supplementation in women of reproductive age on cause-specific early and late infant mortality in rural Ghana: ObaapaVitA double-blind, cluster-randomised, placebo-controlled trial

scientific article published on 4 January 2012

Effect of vitamin A supplementation in women of reproductive age on maternal survival in Ghana (ObaapaVitA): a cluster-randomised, placebo-controlled trial

scientific article published on May 2010

Effect of vitamin A supplementation on cause-specific mortality in women of reproductive age in Ghana: a secondary analysis from the ObaapaVitA trial

scientific article published on 31 October 2012

Effective international action against undernutrition: why has it proven so difficult and what can be done to accelerate progress?

scientific article published on February 2008

Effectiveness of an intervention led by lay health counsellors for depressive and anxiety disorders in primary care in Goa, India (MANAS): a cluster randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 13 December 2010

Efficacy of early neonatal vitamin A supplementation in reducing mortality during infancy in Ghana, India and Tanzania: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 23 February 2012

Estimates of possible severe bacterial infection in neonates in sub-Saharan Africa, south Asia, and Latin America for 2012: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Evaluating the effect of innovative motivation and supervision approaches on community health worker performance and retention in Uganda and Mozambique: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 12 April 2015

Evaluating the implementation of community volunteer assessment and referral of sick babies: lessons learned from the Ghana Newhints home visits cluster randomized controlled trial

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Factors that affect the adoption and maintenance of weekly vitamin A supplementation among women in Ghana

scientific article published on 5 March 2007

Gender disadvantage and reproductive health risk factors for common mental disorders in women: a community survey in India

scientific article published on April 2006

Heterogeneous effects on child survival in neonatal vitamin A supplementation trials – Authors' reply

scientific article published in The Lancet

Highlighting the evidence gap: how cost-effective are interventions to improve early childhood nutrition and development?

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Home visits: a strategy to improve newborn survival - Authors' reply

scientific article published in November 2013

Home-based oral rehydration therapy in rural Zimbabwe

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How changes in coverage affect equity in maternal and child health interventions in 35 Countdown to 2015 countries: an analysis of national surveys

scientific article published on 20 September 2012

How local community knowledge about malaria affects insecticide-treated net use in northern Ghana

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Impact of adversity on early childhood growth & development in rural India: Findings from the early life stress sub-study of the SPRING cluster randomised controlled trial (SPRING-ELS)

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Impact of free delivery care on health facility delivery and insurance coverage in Ghana's Brong Ahafo Region

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Impact of vitamin A supplementation on childhood morbidity in northern Ghana

scientific article published on February 8, 1992

Implementing effective community-based surveillance in research studies of maternal, newborn and infant outcomes in low resource settings

scientific article published on 12 January 2022

Improving hygiene in home deliveries in rural Ghana: how to build on current attitudes and practices

scientific article published in November 2010

Improving the outcomes of primary care attenders with common mental disorders in developing countries: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a collaborative stepped care intervention in Goa, India

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Increasing access to care for sick newborns: evidence from the Ghana Newhints cluster-randomised controlled trial ⬇️

scientific article published on 13 June 2016

Inequities in neonatal survival interventions: evidence from national surveys

scientific article published on 22 March 2007

Infant feeding patterns and risks of death and hospitalization in the first half of infancy: multicentre cohort study

scientific article published on 17 June 2005

Integrating evidence-based treatments for common mental disorders in routine primary care: feasibility and acceptability of the MANAS intervention in Goa, India

scientific article published on February 2008

Integrating maternal psychosocial well-being into a child-development intervention: the five-pillars approach

scientific article published in January 2014

Interventions to improve motivation and retention of community health workers delivering integrated community case management (iCCM): stakeholder perceptions and priorities

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Introducing home based skin-to-skin care for low birth weight newborns: a pilot approach to education and counseling in Ghana

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Is there any monitoring of the quality of vitamin A capsules used in supplementation programs?

Issues in the design and interpretation of studies to evaluate the impact of community‐based interventions ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 1997

Keeping newborns warm: beliefs, practices and potential for behaviour change in rural Ghana

scientific article published in October 2010

Lay health worker led intervention for depressive and anxiety disorders in India: impact on clinical and disability outcomes over 12 months

scientific article published on December 2011

Low body weight: a simple indicator of the risk of dehydration among children with diarrhoea

scientific article published on March 1, 1997

Making public health interventions more evidence based

scientific article published in April 2004

Malaria and haemoglobin genotype in young northern Nigerian children

scientific article published in February 1985

Malaria chemoprophylaxis with chloroquine in young Nigerian children. I. Its effect on mortality, morbidity and the prevalence of malaria.

scientific article published on December 1985

Malaria chemoprophylaxis with chloroquine in young Nigerian children. II. Effect on the immune response to vaccination

scientific article published on December 1985

Malaria chemoprophylaxis with chloroquine in young Nigerian children. III. Its effect on nutrition

scientific article published on December 1985

Malaria chemoprophylaxis with chloroquine in young Nigerian children. IV. Its effect on haematological measurements

scientific article published on December 1985

Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital

scientific article published on 26 January 2008

Maternal and child undernutrition: effective action at national level

scientific article published on February 2008

Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences

scientific article (publication date: 19 January 2008)

Maternal vitamin A supplementation and immunity to malaria in pregnancy in Ghanaian primigravids

scientific article published on December 2005

Measuring hygiene practices: a comparison of questionnaires with direct observations in rural Zaïre ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 1997

Methods to measure potential spatial access to delivery care in low- and middle-income countries: a case study in rural Ghana

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Mobile health (mHealth) approaches and lessons for increased performance and retention of community health workers in low- and middle-income countries: a review

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Mothers explanatory models of infant stress & adversity in rural Haryana, India: qualitative findings from the Early Life Stress sub-study of the SPRING cluster-randomised controlled trial (SPRING-ELS)

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NEWHINTS cluster randomised trial to evaluate the impact on neonatal mortality in rural Ghana of routine home visits to provide a package of essential newborn care interventions in the third trimester of pregnancy and the first week of life: trial p

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Nairobi Early Childcare in Slums (NECS) Study Protocol: a mixed-methods exploration of paid early childcare in Mukuru slum, Nairobi

scientific article published on 03 December 2020

Neonatal mortality within 24 hours of birth in six low- and lower-middle-income countries.

scientific article published on 30 August 2016

Neonatal vaccination of low birthweight infants in Ghana

scientific article published on 13 October 2016

Neonatal vitamin A supplementation and infant survival

scientific article published in The Lancet

Neonatal vitamin A supplementation and infant survival in Asia

scientific article published in May 2008

Neonatal vitamin A supplementation and infant survival in Asia – Authors' reply

scientific article published in The Lancet

Newborn care: the effect of a traditional illness, asram, in Ghana

scientific article published in January 2010

Observed feeding behaviours and effects on child weight and length at 12 months of age: Findings from the SPRING cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural India

scientific article published on 13 August 2020

Onchocerciasis in Sierra Leone 3: Relationships between eye lesions and microfilarial prevalence and intensity

scientific article published on January 1988

Onchocerciasis in Sierra Leone. I. Studies on the prevalence and transmission at Gbaiima village

scientific article published in January 1986

Perceptions of childhood diarrhoea and its treatment in rural Zimbabwe

scientific article published in January 1984

Perceptions of, attitudes towards and barriers to male involvement in newborn care in rural Ghana, West Africa: a qualitative analysis

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Perinatal depression treated by community health workers

scientific article published on September 2008

Population-based rates, timing, and causes of maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country prospective cohort study

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Preparation of sugar-salt solutions

scientific article published in January 1984

Prevalence and determinants of antenatal depression among pregnant women in a predominantly rural population in Ghana: the DON population-based study

scientific article published on 18 April 2014

Prioritizing health problems in women in developing countries: comparing the financial burden of reproductive tract infections, anaemia and depressive disorders in a community survey in India

scientific article published on January 2007

Promoting skin-to-skin care for low birthweight babies: findings from the Ghana Newhints cluster-randomised trial

scientific article published on 3 June 2013

Quality along the continuum: a health facility assessment of intrapartum and postnatal care in Ghana

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Quality of newborn care: a health facility assessment in rural Ghana using survey, vignette and surveillance data

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Randomised trial to assess benefits and safety of vitamin A supplementation linked to immunisation in early infancy

scientific article published in The Lancet

Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled clinical trial of efficacy of vitamin A treatment in non-measles childhood pneumonia ⬇️

scientific article published on August 30, 1997

Rapid acquisition of isolate-specific antibodies to chondroitin sulfate A-adherent plasmodium falciparum isolates in Ghanaian primigravidae

scientific article published in May 2005

Recognizing childhood illnesses and their traditional explanations: exploring options for care-seeking interventions in the context of the IMCI strategy in rural Ghana

scientific article published on July 2003

Reed Elsevier and the arms trade revisited

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Relationships between mortality, visual acuity and microfilarial load in the area of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme.

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Reproductive health, and child health and nutrition in India: meeting the challenge

scientific article published on 10 January 2011

Risk factors for common mental disorders in women. Population-based longitudinal study

scientific article published on December 2006

Role of neighbourhoods in child growth and development: does 'place' matter?

scientific article published on 19 March 2010

Scale up services for mental disorders: a call for action

scientific article (publication date: October 2007)

Seroprotection associated with infant vitamin A supplementation given with vaccines is not related to antibody affinity to Hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines

scientific article published on 18 May 2010

Serum high density lipoprotein subclasses, testosterone and sex-hormone-binding globulin in Trinidadian men of African and Indian descent.

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Social costs of skilled attendance at birth in rural Ghana

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Socio-economic determinants and inequities in coverage and timeliness of early childhood immunisation in rural Ghana

scientific article published on 28 April 2014

Supervising community health workers in low-income countries--a review of impact and implementation issues

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Sustained effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Counselling for Alcohol Problems, a brief psychological treatment for harmful drinking in men, delivered by lay counsellors in primary care: 12-month follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Sustained effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Healthy Activity Programme, a brief psychological treatment for depression delivered by lay counsellors in primary care: 12-month follow-up of a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Testing the assumptions of an indicator of unmet need for obstetric surgery in Ghana: A cross-sectional study of linked hospital and population-based delivery data

scientific article published on 12 September 2019

The Healthy Activity Program (HAP), a lay counsellor-delivered brief psychological treatment for severe depression, in primary care in India: a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 14 December 2016

The Healthy Activity Program lay counsellor delivered treatment for severe depression in India: systematic development and randomised evaluation.

scientific article published on 22 October 2015

The Imo State (Nigeria) Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Project, 2. Impact on dracunculiasis, diarrhoea and nutritional status

scientific article published on March 1990

The comparative validity of screening scales for postnatal common mental disorder in Kintampo, Ghana

scientific article published on 9 July 2008

The context of informal abortions in rural Ghana

scientific article published in December 2009

The contribution of childhood adversity to cortisol measures of early life stress amongst infants in rural India: Findings from the early life stress sub-study of the SPRING cluster randomised controlled trial (SPRING-ELS)

scientific article published on 18 May 2019

The effect of cumulative early life adversities, and their differential mediation through hair cortisol levels, on childhood growth and cognition: Three-year follow-up of a birth cohort in rural India

scientific article published on 03 March 2022

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of lay counsellor-delivered psychological treatments for harmful and dependent drinking and moderate to severe depression in primary care in India: PREMIUM study protocol for randomized controlled trials

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The epidemiology of acute diarrhoea in a rural community in Imo State, Nigeria

scientific article published on January 1987

The immune response to vaccination in undernourished and well-nourished Nigerian children

scientific article published on October 1986

The impact of a lay counselor led collaborative care intervention for common mental disorders in public and private primary care: a qualitative evaluation nested in the MANAS trial in Goa, India

scientific article published on 9 April 2013

The influence of distance and quality of care on place of delivery in rural Ghana

scientific article published on 10 August 2016

The integration of the treatment for common mental disorders in primary care: experiences of health care providers in the MANAS trial in Goa, India

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The neglected 'm' in MCH programmes--why mental health of mothers is important for child nutrition

scientific article published on 03 March 2008

The relative contribution of case management and inadequate care-seeking behaviour to childhood deaths from diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections in Hidalgo, Mexico.

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Timing of initiation, patterns of breastfeeding, and infant survival: prospective analysis of pooled data from three randomised trials

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Understanding care and feeding practices: building blocks for a sustainable intervention in India and Pakistan

scientific article published on 6 January 2014

Use of new World Health Organization child growth standards to assess how infant malnutrition relates to breastfeeding and mortality

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Using the Mothers Object Relations Scale for early childhood development research in rural India: Findings from the Early Life Stress Sub-study of the SPRING Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (SPRING-ELS) [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

scientific article published on 01 January 2021

Vaccination timing of low-birth-weight infants in rural Ghana: a population-based, prospective cohort study

scientific article published on June 2016

Variation in the quality and out-of-pocket cost of treatment for childhood malaria, diarrhoea, and pneumonia: Community and facility based care in rural Uganda

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Variations in the prevalence and intensity of microfilarial infections by age, sex, place and time in the area of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme

scientific article published in January 1983

Vitamin A supplementation enhances infants' immune responses to hepatitis B vaccine but does not affect responses to Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine

scientific article published in May 2007

Vitamin A supplements are well tolerated with the pentavalent vaccine

scientific article published on December 2008

Vitamin a supplementation does not affect infants' immune responses to polio and tetanus vaccines

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival

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Why do women complain of vaginal discharge? A population survey of infectious and pyschosocial risk factors in a South Asian community

scientific article published on 15 April 2005

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