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Research

• Does antenatal micronutrient supplementation improve children’s cognitive function? Evidence from the follow-up of a double-blind randomised controlled trial in Nepal (28 February, 2018)

  Sophiya Dulal, Frédérique Liégeois, David Osrin, Adam Kuczynski, Dharma S Manandhar, Bhim P Shrestha, Aman Sen, Naomi Saville, Delan Devakumar, Audrey Prost
• mCME project V.2.0: randomised controlled trial of a revised SMS-based continuing medical education intervention among HIV clinicians in Vietnam (26 February, 2018)

  Christopher J Gill, Ngoc Bao Le, Nafisa Halim, Cao Thi Hue Chi, Viet Ha Nguyen, Rachael Bonawitz, Pham Vu Hoang, Hoang Long Nguyen, Phan Thi Thu Huong, Anna Larson Williams, Ngoc Anh Le, Lora Sabin
• Determinants of neonatal, infant and under-five mortality in a war-affected country: analysis of the 2010 Household Health Survey in South Sudan (23 February, 2018)

  Ngatho Samuel Mugo, Kingsley E Agho, Anthony B Zwi, Eliaba Yona Damundu, Michael J Dibley
• Sociocultural and health system factors associated with mortality among febrile inpatients in Tanzania: a prospective social biopsy cohort study (21 February, 2018)

  Michael E Snavely, Michael J Maze, Charles Muiruri, Lilian Ngowi, Flora Mboya, Julia Beamesderfer, Glory F Makupa, Anthon G Mwingwa, Bingileki F Lwezaula, Blandina T Mmbaga, Venance P Maro, John A Crump, Jan Ostermann, Matthew P Rubach
• Evaluation of research on interventions aligned to WHO ‘Best Buys’ for NCDs in low-income and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review from 1990 to 2015 (19 February, 2018)

  Luke N Allen, Jessica Pullar, Kremlin Khamarj Wickramasinghe, Julianne Williams, Nia Roberts, Bente Mikkelsen, Cherian Varghese, Nick Townsend
• Achieving universal health coverage in small island states: could importing health services provide a solution? (19 February, 2018)

  Mariyam Suzana, Helen Walls, Richard Smith, Johanna Hanefeld
• Community health workers improve disease control and medication adherence among patients with diabetes and/or hypertension in Chiapas, Mexico: an observational stepped-wedge study (15 February, 2018)

  Patrick M Newman, Molly F Franke, Jafet Arrieta, Hector Carrasco, Patrick Elliott, Hugo Flores, Alexandra Friedman, Sophia Graham, Luis Martinez, Lindsay Palazuelos, Kevin Savage, Hayley Tymeson, Daniel Palazuelos
• Can lay health workers support the management of hypertension? Findings of a cluster randomised trial in South Africa (15 February, 2018)

  Jane Goudge, Tobias Chirwa, Sandra Eldridge, Francesc Xavier F Gómez-Olivé, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Felix Limbani, Eustasius Musenge, Margaret Thorogood
• Does insurance enrolment increase healthcare utilisation among rural-dwelling older adults? Evidence from the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana (15 February, 2018)

  Nele van der Wielen, Andrew Amos Channon, Jane Falkingham
• What drives political commitment for nutrition? A review and framework synthesis to inform the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (10 February, 2018)

  Phillip Baker, Corinna Hawkes, Kate Wingrove, Alessandro Rhyl Demaio, Justin Parkhurst, Anne Marie Thow, Helen Walls
• Multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure on medicines: a systematic review (6 February, 2018)

  Grace Sum, Thomas Hone, Rifat Atun, Christopher Millett, Marc Suhrcke, Ajay Mahal, Gerald Choon-Huat Koh, John Tayu Lee
• Parenting for Lifelong Health: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of a non-commercialised parenting programme for adolescents and their families in South Africa (31 January, 2018)

  Lucie D Cluver, Franziska Meinck, Janina I Steinert, Yulia Shenderovich, Jenny Doubt, Rocio Herrero Romero, Carl J Lombard, Alice Redfern, Catherine L Ward, Sibongile Tsoanyane, Divane Nzima, Nkosiyapha Sibanda, Camille Wittesaele, Sachin De Stone, Mark E Boyes, Ricardo Catanho, Jamie McLaren Lachman, Nasteha Salah, Mzuvukile Nocuza, Frances Gardner
• Evaluation of a health system strengthening initiative in the Zambian prison system (30 January, 2018)

  Stephanie M Topp, Anjali Sharma, Clement N Moonga, Chisele Chileshe, George Magwende, German Henostroza
• Estimated costs of production and potential prices for the WHO Essential Medicines List (29 January, 2018)

  Andrew M Hill, Melissa J Barber, Dzintars Gotham
• ‘Rowing against the current’: the policy process and effects of removing user fees for caesarean sections in Benin (29 January, 2018)

  Jean-Paul Dossou, Jenny A Cresswell, Patrick Makoutodé, Vincent De Brouwere, Sophie Witter, Veronique Filippi, Lydie G Kanhonou, Sourou B Goufodji, Isabelle L Lange, Lionel Lawin, Fabien Affo, Bruno Marchal
• Severity and burden of hand, foot and mouth disease in Asia: a modelling study (26 January, 2018)

  Wee Ming Koh, Hishamuddin Badaruddin, Hanh La, Mark I-Cheng Chen, Alex R Cook
• Intimate partner violence and pregnancy spacing: results from a meta-analysis of individual participant time-to-event data from 29 low-and-middle-income countries (13 January, 2018)

  Lauren Maxwell, Arijit Nandi, Andrea Benedetti, Karen Devries, Jennifer Wagman, Claudia García-Moreno
• Delivering comprehensive HIV services across the HIV care continuum: a comparative analysis of survival and progress towards 90-90-90 in rural Malawi (12 January, 2018)

  Emily B Wroe, Elizabeth L Dunbar, Noel Kalanga, Luckson Dullie, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Andrew Mganga, Michael Herce, Jason Beste, Jonas Rigodon, Lawrence Nazimera, Ryan K McBain
• Economic burden of neonatal sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa (12 January, 2018)

  Sylvia L Ranjeva, Benjamin C Warf, Steven J Schiff
• Thailand’s national universal developmental screening programme for young children: action research for improved follow-up (12 January, 2018)

  Joanna Morrison, Issarapa Chunsuwan, Petch Bunnag, Petra C Gronholm, Georgia Lockwood Estrin
• Current strategies and successes in engaging women in vector control: a systematic review (7 January, 2018)

  Jayleen K L Gunn, Kacey C Ernst, Katherine E Center, Kristi Bischoff, Annabelle V Nuñez, Megan Huynh, Amanda Okello, Mary H Hayden
• Making sense of child, early and forced marriage among Syrian refugee girls: a mixed methods study in Lebanon (7 January, 2018)

  Susan Andrea Bartels, Saja Michael, Sophie Roupetz, Stephanie Garbern, Lama Kilzar, Harveen Bergquist, Nour Bakhache, Colleen Davison, Annie Bunting
• Simulating the impact of excise taxation for disease prevention in low-income and middle-income countries: an application to South Africa (5 January, 2018)

  Nicholas Stacey, Amit Summan, Aviva Tugendhaft, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Karen Hofman
• Do less populous countries receive more development assistance for health per capita? Longitudinal evidence for 143 countries, 1990–2014 (3 January, 2018)

  Lene Martinsen, Trygve Ottersen, Joseph L Dieleman, Philipp Hessel, Jonas Minet Kinge, Vegard Skirbekk
• Removing user fees to improve access to caesarean delivery: a quasi-experimental evaluation in western Africa (3 January, 2018)

  Marion Ravit, Martine Audibert, Valéry Ridde, Myriam de Loenzien, Clémence Schantz, Alexandre Dumont