Table of contents

Original research

• Trends and sociodemographic inequalities in the use of caesarean section in Indonesia, 1987-2017 (30 December, 2020)

  Rana Islamiah Zahroh, George Disney, Ana Pilar Betrán, Meghan A. Bohren
• Effectiveness, safety and acceptability of medical abortion at home versus in the clinic: a systematic review and meta-analysis in response to COVID-19 (30 December, 2020)

  Katherine Gambir, Camille Garnsey, Kelly Ann Necastro, Thoai D Ngo
• How health systems approached respiratory viral pandemics over time: a systematic review (30 December, 2020)

  Fidelia Cascini, Ilda Hoxhaj, Drieda Zaçe, Margherita Ferranti, Maria Luisa Di Pietro, Stefania Boccia, Walter Ricciardi
• A systematic review and meta-analysis of the consequences of female genital mutilation on maternal and perinatal health outcomes in European and African countries (30 December, 2020)

  Fatoumata Sylla, Caroline Moreau, Armelle Andro
• Field sales force model to increase adoption of a novel tuberculosis diagnostic test among private providers: evidence from India (29 December, 2020)

  Sarang Deo, Pankaj Jindal, Manisha Sabharwal, Aparna Parulkar, Ritu Singh, Rigveda Kadam, Harkesh Dabas, Puneet Dewan
• Effective prevention of intimate partner violence through couples training: a randomised controlled trial of Indashyikirwa in Rwanda

  (22 December, 2020)

  Kristin Dunkle, Erin Stern, Sangeeta Chatterji, Lori Heise
• Travel time and perinatal mortality after emergency caesarean sections: an evaluation of the 2-hour proximity indicator in Sierra Leone (21 December, 2020)

  Alex J van Duinen, Håvard A Adde, Ola Fredin, Hampus Holmer, Lars Hagander, Alimamy P Koroma, Michael M Koroma, Andrew JM Leather, Arne Wibe, Håkon A Bolkan
• Country performance against COVID-19: rankings for 35 countries (21 December, 2020)

  Dean T Jamison, Lawrence J Lau, Kin Bing Wu, Yanyan Xiong
• Estimating the cost of interventions to improve water, sanitation and hygiene in healthcare facilities across India (21 December, 2020)

  Katie K Tseng, Jyoti Joshi, Susmita Shrivastava, Eili Klein
• Cash transfers and child nutritional outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis (18 December, 2020)

  James Manley, Yarlini Balarajan, Shahira Malm, Luke Harman, Jessica Owens, Sheila Murthy, David Stewart, Natalia Elena Winder-Rossi, Atif Khurshid
• Analysis of clinical knowledge, absenteeism and availability of resources for maternal and child health: a cross-sectional quality of care study in 10 African countries (17 December, 2020)

  Laura Di Giorgio, David K Evans, Magnus Lindelow, Son Nam Nguyen, Jakob Svensson, Waly Wane, Anna Welander Tärneberg
• Behavioural insights to support increased consumption of quality protein maize by young children: a cluster randomised trial in Ethiopia (18 December, 2020)

  Katherine Donato, Margaret McConnell, Dan Han, Nilupa S Gunaratna, Masresha Tessema, Hugo De Groote, Jessica Cohen
• Postneonatal under-5 mortality in peri-urban and rural Eastern Uganda, 2005–2015 (17 December, 2020)

  Atsumi Hirose, Dan Kajungu, Valerie Tusubira, Peter Waiswa, Tobias Alfven, Claudia Hanson
• Experience and perspectives on palliative or end-of-life care of Chinese people and their families as immigrants to high-income countries: a systematic review and thematic synthesis (17 December, 2020)

  Harley H Y Kwok, Joesph Low, Delan Devakumar, Bridget Candy
• Search without rescue? Evaluating the international search and rescue response to earthquake disasters (16 December, 2020)

  Anna Rom, Ilan Kelman
• Boys are more likely to be undernourished than girls: a systematic review and meta-analysis of sex differences in undernutrition (15 December, 2020)

  Susan Thurstans, Charles Opondo, Andrew Seal, Jonathan Wells, Tanya Khara, Carmel Dolan, André Briend, Mark Myatt, Michel Garenne, Rebecca Sear, Marko Kerac
• Community interventions with women’s groups to improve women’s and children’s health in India: a mixed-methods systematic review of effects, enablers and barriers (15 December, 2020)

  Sapna Desai, Madhavi Misra, Aikantika Das, Roopal Jyoti Singh, Mrignyani Sehgal, Lu Gram, Neha Kumar, Audrey Prost
• Modelling interventions to control COVID-19 outbreaks in a refugee camp (10 December, 2020)

  Robert Tucker Gilman, Siyana Mahroof-Shaffi, Christian Harkensee, Andrew T Chamberlain
• The empirical evidence underpinning the concept and practice of person-centred care for serious illness: a systematic review (10 December, 2020)

  Alessandra Giusti, Kennedy Nkhoma, Ruwayda Petrus, Inge Petersen, Liz Gwyther, Lindsay Farrant, Sridhar Venkatapuram, Richard Harding
• Timing and determinants of age at menarche in low-income and middle-income countries (9 December, 2020)

  Tiziana Leone, Laura J Brown
• Country compliance with WHO-recommended antenatal care guidelines: equity analysis of the 2015–2016 Demography and Health Survey in Myanmar (9 December, 2020)

  Ngatho Samuel Mugo, Kyaw Swa Mya, Camille Raynes-Greenow
• Improving maternal, newborn and child health outcomes through a community-based women’s health education program: a cluster randomised controlled trial in western Kenya (8 December, 2020)

  Lauren Y Maldonado, Jeffrey Bone, Michael L Scanlon, Gertrude Anusu, Sheilah Chelagat, Anjellah Jumah, Justus E Ikemeri, Julia J Songok, Astrid Christoffersen-Deb, Laura J Ruhl
• The impact of implementing the 2016 WHO Recommendations on Antenatal Care for a Positive Pregnancy Experience on perinatal deaths: an interrupted time-series analysis in Mpumalanga province, South Africa (8 December, 2020)

  Tina Lavin, Robert Clive Pattinson, Erin Kelty, Yogan Pillay, David Brian Preen
• Precarity and clinical determinants of healthcare-seeking behaviour and antibiotic use in rural Laos and Thailand (9 December, 2020)

  Marco J Haenssgen, Nutcha Charoenboon, Thipphaphone Xayavong, Thomas Althaus
• The relationship between social risk factors and latent tuberculosis infection among individuals residing in England: a cross-sectional study (7 December, 2020)

  Swaib A Lule, Rishi K Gupta, Maria Krutikov, Charlotte Jackson, Jo Southern, Ibrahim Abubakar
• Infection and mortality of healthcare workers worldwide from COVID-19: a systematic review (4 December, 2020)

  Soham Bandyopadhyay, Ronnie E Baticulon, Murtaza Kadhum, Muath Alser, Daniel K Ojuka, Yara Badereddin, Archith Kamath, Sai Arathi Parepalli, Grace Brown, Sara Iharchane, Sofia Gandino, Zara Markovic-Obiago, Samuel Scott, Emery Manirambona, Asif Machhada, Aditi Aggarwal, Lydia Benazaize, Mina Ibrahim, David Kim, Isabel Tol, Elliott H Taylor, Alexandra Knighton, Dorothy Bbaale, Duha Jasim, Heba Alghoul, Henna Reddy, Hibatullah Abuelgasim, Kirandeep Saini, Alicia Sigler, Leenah Abuelgasim, Mario Moran-Romero, Mary Kumarendran, Najlaa Abu Jamie, Omaima Ali, Raghav Sudarshan, Riley Dean, Rumi Kisyova, Sonam Kelzang, Sophie Roche, Tazin Ahsan, Yethrib Mohamed, Andile Maqhawe Dube, Grace Paida Gwini, Rashidah Gwokyala, Robin Brown, Mohammad Rabiul Karim Khan Papon, Zoe Li, Salvador Sun Ruzats, Somy Charuvila, Noel Peter, Khalil Khalidy, Nkosikhona Moyo, Osaid Alser, Arielis Solano, Eduardo Robles-Perez, Aiman Tariq, Mariam Gaddah, Spyros Kolovos, Faith C Muchemwa, Abdullah Saleh, Amanda Gosman, Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva, Anant Jani, Roba Khundkar
• How do programmes to prevent intimate partner violence among the general population impact women with disabilities? Post-hoc analysis of three randomised controlled trials (4 December, 2020)

  Kristin Dunkle, Andrew Gibbs, Esnat Chirwa, Erin Stern, Ingrid Van Der Heijden, Laura Washington
• District-level health system strengthening for universal health coverage: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study in rural Madagascar, 2014-2018 (3 December, 2020)

  Andres Garchitorena, Ann C Miller, Laura F Cordier, Marius Randriamanambintsoa, Hery-Tiana R Razanadrakato, Mauricianot Randriamihaja, Benedicte Razafinjato, Karen E Finnegan, Justin Haruna, Luc Rakotonirina, Germain Rakotozafy, Laliarisoa Raharimamonjy, Sidney Atwood, Megan B Murray, Michael Rich, Tara Loyd, Gaêtan Duval Solofomalala, Matthew H Bonds
• Weekly iron–folic acid supplements containing 2.8 mg folic acid are associated with a lower risk of neural tube defects than the current practice of 0.4 mg: a randomised controlled trial in Malaysia (3 December, 2020)

  Kaitlyn L I Samson, Su Peng Loh, Siew Siew Lee, Dian C Sulistyoningrum, Geok Lin Khor, Zalilah Binti Mohd Shariff, Irmi Zarina Ismai, Lisa N Yelland, Shalem Leemaqz, Maria Makrides, Jennifer A Hutcheon, Marion L Roche, Crystal D Karakochuk, Timothy J Green
• Intimate partner violence, contextual factors and under-5 mortality: a multilevel analysis of cross-sectional surveys from 20 Sub-Saharan African countries (3 December, 2020)

  Sanni Yaya, Seun Stephen Anjorin, Sunday A Adedini
• Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in children: an international, multicentre, prospective cohort study (3 December, 2020)

  GlobalSurg Collaborative
• Global health education in UK medical schools: a review of undergraduate university curricula (3 December, 2020)

  Natasha Roya Matthews, Bethan Davies, Helen Ward