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Yubraj Acharya

Pennsylvania State University
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[HTML][HTML] Catastrophic health expenditure in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis

P Eze, LO Lawani, UJ Agu… - Bulletin of the World Health …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To estimate the incidence of, and trends in, catastrophic health expenditure in sub-
Saharan Africa. Methods We systematically reviewed the scientific and grey literature to …

Short message service (SMS) reminders for childhood immunisation in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

P Eze, LO Lawani, Y Acharya - BMJ global health, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Childhood vaccine delivery services in the low-and middle-income countries
(LMIC) are struggling to reach every child with lifesaving vaccines. Short message service …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence on result-based financing in maternal and child health in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review

N James, K Lawson, Y Acharya - Global health research and policy, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Result-Based Financing (RBF) is an umbrella term for financial
mechanisms that link incentives to outputs or outcomes. International development agencies …

[HTML][HTML] Urbanicity gradients are associated with the household-and individual-level double burden of malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa

AD Jones, Y Acharya, LP Galway - The Journal of Nutrition, 2016 - Elsevier
Background: The nutrition transition is advancing throughout sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
However, the nutritional risk across urbanicity gradients associated with this transition is not …

Deforestation and child diet diversity: A geospatial analysis of 15 Sub-Saharan African countries

LP Galway, Y Acharya, AD Jones - Health & place, 2018 - Elsevier
Deforestation worldwide could have important consequences for diet quality and human
nutrition given the numerous ecosystem services that are provided by forests and biodiverse …

[HTML][HTML] Social health insurance consolidation and urban-rural inequality in utilization and financial risk protection in China

D Yang, Y Acharya, X Liu - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Universal health care is a long-term policy goal for health care reform in China. In 2016,
China consolidated its urban and rural resident social health insurance programs into one …

Child‐level double burden of malnutrition in the MENA and LAC regions: Prevalence and social determinants

H Ghattas, Y Acharya, Z Jamaluddine… - Maternal & child …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although the prevalence of obesity has rapidly increased in the low‐and middle‐income
countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Latin America and the Caribbean …

Factors associated with incomplete immunisation in children aged 12–23 months at subnational level, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

P Eze, UJ Agu, CL Aniebo, SA Agu, LO Lawani… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives National immunisation coverage rate masks subnational immunisation coverage
gaps at the state and local district levels. The objective of the current study was to determine …

[HTML][HTML] Nutritional status, cognitive achievement, and educational attainment of children aged 8-11 in rural South India

Y Acharya, N Luke, MF Haro, W Rose, PSS Russell… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Malnutrition among children is one of the most pressing health concerns middle-
and low-income countries face today, particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa and South …

Precommitting to choose wisely about low-value services: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial

JT Kullgren, E Krupka, A Schachter… - BMJ quality & …, 2018 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Background Little is known about how to discourage clinicians from ordering low-value
services. Our objective was to test whether clinicians committing their future selves (ie …