Submissions from 2025
Bridging the gaps: Advancing preconception nutrition in South Asia through evidence, policy, and action, Faith Miller, Vani Sethi, Avishek Hazra, Danielle Schoenaker, Ranadip Chowdhury, Jane Hirst, Zivai Murira, and Naomi M. Saville
Building a rights-based approach to nutrition for women and children: Harnessing the potential of women’s groups and rights-based organizations in South Asia, Monica Shrivastav, Vani Sethi, Avishek Hazra, Zivai Murira, Roopal Jyoti Singh, Krishna Wagh, Anuradha Nair, Veronica Kamanga Njikho, and Sapna Desai
Case study of prospects of Digital Health for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, Pauline Bakibinga, Dennis Matanda, and Elizabeth Bakibinga
Community-based approaches for strengthening quality, access and utilization of maternal and newborn health services in Kenya—Stakeholders workshop report, Population Council Kenya
Community-based approaches to promote uptake of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: Midline findings from Kisumu and Migori Counties—Evidence brief, Zoe Nakuya and Dennis Matanda
Community directed-based approaches to promote uptake of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: Endline findings from Kisumu and Migori Counties, Dennis Matanda, Zoe Nakuya, Stephen Kizito, and Francis Obare
Demographic, social and health system factors associated with maternal mortality in Pakistan: A nested case-control study, Ahsan Maqbool Ahmad, Iqbal Shah, Ali M. Mir, Maqsood Sadiq, and Muddassir Altaf Bosan
Effectiveness of community-based approaches to promote uptake of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: Endline findings from Kisumu and Migori Counties, Kenya—Evidence brief, Zoe Nakuya and Dennis Matanda
Effect of malaria training on community healthcare providers’ compliance with malaria treatment guidelines in Nigeria using propensity score matching, Sikiru Baruwa, Toyin O. Akomolafe, Emeka Okafor, Osimhen Ubuane, Rodio Diallo, Michael Alagbile, Dayyabu Yusuf, Jennifer Ladokun, and Johnson Ekele
Effects of preconception nutrition interventions on pregnancy and birth outcomes in South Asia: A systematic review, Naomi M. Saville, Sophiya Dulal, Faith Miller, Danielle Schoenaker, Ranadip Chowdhury, Avishek Hazra, Jane Hirst, Zivai Murira, and Vani Sethi
Impact of implementing digital enabled interventions for community health workers on maternal, newborn and child health in Kisumu County, Timothy Abuya, Alice Koimur, Tabither Gitau, Ganda O.C. Gregory, Lena Kan, Angela Kairu, and Smisha Agarwal
Improving health outcomes by strengthening public sector capacity in social and behaviour change programming in Nigeria: A qualitative study, Adetayo Adetunji, Bright Addo, Dele Abegunde, Amanda Kalamar, Nrupa Jani, Pooja Sripad, Foyeke Oyedokun-Adebagbo, and Augustine Ankomah
“It’s everyone’s problem”: Institutionalising multisectoral action for maternal health in Meghalaya, India, Sapna Desai, Sharmada Sivaram, S. Ramkumar, Patricia Dohtdong, Ankit Nanda, Sowmya Ramesh, and Sampath Kumar
Leveraging health financing, digital health and self-care approaches to strengthen maternal health journeys in India: Perspectives from Assam, Sowmya Ramesh, Charlotte E. Warren, Benjamin Bellows, Himanshi Dwivedi, Himani Gupta, Ashita Munjral, Swapnil Rawat, David Tresner-Kirsch, and Jitender Nagpal
Maintaining nutrition as a woman’s right through the life course, Sapna Desai and Sabina Rashid
Making health insurance responsive to citizens: learning from six low-income and middle-income countries, Anas Ismail, Inke Mathauer, Patricia Akweongo, Mery Concepcion Bolivar Vargas, Sapna Desai, Dinna Prapto Raharja, Modupe Adeoti Ogundimu, Stela Stojisavljevic, Manuela De Allegri, and Zubin Shroff
Policies and programmes to improve preconception nutrition in South Asia, Avishek Hazra, Tasha Choedon, Monica Shrivastav, Raj Kumar Verma, Cheshta Gulati, Dhammica Rowel, Abner Daniel, Preetu Mishra, Naveen Paudyal, Naureen Arshad, and et al.
Preconception malnutrition among women and girls in south Asia: Prevalence, determinants, and association with pregnancy and birth outcomes, Faith Miller, Vani Sethi, Danielle Schoenaker, Ranadip Chowdhury, Raj Kumar Verma, Jane Hirst, Manisha Nair, Chiara Benedetto, Usha Sriram, Zivai Murira, and Naomi M. Saville
Revitalisation of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Kenya (Revive IPTp), Dennis Matanda, Stephen Kizito, and Francis Obare
Sexual and reproductive health is inadequately addressed in climate change actions in sub-Saharan Africa, Jacinter Amadi and George Odwe
Social protection systems in India: Impact of self-help groups on access to and employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Thomas de Hoop, Garima Siwach, Chinmaya Holla, and Bidhubhusan Mahapatra
Trends in the utilisation of maternal and child healthcare services from the public and private health sectors in India, 2005–2021: An analysis of cross-sectional survey data, Anchal Purbey, Abhishek Kumar, Arupendra Mozumdar, Punit Mishra, Rajib Acharya, and Niranjan Saggurti
Understanding caregivers’ and community influencers’ perspectives on the barriers to childhood immunisation in Northern Nigerian States with public-private partnerships in routine immunisation programme, Eno-Obong Etim, Angela Odiachi, Leanne Dougherty, Matthew Alabi, Adetayo Adetunji, and Adebola A. Adedimeji
Understanding incentives preferences to improve community health worker performance using discrete choice experiments, Smisha Agarwal, Udochisom Anaba, Timothy Abuya, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Alain Casseus, Richard Kintu, Melvin Obadha, and Charlotte E. Warren
Submissions from 2024
Analysis of anthropometric outcomes in Indian children during the COVID-19 pandemic using National Family Health Survey data, Amit Summan, Arindam Nandi, and Ramanan Laxminarayan
An evaluation of a multi-partner approach to increase routine immunization coverage in six northern Nigerian States, Leanne Dougherty, Mayokun Adediran, Akinwumi Akinola, Matthew Alabi, Eno-Obong Etim, Jane Ohioghame, and Adebola A. Adedimeji
Assessing geographical and contextual vulnerability of reproductive, maternal, child and adolescent health in North East India, Anchal Purbey, AJ Francis Zavier, Punit Mishra, Rajib Acharya, Niranjan Saggurti, Subrato Mondal, and Debendra Kumar Nayak
Community Midwives Plus Project in Sindh: Introducing Group Antenatal Care (GANC) at the community level through community midwives, Population Council Pakistan
Community Midwives Plus Project in Sindh: Strengthening the community-based healthcare system, Population Council Pakistan
Data-driven decision making for health and population: The Integrated Health and Population Dashboard (IHPD)—Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Population Council Pakistan
Data-driven decision making for health and population: The Integrated Health and Population Dashboard (IHPD)—Sindh, Population Council Pakistan
District-level monitoring of universal health coverage, India, Arnab Mukherji, Megha Rao, Sapna Desai, S.V. Subramanian, Gagandeep Kang, and Vikram Patel
Facilitators and barriers to maternal immunization and strategies to improve uptake in low-income and lower-middle income countries: A systematic review, Tila Khan, Simran Malik, Liya Rafeekh, Sayantan Halder, Sapna Desai, and Sangeeta Das Bhattacharya
Factors influencing the acceptability of the Test, Treat and Refer practice for malaria among caregivers of under 5 children at community pharmacies and drug shops in Nigeria, Toyin O. Akomolafe, Sikiru Baruwa, Emeka Okafor, Ene Daniel-Ebune, Theophilus Ajibade, Osimhen Ubuane, Oluwatobi Morakinyo, and Rodio Diallo
Gendered socio-economic and mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic among adults living in selected informal settlements in Kenya: An intersectional analysis, Daniel Mwanga, Henry Owoko Odero, Damazo T. Kadengye, Sally Atieno Odunga, Eva Ireri Muluve, Bylhah Mugotitsa, Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa, Karen Austrian, and Sylvia Kiwuwa-Muyingo
Global trends in antibiotic consumption during 2016-2023 and future projections through 2030, Eili Klein, Isabella Impalli, Suprena Poleon, Philippe Denoel, Mariateresa Cipriano, Thomas P. Van Boeckel, Simone Pecetta, David E. Bloom, and Arindam Nandi
Improving possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI) management in young infants when referral is not feasible: Lessons from embedded implementation research in Ethiopia and Kenya, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, George Odwe, Kezia K’Oduol, Hellen Gwaro, Nebreed Fesseha, Zipporah Moraa, Alexandra Haake Kamberos, Mohamed Mosaad Hasan, Hema Magge, Yasir Bin Nisar, and Lisa R. Hirschhorn
Individual interventions, collective lessons: Developing mid-range theory on women’s groups to improve health, Sapna Desai, Neha Kumar, Lu Gram, Avishek Hazra, Kaliat Ammu Sanyal, Sharmada Sivaram, Nirmala Nair, Rajani Ved, and Audrey Prost
Infographic: On-site provision of family planning services in factory settings in Egypt, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Reham Abou El-Fadl, Noha El-Khorazaty, and Tarek Alam El Din
Infographic: On-site provision of family planning services in factory settings in Egypt [in Arabic], Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Reham Abou El-Fadl, Noha El-Khorazaty, and Tarek Alam El Din
On-site provision of family planning services in factory settings in Egypt, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Reham Abou El-Fadl, Noha El-Khorazaty, and Tarek Alam El Din
On-site provision of family planning services in factory settings in Egypt [in Arabic], Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Reham Abou El-Fadl, Noha El-Khorazaty, and Tarek Alam El Din
Our Health Is Our Capital, Population Council
Routine immunization against Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type B and antibiotic consumption in India: A dynamic modeling analysis, Chirag K. Kumar, Alec Gleason, Giridara Gopal Parameswaran, Amit Summan, Eili Klein, Ramanan Laxminarayan, and Arindam Nandi
Strengthening the community-based healthcare system through the Community Midwives Plus Project, Iram Kamran, Rehan M. Niazi, Tahira Parveen, and Shaanzaa Umar Kiani
The limits of nudging: Results of a randomized trial of text messages to promote home-based caregiving and reduce perceptions of stigma for COVID-19 patients in Kenyan informal settlements, James B. Tidwell, Jessie Pinchoff, Timothy Abuya, Eva Ireri Muluve, Daniel Mwanga, Faith Mbushi, and Karen Austrian
Submissions from 2023
Calling Attention to Experiences of Care for Hospitalized Newborns and Young Children to Improve Newborn and Child Survival, Chantalle Okondo
Halftime for SDGs: Maternal and Newborn Health—Best Investment Paper, Nyovani Madise, Arindam Nandi, Brad Wong, and Saleema Razvi
How to measure provider behavior change impact, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Provider behavior change: Social and behavior change approaches to quality of care in family planning, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Provider Behavior Change: Social and Behavior Change Approaches to Quality of Care in Family Planning—Slide deck, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Submissions from 2022
A research agenda to strengthen evidence generation and utilisation to accelerate the elimination of female genital mutilation, Dennis Matanda and Esther Lwanga Walgwe
Barriers and facilitators of access to maternal, newborn and child health services during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria: Findings from a qualitative study, Godwin O. Akaba, Osasuyi Dirisu, Kehinde Okunade, Eseoghene Adams, Jane Ohioghame, Obioma O. Obikeze, Emmanuel Izuka, Maryam Sulieman, and Michael Edeh
Confirming—and testing—bonds of trust: A mixed methods study exploring community health workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, Haiti and Kenya, Pooja Sripad, Ann Gottert, Timothy Abuya, Alain Casseus, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Smisha Agarwal, and Charlotte E. Warren
Determining a trusting environment for maternity care: A framework based on perspectives of women, communities, service providers, and managers in peri-urban Kenya, Pooja Sripad, Maria W. Merritt, Deanna Kerrigan, Timothy Abuya, Charity Ndwiga, and Charlotte E. Warren
Learnings from past interventions in the digital era: Evidence-based considerations for adolescents’ programming using information and communication technologies, Grace Saul and Waimar Tun
Quality of services offered to women with female genital mutilation across health facilities in a Kenyan county, Samuel Kimani, Chantalle Okondo, Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan, and Jaldesa Guyo
Timing of non-pharmaceutical interventions to mitigate COVID-19 transmission and their effects on mobility: A cross-country analysis, Amit Summan and Arindam Nandi
Submissions from 2021
Assessing the performance of community health workers in Haiti: Key findings from a mixed-methods study, Frontline Health Project and Zanmi Lasante
Community-based postnatal care services for women and newborns in Kenya: An opportunity to improve quality and access?, Brady Zieman, Timothy Abuya, Daniel Mwanga, John Wanyungu, Charlotte E. Warren, and Pooja Sripad
COVID-19 pandemic: A call to action, a time to respond, Saumya RamaRao
Development and validation of a multi-dimensional scale to assess community health worker motivation, Ann Gottert, Tracy McClair, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Sina Pascal Dakouo, Timothy Abuya, Karen Kirk, Benjamin Bellows, Smisha Agarwal, Sarah Kennedy, Charlotte E. Warren, and Pooja Sripad
Editorial: Advancing community health measurement, policy, and practice, Benjamin Bellows and Charlotte E. Warren
"Eternally restarting" or "a branch line of continuity"? Exploring consequences of external shocks on community health systems in Haiti, Pooja Sripad, Alain Casseus, Sarah Kennedy, Benito Isaac, Kenia Vissieres, Charlotte E. Warren, and Ralph Ternier
Évaluation de la performance des agents de santé communautaires en Haïti: principales conclusions d’une étude à méthodologie mixte, Frontline Health Project and Zanmi Lasante
Evidence-informed planning and action in Central Asia: Learnings from the Tajikistan Adolescent Wellbeing and Health Pilot Project, Population Council
Exploring community health worker roles, support, and experiences in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, Frontline Health Project
Exploring community health worker roles, support, and experiences in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Haiti, Frontline Health Project and Zanmi Lasante
Exploring community health worker roles, support, and experiences in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya, Frontline Health Project
Extent and causes of increased domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic: Community health worker perspectives from Kenya, Bangladesh, and Haiti, Ann Gottert, Timothy Abuya, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Alain Casseus, Charlotte E. Warren, and Pooja Sripad
Frontline Health achievements in harmonizing measurement and generating evidence on community health system performance, Frontline Health Project
Health data reporting challenges in Mopti, Mali: Results and implications from a mixed-methods study, Frontline Health Project
Identifying factors that support community health worker motivation, job satisfaction, and retention in Haiti, Frontline Health Project and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Incentive preferences for community health volunteers in Kenya: Findings from a discrete choice experiment, Timothy Abuya, Daniel Mwanga, Melvin Obadha, Charity Ndwiga, George Odwe, Daniel Kavoo, John Wanyugu, Charlotte E. Warren, and Smisha Agarwal
Inclusion of family planning within the National Health Insurance benefits package in Ghana: A health facility assessment, Population Council, Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service, National Health Insurance Authority, and Marie Stopes International Ghana
Introduction of digital reporting platform to integrate community-level data into health information systems is feasible and acceptable among various community health stakeholders: A mixed-methods pilot study in Mopti, Mali, Karen Kirk, Tracy McClair, Sina Pascal Dakouo, Timothy Abuya, and Pooja Sripad
Issues for consideration in the scale-up of the inclusion of family planning in the National Health Insurance benefits package in Ghana, Kamil Fuseini and Augustine Ankomah
Measuring client trust in community health workers: A multi-country validation study, Pooja Sripad, Tracy McClair, Alain Casseus, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Timothy Abuya, and Ann Gottert
Measuring quality of care at the community level using the contraceptive method information index plus and client reported experience metrics in Bangladesh, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Pooja Sripad, Brady Zieman, Shongkour Roy, Sarah Kennedy, Md. Irfan Hossain, and Benjamin Bellows
Microbicides: Woman-centered HIV prevention to help end AIDS by 2030, International Partnership for Microbicides
Operationalized indicators: Integrating community health worker and client views to assess community health systems, Frontline Health Project
Preferred incentives for improving community health worker satisfaction and retention in Bangladesh, Frontline Health Project and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Preferred incentives for improving Ugandan community health worker job satisfaction and retention, Frontline Health Project
Strength in diversity: Integrating community in primary health care to advance universal health coverage, Charlotte E. Warren, Benjamin Bellows, Rachel Marcus, Jordan Downey, Sarah Kennedy, and Nazo Kureshy
The Client Empowerment in Community Health Systems Scale: Development and validation in three countries, Tracy McClair, Pooja Sripad, Alain Casseus, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Timothy Abuya, and Ann Gottert
Understanding community health volunteer incentive preferences in Kenya, Frontline Health Project and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Understanding community health worker incentive preferences in Uganda using a discrete choice experiment, Smisha Agarwal, Timothy Abuya, Richard Kintu, Daniel Mwanga, Melvin Obadha, Shivani Pandya, and Charlotte E. Warren
Using evidence to advocate for the professional growth of community health workers in Bangladesh, Frontline Health Project
Webinar—Applying Global Goods: Community Health Guidelines, Measurement and Planning Tools, Population Council and Frontline Health Project
Webinar: Community health measurement, learning, policy and practice, Frontline Health Project
Submissions from 2020
Assessing community capacity strengthening to sustain integrated social behavior change programming in northwestern Nigeria, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Best Bets: Additional Funding for Family Planning—International evidence on financing of family planning, Zeba Sathar
Best Bets for Accelerating Family Planning in Pakistan: Invest in community health workers, Ali M. Mir and Kiren Khan
Best Bets for Accelerating Family Planning in Pakistan: The case for engaging family physicians and the for-profit private sector, Ashfaq Rehman and Anam Malkani
Care-seeking and treatment for sick children—Insights for improving malaria, family planning, and maternal and child health outcomes in northwestern Nigeria through social and behavior change programming, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Challenges and prospects for implementation of community health volunteers’ digital health solutions in Kenya: A qualitative study, Pauline Bakibinga, Eva Kamande, Lyagamula Kisia, Milka Omuya, Dennis Matanda, and Catherine Kyobutungi
Comprehensive formative research on health beliefs, practices, and behaviors in Mali, Breakthrough RESEARCH