Search Results - "Armstrong, R M"

Adding content to contacts: measurement of high quality contacts for maternal and newborn health in Ethiopia, north east Nigeria, and Uttar Pradesh, India by Marchant, Tanya, Tilley-Gyado, Ritgak Dimka, Tessema, Tsegahun, Singh, Kultar, Gautham, Meenakshi, Umar, Nasir, Berhanu, Della, Cousens, Simon, Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna R M

“…Families in high mortality settings need regular contact with high quality services, but existing population-based measurements of contacts do not reflect…”
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Measuring implementation strength: lessons from the evaluation of public health strategies in low-and middle-income settings by Hargreaves, James R, Goodman, Catherine, Davey, Calum, Willey, Barbara A, Avan, Bilal Iqbal, Schellenberg, Joanna R M Armstrong

“…Evaluation of strategies to ensure evidence-based, low-cost interventions reach those in need is critical. One approach is to measure the strength, or…”
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A large cross-sectional community-based study of newborn care practices in southern Tanzania by Penfold, Suzanne, Hill, Zelee, Mrisho, Mwifadhi, Manzi, Fatuma, Tanner, Marcel, Mshinda, Hassan, Schellenberg, David, Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna R M

“…Despite recent improvements in child survival in sub-Saharan Africa, neonatal mortality rates remain largely unchanged. This study aimed to determine the…”
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Major gaps in child survival by ethnic group by Schellenberg, Joanna R M Armstrong, Berhanu, Della

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The burden of malaria mortality among African children in the year 2000 by Rowe, Alexander K, Rowe, Samantha Y, Snow, Robert W, Korenromp, Eline L, Schellenberg, Joanna RM Armstrong, Stein, Claudia, Nahlen, Bernard L, Bryce, Jennifer, Black, Robert E, Steketee, Richard W

“…Background Although malaria is a leading cause of child deaths, few well-documented estimates of its direct and indirect burden exist. Our objective was to…”
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Effectiveness and cost of facility-based Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) in Tanzania by Schellenberg, Joanna RM Armstrong, Adam, Taghreed, Mshinda, Hassan, Masanja, Honorati, Kabadi, Gregory, Mukasa, Oscar, John, Theopista, Charles, Sosthenes, Nathan, Rose, Wilczynska, Katarzyna, Mgalula, Leslie, Mbuya, Conrad, Mswia, Robert, Manzi, Fatuma, de Savigny, Don, Schellenberg, David, Victora, Cesar

“…The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy is designed to address major causes of child mortality at the levels of community, health…”
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Estimates of the burden of malaria morbidity in Africa in children under the age of 5 years by Roca-Feltrer, Arantxa, Carneiro, Ilona, Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna R.M

“…To estimate the direct burden of malaria among children younger than 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the year 2000, as part of a wider initiative on…”
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Health and survival of young children in southern Tanzania by Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna R M, Mrisho, Mwifadhi, Manzi, Fatuma, Shirima, Kizito, Mbuya, Conrad, Mushi, Adiel K, Ketende, Sosthenes Charles, Alonso, Pedro L, Mshinda, Hassan, Tanner, Marcel, Schellenberg, David

“…With a view to developing health systems strategies to improve reach to high-risk groups, we present information on health and survival from household and…”
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Cluster-randomized study of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants (IPTi) in southern Tanzania: evaluation of impact on survival by Schellenberg, Joanna R M Armstrong, Maokola, Werner, Shirima, Kizito, Manzi, Fatuma, Mrisho, Mwifadhi, Mushi, Adiel, Alonso, Pedro, Mshinda, Hassan, Tanner, Marcel, Schellenberg, David M

“…Intermittent Preventive Treatment for malaria control in infants (IPTi) consists of the administration of a treatment dose of an anti-malarial drug, usually…”
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Enhancing the routine health information system in rural southern Tanzania: successes, challenges and lessons learned by Maokola, W., Willey, B. A., Shirima, K., Chemba, M., Armstrong Schellenberg, J. R. M., Mshinda, H., Alonso, P., Tanner, M., Schellenberg, D.

“…Summary Objective  To describe and evaluate the use of handheld computers for the management of Health Management Information System data. Methods  Electronic…”
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The silent burden of anaemia in Tanzanian children: a community-based study by SCHELLENBERG, D, ARMSTRONG SCHELLENBERG, J. R. M, MUSHI, A, DE SAVIGNY, D, MGALULA, L, MBUYA, C, VICTORA, C. G

“…To document the prevalence, age-distribution, and risk factors for anaemia in Tanzanian children less than 5 years old, thereby assisting in the development of…”
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Targeted subsidy for malaria control with treated nets using a discount voucher system in Tanzania by Mushi, Adiel K, Schellenberg, Joanna RM Armstrong, Mponda, Haji, Lengeler, Christian

“…During the last decade insecticide-treated nets have become a key strategy for malaria control. Social marketing is an appealing tool for getting such nets to…”
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Study of ablation and shock generation across three orders of magnitude of laser intensity with 100 ps laser pulses by Parsons, S. E., Armstrong, M. R., Lee, H. J., Gleason, A. E., Goncharov, A. F., Belof, J., Prakapenka, V., Granados, E., Beg, F. N., Radousky, H. B.

“…The laser ablation and subsequent shock generation in solid targets plays an important role in a variety of research topics from equation of state models for…”
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Evidence that high potency foot-and-mouth disease vaccine inhibits local virus replication and prevents the ‘carrier’ state in sheep by Barnett, P.V., Keel, P., Reid, S., Armstrong, R.M., Statham, R.J., Voyce, C., Aggarwal, N., Cox, S.J.

“…The ability of a single administration of a high, medium and low potency foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine to decrease or inhibit local virus replication…”
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Suppression of Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability via Special Pairs of Shocks and Phase Transitions by Schill, W J, Armstrong, M R, Nguyen, J H, Sterbentz, D M, White, D A, Benedict, L X, Rieben, R N, Hoff, A, Lorenzana, H E, Belof, J L, La Lone, B M, Staska, M D

“…The classical Richtmyer-Meshkov instability (RMI) is a hydrodynamic instability characterizing the evolution of an interface following shock loading. In…”
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Community Effectiveness of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Infants (IPTi) in Rural Southern Tanzania by ARMSTRONG SCHELLENBERG, Joanna R. M, SHIRIMA, Kizito, MAOKOLA, Werner, MANZI, Fatuma, MRISHO, Mwifadhi, MUSHI, Adiel, MSHINDA, Hassan, ALONSO, Pedro, TANNER, Marcel, SCHELLENBERG, David M

“…Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine shows evidence of efficacy in individually randomized,…”
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Effect of large-scale social marketing of insecticide-treated nets on child survival in rural Tanzania by Schellenberg, Joanna RM Armstrong, Abdulla, Salim, Nathan, Rose, Mukasa, Oscar, Marchant, Tanya J, Kikumbih, Nassor, Mushi, Adiel K, Mponda, Haji, Minja, Happiness, Mshinda, Hassan, Tanner, Marcel, Lengeler, Christian

“…Insecticide-treated nets have proven efficacy as a malaria-control tool in Africa. However, the transition from efficacy to effectiveness cannot be taken for…”
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Use and misuse of a discount voucher scheme as a subsidy for insecticide-treated nets for malaria control in southern Tanzania by Tami, Adriana, Mbati, Juliet, Nathan, Rose, Mponda, Haji, Lengeler, Christian, Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna RM

“…Since 1997, discount vouchers for insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) have been used in two rural districts of southern Tanzania as a way to target subsidies to…”
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Observation of the Cascaded Atomic-to-Global Length Scales Driving Protein Motion by Armstrong, M. R., Ogilvie, J. P., Cowan, M. L., Nagy, A. M., Miller, R. J. D.

“…Model studies of the ligand photodissociation process of carboxymyoglobin have been conducted by using amplified few-cycle laser pulses short enough in…”
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Modest global achievements in maternal survival: more focus on sub-Saharan Africa is needed by Hansen, Christian Holm, Schellenberg, Joanna R M Armstrong

“…To these requirements, we would add an urgent need for more critical and in-depth case-studies from Rwanda and Cambodia, countries that have had great…”
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