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Schistosomiasis and neglected tropical diseases: towards integrated and sustainable control and a word of caution by Utzinger, J, Raso, G, Brooker, S, De Savigny, D, Tanner, M, Ornbjerg, N, Singer, B H, N'goran, E K

“…In May 2001, the World Health Assembly (WHA) passed a resolution which urged member states to attain, by 2010, a minimum target of regularly administering…”
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Towards a comprehensive simulation model of malaria epidemiology and control by Smith, T, Maire, N, Ross, A, Penny, M, Chitnis, N, Schapira, A, Studer, A, Genton, B, Lengeler, C, Tediosi, F, de Savigny, D, Tanner, M

“…Planning of the control of Plasmodium falciparum malaria leads to a need for models of malaria epidemiology that provide realistic quantitative prediction of…”
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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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A health systems resilience research agenda: moving from concept to practice by Saulnier, Dell D, Blanchet, Karl, Canila, Carmelita, Cobos Muñoz, Daniel, Dal Zennaro, Livia, de Savigny, Don, Durski, Kara N, Garcia, Fernando, Grimm, Pauline Yongeun, Kwamie, Aku, Maceira, Daniel, Marten, Robert, Peytremann-Bridevaux, Isabelle, Poroes, Camille, Ridde, Valery, Seematter, Laurence, Stern, Barbara, Suarez, Patricia, Teddy, Gina, Wernli, Didier, Wyss, Kaspar, Tediosi, Fabrizio

“…Health system resilience, known as the ability for health systems to absorb, adapt or transform to maintain essential functions when stressed or shocked, has…”
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Scaling up antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: using supply chain management to appraise health systems strengthening by Windisch, Ricarda, Waiswa, Peter, Neuhann, Florian, Scheibe, Florian, de Savigny, Don

“…Strengthened national health systems are necessary for effective and sustained expansion of antiretroviral therapy (ART). ART and its supply chain management…”
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INDEPTH Network: contributing to the data revolution by Ekström, Anna Mia, Clark, Jocalyn, Byass, Peter, Lopez, Alan, De Savigny, Don, Moyer, Cheryl A, Campbell, Harry, Gage, Anastasia J, Bocquier, Philippe, AbouZahr, Carla, Sankoh, Osman

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Inequalities of health indicators for policy makers: six hints by Speybroeck, N., Harper, S., de Savigny, D., Victora, C.

“…Policy makers and scientists alike need to consider certain potential pitfalls when selecting measures of health inequality. Monitoring levels of social…”
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Informed choices for attaining the Millennium Development Goals: towards an international cooperative agenda for health-systems research by Becerra-Posada, Francisco, Berwick, Donald, Bhutta, Zulfiqar, Chowdhury, Mushtaque

“…Health systems constraints are impeding the implementation of major global initiatives for health and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals…”
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Strengthening post-graduate educational capacity for health policy and systems research and analysis: the strategy of the Consortium for Health Policy and Systems Analysis in Africa by Erasmus, Ermin, Lehmann, Uta, Agyepong, Irene Akua, Alwar, John, de Savigny, Don, Kamuzora, Peter, Mirzoev, Tolib, Nxumalo, Nonhlanhla, Tomson, Göran, Uzochukwu, Benjamin, Gilson, Lucy

“…The last 5-10 years have seen significant international momentum build around the field of health policy and systems research and analysis (HPSR + A)…”
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Erratum to: Inequalities of health indicators for policy makers: six hints by Speybroeck, N., Harper, S., de Savigny, D., Victora, C.

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System effectiveness of a targeted free mass distribution of long lasting insecticidal nets in Zanzibar, Tanzania by Beer, Netta, Ali, Abdullah S, de Savigny, Don, Al-Mafazy, Abdul-Wahiyd H, Ramsan, Mahdi, Abass, Ali K, Omari, Rahila S, Björkman, Anders, Källander, Karin

“…Insecticide-treated nets (ITN) and long-lasting insecticidal treated nets (LLIN) are important means of malaria prevention. Although there is consensus…”
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Systems thinking for strengthening health systems in LMICs: need for a paradigm shift by Adam, Taghreed, de Savigny, Don

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Case studies in public-private-partnership in health with the focus of enhancing the accessibility of health interventions by Njau, R J A, Mosha, F W, De Savigny, D

“…Various definitions have been framed for public-private partnerships (PPPs) in health depending on the desired relationship and the characteristics of the…”
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Presence of the schistosome circulating anodic antigen (CAA) in urine of patients with Schistosoma mansoni or S. haematobium infections by De Jonge, N, Fillié, Y E, Hilberath, G W, Krijger, F W, Lengeler, C, de Savigny, D H, van Vliet, N G, Deelder, A M

“…We investigated the presence of the circulating anodic antigen (CAA) in the urine of schistosomiasis patients. This genus specific antigen was hitherto…”
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Endod: safety evaluation of a plant molluscicide by Lambert, J D, Temmink, J H, Marquis, J, Parkhurst, R M, Lugt, C B, Lemmich, E, Wolde-Yohannes, L, de Savigny, D

“…Toxicity tests, in accordance with the Minimal Data Requirements (Tier 1) of the OECD Guidelines for Pre-Market Chemicals, were conducted on a standard extract…”
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Toxocariasis: serological diagnosis by enzyme immunoassay by de Savigny, D H, Voller, A, Woodruff, A W

“…An enzyme-immunoassay was developed to measure the concentration of serum antibody specific for the secretory antigens released by migrating toxocaral larvae…”
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How can we achieve and maintain high-quality performance of health workers in low-resource settings? by Rowe, Alexander K, de Savigny, Don, Lanata, Claudio F, Victora, Cesar G

“…In low and middle income countries, health workers are essential for the delivery of health interventions. However, inadequate health-worker performance is a…”
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Applying clinical epidemiological methods to health equity: the equity effectiveness loop by Tugwell, Peter, de Savigny, Don, Hawker, Gillian, Robinson, Vivian

“…Focusing on the average effects of interventions on health may miss important differences within populations. Examining these effects across gradients in…”
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Detection of Legionella antigenuria by reverse passive agglutination by Tang, P W, de Savigny, D, Toma, S

“…Article Usage Stats Services JCM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Inequities among the very poor: health care for children in rural southern Tanzania by Schellenberg, Joanna Armstrong, Victora, Cesar G, Mushi, Adiel, de Savigny, Don, Schellenberg, David, Mshinda, Hassan, Bryce, Jennifer

“…Few studies have been done to assess socioeconomic inequities in health in African countries. We sought evidence of inequities in health care by sex and…”
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