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Understanding drivers of family planning in rural northern India: An integrated mixed-methods approach by Jain, Mokshada, Caplan, Yael, Ramesh, B M, Isac, Shajy, Anand, Preeti, Engl, Elisabeth, Halli, Shiva, Kemp, Hannah, Blanchard, James, Gothalwal, Vikas, Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Kumar, Pankaj, Sgaier, Sema K

“…Family planning is a key means to achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals. Around the world, governments and partners have prioritized investments…”
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Geographic and socioeconomic inequalities in the coverage of contraception in Uttar Pradesh, India by Halli, Shiva S, Alam, Mohd Tauheed, Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Prakash, Ravi, Anand, Preeti, Blanchard, James, Wehrmeister, Fernando

“…Uttar Pradesh (UP) is the most populous state in India, with a historically lower level of family planning coverage than the national average. In recent…”
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Understanding the rise in traditional contraceptive methods use in Uttar Pradesh, India by Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Dehury, Bidyadhar, Prakash, Ravi, Becker, Marissa, Anand, Preeti, Mishra, Ashish, Singhal, Shreya, Halli, Shivalingappa, Blanchard, James, Spears, Dean, Isac, Shajy

“…The sustainable development goals (SDG) aim at satisfying three-fourths of family planning needs through modern contraceptive methods by 2030. However, the…”
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Association of prenatal counselling and immediate postnatal support with early initiation of breastfeeding in Uttar Pradesh, India by Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Dehury, Bidyadhar, Prakash, Ravi, Becker, Marissa, Avery, Lisa, Sankaran, Deepa, Ramesh, B M, Blanchard, James, Kumar, Pankaj, Anthony, John, Kumar, Manish, Boerma, Ties, Isac, Shajy

“…Timely initiation of breastfeeding, also known as early initiation of breastfeeding, is a well-recognized life-saving intervention to reduce neonatal…”
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Association of identification of facility and transportation for childbirth with institutional delivery in high priority districts of Uttar Pradesh, India by Rajvanshi, Divya, Anthony, John, Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Dehury, Bidyadhar, Banadakoppa Manjappa, Ramesh, Prakash, Ravi, Chintada, Dhanunjaya Rao, Khare, Shagun, Avery, Lisa, Crockett, Maryanne, Isac, Shajy, Becker, Marissa, Blanchard, James, Halli, Shiva

“…Timely and skilled care is key to reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. Birth preparedness involves preparation for safe childbirth during the antenatal…”
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Facilities are substantially more influential than care providers in the quality of delivery care received: a variance decomposition and clustering analysis in Kenya, Malawi and India by Helfinstein, Sarah, Jain, Mokshada, Ramesh, Banadakoppa Manjappa, Blanchard, James, Kemp, Hannah, Gothalwal, Vikas, Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Kumar, Pankaj, Sgaier, Sema K

“…IntroductionImproving the quality of care during childbirth is essential for reducing neonatal and maternal mortality. One barrier to improving quality of care…”
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The contribution of district prioritization on maternal and newborn health interventions coverage in rural India by Ramesh, B M, Dehury, Bidyadhar, Isac, Shajy, Gothalwal, Vikas, Prakash, Ravi, Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Halli, Shivalingappa, Blanchard, James, Boerma, Ties

“…In 2001, India prioritized eight most socioeconomically disadvantaged states known as Empowered Action Group (EAG) states and in 2013, it prioritized 190 of…”
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Closing the gap on institutional delivery in northern India: a case study of how integrated machine learning approaches can enable precision public health by Huang, Vincent S, Morris, Kasey, Jain, Mokshada, Ramesh, Banadakoppa Manjappa, Kemp, Hannah, Blanchard, James, Isac, Shajy, Sarkar, Bidyut, Gothalwal, Vikas, Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Kumar, Pankaj, Sgaier, Sema K

“…IntroductionMeeting ambitious global health goals with limited resources requires a precision public health (PxPH) approach. Here we describe how integrating…”
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Visualizing participant experiences in maternal and child nutrition studies using timeline mapping by Sankaran, Deepa, Sharma, Priyanshu, Lazarus, Lisa, Swain, Tapaswini, Pilli, Bhanu, Kumar, P. Manish, Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Blanchard, James, Moses, Stephen

“…Iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation is one of the most cost-effective interventions to prevent and treat anemia during pregnancy. Despite having the…”
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Examining policy intentions and actual implementation practices: How organizational factors influence health management information systems in Uttar Pradesh, India by Meghani, Ankita, Rodríguez, Daniela C., Bilal, Huzaifa, Tripathi, Anand B., Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Prakash, Ravi, Peters, David H., Bennett, Sara

“…This study investigates the implementation of a recent health management information systems (HMIS) policy reform in Uttar Pradesh, India, which aims to…”
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Learnings From the Implementation of an Electronic Human Resource Management System for the Health Workforce in Uttar Pradesh, India by Jain, Sushant, Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Halli, Shivalingappa, Isac, Shajy, Becker, Marissa, Khan, Mushahid Ali, Gothalwal, Vikas, Blanchard, James, Pandey, Pooja, Rawat, Awadhesh Kumar, Prakash, Ravi

“…The state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), India, has one of the largest single public health systems globally, serving about 235 million people through more than 30,000…”
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Development and Testing of Artificial Intelligence-Based Mobile Application to Achieve Cataract Backlog-Free Status in Uttar Pradesh, India by Devaraj, Madhavi, Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Srichandan, Satya Swarup, Sharma, Eshan, Kaur, Apjit, Mishra, Nibha, Seth, Dev Vimal, Singh, Akanksha, Saxena, Pankaj, Vasanthakumar, Eshaan, Blanchard, James, Prakash, Ravi

“…Uttar Pradesh (UP), the most populous state in India, has about 36 million people aged 50 years or older, spread across more than 100,000 villages. Among them,…”
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Understanding the Prevalence and Geographic Heterogeneity of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Findings of the First Serosurvey in Uttar Pradesh, India by Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Jain, Amita, Agrawal, Vikasendu, Prakash, Ravi, Dehury, Bidyadhar, Becker, Marissa, Blanchard, James, Isac, Shajy, Prasad, Amit Mohan

“…Population-based serological antibody test for SARS-CoV-2 infection helps in estimating the exposure in the community. We present the findings of the first…”
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Bringing Greater Precision to Interactions Between Community Health Workers and Households to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes in India by Smittenaar, Peter, Ramesh, B.M., Jain, Mokshada, Blanchard, James, Kemp, Hannah, Engl, Elisabeth, Isac, Shajy, Anthony, John, Prakash, Ravi, Gothalwal, Vikas, Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Kumar, Pankaj, Sgaier, Sema K.

“…INTRODUCTIONCommunity health workers (CHWs) play a key role in the health of mothers and newborns in low- and middle-income countries. However, it remains…”
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Improving Community Health Worker Compensation: A Case Study From India Using Quantitative Projection Modeling and Incentive Design Principles by Jain, Mokshada, Caplan, Yael, Ramesh, Banadakoppa Manjappa, Kemp, Hannah, Hammer, Bettina, Isac, Shajy, Blanchard, James, Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Sgaier, Sema K.

“…INTRODUCTIONAlthough community health workers (CHWs) are effective at mobilizing important health behaviors, there is limited evidence on how financial…”
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Optimizing the Health Management Information System in Uttar Pradesh, India: Implementation Insights and Key Learnings by Meghani, Ankita, Tripathi, Anand B., Bilal, Huzaifa, Gupta, Shivam, Prakash, Ravi, Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Blanchard, James, Isac, Shajy, Kumar, Pankaj, Ramesh, B.M.

“…The Uttar Pradesh Health Management Information System has allowed managers across all levels of the state’s health system to access routinely collected data…”
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Visualizing participant experiences in maternal and child nutrition studies using timeline mapping: version 2; peer review: 2 approved by Sankaran, Deepa, Sharma, Priyanshu, Lazarus, Lisa, Swain, Tapaswini, Pilli, Bhanu, P. Manish Kumar, Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Blanchard, James, Moses, Stephen

“…Iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation is one of the most cost-effective interventions to prevent and treat anemia during pregnancy. Despite having the…”
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Visualizing participant experiences in maternal and child nutrition studies using timeline mapping by Sankaran, Deepa, Sharma, Priyanshu, Lazarus, Lisa, Swain, Tapaswini, Pilli, Bhanu, Kumar, P. Manish, Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar, Blanchard, James, Moses, Stephen

“…Iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation is one of the most cost-effective interventions to prevent and treat anemia during pregnancy. Despite having the…”
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