Search Results - "Pradhan, Elina"

Decentralized facility financing versus performance-based payments in primary health care: a large-scale randomized controlled trial in Nigeria by Khanna, Madhulika, Loevinsohn, Benjamin, Pradhan, Elina, Fadeyibi, Opeyemi, McGee, Kevin, Odutolu, Oluwole, Fritsche, Gyorgy Bela, Meribole, Emmanuel, Vermeersch, Christel M. J, Kandpal, Eeshani

“…Abstract Background Health system financing presents a challenge in many developing countries. We assessed two reform packages, performance-based financing…”
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Delivering postpartum family planning services in Nepal: are providers supportive? by Puri, Mahesh C, Maharjan, Manju, Pearson, Erin, Pradhan, Elina, Dhungel, Yasaswi, Khadka, Aayush, Shah, Iqbal H

“…Health service providers play a key role in addressing women's need for pregnancy prevention, especially during the postpartum period. Yet, in Nepal, little is…”
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Investigating the quality of family planning counselling as part of routine antenatal care and its effect on intended postpartum contraceptive method choice among women in Nepal by Puri, Mahesh C, Moroni, Matthew, Pearson, Erin, Pradhan, Elina, Shah, Iqbal H

“…Though modern contraceptive use among married women in Nepal has increased from 26% in 1996 to 43% in 2016, it remains low among postpartum women. Integration…”
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The effect of a postpartum IUD intervention on counseling and choice: Evidence from a cluster-randomized stepped-wedge trial in Sri Lanka by Karra, Mahesh, Pearson, Erin, Pradhan, Elina, de Silva, Ranjith, Samarasekera, Arnjali, Canning, David, Shah, Iqbal, Weerasekera, Deepal, Senanayake, Hemantha

“…The International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), in collaboration with the Sri Lankan College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists (SLCOG),…”
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Effect of a postpartum family planning intervention on postpartum intrauterine device counseling and choice: evidence from a cluster-randomized trial in Tanzania by Pearson, Erin, Senderowicz, Leigh, Pradhan, Elina, Francis, Joel, Muganyizi, Projestine, Shah, Iqbal, Canning, David, Karra, Mahesh, Ulenga, Nzovu, Bärnighausen, Till

“…The World Health Organization recommends postpartum family planning (PPFP) for healthy birth spacing. This study is an evaluation of an intervention that…”
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Integrating postpartum contraceptive counseling and IUD insertion services into maternity care in Nepal: results from stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial by Pradhan, Elina, Canning, David, Shah, Iqbal H, Puri, Mahesh, Pearson, Erin, Thapa, Kusum, Bajracharya, Lata, Maharjan, Manju, Maharjan, Dev C, Shakya, Ganga, Chaudhary, Pushpa

“…In Nepal, 54% of women have an unmet need for family planning within the 2 years following a birth. Provision of a long-acting and reversible contraceptive…”
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RAD001 enhances the potency of BEZ235 to inhibit mTOR signaling and tumor growth by Nyfeler, Beat, Chen, Yan, Li, Xiaoyan, Pinzon-Ortiz, Maria, Wang, Zuncai, Reddy, Anupama, Pradhan, Elina, Das, Rita, Lehár, Joseph, Schlegel, Robert, Finan, Peter M, Cao, Z Alexander, Murphy, Leon O, Huang, Alan

“…The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is regulated by oncogenic growth factor signals and plays a pivotal role in controlling cellular metabolism, growth…”
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The Differential Impact of User‐Fee Exemption Compared to Conditional Cash Transfers on Safe Deliveries in Nepal by Pradhan, Elina, Fan, Victoria Y.

“…Objective To assess the differential impact of a copayment exemption compared to a cash incentive on increasing skilled birth attendance (i.e., birth attended…”
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The effect of antenatal counseling and intrauterine device insertion services on postpartum contraceptive use in Nepal: Results from a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial by Huber-Krum, Sarah, Khadka, Aayush, Pradhan, Elina, Rohr, Julia, Puri, Mahesh, Maharjan, Dev, Joshi, Saugat, Shah, Iqbal, Canning, David

“…There is high unmet need for family planning in the postpartum period in Nepal. The current study assessed the effects of a contraceptive counseling and…”
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Determinants of imbalanced sex ratio at birth in Nepal: evidence from secondary analysis of a large hospital-based study and nationally-representative survey data by Pradhan, Elina, Pearson, Erin, Puri, Mahesh, Maharjan, Manju, Maharjan, Dev Chandra, Shah, Iqbal

“…ObjectivesTo quantify sex ratios at births (SRBs) in hospital deliveries in Nepal, and understand the socio-demographic correlates of skewed SRB. Skewed SRBs…”
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Institutionalizing postpartum intrauterine device (IUD) services in Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Nepal: study protocol for a cluster-randomized stepped-wedge trial by Canning, David, Shah, Iqbal H, Pearson, Erin, Pradhan, Elina, Karra, Mahesh, Senderowicz, Leigh, Bärnighausen, Till, Spiegelman, Donna, Langer, Ana

“…During the year following the birth of a child, 40% of women are estimated to have an unmet need for contraception. The copper IUD provides safe, effective,…”
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Adverse birth outcomes among women with ‘low-risk’ pregnancies in India: findings from the Fifth National Family Health Survey, 2019–21 by Tandon, Ajay, Roder-DeWan, Sanam, Chopra, Mickey, Chhabra, Sheena, Croke, Kevin, Cros, Marion, Hasan, Rifat, Jammy, Guru Rajesh, Manchanda, Navneet, Nagaraj, Amith, Pandey, Rahul, Pradhan, Elina, Rajkumar, Andrew Sunil, Peters, Michael A., Kruk, Margaret E.

“…Despite substantial progress in improving maternal and newborn health, India continues to experience high rates of newborn mortality and stillbirths. One…”
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Adverse birth outcomes among women with ‘low-risk’ pregnancies in India: findings from the Fifth National Family Health Survey, 2019–21Research in context by Ajay Tandon, Sanam Roder-DeWan, Mickey Chopra, Sheena Chhabra, Kevin Croke, Marion Cros, Rifat Hasan, Guru Rajesh Jammy, Navneet Manchanda, Amith Nagaraj, Rahul Pandey, Elina Pradhan, Andrew Sunil Rajkumar, Michael A. Peters, Margaret E. Kruk

“…Background: Despite substantial progress in improving maternal and newborn health, India continues to experience high rates of newborn mortality and…”
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Abstract 5466: The Mdm2 inhibitor, NVP-CGM097, in combination with the BRAF inhibitor NVP-LGX818 elicits synergistic antitumor effects in melanoma by Wang, Hui Qin, Zubrowski, Matthew, Emerson, Erling, Pradhan, Elina, Jeay, Sébastien, Wiesmann, Marion, Caponigro, Giordano, Wuerthner, Jens, Schlegel, Robert, Cao, Z. Alexander, Huang, Alan, Halilovic, Ensar

“…Abstract RAF kinase inhibitors have shown substantial therapeutic effects in patients with BRAF-mutant melanoma. However, despite impressive initial responses,…”
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Abstract 579: Cell death induction end-points to identify new cancer indications with high likelihood of response to dual PI3K /mTOR inhibitors by Huang, Alan, Lehar, Joseph, Pradhan, Elina, Tomaso, Emmanuelle Di, Villarroel, Maria, Hackl, Wolfgang, Quadt, Cornelia, Fritsch, Christine, Weiss, Andreas, Brachmann, Saskia, Schlegel, Robert, Hofmann, Francesco, Maira, Michel

“…Abstract Constitutive activation of the PI3K pathway is driven by a variety of genetic and epigenetic abnormalities, such as PTEN deletions, mutations,…”
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