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National Response to COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea and Lessons Learned for Other Countries by Oh, Juhwan, Lee, Jong-Koo, Schwarz, Dan, Ratcliffe, Hannah L., Markuns, Jeffrey F., Hirschhorn, Lisa R.

“…In the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) had the second highest number of cases globally yet was able to…”
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Health facility management and primary health care performance in Uganda by Kim, June-Ho, Bell, Griffith A, Bitton, Asaf, Desai, Eesha V, Hirschhorn, Lisa R, Makumbi, Fredrick, Nabiwemba, Elizabeth, Ratcliffe, Hannah L, Wabwire-Mangen, Fred, Kibira, Simon P S, Schwarz, Dan

“…Primary health care is a critical foundation of high-quality health systems. Health facility management has been studied in high-income countries, but there…”
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Combining Healthcare-Based and Participatory Approaches to Surveillance: Trends in Diarrheal and Respiratory Conditions Collected by a Mobile Phone System by Community Health Workers in Rural Nepal by Meyers, David J, Ozonoff, Al, Baruwal, Ashma, Pande, Sami, Harsha, Alex, Sharma, Ranju, Schwarz, Dan, Schwarz, Ryan K, Bista, Deepak, Halliday, Scott, Maru, Duncan S R

“…Surveillance systems are increasingly relying upon community-based or crowd-sourced data to complement traditional facilities-based data sources. Data…”
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Preliminary validation of the PRImary care facility Management Evaluation tool (PRIME-Tool), a national facility management survey implemented in Ghana by Uy, Jhanna, Macarayan, Erlyn K, Ratcliffe, Hannah L, Miller, Kate, Otupiri, Easmon, Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Hirschhorn, Lisa R, Lipsitz, Stuart R, Schwarz, Dan, Bitton, Asaf

“…The management quality of healthcare facilities has consistently been linked to facility performance, but available tools to measure management are costly to…”
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Engaging healthcare students in innovative approaches for antimicrobial resistance containment by Kasujja, Hassan, Kajumbula, Henry, Tusiimire, Jonans, Waswa, J. P., Nanyonga, Stella M., Kiggundu, Reuben, Mwandah, Daniel C., Murungi, Marion, Mugenyi, Nathan, Mukenya, Irene M., Joshi, Mohan P., Schwarz, Dan, Bongomin, Felix, Konduri, Niranjan

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Collaborative care model for depression in rural Nepal: a mixed-methods implementation research study by Rimal, Pragya, Choudhury, Nandini, Agrawal, Pawan, Basnet, Madhur, Bohara, Bhavendra, Citrin, David, Dhungana, Santosh Kumar, Gauchan, Bikash, Gupta, Priyanka, Gupta, Tula Krishna, Halliday, Scott, Kadayat, Bharat, Mahar, Ramesh, Maru, Duncan, Nguyen, Viet, Poudel, Sanjaya, Raut, Anant, Rawal, Janaki, Sapkota, Sabitri, Schwarz, Dan, Schwarz, Ryan, Shrestha, Srijana, Swar, Sikhar, Thapa, Aradhana, Thapa, Poshan, White, Rebecca, Acharya, Bibhav

“…IntroductionDespite carrying a disproportionately high burden of depression, patients in low-income countries lack access to effective care. The collaborative…”
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Primary Care 2030: Creating an Enabling Ecosystem for Disruptive Primary Care Models to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in Low- and Middle-Income Countries by Schwarz, Dan, Duong, David, Adam, Chase, Awoonor-Williams, J K, Back, Darren, Bang, Abhay, Bang, Rani, Beebe, Madeleine, Bhatt, Shreya, Campbell, John, Conteh, Magnus, Dimitrova, Dessislava, Dimovska, Donika, Dossou, Jean-Paul, Evans, Timothy, Gadir, Mazin, Islam, Khaleda, Kasyaba, Ronald, Kumar, Priya, Levy, Catherine, Oanh, Tran Mai, Monsef, Nahed, Oh, Juhwan, Otoo, Nathaniel, Palazuelos, Daniel, Poh, Andy, Sinha, Sylvana, Smith, Catharine, Stewart, Ben, Thomas, Cicely, Tritter, Beth, Varnum, Peter, Weilnau, Taylor, Ellner, Andrew

“…Forty years after Alma Ata, there is renewed commitment to strengthen primary health care as a foundation for achieving universal health coverage, but there is…”
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Addressing gaps in AMR awareness in the public: an evidence-based policy brief to guide school curriculum review in Uganda by Waswa, J P, Kiggundu, Reuben, Joshi, Mohan P, Mpagi, Joseph, Kasujja, Hassan, Murungi, Marion, Kajumbula, Henry, Were, Esther, Schwarz, Dan, Lwere, Kamada, Konduri, Niranjan

“…The government of Uganda, through its Ministry of Health, previously adopted curriculum review as a mechanism to respond to public health threats such as…”
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An integrated intervention for chronic care management in rural Nepal: protocol of a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation study by Schwarz, Dan, Dhungana, Santosh, Kumar, Anirudh, Acharya, Bibhav, Agrawal, Pawan, Aryal, Anu, Baum, Aaron, Choudhury, Nandini, Citrin, David, Dangal, Binod, Dhimal, Meghnath, Gauchan, Bikash, Gupta, Tula, Halliday, Scott, Karmacharya, Biraj, Kishore, Sandeep, Koirala, Bhagawan, Kshatriya, Uday, Levine, Erica, Maru, Sheela, Rimal, Pragya, Sapkota, Sabitri, Schwarz, Ryan, Shrestha, Archana, Thapa, Aradhana, Maru, Duncan

“…In Nepal, the burden of noncommunicable, chronic diseases is rapidly rising, and disproportionately affecting low and middle-income countries. Integrated…”
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Surgical referral coordination from a first-level hospital: a prospective case study from rural Nepal by Fleming, Matthew, King, Caroline, Rajeev, Sindhya, Baruwal, Ashma, Schwarz, Dan, Schwarz, Ryan, Khadka, Nirajan, Pande, Sami, Khanal, Sumesh, Acharya, Bibhav, Benton, Adia, Rogers, Selwyn O, Panizales, Maria, Gyorki, David, McGee, Heather, Shaye, David, Maru, Duncan

“…Patients in isolated rural communities typically lack access to surgical care. It is not feasible for most rural first-level hospitals to provide a full suite…”
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Towards patient-centred care in Ghana: health system responsiveness, self-rated health and experiential quality in a nationally representative survey by Ratcliffe, Hannah L, Bell, Griffith, Awoonor-Williams, Koku, Bitton, Asaf, Kim, June-Ho, Lipstiz, Stuart, Macarayan, Erlyn, Ofosu, Anthony, Otupiri, Easmon, Schwarz, Dan, Hirschhorn, Lisa R

“…IntroductionPerson-centredness, including patient experience and satisfaction, is a foundational element of quality of care. Evidence indicates that poor…”
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Design and implementation of an affordable, public sector electronic medical record in rural Nepal by Raut, Anant, Yarbrough, Chase, Singh, Vivek, Gauchan, Bikash, Citrin, David, Verma, Varun, Hawley, Jessica, Schwarz, Dan, Harsha Bangura, Alex, Shrestha, Biplav, Schwarz, Ryan, Adhikari, Mukesh, Maru, Duncan

“…Globally, electronic medical records are central to the infrastructure of modern healthcare systems. Yet the vast majority of electronic medical records have…”
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Power, potential, and pitfalls in global health academic partnerships: review and reflections on an approach in Nepal by Citrin, David, Mehanni, Stephen, Acharya, Bibhav, Wong, Lena, Nirola, Isha, Sherchan, Rekha, Gauchan, Bikash, Karki, Khem Bahadur, Singh, Dipendra Raman, Shamasunder, Sriram, Le, Phuoc, Schwarz, Dan, Schwarz, Ryan, Dangal, Binod, Dhungana, Santosh Kumar, Maru, Sheela, Mahar, Ramesh, Thapa, Poshan, Raut, Anant, Adhikari, Mukesh, Basnett, Indira, Kaluanee, Shankar Prasad, Deukmedjian, Grace, Halliday, Scott, Maru, Duncan

“…Background: Global health academic partnerships are centered around a core tension: they often mirror or reproduce the very cross-national inequities they seek…”
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Implementing sustainable primary healthcare reforms: strategies from Costa Rica by Spigel, Lauren, Pesec, Madeline, Villegas del Carpio, Oscar, Ratcliffe, Hannah L, Jiménez Brizuela, Jorge Arturo, Madriz Montero, Andrés, Zamora Méndez, Eduardo, Schwarz, Dan, Bitton, Asaf, Hirschhorn, Lisa R

“…As the world strives to achieve universal health coverage by 2030, countries must build robust healthcare systems founded on strong primary healthcare (PHC)…”
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Estimated cost for cardiovascular disease risk-based management at a primary healthcare center in Nepal by Aryal, Anu, Citrin, David, Halliday, Scott, Kumar, Anirudh, Nepal, Prajwol, Shrestha, Archana, Nugent, Rachel, Schwarz, Dan

“…Low- and middle-income countries are facing an increasing burden of disability and death due to cardiovascular diseases. Policy makers and healthcare providers…”
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Increased incidence of tuberculosis in zimbabwe, in association with food insecurity, and economic collapse: an ecological analysis by Burke, Stephen J, Lass, Elliot, Thistle, Paul, Katumbe, Lovemore, Jetha, Arif, Schwarz, Dan, Bolotin, Shelly, Barker, R D, Simor, Andrew, Silverman, Michael

“…Zimbabwe underwent a socioeconomic crisis and resultant increase in food insecurity in 2008-9. The impact of the crisis on Tuberculosis (TB) incidence is…”
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Improving access to health services through health reform in Lesotho: Progress made towards achieving Universal Health Coverage by Ndayizigiye, Melino, Allan-Blitz, Lao-Tzu, Dally, Emily, Abebe, Seyfu, Andom, Afom, Tlali, Retsepile, Gingras, Emily, Mokoena, Mathabang, Msuya, Meba, Nkundanyirazo, Patrick, Mohlouoa, Thiane, Mosebo, Fusi, Motsamai, Sophie, Mabathoana, Joalane, Chetane, Palesa, Ntlamelle, Likhapha, Curtain, Joel, Whelley, Collin, Birru, Ermyas, McBain, Ryan, Andrea, Di Miceli, Schwarz, Dan, Mukherjee, Joia S

“…In 2014 the Kingdom of Lesotho, in conjunction with Partners In Health, launched a National Health Reform with three components: 1) improved supply-side inputs…”
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Transition to active learning in rural Nepal: an adaptable and scalable curriculum development model by Mehanni, Stephen, Wong, Lena, Acharya, Bibhav, Agrawal, Pawan, Aryal, Anu, Basnet, Madhur, Citrin, David, Dangal, Binod, Deukmedjian, Grace, Dhungana, Santosh Kumar, Gauchan, Bikash, Gupta, Tula Krishna, Halliday, Scott, Kalaunee, S P, Kshatriya, Uday, Kumar, Anirudh, Maru, Duncan, Maru, Sheela, Nguyen, Viet, Paudel, Jhalak Sharma, Rimal, Pragya, Saleh, Marwa, Schwarz, Ryan, Swar, Sikhar Bahadur, Thapa, Aradhana, Tiwari, Aparna, White, Rebecca, Wu, Wan-Ju, Schwarz, Dan

“…Traditional medical education in much of the world has historically relied on passive learning. Although active learning has been in the medical education…”
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PHC Progression Model: a novel mixed-methods tool for measuring primary health care system capacity by Ratcliffe, Hannah L, Schwarz, Dan, Hirschhorn, Lisa R, Cejas, Cintia, Diallo, Abdoulaye, Garcia-Elorrio, Ezequiel, Fifield, Jocelyn, Gashumba, Diane, Hartshorn, Lucy, Leydon, Nicholas, Mohamed, Mohamed, Nakamura, Yoriko, Ndiaye, Youssoupha, Novignon, Jacob, Ofosu, Anthony, Roder-DeWan, Sanam, Rwiyereka, Angelique, Secci, Federica, Veillard, Jeremy H, Bitton, Asaf

“…High-performing primary health care (PHC) is essential for achieving universal health coverage. However, in many countries, PHC is weak and unable to deliver…”
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The status of Ghanaian community health workers' supervision and service delivery: descriptive analyses from the 2017 Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 survey by Schwarz, Dan, Kim, June-Ho, Ratcliffe, Hannah, Bell, Griffith, Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Nimako, Belinda, Otupiri, Easmon, Lipsitz, Stuart, Hirschhorn, Lisa, Bitton, Asaf

“…Community-based services are a critical component of high-quality primary healthcare. Ghana formally launched the National Community Health Worker (CHW)…”
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