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Our projects

  • Antibiotic and drug resistance

    • A study of community case management of pneumonia in Zambiaour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      POLICY BRIEF: Rational use of antibiotics by CHWs and caregivers in ZambiaLINK | PDF
      CASE STUDY: Tackling childhood illnesses in Northern Zambia through ICCMLINK | PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Assessing quality of care for pneumonia in ICCMLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Rational use of antibiotics by community health workersLINK
    • Reducing irrational use of antibiotics in children with URIs in rural Guangxi Chinaour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      POLICY BRIEF: Improving rational use of antibiotics in childhood URIsLINK | PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: Improving rational use of antibiotics in childhood upper respiratory tract infections in rural ChinaLINK | PDF
      RESOURCE: Antibiotics & URIs deskguide (Mandarin)PDF
      RESOURCE: Antibiotics & URIs guidance booklet for doctors (English)PDF
      RESOURCE: Antibiotics & URIs leaflet (Mandarin)PDF
      RESOURCE: Antibiotics & URIs training materials (Mandarin)PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Protocol for randomised controlled trial for reducing irrational antibiotic prescribing among children with URIs in rural ChinaLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Interventions to reduce childhood antibiotic prescribing for URIsLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Effect of a training and educational intervention for physicians and caregivers on antibiotic prescribing for URIs in children at primary care facilities in rural China: a cluster-randomised controlled trialLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Effect of a training and educational intervention for physicians and caregivers on antibiotic prescribing for URIs in childrenLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Impact of China's essential medicines scheme & zero-mark-up policy on AB prescriptionsLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Cost‐effectiveness analysis of a multi‐dimensional intervention to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for children with upper respiratory tract infections in ChinaLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Antibiotic resistance - the need for global solutionsLINK | PDF
  • Community Dialogue and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)

    • Community dialogues for prevention and control of neglected tropical diseasesour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: Infographic 'Have you heard of schistosomiasis?'LINK | PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Have you heard of schistosomiasis? Knowledge and practicesLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Knowledge, attitudes and practices with regard to schistosomiasis prevention and control: Two cross-sectional household surveys before and after a Community Dialogue intervention in Nampula province, MozambiqueLINK
    • Diálogos comunitários na prevenção e controlo de doenças tropicais negligenciadasour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aims (Portuguese version)LINK | PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: Infographic 'Ja ouviu falar da schistosomose?LINK | PDF
    • Strengthening primary healthcare for neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopiaour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
    • Supporting effective roll-out of dengue prevention and control guidelines in Myanmarour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: Supporting roll-out of revised dengue prevention and control guidelines in MyanmarLINK | PDF
  • Malaria

    • Assessing and addressing barriers to IPTp uptake in Ugandaour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: (Formative research)LINK | PDF
      PROJECT BRIEF: (Pilot intervention)PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: Assessing & addressing barriers to IPT2 uptake in UgandaLINK | PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: Strengthening service delivery for IPTp: an mHealth interventionLINK | PDF
      LEARNING PAPER: Informing policy and practice to improve quality of care in IPTpLINK | PDF
      POSTER: Challenges of reporting and recording IPTp uptakePDF
      PRESENTATION: A brief overview of barriers to IPTp uptakePDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Assessing supply-side barriers to uptake of IPTpLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Assessing demand-side barriers to uptake of IPTpLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Improving health worker performance through text messaging: A mixed-methods evaluation of a pilot intervention designed to increase coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in West Nile, UgandaLINK
    • Chemoprevention vs long acting artemisinin for treatment of malaria and anaemia in children in Ghanaour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: SMC - is it effective and acceptable in areas with longer rainy seasons?LINK | PDF
      VIDEO BRIEF: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention for under 5sLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: SMC in areas of extended malaria transmissionLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Facilitators and barriers to extended SMC uptake in GhanaLINK
    • Comparing ICCM in rural and peri-urban villages in Ugandaour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: ICCM in a peri-urban setting: a qualitative evaluation in UgandaLINK
  • Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)

    • Delivering enhanced cardiovascular disease and hypertension care through private health care facilities in Pakistanour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Enhanced CVD (hypertension) care through private health facilitiesLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Delivering integrated hypertension care at private health facilities in urban Pakistan: a process evaluationLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Enhanced hypertension care through private clinics in Pakistan: a cluster randomised trialLINK | PDF
    • Developing a decentralised model for NCD service delivery in Lubombo region in Swazilandour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      POLICY BRIEF: Decentralising NCD care in Swaziland: successes & challengesLINK | PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: A NCD screening programme in a rural African HIV clinicLINK | PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Implementation of a NCD screening programme in a rural African HIV clinicLINK
    • Enhanced diabetes and cardiovascular disease management through primary health care in Pakistanour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      POLICY BRIEF: Addressing health systems challenges for diabetes care in PakistanLINK | PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: Diabetes management for patients in rural Pakistan: initial findingsLINK | PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Process evaluation of integrated diabetes management at primary healthcare facilities in Pakistan: a mixed-methods studyLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Effectiveness of an integrated diabetes care package at primary healthcare facilities: a cluster randomised trial in PakistanLINK | PDF
    • Improving the diagnosis and treatment of CVD, diabetes and related conditions through primary healthcare in Bangladeshour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Integrating a diabetes and hypertension case management package within primary health care: a mixed methods feasibility study in BangladeshLINK
    • Managing hypertension, diabetes and CVD in Chinaour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      POLICY BRIEF: CVD risk reduction in rural China: recommendationsLINK | PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: CVD risk reduction in rural China: interim findingsLINK | PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Evaluation of systematic CVD risk reduction (exploratory study)LINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Urban and rural differences of acute CVD eventsLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Evaluation of a systematic CVD risk reduction strategy in primary healthcareLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Implementation of a comprehensive intervention for patients at high risk of CVD in rural ChinaLINK
    • Strengthening the delivery of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care at primary health care facilities in Pakistanour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      CASE STUDY: Integrating NCD care in primary health careLINK | PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Preliminary paper on the study designLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Effectiveness of delivering integrated COPD care at public healthcare facilities: a cluster randomised trial in PakistanLINK | PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Feasibility of delivering integrated COPD-asthma care at primary and secondary level public healthcare facilities in Pakistan: a process evaluationLINK | PDF
    • Training community health workers to provide care for non-communicable diseases in Bangladeshour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
  • Other Health Service Delivery

    • Assessing the effectiveness of using Public-Private Partnerships to improve family planning services in Bangladeshour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      POLICY BRIEF: How can PPP enhance the use of long acting contraceptive methods?LINK | PDF
      CASE STUDY: Using PPP to influence healthare policy and practice in BangladeshLINK | PDF
      LEAFLET: The benefits of LARCs - used in our studyPDF
      POSTER: Encouraging IUD - used in our studyPDF
      POLICY CONTRIBUTION: In-country PPPs hold key to promoting inclusivenessLINK | PDF
    • Developing a behaviour change intervention for tobacco cessation in Nepalour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      POLICY BRIEF: Integrating tobacco cessation into the regular health care systemLINK | PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: An overview of our methods and findingsLINK | PDF
      VIDEO BRIEF: Experiences of developing a tobacco cessation behaviour change toolLINK
      INFOGRAPHIC: Can behaviour change support reduce tobacco use in Nepal?PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Implementation of tobacco cessation in routine primary careLINK
    • Developing a new service delivery model for male circumcision services in Swazilandour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: Do women in Swaziland welcome circumcision for their sons?LINK | PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Early infant male circumcision for HIV preventionLINK
    • Improving primary health care using community clinics in rural Bangladeshour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      POLICY BRIEF: Improving the qulaity of care at community clinics in rural BangladeshLINK | PDF
      VIDEO BRIEF: Making community clinics more effectiveLINK
      JOB AID: IMCI job aid (English version)PDF
      JOB AID: IMCI job aid (Bangla version)PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Improving care for children in community clinicsLINK
  • Tuberculosis (TB), Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and HIV/AIDS

    • Approaches to increase TB and HIV case-finding in Swazilandour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: Structured 'pre-ART' care: a pathway to better healthLINK | PDF
      CASE STUDY: 8 months in Lubombo - a story of changeLINK | PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Models of TB contact tracing in rural southern AfricaLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Evaluation of a 'pre-ART care' service in SwazilandLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Mobile phone reminders to improve HIV results attendanceLINK
    • Developing a psycho-social support (PSS) intervention for people with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and co-morbid depression in Bangladesh: a feasibility studyour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
    • Establishing a service delivery model of MDR TB diagnosis, treatment and care in Swazilandour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Integrating intensified case finding of tuberculosis into HIV care: an evaluation from rural SwazilandLINK
      ARTICLE: Infection control in a developing worldLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Effects of financial incentives for treatment supporters on TB outcomesLINK
    • Improving MDR-TB control in Shandong, Chinaour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      POLICY BRIEF: Lessons from ShandongLINK | PDF
      VIDEO BRIEF: MDR-TB treatment - the role of family (English)LINK
      VIDEO BRIEF: MDR-TB treatment - the role of family (Mandarin)LINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Diagnostic and treatment delays of MDR-TBLINK | PDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Treatment interruption and association with DOTLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Association between DOT and treatment outcomes for MDR-TBLINK
      LANCET ABSTRACT: Treatment interruption and DOT for patients with MDR-TB in ChinaPDF
    • Improving supervision and patient support for drug resistant TB patients in Nepalour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: Women and their mental and social wellbeing during MDR-TB treatmentLINK | PDF
      VIDEO BRIEF: Treatment challenges for MDR-TB patients in NepalLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Importance of counselling & financial support for MDR-TB patientsLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Developing a patient-centred, psychosocial support interventionLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Implementation of a psychosocial support package for people receiving treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Nepal: A feasibility and acceptability studyLINK
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Depression and anxiety in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Nepal: an observational studyLINK | PDF
    • Piloting a new model for diagnosing and treating depression in those living with HIV/AIDS in Lubomboour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      RESOURCE: NCDs and Mental Health, a comprehensive desk guide, EswatiniLINK | PDF
      RESOURCE: HEALTHY ACTIVITY PROGRAMME (HAP) Training Manual, EswatiniLINK | PDF
    • The effectiveness and feasibility of hospital and community-based care delivery for MDR-TB in Pakistanour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
  • Urban healthcare

    • Developing a national strategy to deliver essential health care services in urban areas of Nepalour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      POSTER: Rapid assessment of urban health facilities in NepalPDF
      JOURNAL ARTICLE: Addressing inequalities in urban healthLINK
    • Media workshops on urban healthour findings [+]
    • PROJECT BRIEF: Background and aimsLINK | PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: 7 main health themes infographicLINK | PDF
      RESEARCH BRIEF: What issues can Nepali journalists report?LINK | PDF
      CASE STUDY: Helping journalists write better stories on urban health issuesLINK | PDF
      LEARNING PAPER: Health reporting in The Kathmandu Post, NepalPDF