Published in Lancet on September 13, 2008
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Explaining the impact of a women's group led community mobilisation intervention on maternal and newborn health outcomes: the Ekjut trial process evaluation. BMC Int Health Hum Rights (2010) 1.38
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Understanding how women's groups improve maternal and newborn health in Makwanpur, Nepal: a qualitative study. Int Health (2010) 1.14
Comparing estimates of child mortality reduction modelled in LiST with pregnancy history survey data for a community-based NGO project in Mozambique. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.06
Strengthening health systems by health sector reforms. Glob Health Action (2014) 1.00
Retrospective comparative evaluation of the lasting impact of a community-based primary health care programme on under-5 mortality in villages around Jamkhed, India. Bull World Health Organ (2010) 0.99
Systems thinking in practice: the current status of the six WHO building blocks for health system strengthening in three BHOMA intervention districts of Zambia: a baseline qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res (2013) 0.97
Knowledge and reported practices of men and women on maternal and child health in rural Guinea Bissau: a cross sectional survey. BMC Public Health (2010) 0.96
The impact of community mobilisation on HIV prevention in middle and low income countries: a systematic review and critique. AIDS Behav (2014) 0.95
The value of building health promotion capacities within communities: evidence from a maternal health intervention in Guinea. Health Policy Plan (2014) 0.95
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Reducing intrapartum stillbirths and intrapartum-related neonatal deaths. Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2009) 0.92
Assessment of peer-based and structural strategies for increasing male participation in an antenatal setting in Lilongwe, Malawi. Afr J Reprod Health (2014) 0.92
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Promoting Healthy Behaviors among Egyptian Mothers: A Quasi-Experimental Study of a Health Communication Package Delivered by Community Organizations. PLoS One (2016) 0.88
The EPICS Trial: Enabling Parents to Increase Child Survival through the introduction of community-based health interventions in rural Guinea Bissau. BMC Public Health (2009) 0.87
Selection and performance of village health teams (VHTs) in Uganda: lessons from the natural helper model of health promotion. Hum Resour Health (2015) 0.86
Enhancing governance and health system accountability for people centered healthcare: an exploratory study of community scorecards in Afghanistan. BMC Health Serv Res (2015) 0.86
The pathway of obstructed labour as perceived by communities in south-western Uganda: a grounded theory study. Glob Health Action (2011) 0.84
Opportunities to improve postpartum care for mothers and infants: design of context-specific packages of postpartum interventions in rural districts in four sub-Saharan African countries. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2015) 0.83
Access to integrated community case management of childhood illnesses services in rural Ethiopia: a qualitative study of the perspectives and experiences of caregivers. Health Policy Plan (2015) 0.83
A prescription for sustaining community engagement in malaria elimination on Aneityum Island, Vanuatu: an application of Health Empowerment Theory. Malar J (2015) 0.83
Community health workers of Afghanistan: a qualitative study of a national program. Confl Health (2014) 0.83
Peak oil and health in low- and middle-income countries: impacts and potential responses. Am J Public Health (2011) 0.81
Comparative analysis of three prehospital emergency medical services organizations in India and Pakistan. Public Health (2016) 0.81
Is participation contagious? Evidence from a household vector control campaign in urban Peru. J Epidemiol Community Health (2013) 0.81
Overcoming access barriers to health services through membership-based microfinance organizations: a review of evidence from South Asia. WHO South East Asia J Public Health (2014) 0.81
Primary prevention from the epidemiology perspective: three examples from the practice. BMC Med Res Methodol (2010) 0.81
Piloting the promotion of bamboo skirt barriers to prevent Nipah virus transmission through date palm sap in Bangladesh. Glob Health Promot (2014) 0.80
'More health for the money': an analytical framework for access to health care through microfinance and savings groups. Community Dev J (2014) 0.79
Reaching the poor with health interventions: programme-incidence analysis of seven randomised trials of women's groups to reduce newborn mortality in Asia and Africa. J Epidemiol Community Health (2015) 0.79
Provider perspectives on constraints in providing maternal, neonatal and child health services in the Lao People's democratic republic: a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2013) 0.79
Process evaluation of a knowledge translation intervention using facilitation of local stakeholder groups to improve neonatal survival in the Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. Trials (2016) 0.78
The impact of a community driven mass media campaign on the utilisation of maternal health care services in rural Malawi. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2016) 0.77
'The government cannot do it all alone': realist analysis of the minutes of community health committee meetings in Nigeria. Health Policy Plan (2015) 0.77
Recovering disrupted social capital: insights from Lao DPR rural villagers' perceptions of local leadership. BMC Public Health (2016) 0.75
Empowering communities and strengthening systems to improve transgender health: outcomes from the Pehchan programme in India. J Int AIDS Soc (2016) 0.75
Beliefs and practices during pregnancy, post-partum and in the first days of an infant's life in rural Cambodia. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2017) 0.75
Factors associated with adoption of beneficial newborn care practices in rural Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2016) 0.75
Perceived Usefulness of a Microfinance Intervention on Health Awareness and Practices in Nepal. Front Public Health (2016) 0.75
Use of Balanced Scorecard Methodology for Performance Measurement of the Health Extension Program in Ethiopia. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2016) 0.75
The evaluation of Mothers' participation project in children's growth and development process: Using the CIPP evaluation model. J Educ Health Promot (2013) 0.75
How is perceived community cohesion and membership in community groups associated with children's dietary adequacy in disadvantaged communities? A case of the Indian Sundarbans. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.75
Innovative approaches for improving maternal and newborn health - A landscape analysis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2015) 0.75
Community perspectives on the determinants of maternal health in rural southern Mozambique: a qualitative study. Reprod Health (2016) 0.75
A Controlled Before-and-After Perspective on the Improving Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Survival Program in Rural Bangladesh: An Impact Analysis. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Innovative Approaches to Hypertension Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Cardiol Clin (2017) 0.75
The Astronomy of Africa's Health Systems Literature During the MDG Era: Where Are the Systems Clusters? Glob Health Sci Pract (2015) 0.75
What is the role of community capabilities for maternal health? An exploration of community capabilities as determinants to institutional deliveries in Bangladesh, India, and Uganda. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.75
Prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension in a community-based primary health care program villages at central India. Indian Heart J (2016) 0.75
Understanding the mechanisms through which women's group community participatory intervention improved maternal health outcomes in rural Malawi: was the use of contraceptives the pathway? Glob Health Action (2016) 0.75
Supply kits for antenatal and childbirth care during antenatal care and delivery: a mixed-methods systematic review, the qualitative approach. Reprod Health (2017) 0.75
Validating an Agency-based Tool for Measuring Women's Empowerment in a Complex Public Health Trial in Rural Nepal. J Human Dev Capabil (2016) 0.75
Effect of combining a health program with a microfinance-based self-help group on health behaviors and outcomes. Public Health (2015) 0.75
The Effect of Community-Based Prevention and Care on Ebola Transmission in Sierra Leone. Am J Public Health (2016) 0.75
Sustainability of knowledge implementation in a low- and middle- income context: Experiences from a facilitation project in Vietnam targeting maternal and neonatal health. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Overcoming health-systems constraints to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Lancet (2004) 15.43
Achieving child survival goals: potential contribution of community health workers. Lancet (2007) 14.72
Effect of a participatory intervention with women's groups on birth outcomes in Nepal: cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2004) 14.40
Women's groups practising participatory learning and action to improve maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet (2013) 6.15
International Zinc Nutrition Consultative Group (IZiNCG) technical document #1. Assessment of the risk of zinc deficiency in populations and options for its control. Food Nutr Bull (2004) 5.76
Practising just medicine in an unjust world. BMJ (2003) 5.63
Hydrogen sulfide attenuates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by preservation of mitochondrial function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 5.36
Effect of a participatory intervention with women's groups on birth outcomes and maternal depression in Jharkhand and Orissa, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2010) 5.17
Effect of scaling up women's groups on birth outcomes in three rural districts in Bangladesh: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2010) 4.19
Alma-Ata 30 years on: revolutionary, relevant, and time to revitalise. Lancet (2008) 3.94
Neonatal survival: a call for action. Lancet (2005) 3.44
The effect of increased coverage of participatory women's groups on neonatal mortality in Bangladesh: A cluster randomized trial. JAMA Pediatr (2013) 2.95
Challenges in defining and classifying the preterm birth syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2011) 2.86
Best practices in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: recommendations of the Pasadena Consensus Panel. Eur Urol (2012) 2.84
Systematic review and meta-analysis of perioperative outcomes and complications after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. Eur Urol (2012) 2.74
Type 1 diabetes in children: Fighting for a place under the sun. Indian J Endocrinol Metab (2012) 2.66
An alternative strategy to reduce maternal mortality. Lancet (2006) 2.55
Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies reporting urinary continence recovery after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. Eur Urol (2012) 2.55
50-year mortality trends in children and young people: a study of 50 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries. Lancet (2011) 2.52
The equity impact of participatory women's groups to reduce neonatal mortality in India: secondary analysis of a cluster-randomised trial. Int J Epidemiol (2013) 2.46
The role of prophage-like elements in the diversity of Salmonella enterica serovars. J Mol Biol (2004) 2.45
Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies reporting potency rates after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. Eur Urol (2012) 2.43
Women's health groups to improve perinatal care in rural Nepal. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2005) 2.33
A prospective key informant surveillance system to measure maternal mortality - findings from indigenous populations in Jharkhand and Orissa, India. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2008) 2.31
Economic assessment of a women's group intervention to improve birth outcomes in rural Nepal. Lancet (2005) 2.12
Why a special issue of the BMJ on South Asia? BMJ (2003) 2.02
Is there hope for South Asia? BMJ (2004) 1.98
Task shifting routine inpatient pediatric HIV testing improves program outcomes in urban Malawi: a retrospective observational study. PLoS One (2010) 1.89
Examining the evidence of under-five mortality reduction in a community-based programme in Gaza, Mozambique. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2007) 1.86
Fecal markers of intestinal inflammation and permeability associated with the subsequent acquisition of linear growth deficits in infants. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2012) 1.83
The experiences of districts in implementing a national incentive programme to promote safe delivery in Nepal. BMC Health Serv Res (2009) 1.76
Food commodity derivatives: a new cause of malnutrition? Lancet (2008) 1.72
Inequalities in maternity care and newborn outcomes: one-year surveillance of births in vulnerable slum communities in Mumbai. Int J Equity Health (2009) 1.67
How many births in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia will not be attended by a skilled birth attendant between 2011 and 2015? BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2012) 1.65
The effect of participatory women's groups on birth outcomes in Bangladesh: does coverage matter? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials (2011) 1.63
Chasing the dragon: Developing indicators for the assessment of community participation in health programmes. Soc Sci Med (2010) 1.61
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Assessment of capacity for surgery, obstetrics and anaesthesia in 17 Ghanaian hospitals using a WHO assessment tool. Trop Med Int Health (2010) 1.53
Excellent can be the enemy of good: the case of diarrhoea management. Lancet (2013) 1.52
Airborne endotoxin concentrations in homes burning biomass fuel. Environ Health Perspect (2010) 1.50
Pediatric disease burden and vaccination recommendations: understanding local differences. Int J Infect Dis (2010) 1.48
Improving newborn survival in low-income countries: community-based approaches and lessons from South Asia. PLoS Med (2010) 1.47
Cluster-randomised controlled trial of community mobilisation in Mumbai slums to improve care during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum and for the newborn. Trials (2008) 1.45
Newborn survival in Malawi: a decade of change and future implications. Health Policy Plan (2012) 1.43
Assessing the surgical and obstetrics-gynecology workload of medical officers: findings from 10 district hospitals in Ghana. Arch Surg (2012) 1.39
Nurse-led flexible cystoscopy in Australia: initial experience and early results. BJU Int (2012) 1.38
Explaining the impact of a women's group led community mobilisation intervention on maternal and newborn health outcomes: the Ekjut trial process evaluation. BMC Int Health Hum Rights (2010) 1.38
Therapeutic hypothermia for birth asphyxia in low-resource settings: a pilot randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2008) 1.37
Epidemiology of bloodstream infections in a bacille Calmette-Guérin-vaccinated pediatric population in Malawi. J Infect Dis (2003) 1.34
Association between clean delivery kit use, clean delivery practices, and neonatal survival: pooled analysis of data from three sites in South Asia. PLoS Med (2012) 1.34
Routine inpatient human immunodeficiency virus testing system increases access to pediatric human immunodeficiency virus care in sub-Saharan Africa. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2011) 1.33
Validation of the World Health Organization tool for situational analysis to assess emergency and essential surgical care at district hospitals in Ghana. World J Surg (2011) 1.32
Use of satellite imagery in constructing a household GIS database for health studies in Karachi, Pakistan. Int J Health Geogr (2004) 1.31
Effect of provider-initiated testing and counselling and integration of ART services on access to HIV diagnosis and treatment for children in Lilongwe, Malawi: a pre- post comparison. BMC Pediatr (2009) 1.28
Adaptation of a probabilistic method (InterVA) of verbal autopsy to improve the interpretation of cause of stillbirth and neonatal death in Malawi, Nepal, and Zimbabwe. Popul Health Metr (2011) 1.27
A healthy nation: strengthening child health research in the UK. Lancet (2012) 1.27
What works and what does not: a discussion of popular approaches for the abandonment of female genital mutilation. Obstet Gynecol Int (2013) 1.26
Evaluating community capacity. Health Soc Care Community (2002) 1.26
Born too soon: care for the preterm baby. Reprod Health (2013) 1.26
Prostate cancer screening in men with a family history of prostate cancer: the role of partners in influencing men's screening uptake. Urology (2007) 1.26
Decreased pediatric hospital mortality after an intervention to improve emergency care in Lilongwe, Malawi. Pediatrics (2012) 1.25
A renewed focus on primary health care: revitalize or reframe? Global Health (2010) 1.25
Vi antigen expression in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi clinical isolates from Pakistan. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.24
Assessing participation in a community-based health planning and services programme in Ghana. BMC Health Serv Res (2013) 1.23
Health risks, present and future, from global climate change. BMJ (2012) 1.20
Evidence-based policy-making: the implications of globally-applicable research for context-specific problem-solving in developing countries. Soc Sci Med (2009) 1.20
Behaviour change in perinatal care practices among rural women exposed to a women's group intervention in Nepal [ISRCTN31137309]. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2006) 1.20
Advancing the state of the world's newborns. Bull World Health Organ (2003) 1.19
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MaiMwana women's groups: a community mobilisation intervention to improve mother and child health and reduce mortality in rural Malawi. Malawi Med J (2010) 1.17