Published in PLoS One on February 06, 2013
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Collecting syndromic surveillance data by mobile phone in rural India: implementation and feasibility. Glob Health Action (2015) 1.47
The importance of implementation strategy in scaling up Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of tuberculosis in the Indian health-care system: a transmission model. PLoS Med (2014) 1.17
Simplified Asset Indices to Measure Wealth and Equity in Health Programs: A Reliability and Validity Analysis Using Survey Data From 16 Countries. Glob Health Sci Pract (2016) 1.08
Informal rural healthcare providers in North and South India. Health Policy Plan (2014) 0.96
Non-degree allopathic practitioners as first contact points for acute illness episodes: insights from a qualitative study in rural northern India. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.94
Barriers to malaria control among marginalized tribal communities: a qualitative study. PLoS One (2013) 0.94
Does a ban on informal health providers save lives? Evidence from Malawi. J Dev Econ (2016) 0.90
Who serves the urban poor? A geospatial and descriptive analysis of health services in slum settlements in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Health Policy Plan (2015) 0.86
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Towards the just and sustainable use of antibiotics. J Pharm Policy Pract (2016) 0.85
Transaction costs of access to health care: Implications of the care-seeking pathways of tuberculosis patients for health system governance in Nigeria. Glob Public Health (2015) 0.79
An assessment of the quality of advice provided by patent medicine vendors to users of oral contraceptive pills in urban Nigeria. J Multidiscip Healthc (2014) 0.79
Experience of using mHealth to link village doctors with physicians: lessons from Chakaria, Bangladesh. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2015) 0.78
Addressing antimicrobial resistance in China: policy implementation in a complex context. Global Health (2016) 0.77
Manual Therapy Practices of Sobadores in North Carolina. J Altern Complement Med (2016) 0.77
Integrating informal providers into a people-centered health systems approach: qualitative evidence from local health systems in rural Nigeria. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.77
Spatial distribution and cluster analysis of retail drug shop characteristics and antimalarial behaviors as reported by private medicine retailers in western Kenya: informing future interventions. Int J Health Geogr (2016) 0.77
Improving the quality of paediatric malaria diagnosis and treatment by rural providers in Myanmar: an evaluation of a training and support intervention. Malar J (2015) 0.76
Health literacy in a community with low levels of education: findings from Chakaria, a rural area of Bangladesh. BMC Public Health (2017) 0.75
Knowledge and skills for management of sexually transmitted infections among rural medical practitioners in Bangladesh. Open J Prev Med (2015) 0.75
Can formalizing links among community health workers, accredited drug dispensing outlet dispensers, and health facility staff increase their collaboration to improve prompt access to maternal and child care? A qualitative study in Tanzania. BMC Health Serv Res (2017) 0.75
Introducing malaria rapid diagnostic tests in private medicine retail outlets: A systematic literature review. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Information, regulation and coordination: realist analysis of the efforts of community health committees to limit informal health care providers in Nigeria. Health Econ Rev (2016) 0.75
Examining Delay Intervals in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in an Egyptian Population and Its Impact on Lifestyle. J Ophthalmol (2016) 0.75
Engagement of the private pharmaceutical sector for TB control: rhetoric or reality? J Pharm Policy Pract (2017) 0.75
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among health care providers regarding complementary and alternative medicine in Trinidad and Tobago. BMC Complement Altern Med (2017) 0.75
Karnataka state in India set to remove unqualified health providers from its health care system. Public Health Action (2016) 0.75
Universal Health Coverage and Primary Healthcare: Lessons From Japan Comment on "Achieving Universal Health Coverage by Focusing on Primary Care in Japan: Lessons for Low- and Middle-Income Countries". Int J Health Policy Manag (2016) 0.75
Governing the mixed health workforce: learning from Asian experiences. BMJ Glob Health (2017) 0.75
Patient-centered boundary mechanisms to foster intercultural partnerships in health care: a case study in Guatemala. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed (2017) 0.75
An intervention involving traditional birth attendants and perinatal and maternal mortality in Pakistan. N Engl J Med (2005) 6.69
Medicine sellers and malaria treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: what do they do and how can their practice be improved? Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 4.51
Improving malaria home treatment by training drug retailers in rural Kenya. Trop Med Int Health (2004) 3.65
Pharmacopoeial quality of drugs supplied by Nigerian pharmacies. Lancet (2001) 3.61
The use of formal and informal curative services in the management of paediatric fevers in four districts in Kenya. Trop Med Int Health (2003) 3.19
Traditional birth attendant training for improving health behaviours and pregnancy outcomes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2007) 3.00
Can working with the private for-profit sector improve utilization of quality health services by the poor? A systematic review of the literature. Int J Equity Health (2007) 2.89
Interactions between patent medicine vendors and customers in urban and rural Nigeria. Health Policy Plan (2004) 2.63
Vendor-to-vendor education to improve malaria treatment by private drug outlets in Bungoma District, Kenya. Malar J (2003) 2.45
Treatment of childhood fevers and other illnesses in three rural Nigerian communities. J Trop Pediatr (2001) 2.39
Drug shop regulation and malaria treatment in Tanzania--why do shops break the rules, and does it matter? Health Policy Plan (2007) 2.35
Appropriate treatment of malaria? Use of antimalarial drugs for children's fevers in district medical units, drug shops and homes in eastern Uganda. Trop Med Int Health (2002) 2.35
Use of over-the-counter malaria medicines in children and adults in three districts in Kenya: implications for private medicine retailer interventions. Malar J (2007) 2.33
Malaria control in Bungoma District, Kenya: a survey of home treatment of children with fever, bednet use and attendance at antenatal clinics. Bull World Health Organ (2001) 2.31
Making health markets work better for poor people: the case of informal providers. Health Policy Plan (2011) 2.23
What can a meta-analysis tell us about traditional birth attendant training and pregnancy outcomes? Midwifery (2004) 2.19
Management of birth asphyxia in home deliveries in rural Gadchiroli: the effect of two types of birth attendants and of resuscitating with mouth-to-mouth, tube-mask or bag-mask. J Perinatol (2005) 2.19
Impact of traditional birth attendant training in Mozambique: a controlled study. J Midwifery Womens Health (2001) 2.17
Turning liabilities into resources: informal village doctors and tuberculosis control in Bangladesh. Bull World Health Organ (2006) 2.14
Creating a new class of pharmaceutical services provider for underserved areas: the Tanzania accredited drug dispensing outlet experience. Prog Community Health Partnersh (2009) 1.98
The cost-effectiveness of improving malaria home management: shopkeeper training in rural Kenya. Health Policy Plan (2006) 1.95
Challenges and opportunities in developing a psychological intervention for perinatal depression in rural Pakistan--a multi-method study. Arch Womens Ment Health (2007) 1.93
An in-depth study of patent medicine sellers' perspectives on malaria in a rural Nigerian community. Malar J (2006) 1.85
Informal sector providers in Bangladesh: how equipped are they to provide rational health care? Health Policy Plan (2009) 1.80
Does traditional birth attendant training improve referral of women with obstetric complications: a review of the evidence. Soc Sci Med (2004) 1.74
Use of traditional complementary and alternative medicine for HIV patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Public Health (2008) 1.72
'Where is the public health sector?' Public and private sector healthcare provision in Madhya Pradesh, India. Health Policy (2007) 1.72
Are malaria treatment expenditures catastrophic to different socio-economic and geographic groups and how do they cope with payment? A study in southeast Nigeria. Trop Med Int Health (2009) 1.72
Traditional health practitioners are key to scaling up comprehensive care for HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS (2004) 1.63
Training pharmacy workers in recognition, management, and prevention of STDs: district-randomized controlled trial. Bull World Health Organ (2004) 1.63
Does traditional birth attendant training increase use of antenatal care? A review of the evidence. J Midwifery Womens Health (2004) 1.63
Private pharmacy practice and regulation. A randomized trial in Lao P.D.R. Int J Technol Assess Health Care (2001) 1.61
Changing health-seeking behaviour in Matlab, Bangladesh: do development interventions matter? Health Policy Plan (2003) 1.59
A controlled study of an HIV/AIDS/STI/TB intervention with traditional healers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. AIDS Behav (2006) 1.59
Men with sexually transmitted diseases in Bangkok: where do they go for treatment and why? AIDS (1997) 1.56
A traditional healers' training model in rural Nepal: strengthening their roles in community health. Trop Med Int Health (2003) 1.53
Private and public health care in rural areas of Uganda. BMC Int Health Hum Rights (2010) 1.50
Can interventions improve health services from informal private providers in low and middle-income countries?: a comprehensive review of the literature. Health Policy Plan (2010) 1.49
Low birth weight and preterm neonates: can they be managed at home by mother and a trained village health worker? J Perinatol (2005) 1.47
STD management by private pharmacies in Hanoi: practice and knowledge of drug sellers. Sex Transm Infect (2000) 1.43
Working with the private sector for child health. Health Policy Plan (2003) 1.41
Access to malaria treatment in young children of rural Burkina Faso. Malar J (2009) 1.41
Impact of ministry of health interventions on private medicine retailer knowledge and practices on anti-malarial treatment in Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2009) 1.41
Negotiating improved case management of childhood illness with formal and informal private practitioners in Uganda. Trop Med Int Health (2006) 1.39
Hard gains through soft contracts: productive engagement of private providers in tuberculosis control. Bull World Health Organ (2006) 1.39
Inequity in health care delivery in India: the problem of rural medical practitioners. Health Care Anal (2007) 1.39
Community pharmacy in Ghana: enhancing the contribution to primary health care. Health Policy Plan (2004) 1.35
A study of malaria care provider choice in Ghana. Health Policy (2004) 1.34
Effectiveness of a multi-component intervention on dispensing practices at private pharmacies in Vietnam and Thailand--a randomized controlled trial. Soc Sci Med (2005) 1.33
Ghanaian national policy toward indigenous healers. The case of the primary health training for indigenous healers (PRHETIH) program. Soc Sci Med (1982) 1.32
Experience of initiating collaboration of traditional healers in managing HIV and AIDS in Tanzania. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed (2007) 1.32
Contribution of traditional healers to a rural tuberculosis control programme in Hlabisa, South Africa. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis (2003) 1.29
Assessing the impact of educational intervention for improving management of malaria and other childhood illnesses in Kibaha District-Tanzania. East Afr J Public Health (2007) 1.28
Private pharmacies in Hanoi, Vietnam: a randomized trial of a 2-year multi-component intervention on knowledge and stated practice regarding ARI, STD and antibiotic/steroid requests. Trop Med Int Health (2002) 1.25
Referring TB suspects from private pharmacies to the National Tuberculosis Programme: experiences from two districts in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis (2003) 1.25
Defining minimum standards of practice for incorporating African traditional medicine into HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and support: a regional initiative in eastern and southern Africa. J Altern Complement Med (2004) 1.21
Private local pharmacies in low- and middle-income countries: a review of interventions to enhance their role in public health. Trop Med Int Health (2009) 1.21
Antiretroviral treatment in developing countries: the peril of neglecting private providers. BMJ (2003) 1.20
Knowledge and practice of unqualified and semi-qualified allopathic providers in rural Bangladesh: implications for the HRH problem. Health Policy (2007) 1.20
Decline of mortality in children in rural Gambia: the influence of village-level primary health care. Trop Med Int Health (2000) 1.18
STI management in Tanzanian private drugstores: practices and roles of drug sellers. Sex Transm Infect (2009) 1.16
The sexual and reproductive health of young people in Adjumani district, Uganda: qualitative study of the role of formal, informal and traditional health providers. AIDS Care (2004) 1.16
The demand for child curative care in two rural thanas of Bangladesh: effect of income and women's employment. Int J Health Plann Manage (2001) 1.15
Can biomedical and traditional health care providers work together? Zambian practitioners' experiences and attitudes towards collaboration in relation to STIs and HIV/AIDS care: a cross-sectional study. Hum Resour Health (2006) 1.14
The quality of drugs in private pharmacies in Lao PDR: a repeat study in 1997 and 1999. Pharm World Sci (2004) 1.14
Syndromic management of urethral discharge in Ghanaian pharmacies. Sex Transm Infect (2000) 1.14
Role of traditional healers in psychosocial support in caring for the orphans: a case of Dar-es Salaam City, Tanzania. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed (2005) 1.14
Perceived causes and management of diarrhoea in young children by market women in Enugu State, Nigeria. J Health Popul Nutr (2000) 1.13
Management of asthma at private pharmacies in India. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis (2006) 1.12
Private pharmacies and tuberculosis control: a survey of case detection skills and reported anti-tuberculosis drug dispensing in private pharmacies in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis (2000) 1.12
The impact of traditional birth attendant training on delivery complications in Ghana. Health Policy Plan (2000) 1.11
Effect of shifting policies on traditional birth attendant training. J Midwifery Womens Health (2004) 1.09
Knowledge, legitimacy and economic practice in informal markets for medicine: a critical review of research. Soc Sci Med (2010) 1.09
Management of childhood acute respiratory infections at private pharmacies in Vietnam. Ann Pharmacother (2001) 1.09
Health economics in low income countries: adapting to the reality of the unofficial economy. Health Policy (2001) 1.07
Obstetric complications: does training traditional birth attendants make a difference? Rev Panam Salud Publica (2002) 1.07
Formal and informal sector health providers in southern India: role in the prevention and care of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. AIDS Care (2007) 1.02
Where are healthcare providers? Exploring relationships between context and human resources for health Madhya Pradesh province, India. Health Policy (2009) 1.01
The unlicensed lives of antidepressants in India: generic drugs, unqualified practitioners, and floating prescriptions. Transcult Psychiatry (2009) 1.01
Geographic inequities in provision and utilization of malaria treatment services in southeast Nigeria: diagnosis, providers and drugs. Health Policy (2010) 1.01
The attitude of community health nurses towards integration of traditional healers in primary health care in north-west province. Curationis (2001) 1.01
Meeting the contraceptive needs of unmarried young people: attitudes of formal and informal sector providers in Vientiane Municipality, Lao PDR. Reprod Health Matters (2004) 1.00
Sexually transmitted disease management in Uganda's private-for-profit formal and informal sector and compliance with treatment. Sex Transm Dis (2004) 1.00
A survey of anti-malarial activity during pregnancy, and children's malaria care-seeking behaviour in two Nigerian rural communities. Scand J Infect Dis (2006) 1.00
Knowledge and perceptions of drug quality among drug sellers and consumers in Lao PDR. Health Policy Plan (2004) 0.99
Barriers of mistrust: public and private health sectors' perceptions of each other in Madhya Pradesh, India. Qual Health Res (2008) 0.99
The quality of care by private practitioners for sexually transmitted diseases in Uganda. Health Policy Plan (2001) 0.97
Use of traditional medicine in Lao PDR. Complement Ther Med (2005) 0.97
Informal payments for healthcare: differences in expenditures from consumers and providers perspectives for treatment of malaria in Nigeria. Health Policy (2010) 0.95
Non-professional health practitioners and referrals to facilities: lessons from maternal care in Bangladesh. Health Policy Plan (2007) 0.94
Adopting integrated management of childhood illness module at local level in Bangladesh: implications for recurrent costs. J Health Popul Nutr (2002) 0.93
Beliefs and rituals in traditional birth attendant practice in Guatemala. J Transcult Nurs (2006) 0.93
Skilled or traditional birth attendant? Choices of communities in Lukulu District, rural Zambia. World Health Popul (2008) 0.92
Delivery life support: a preliminary report on the chain of survival for complicated deliveries in rural Cambodia. Nurs Health Sci (2007) 0.91
Editorial: integrating continuous support of the traditional birth attendant into obstetric care by skilled midwives and doctors: a cost-effective strategy to reduce perinatal mortality and unnecessary obstetric interventions. Trop Med Int Health (2005) 0.90
Bringing safe water to remote populations: an evaluation of a portable point-of-use intervention in rural Madagascar. Am J Public Health (2007) 0.90
What can be done about the private health sector in low-income countries? World Hosp Health Serv (2002) 0.90
The role of village doctors on tuberculosis control and the DOTS strategy in Shandong Province, China. Biosci Trends (2008) 0.89
Evaluation of a traditional birth attendant training programme in Bangladesh. Midwifery (2009) 0.88
Private sector, human resources and health franchising in Africa. Bull World Health Organ (2005) 1.38
The impact of clinical social franchising on health services in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. PLoS One (2013) 1.27
Piloting the Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria: what will success look like? Bull World Health Organ (2012) 1.21
The scale of faith based organization participation in health service delivery in developing countries: systematic [corrected] review and meta-analysis. PLoS One (2012) 1.13
Validation of a new method for testing provider clinical quality in rural settings in low- and middle-income countries: the observed simulated patient. PLoS One (2012) 1.03
SMS messages increase adherence to rapid diagnostic test results among malaria patients: results from a pilot study in Nigeria. Malar J (2014) 0.99
Reaching youth through franchise clinics: assessment of Kenyan private sector involvement in youth services. J Adolesc Health (2006) 0.98
Incidence of pediatric diarrhea and public-private preferences for treatment in rural Myanmar: a randomized cluster survey. J Trop Pediatr (2012) 0.95
Scaling up oral rehydration salts and zinc for the treatment of diarrhoea. BMJ (2012) 0.89
Private sector delivery of health services in developing countries: a mixed-methods study on quality assurance in social franchises. BMC Health Serv Res (2013) 0.86
An in vitro assessment of bioadhesive zinc/carbomer complexes for antimicrobial therapy within the oral cavity. Int J Pharm (2007) 0.81
How do risk preferences relate to malaria care-seeking behavior and the acceptability of a new health technology in Nigeria? BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.78