Insights from the COVID-19 pandemic: trends in development assistance committee countries' aid allocation, 2011-2021
CONCLUSIONS: Emerging from this analysis is a strong recommendation for DAC members to re-evaluate aid objectives and escalate their financial commitments to reinforce SDGs and sustainable development efforts. While the rise in health aid is essential, other sectors also require equal focus to offset the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding the intricacies of aid allocation can improve aid efficacy, culminating in greater, transformative results for recipient countries.PMID:37733029 | DOI:10.1080/16549716.2023.2258707 (Source: Global Health Action)
Source: Global Health Action - September 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shuhei Nomura Cyrus Ghaznavi Kazuki Shimizu Alton Cao Miho Sassa Manae Uchibori Rauniyar Santosh Kumar Lisa Yamasaki Hana Tomoi Haruka Sakamoto Source Type: research

Surveillance of severe maternal morbidity and maternal mortality in maternity hospitals of the Latin American and Caribbean network - Red CLAP: study protocol
Glob Health Action. 2023 Dec 31;16(1):2249771. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2023.2249771. Epub 2023 Sep 18.ABSTRACTThe sustained reduction in maternal mortality in America underlines the need to analyse women who survived a complication that could have been fatal if appropriate and timely care had not been taken. Analysis of maternal near-miss (MNM) cases, as well as potentially life-threatening conditions (PLTC), are considered indicators for monitoring the quality of maternal care. The specific objective of this study protocol is to develop a surveillance system for PLTC, MNM and maternal mortality, as primary outcomes, in Lati...
Source: Global Health Action - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Suzanne J Serruya Bremen de Mucio Claudio Sosa Mercedes Colomar Pablo Duran Rodolfo Gomez Ponce de Leon Alicia Aleman Adriana G Luz Renato T Souza Maria L Costa Jos é G Cecatti Source Type: research

Surveillance of severe maternal morbidity and maternal mortality in maternity hospitals of the Latin American and Caribbean network - Red CLAP: study protocol
Glob Health Action. 2023 Dec 31;16(1):2249771. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2023.2249771. Epub 2023 Sep 18.ABSTRACTThe sustained reduction in maternal mortality in America underlines the need to analyse women who survived a complication that could have been fatal if appropriate and timely care had not been taken. Analysis of maternal near-miss (MNM) cases, as well as potentially life-threatening conditions (PLTC), are considered indicators for monitoring the quality of maternal care. The specific objective of this study protocol is to develop a surveillance system for PLTC, MNM and maternal mortality, as primary outcomes, in Lati...
Source: Global Health Action - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Suzanne J Serruya Bremen de Mucio Claudio Sosa Mercedes Colomar Pablo Duran Rodolfo Gomez Ponce de Leon Alicia Aleman Adriana G Luz Renato T Souza Maria L Costa Jos é G Cecatti Source Type: research

Beyond supply and demand: a new ecological framework for understanding the access of young migrants to sexual and reproductive health services in Sweden
CONCLUSION: The access of young migrants to SRH services is facilitated by an 'open environment' and available and good quality services; however, they faced serious barriers such as limited access to information about the health system, comprehensive sexual education, lack of cultural sensitivity, and cultural racism.PMID:37698930 | DOI:10.1080/16549716.2023.2251783 (Source: Global Health Action)
Source: Global Health Action - September 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mazen Baroudi Source Type: research

Patterns and correlates of intention to use contraceptives among fecund sexually active women in developing countries
CONCLUSIONS: The study has established that contraceptive use intention was low in many developing countries. Education, age, employment status, fertility preference, and exposure to family planning messages influenced contraceptive use intention. Health policy-makers ought to consider these factors when designing sexual and reproductive health strategies in developing countries.PMID:37681979 | PMC:PMC10494735 | DOI:10.1080/16549716.2023.2255043 (Source: Global Health Action)
Source: Global Health Action - September 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Clifford Odimegwu Million Phiri Talent Tapera Simona Simona Source Type: research

Patterns and correlates of intention to use contraceptives among fecund sexually active women in developing countries
CONCLUSIONS: The study has established that contraceptive use intention was low in many developing countries. Education, age, employment status, fertility preference, and exposure to family planning messages influenced contraceptive use intention. Health policy-makers ought to consider these factors when designing sexual and reproductive health strategies in developing countries.PMID:37681979 | DOI:10.1080/16549716.2023.2255043 (Source: Global Health Action)
Source: Global Health Action - September 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Clifford Odimegwu Million Phiri Talent Tapera Simona Simona Source Type: research

Improving COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a message co-design process for a national mHealth intervention in Colombia
CONCLUSIONS: Co-developing health messages in response to health emergencies is possible. Adopting more context-relevant, participatory, people-centred, and reflexive multidisciplinary approaches could help develop solutions that are more responsive to the needs of populations and public health priorities. Investing resources in message co-design is deemed to have a greater potential for influencing behaviours and improving health outcomes.PMID:37643136 | PMC:PMC10467523 | DOI:10.1080/16549716.2023.2242670 (Source: Global Health Action)
Source: Global Health Action - August 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nathaly Aya Pastrana Sandra Agudelo-Londo ño Oscar Franco-Suarez Jessica Otero Machuca Deivis Nicol ás Guzman-Tordecilla Mar ía Camila López Sánchez Mariana Rodriguez-Patarroyo Cristhian Alejandro Rivera-S ánchez Daniella Castro-Barbudo Antonio J Tr Source Type: research