BACKGROUND Maternal mortality remains a major international health problem in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), and most could have been prevented by quality improvement interventions already demonstrated to be effective, such as clinical guideline implementation strategies. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesise qualitative evidence on guideline implementation strategies to...

INTRODUCTION Disruptive behaviour disorders (DBDs) are among the most common forms of child psychopathology and have serious long-term academic, social, and mental health consequences worldwide. Psychosocial treatments are the first line of evidence-based treatments for DBDs, yet their effectiveness often varies according to patient sociodemographic characteristics, practice setting, and implem...

BACKGROUND Global health's goal of reducing low-and-middle-income country versus high-income country health disparities faces complex challenges. Although there have been discussions of barriers, there has not been a broad-based, quantitative survey of such barriers. METHODS 432 global health professionals were invited via email to participate in an online survey, with 268 (62%) participating...

The use of Casemix system as providers’ reimbursement method under social health insurance schemes has spread beyond high-income countries. Over the last decade many low and middle-income countries (LMIC) have started to implement Casemix system to replace the conventional yet inefficient fee-for-service as provider payment mechanism. UNU-IIGH launched an international grouper called UNU-CBG in...

BACKGROUND A wide range of screening tools are available to detect common mental disorders (CMDs), but few have been specifically developed for populations in low and middle income countries (LMIC). Cross-cultural application of a screening tool requires that its validity be assessed against a gold standard diagnostic interview. Validation studies of brief CMD screening tools have been conducte...

BACKGROUND Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are developing novel approaches to healthcare that may be relevant to high-income countries (HICs). These include products, services, organizational processes, or policies that improve access, cost, or efficiency of healthcare. However, given the challenge of replication, it is difficult to identify innovations that could be successfully adapt...

OBJECTIVE To describe the CD4 cell count at the start of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in low-income (LIC), lower middle-income (LMIC), upper middle-income (UMIC), and high-income (HIC) countries. METHODS Patients aged 16 years or older starting cART in a clinic participating in a multicohort collaboration spanning 6 continents (International epidemiological Databases to Evaluate ...

AIM To determine factors associated with a serious outcome (hospital admission or severe outcome: critical care or death) and associated with illness caused by laboratory-confirmed influenza, with a specific interest in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). METHOD Databases were searched on 11 March 2016 for reports of influenza and factors associated with mortality or morbidity in humans,...

I t has been argued that in every country, 'social, educational, technological, and economic development fundamentally depends on the advancement of science through research. .. and [it] benefits from having a. .. network of actors engaged in promoting and using scientific research' (1, p. 26). This applies in particular to life sciences research in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), give...