[HTML][HTML] Antenatal care as a means to increase participation in the continuum of maternal and child healthcare: an analysis of the poorest regions of four …

CR McNellan, E Dansereau, MCG Wallace… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2019 - Springer
Background Antenatal care (ANC) is a means to identify high-risk pregnancies and educate
women so that they might experience a healthier delivery and outcome. There is a lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping HIV prevalence in Nigeria using small area estimates to develop a targeted HIV intervention strategy

C O'BRIEN-CARELLI, K Steuben, KA Stafford, R Aliogo… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Objective Although geographically specific data can help target HIV prevention and
treatment strategies, Nigeria relies on national-and state-level estimates for policymaking …

[HTML][HTML] Institutional delivery and satisfaction among indigenous and poor women in Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama

DV Colombara, B Hernandez, A Schaefer… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Indigenous women in Mesoamerica experience disproportionately high maternal mortality
rates and are less likely to have institutional deliveries. Identifying correlates of institutional …

Methods to measure quality of care and quality indicators through health facility surveys in low-and middle-income countries

D Rios-Zertuche, P Zúñiga-Brenes… - … Journal for Quality in …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objective Present methods to measure standardized, replicable and comparable metrics to
measure quality of medical care in low-and middle-income countries. Design We …

[HTML][HTML] Coverage and timing of antenatal care among poor women in 6 Mesoamerican countries

E Dansereau, CR McNellan, MC Gagnier… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2016 - Springer
Background Poor women in the developing world have a heightened need for antenatal
care (ANC) but are often the least likely to attend it. This study examines factors associated …

[HTML][HTML] Missed opportunities for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) immunization in Mesoamerica: potential impact on coverage and days at risk

AH Mokdad, MC Gagnier, KE Colson, E Dansereau… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Recent outbreaks of measles in the Americas have received news and popular
attention, noting the importance of vaccination to population health. To estimate the potential …

[HTML][HTML] Supply-side interventions to improve health: findings from the Salud Mesoamérica Initiative

AH Mokdad, EB Palmisano, P Zúñiga-Brenes… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Results-based aid (RBA) is increasingly used to incentivize action in health. In
Mesoamerica, the region consisting of southern Mexico and Central America, the RBA …

Appropriate and timely antibiotic administration for neonatal sepsis in Mesoamérica

HC Duber, EA Hartford, AM Schaefer, CK Johanns… - BMJ Global …, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of mortality among children under-5 in Latin America.
The Salud Mesoamérica Initiative (SMI), a multicountry results-based aid programme, was …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of passive case detection for malaria surveillance: results from nine countries in Mesoamerica and the Dominican Republic

D Rios-Zertuche, KH Carter, KP Harris, M Thom… - Malaria Journal, 2021 - Springer
Background In malaria elimination settings, available metrics for malaria surveillance have
been insufficient to measure the performance of passive case detection adequately. An …

Public knowledge of cardiovascular disease and response to acute cardiac events in three municipalities in Brazil

ES Bartlett, LS Flor, DS Medeiros, DV Colombara… - Open …, 2020 - openheart.bmj.com
Objective To conduct a landscape assessment of public knowledge of cardiovascular
disease risk factors and acute myocardial infarction symptoms, cardiopulmonary …