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Globalization and Health

Ausgabe 1/2015

Inhalt (52 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Impact of international experience on research capacity of Chinese health professionals

Tingjiao Liu, Liming Zhang, Lina Sun, Xun Wang

Open Access Research

Reverse innovation: an opportunity for strengthening health systems

Anne W Snowdon, Harpreet Bassi, Andrew D Scarffe, Alexander D Smith

Open Access Debate

The ecosystem approach to health is a promising strategy in international development: lessons from Japan and Laos

Takashi Asakura, Hein Mallee, Sachi Tomokawa, Kazuhiko Moji, Jun Kobayashi

Open Access Research

Maternal mortality: a cross-sectional study in global health

Sima Sajedinejad, Reza Majdzadeh, AbouAli Vedadhir, Mahmoud Ghazi Tabatabaei, Kazem Mohammad

Open Access Debate

Strengthening health systems in low-income countries by enhancing organizational capacities and improving institutions

Robert Chad Swanson, Rifat Atun, Allan Best, Arvind Betigeri, Francisco de Campos, Somsak Chunharas, Tea Collins, Graeme Currie, Stephen Jan, David McCoy, Francis Omaswa, David Sanders, Thiagarajan Sundararaman, Wim Van Damme

Open Access Research

Why is patient safety so hard in low-income countries? A qualitative study of healthcare workers’ views in two African hospitals

Emma-Louise Aveling, Yvette Kayonga, Ansha Nega, Mary Dixon-Woods

Open Access Debate

Preparing for Ebola Virus Disease in West African countries not yet affected: perspectives from Ghanaian health professionals

Yaw Nyarko, Lewis Goldfrank, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Sari Soghoian, Ama de-Graft Aikins

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

Annual acknowledgement of manuscript reviewers

Greg Martin

Open Access Commentary

Cardiovascular prevention model from Kenyan slums to migrants in the Netherlands

Steven van de Vijver, Samuel Oti, Eric Moll van Charante, Steven Allender, Charlie Foster, Joep Lange, Brian Oldenburg, Catherine Kyobutungi, Charles Agyemang

Open Access Research

Tracking development assistance for health to fragile states: 2005–2011

Casey M Graves, Annie Haakenstad, Joseph L Dieleman

Open Access Commentary

Improving regulatory capacity to manage risks associated with trade agreements

Helen L Walls, Richard D Smith, Peter Drahos

Open Access Editorial

It takes threat of Ebola to see lessons from low income countries

Matthew Harris, Viva Dadwal, Albert Wu, Shamsuzzoha B Syed

Open Access Research

Medicines availability for non-communicable diseases: the case for standardized monitoring

Jane Robertson, Cécile Macé, Gilles Forte, Kees de Joncheere, David Beran

Open Access Research

Globalization and the health of Canadians: ‘Having a job is the most important thing’

Ronald Labonté, Elizabeth Cobbett, Michael Orsini, Denise Spitzer, Ted Schrecker, Arne Ruckert

Open Access Commentary

Design, testing, and scale-up of medical devices for global health: negative pressure wound therapy and non-surgical male circumcision in Rwanda

Gita N Mody, Vincent Mutabazi, Danielle R Zurovcik, Jean Paul Bitega, Sabin Nsanzimana, Sardis H Harward, Claire M Wagner, Cameron T Nutt, Agnes Binagwaho

Open Access Debate

Reducing the global burden of type 2 diabetes by improving the quality of staple foods: The Global Nutrition and Epidemiologic Transition Initiative

Josiemer Mattei, Vasanti Malik, Nicole M. Wedick, Frank B. Hu, Donna Spiegelman, Walter C. Willett, Hannia Campos

Open Access Research

Aid conditionalities, international Good Manufacturing Practice standards and local production rights: a case study of local production in Nepal

Petra Brhlikova, Ian Harper, Madhusudan Subedi, Samita Bhattarai, Nabin Rawal, Allyson M. Pollock

Open Access Research

Profile of people with hypertension in Nairobi’s slums: a descriptive study

Annelieke Hulzebosch, Steven van de Vijver, Samuel O. Oti, Thaddaeus Egondi, Catherine Kyobutungi

Open Access Research

Implementation of an electronic fingerprint-linked data collection system: a feasibility and acceptability study among Zambian female sex workers

Kristin M. Wall, William Kilembe, Mubiana Inambao, Yi No Chen, Mwaka Mchoongo, Linda Kimaru, Yuna Tiffany Hammond, Tyronza Sharkey, Kalonde Malama, T. Roice Fulton, Alex Tran, Hanzunga Halumamba, Sarah Anderson, Nishant Kishore, Shawn Sarwar, Trisha Finnegan, David Mark, Susan A. Allen

Open Access Research

Teaching global health with simulations and case discussions in a medical student selective

Nathan S Bertelsen, Michelle DallaPiazza, Mary Ann Hopkins, Gbenga Ogedegbe

Open Access Research

A study of mobile phone use among patients with noncommunicable diseases in La Paz, Bolivia: implications for mHealth research and development

Kevin Kamis, Mary R. Janevic, Nicolle Marinec, Rachel Jantz, Helen Valverde, John D. Piette

Open Access Short report

Psychosocial job characteristics, wealth, and culture: differential effects on mental health in the UK and Thailand

Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Antonio Ivan Lazzarino, Andrew Steptoe, Sam-ang Seubsman, Adrian C Sleigh

Open Access Review

Burgeoning burden of non-communicable diseases in Nepal: a scoping review

Shiva Raj Mishra, Dinesh Neupane, Parash Mani Bhandari, Vishnu Khanal, Per Kallestrup

Open Access Research

On est ensemble: social capital and maternal health care use in rural Cameroon

Sarah McTavish, Spencer Moore

Open Access Research

Does Pharmaceutical Pricing Transparency Matter? Examining Brazil’s Public Procurement System

Jillian Clare Kohler, Nicholas Mitsakakis, Faridah Saadat, Danalyn Byng, Martha Gabriela Martinez

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Medicines availability for non-communicable diseases: the case for standardized monitoring

Jane Robertson, Cécile Macé, Gilles Forte, Kees de Joncheere, David Beran

Open Access Research

Attitudes and behaviours of maternal health care providers in interactions with clients: a systematic review

P. Mannava, K. Durrant, J. Fisher, M. Chersich, S. Luchters

Open Access Research

“I get hungry all the time”: experiences of poverty and pregnancy in an urban healthcare setting in South Africa

Fiona Scorgie, Duane Blaauw, Tessa Dooms, Ashraf Coovadia, Vivian Black, Matthew Chersich

Open Access Research

Introducing payment for performance in the health sector of Tanzania- the policy process

Victor Chimhutu, Marit Tjomsland, Nils Gunnar Songstad, Mwifadhi Mrisho, Karen Marie Moland

Open Access Research

The role of trade and investment liberalization in the sugar-sweetened carbonated beverages market: a natural experiment contrasting Vietnam and the Philippines

Ashley Schram, Ronald Labonte, Phillip Baker, Sharon Friel, Aaron Reeves, David Stuckler

Open Access Commentary

Mitigation of non-communicable diseases in developing countries with community health workers

Shiva Raj Mishra, Dinesh Neupane, David Preen, Per Kallestrup, Henry B. Perry

Open Access Research

Rethinking health care commercialization: evidence from Malaysia

Vitalis Chukwudi Nwagbara, Rajah Rasiah

Open Access Research

Conceptual and institutional gaps: understanding how the WHO can become a more effective cross-sectoral collaborator

Unni Gopinathan, Nicholas Watts, Daniel Hougendobler, Alex Lefebvre, Arthur Cheung, Steven J. Hoffman, John-Arne Røttingen

Open Access Research

A rapid evidence review on the effectiveness of institutional health partnerships

Ema Kelly, Vicki Doyle, David Weakliam, Yvonne Schönemann

Open Access Research

Towards a simple typology of international health partnerships

Suzanne Edwards, Dan Ritman, Emily Burn, Natascha Dekkers, Paula Baraitser

Open Access Review

Short term global health experiences and local partnership models: a framework

Lawrence C. Loh, William Cherniak, Bradley A. Dreifuss, Matthew M. Dacso, Henry C. Lin, Jessica Evert

Open Access Research

Assessing health program performance in low- and middle-income countries: building a feasible, credible, and comprehensive framework

Onil Bhattacharyya, Kathryn Mossman, John Ginther, Leigh Hayden, Raman Sohal, Jieun Cha, Ameya Bopardikar, John A. MacDonald, Himanshu Parikh, Ilan Shahin, Anita McGahan, Will Mitchell