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View article: Modelling mental disorders in zebrafish. Neurexins severely modulate anxiety, social behaviours and aggression
Modelling mental disorders in zebrafish. Neurexins severely modulate anxiety, social behaviours and aggression Open
Can we reproduce mental disorders in zebrafish? To explore this question, we manipulated the neurexin gene family. Neurexin ( nrxn ) genes encode synaptic cell-adhesion molecules that have been repetitively associated with neurodevelopment…
View article: Helping Schools Survive: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Financial and Educational Support to Private Schools
Helping Schools Survive: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Financial and Educational Support to Private Schools Open
View article: Improving primary health-care services in LMIC cities
Improving primary health-care services in LMIC cities Open
Urban environments are home to more than half of the people living in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), and this proportion will only increase over the coming decades. Much policy discussion of health services in LMICs still …
View article: Supply-side and demand-side factors affecting allopathic primary care service delivery in low-income and middle-income country cities
Supply-side and demand-side factors affecting allopathic primary care service delivery in low-income and middle-income country cities Open
Most people in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) now live in cities, as opposed to rural areas where access to care and provider choice is limited. Urban health-care provision is organised on very different patterns to those o…
View article: Policy and service delivery proposals to improve primary care services in low-income and middle-income country cities
Policy and service delivery proposals to improve primary care services in low-income and middle-income country cities Open
The landscape of primary care services in low-income and middle-income country cities is diverse and dynamic, yet the quality of care received is too often low and the financial cost to the patient high. In the second Paper in this Series,…
View article: Author Correction: Exploring online public survey lifestyle datasets with statistical analysis, machine learning and semantic ontology
Author Correction: Exploring online public survey lifestyle datasets with statistical analysis, machine learning and semantic ontology Open
View article: Helping Schools Survive: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Financial and Educational Support to Private Schools
Helping Schools Survive: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Financial and Educational Support to Private Schools Open
View article: Private sector tuberculosis care quality during the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional standardised patients study of adherence to national TB guidelines in urban Nigeria
Private sector tuberculosis care quality during the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional standardised patients study of adherence to national TB guidelines in urban Nigeria Open
Only a third of tuberculosis (TB) cases in Nigeria in 2020 were diagnosed and notified, in part due to low detection and under-reporting from the private health sector. Using a standardised patient (SP) survey approach, we assessed how man…
View article: Exploring online public survey lifestyle datasets with statistical analysis, machine learning and semantic ontology
Exploring online public survey lifestyle datasets with statistical analysis, machine learning and semantic ontology Open
Lifestyle diseases significantly contribute to the global health burden, with lifestyle factors playing a crucial role in the development of depression. The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified many determinants of depression. This study aime…
View article: Improving primary healthcare: An evidence-based approach towards informal providers
Improving primary healthcare: An evidence-based approach towards informal providers Open
View article: The medical competence of health care providers in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from 16 127 providers across 11 countries
The medical competence of health care providers in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from 16 127 providers across 11 countries Open
Despite a consensus that quality of care is critically deficient in low-income countries, few nationally representative studies provide comparable measures of quality of care across countries. To address this gap, we used nationally repres…
View article: Private sector tuberculosis care quality during the COVID-19 pandemic: A repeated cross-sectional standardized patients study of adherence to national TB guidelines in urban Nigeria
Private sector tuberculosis care quality during the COVID-19 pandemic: A repeated cross-sectional standardized patients study of adherence to national TB guidelines in urban Nigeria Open
Only a third of TB cases in Nigeria in 2020 were diagnosed and notified, in part due to low detection and underreporting from the private health sector. Using a standardized patient (SP) survey approach, we assessed how management of presu…
View article: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on quality of tuberculosis care in private facilities in Bandung, Indonesia: a repeated cross-sectional standardized patients study
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on quality of tuberculosis care in private facilities in Bandung, Indonesia: a repeated cross-sectional standardized patients study Open
Background Indonesia has the second highest incidence of tuberculosis in the world. While 74% of people with tuberculosis in Indonesia first accessed the private health sector when seeking care for their symptoms, only 18% of tuberculosis …
View article: Care pathways of individuals with tuberculosis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bandung, Indonesia
Care pathways of individuals with tuberculosis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bandung, Indonesia Open
The COVID-19 pandemic is thought to have undone years’ worth of progress in the fight against tuberculosis (TB). For instance, in Indonesia, a high TB burden country, TB case notifications decreased by 14% and treatment coverage decreased …
View article: Statistical Analysis of Online Public Survey Lifestyle Datasets: A Machine Learning and Semantic Approach
Statistical Analysis of Online Public Survey Lifestyle Datasets: A Machine Learning and Semantic Approach Open
Lifestyle diseases are the leading cause of the global health-related burden. A wide range of lifestyle factors has been shown to affect the pathogenesis of depression. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has created an environment in w…
View article: A systematic review and knowledge mapping on ICT-based remote and automatic COVID-19 patient monitoring and care
A systematic review and knowledge mapping on ICT-based remote and automatic COVID-19 patient monitoring and care Open
View article: A Systematic Review on ICT-based Remote and Automatic COVID-19 Patient Monitoring and Care
A Systematic Review on ICT-based Remote and Automatic COVID-19 Patient Monitoring and Care Open
Background: e-Health has played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic in primary health care. e-Health is the cost-effective and secure use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to support health and health-related fiel…
View article: Use of standardised patients to assess tuberculosis case management by private pharmacies in Patna, India: A repeat cross-sectional study
Use of standardised patients to assess tuberculosis case management by private pharmacies in Patna, India: A repeat cross-sectional study Open
As the first point of care for many healthcare seekers, private pharmacies play an important role in tuberculosis (TB) care. However, previous studies in India have showed that private pharmacies commonly dispense symptomatic treatments an…
View article: Randomized Regulation: The Impact of Minimum Quality Standards on Health Markets
Randomized Regulation: The Impact of Minimum Quality Standards on Health Markets Open
We report results from the first randomization of a regulatory reform in the health sector.The reform established minimum quality standards for patient safety, an issue that has become increasingly salient following the Ebola and COVID-19 …
View article: The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from 20 Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from 20 Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Open
Governments in many low- and middle-income countries are developing health insurance products as a complement to tax-funded, subsidized provision of healthcare through publicly-operated facilities. We discuss two rationales for this transi…
View article: Antibodies against the Ebola virus soluble glycoprotein are associated with long-term vaccine-mediated protection of non-human primates
Antibodies against the Ebola virus soluble glycoprotein are associated with long-term vaccine-mediated protection of non-human primates Open
The 2013 Ebola epidemic in Central and West Africa heralded the emergence of wide-spread, highly pathogenic viruses. The successful recombinant vector vaccine against Ebola (rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP) will limit future outbreaks, but identifying mec…
View article: Tuberculosis service disruptions and adaptations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the private health sector of two urban settings in Nigeria—A mixed methods study
Tuberculosis service disruptions and adaptations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the private health sector of two urban settings in Nigeria—A mixed methods study Open
Nigeria has the second largest share of undiagnosed TB cases in the world and a large private health sector estimated to be the point of initial care-seeking for 67% of TB patients. There is evidence that COVID-19 restrictions disrupted pr…
View article: Forum: Why and How the Public vs. Private Schooling Debate Needs to Change
Forum: Why and How the Public vs. Private Schooling Debate Needs to Change Open
“Are private schools better than public schools?” This ubiquitous debate in low- and middle-income countries is the wrong one to have. The foreword and three essays collected in this Forum each explore how to move past the stuck “public vs…
View article: The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from Twenty Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from Twenty Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Open
Governments in many low-and middle-income countries are developing health insurance products as a complement to tax-funded, subsidized provision of health care through publicly operated facilities.This paper discusses two rationales for th…
View article: Helping Schools Survive: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Financial and Educational Support to Private Schools
Helping Schools Survive: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Financial and Educational Support to Private Schools Open
Private schools provide affordable education in low-income countries but they often face higher closure rates, leading to disruption for students. This paper provides experimental evidence from Pakistan that shows financial and educational…
View article: Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills in Low-Income Countries: Measurement and Associations with Schooling and Earnings
Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills in Low-Income Countries: Measurement and Associations with Schooling and Earnings Open
We assess the reliability and validity of cognitive and socioemotional skills measures and investigate the correlation between schooling, skills acquisition, and labor earnings. Our primary data from Pakistan incorporates two innovations r…
View article: Crowding in Private Quality: The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education
Crowding in Private Quality: The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education Open
View article: Do private providers initiate anti-tuberculosis therapy on the basis of chest radiographs? A standardised patient study in urban India
Do private providers initiate anti-tuberculosis therapy on the basis of chest radiographs? A standardised patient study in urban India Open
View article: Crowding in Private Quality: The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education
Crowding in Private Quality: The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education Open
We estimate the equilibrium effects of a public school grant program administered through school councils in Pakistani villages with multiple public and private schools and clearly defined catchment boundaries. The program was randomized a…
View article: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Private Facilities in Bandung, Indonesia: A Comparison of Cross-Sectional, Standardized Patients Studies
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Private Facilities in Bandung, Indonesia: A Comparison of Cross-Sectional, Standardized Patients Studies Open