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View article: The Diabetes Care Cascade in Sri Lanka: An Analysis of Losses, Disparities, and Opportunities for Improved Health System Outcomes
The Diabetes Care Cascade in Sri Lanka: An Analysis of Losses, Disparities, and Opportunities for Improved Health System Outcomes Open
Sri Lanka has one of the highest prevalence rates of diabetes, and improving diabetes control is a national priority. The care cascade framework, a tool for evaluating diabetes control and identifying system gaps, has not been assessed nat…
View article: Hypertension diagnosis, awareness, treatment, and control in Sri Lankan adults: a nationally representative cross-sectional study
Hypertension diagnosis, awareness, treatment, and control in Sri Lankan adults: a nationally representative cross-sectional study Open
Background Sri Lanka’s health policies prioritize improving hypertension control. The care cascade framework, a valuable tool that has informed hypertension control strategy in many countries, has not been assessed previously in Sri Lanka.…
View article: Cohort Profile: The Sri Lanka Health and Ageing Study (SLHAS)
Cohort Profile: The Sri Lanka Health and Ageing Study (SLHAS) Open
Journal Article Cohort Profile: The Sri Lanka Health and Ageing Study (SLHAS) Get access Ravindra P Rannan-Eliya, Ravindra P Rannan-Eliya Institute for Health Policy (IHP), Colombo, Sri Lanka Corresponding author. Institute for Health Poli…
View article: Managing transitions from external assistance: cross-national learning about sustaining effective coverage
Managing transitions from external assistance: cross-national learning about sustaining effective coverage Open
The often-prominent role of external assistance in health financing in low- and middle-income countries raises the question of how such resources can enable the sustained or even expanded coverage of key health services and initiatives eve…
View article: Factors impacting sustained coverage in the context of donor transitions: experience from Sri Lanka
Factors impacting sustained coverage in the context of donor transitions: experience from Sri Lanka Open
Although not reliant on donor funding for health, the external assistance that Sri Lanka receives contributes to the improvement of the health system and health outcomes. In this study, we evaluated transition experiences of the expanded p…
View article: Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in Sri Lanka: a new global hotspot–estimates from the Sri Lanka Health and Ageing Survey 2018/2019
Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in Sri Lanka: a new global hotspot–estimates from the Sri Lanka Health and Ageing Survey 2018/2019 Open
Introduction This study’s objective was to produce robust, comparable estimates of the prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in the Sri Lankan adult population, where previous studies suggest the highest prevalence in South Asia. Researc…
View article: Prevalence and Associations of Hypertension in Sri Lankan Adults: Estimates from the SLHAS 2018–19 Survey Using JNC7 and ACC/AHA 2017 Guidelines
Prevalence and Associations of Hypertension in Sri Lankan Adults: Estimates from the SLHAS 2018–19 Survey Using JNC7 and ACC/AHA 2017 Guidelines Open
Nearly one in three adult Sri Lankans are hypertensive, requiring antihypertensive treatment. Applying the ACC/AHA 2017 definitions almost doubles numbers, but many of those reclassified would require treatment under recent WHO guidelines.…
View article: How well does Malaysia achieve value for money in public sector purchasing of medicines? Evidence from medicines procurement prices from 2010 to 2014
How well does Malaysia achieve value for money in public sector purchasing of medicines? Evidence from medicines procurement prices from 2010 to 2014 Open
Background Malaysia’s public healthcare sector provides a greater volume of medicines at lower overall cost compared to the private sector, indicating its importance in providing access to medicines for Malaysians. However, the Ministry of…
View article: Perspectives on transitions away from donor assistance for health: a discrete choices experiment in Sri Lanka
Perspectives on transitions away from donor assistance for health: a discrete choices experiment in Sri Lanka Open
Background: Since Sri Lanka transitioned to an upper-middle-income country in 2019, it is no longer eligible for concessional donor aid for health. Experiences of how donor transitions in the health sector were managed in Sri Lanka offer v…
View article: How well does Malaysia achieve value for money in public sector purchasing of medicines? Evidence from medicines procurement prices from 2010 to 2014
How well does Malaysia achieve value for money in public sector purchasing of medicines? Evidence from medicines procurement prices from 2010 to 2014 Open
Background Malaysia’s public healthcare sector provides a greater volume of medicines at lower overall cost, indicating its importance in providing access to medicines for Malaysians. However, the Ministry of Health (MOH), as the main heal…