Strengthening primary health care in the COVID-19 era: a review of best practices to inform health system responses in low-and middle-income countries

D Peiris, M Sharma, D Praveen, A Bitton… - WHO South-East Asia …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Amid massive health system disruption induced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) pandemic, the need to maintain and improve essential health services is greater than …

Organisation of primary health care systems in low-and middle-income countries: review of evidence on what works and why in the Asia-Pacific region

R Dodd, A Palagyi, S Jan, M Abdel-All, D Nambiar… - BMJ global …, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction This paper synthesises evidence on the organisation of primary health care
(PHC) service delivery in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the Asia …

Cardiovascular disease risk profile and management practices in 45 low-income and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative …

D Peiris, A Ghosh, J Manne-Goehler, LM Jaacks… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Global cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden is high and rising, especially in
low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Focussing on 45 LMICs, we aimed to …

Cost-effectiveness of population-based screening for diabetes and hypertension in India: an economic modelling study

G Kaur, AS Chauhan, S Prinja… - The Lancet Public …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background India faces a high burden of diabetes and hypertension. Currently, there is a
dearth of economic evidence about screening programmes, affected age groups, and …

[HTML][HTML] Prevention of non-communicable disease: best buys, wasted buys, and contestable buys

W Isaranuwatchai, Y Teerawattananon, RA Archer… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Prevention of non-communicable disease: best buys, wasted buys, and contestable buys | The
BMJ Skip to main content Intended for healthcare professionals Access provided by Google …

Institutionalizing evidence-informed priority setting for universal health coverage: lessons from Indonesia

M Sharma, Y Teerawattananon, A Luz… - … : The Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Planning and administering Universal Health Coverage (UHC) policies involve complex and
critical decisions, especially in resource-scarce and densely populated settings such as …

Mapping priority setting in health in 17 countries across Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa

R Li, K Hernandez-Villafuerte, A Towse… - Health Systems & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
As more low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) commit to universal health coverage
(UHC), there is a growing need for rational priority setting using health technology …

How effective was implementation of the package of essential non-communicable disease (PEN) interventions: A review of evidence?

JP Tripathy, S Mishra - Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aims This paper reviewed the outcomes, cost-effectiveness and challenges of
implementation of WHO PEN protocol in LMICs. Methods MEDLINE databases, the …

Cost-effectiveness of population screening programs for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review

M Sharma, R John, S Afrin, X Zhang, T Wang… - Frontiers in public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Almost all low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have instated a program to control and
manage non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Population screening is an integral …

Fifteen Lessons from Fifteen Years of the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program in Thailand

Y Teerawattananon, S Vishwanath Dabak… - Health Systems & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) was
established in 2007. This article highlights 15 lessons from over 15 years of experience …