Of Money and Men: A Scoping Review to Map Gender Barriers to Immunization Coverage in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

A Kalbarczyk, N Brownlee, E Katz - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Among the multiple factors impeding equitable childhood immunization coverage in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs), gender barriers stand out as perhaps the most universal …

How to eradicate polio in Pakistan: Insights from community health workers

MA Sultan, S Closser, A Majidulla… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Pakistan, along with Afghanistan, is one of two countries where wild poliovirus is still
endemic. Frontline workers (FLWs) are the staff most intimately familiar with both …

Breaking the silence on gendered harassment and assault of community health workers: an analysis of ethnographic studies

S Closser, M Sultan, R Tikkanen, S Singh… - BMJ global …, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Across a variety of settings, women in tenuous financial circumstances are
drawn to community health work as a way to advance themselves in the context of limited …