2020
Measuring child survival for the Millennium Development Goals in Africa: what have we learned and what more is needed to evaluate the Sustainable Development Goals?
Brault MA, Mwinga K, Kipp AM, Kennedy SB, Maimbolwa M, Moyo P, Ngure K, Haley CA, Vermund SH. Measuring child survival for the Millennium Development Goals in Africa: what have we learned and what more is needed to evaluate the Sustainable Development Goals? Global Health Action 2020, 13: 1732668. PMID: 32114967, PMCID: PMC7067162, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2020.1732668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSustainable Development Goal periodMillennium Development GoalsDevelopment GoalsGoal periodAreas of governanceMillennium Development Goal periodKey global health challengeSustainable Development GoalsChild mortalityCountry‐specific goalsQualitative data collectionPolicy documentsNational contextsRegion nationsCountries—KenyaQualitative interviewsSub-Saharan AfricaMethodological opportunitiesInternational goalsFamiliar themesValuable lessonsCountriesCase studyChild survivalQuantitative indicators
2017
Impact of a critical health workforce shortage on child health in Zimbabwe: a country case study on progress in child survival, 2000–2013
Haley CA, Vermund SH, Moyo P, Kipp AM, Madzima B, Kanyowa T, Desta T, Mwinga K, Brault MA. Impact of a critical health workforce shortage on child health in Zimbabwe: a country case study on progress in child survival, 2000–2013. Health Policy And Planning 2017, 32: 613-624. PMID: 28064212, PMCID: PMC5406757, DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth workersMortality rateHealth servicesPost-natal care visitsHigh neonatal mortality rateChild health servicesLife-saving health servicesCommunity health workersNeonatal mortality rateLife-saving interventionsCommunity-based treatmentMillennium Development Goals fourLower-level cadresHealth workforce shortagesCritical shortageHigh child mortalityNational health policyCare visitsPregnant womenSenior providersHealth staffChild healthChild survivalHealth workforceChild mortality