Cohort Profile: The Consortium of Health-Orientated Research in Transitioning Societies (original) (raw)
PloS one, 2016
This paper contributes evidence documenting the continued decline in all-cause mortality and changes in the cause of death distribution over time in four developing country populations in Africa and Asia. We present levels and trends in age-specific mortality (all-cause and cause-specific) from four demographic surveillance sites: Agincourt (South Africa), Navrongo (Ghana) in Africa; Filabavi (Vietnam), Matlab (Bangladesh) in Asia. We model mortality using discrete time event history analysis. This study illustrates how data from INDEPTH Network centers can provide a comparative, longitudinal examination of mortality patterns and the epidemiological transition. Health care systems need to be reconfigured to deal simultaneously with continuing challenges of communicable disease and increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases that require long-term care. In populations with endemic HIV, long-term care of HIV patients on ART will add to the chronic care needs of the community.
OIC Health Report 2019, 2019
[Selected chapters from SESRIC's OIC Health Report 2019 coordinated by Mr. Mazhar Hussain]. Cite as: Hussain, M. & Qureshi, T. (2019). Health system strengthening [Chapter 2]. In SESRIC, OIC Health Report 2019 (pp. 3-15). Ankara: SESRIC. Retrieved from https://www.sesric.org/publications-detail.php?id=491 Hussain, M. & Qureshi, T. (2019). Maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition [Chapter 4]. In SESRIC, OIC Health Report 2019 (pp. 43-63). Ankara: SESRIC. Retrieved from https://www.sesric.org/publications-detail.php?id=491 Abstract Chapter 2 According to World Health Organization (WHO), a health system is the sum totals of all the organizations, institutions and resources, which are available with the primary purpose of improving the state of health. A well-functioning health system paves the way for a healthy population, healthy society and healthy economy. In order to deliver, however, health system requires robust financing mechanism, a well-trained and adequately paid workforce, reliable information on which to base decisions and policies, well-maintained facilities and logistics to deliver quality medicines and technologies (WHO, 2014). In general, health system strengthening encompasses all those actions, activities and measures that aim to improve the situation regarding aforementioned building blocks of health system in a country/region. In the light of this understanding, this section evaluates the performance of the health systems in OIC countries in terms of health financing, workforce and infrastructure. Chapter 4 Health is vital for the well-being of all human beings. According to WHO, health does not only mean an absence of illness or disease, but it is a multidimensional concept that encompasses the state of physical, mental and social well-being of a person. Right to health is vital for everyone, but it is especially important for mothers and children because they are vulnerable and more at risk to illness and health complications. Maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) basically refers to health of women and babies during pregnancy, childbirth and after childbirth. Provision of quality care during this period is very critical for the health and very survival of mother and infant. In this context, this chapter analyzes the current state of maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition in 57 OIC countries.