Browsing by Author "Thomson, Dana R."
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Assessing Early Access to Care and Child Survival during a Health System Strengthening Intervention in Mali: A Repeated Cross Sectional Survey
Johnson, Ari D.; Thomson, Dana R.; Atwood, Sidney; Alley, Ian; Beckerman, Jessica L.; Koné, Ichiaka; Diakité, Djoumé; Diallo, Hamed; Traoré, Boubacar; Traoré, Klenon; Farmer, Paul E.; Murray, Megan; Mukherjee, Joia (Public Library of Science, 2013)Background: In 2012, 6.6 million children under age five died worldwide, most from diseases with known means of prevention and treatment. A delivery gap persists between well-validated methods for child survival and ... -
Assessing predictors of delayed antenatal care visits in Rwanda: a secondary analysis of Rwanda demographic and health survey 2010
Manzi, Anatole; Munyaneza, Fabien; Mujawase, Francisca; Banamwana, Leonidas; Sayinzoga, Felix; Thomson, Dana R; Ntaganira, Joseph; Hedt-Gauthier, Bethany L (BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Early initiation of antenatal care (ANC) can reduce common maternal complications and maternal and perinatal mortality. Though Rwanda demonstrated a remarkable decline in maternal mortality and 98% of Rwandan ... -
Comprehensive and integrated district health systems strengthening: the Rwanda Population Health Implementation and Training (PHIT) Partnership
Drobac, Peter C; Basinga, Paulin; Condo, Jeanine; Farmer, Paul E; Finnegan, Karen E; Hamon, Jessie K; Amoroso, Cheryl; Hirschhorn, Lisa R; Kakoma, Jean Baptise; Lu, Chunling; Murangwa, Yusuf; Murray, Megan; Ngabo, Fidele; Rich, Michael; Thomson, Dana; Binagwaho, Agnes (BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Nationally, health in Rwanda has been improving since 2000, with considerable improvement since 2005. Despite improvements, rural areas continue to lag behind urban sectors with regard to key health outcomes. ... -
Determinants of fertility in Rwanda in the context of a fertility transition: a secondary analysis of the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey
Ndahindwa, Vedaste; Kamanzi, Collins; Semakula, Muhammed; Abalikumwe, François; Hedt-Gauthier, Bethany; Thomson, Dana R (BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Major improvements to Rwanda’s health system, infrastructure, and social programs over the last decade have led to a rapid fertility transition unique from other African countries. The total fertility rate fell ... -
Factors associated with postnatal care utilisation in Rwanda: A secondary analysis of 2010 Demographic and Health Survey data
Rwabufigiri, Bernard N.; Mukamurigo, Judith; Thomson, Dana R.; Hedt-Gautier, Bethany L.; Semasaka, Jean Paul S. (BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Postnatal care (PNC) in the first seven days is important for preventing morbidity and mortality in mothers and new-borns. Sub-Saharan African countries, which account for 62 % of maternal deaths globally, have ... -
Modelling Strategic Interventions in a Population with a Total Fertility Rate of 8.3: A Cross-Sectional Study of Idjwi Island, DRC
Thomson, Dana Renee; Hadley, Michael B; Greenough, Paul Gregg; Castro, Marcia C.de (BioMed Central, 2012)Background: Idjwi, an island of approximately 220,000 people, is located in eastern DRC and functions semi-autonomously under the governance of two kings (mwamis). At more than 8 live births per woman, Idjwi has one of the ... -
Social, economic and environmental risk factors for acute lower respiratory infections among children under five years of age in Rwanda
Harerimana, Jean-Modeste; Nyirazinyoye, Leatitia; Thomson, Dana R.; Ntaganira, Joseph (BioMed Central, 2016)Background: In low and middle-income countries, acute lower respiratory illness is responsible for roughly 1 in every 5 child deaths. Rwanda has made major health system improvements including its community health worker ... -
A System for Household Enumeration and Re-identification in Densely Populated Slums to Facilitate Community Research, Education, and Advocacy
Thomson, Dana R.; Shitole, Shrutika; Shitole, Tejal; Sawant, Kiran; Subbaraman, Ramnath; Bloom, David E.; Patil-Deshmukh, Anita (Public Library of Science, 2014)Background: We devised and implemented an innovative Location-Based Household Coding System (LBHCS) appropriate to a densely populated informal settlement in Mumbai, India. Methods and Findings: LBHCS codes were designed ... -
Using Mobile Health (mHealth) and Geospatial Mapping Technology in a Mass Campaign for Reactive Oral Cholera Vaccination in Rural Haiti
Teng, Jessica E.; Thomson, Dana R.; Lascher, Jonathan S.; Raymond, Max; Ivers, Louise C. (Public Library of Science, 2014)Background: In mass vaccination campaigns, large volumes of data must be managed efficiently and accurately. In a reactive oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign in rural Haiti during an ongoing epidemic, we used a mobile ...