Browsing by Author "Lu, Chunling"
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Assessing Development Assistance for Mental Health in Developing Countries: 2007–2013
Gilbert, Barnabas J.; Patel, Vikram; Farmer, Paul E.; Lu, Chunling (Public Library of Science, 2015)Chunling Lu and colleagues investigate how international aid spent on mental health projects has changed between 2007 and 2013. -
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. ... -
More Data and Appropriate Statistical Methods Needed to Fully Measure the Displacement Effects of Development Assistance for Health
Murray, Christopher J. L.; Dieleman, Joseph L.; Lu, Chunling; Hanlon, Michael (Public Library of Science, 2013) -
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment failure detection depends on monitoring interval and microbiological method
Mitnick, Carole D.; White, Richard A.; Lu, Chunling; Rodriguez, Carly A.; Bayona, Jaime; Becerra, Mercedes C.; Burgos, Marcos; Centis, Rosella; Cohen, Theodore; Cox, Helen; D'Ambrosio, Lia; Danilovitz, Manfred; Falzon, Dennis; Gelmanova, Irina Y.; Gler, Maria T.; Grinsdale, Jennifer A.; Holtz, Timothy H.; Keshavjee, Salmaan; Leimane, Vaira; Menzies, Dick; Migliori, Giovanni Battista; Milstein, Meredith B.; Mishustin, Sergey P.; Pagano, Marcello; Quelapio, Maria I.; Shean, Karen; Shin, Sonya S.; Tolman, Arielle W.; van der Walt, Martha L.; Van Deun, Armand; Viiklepp, Piret (European Respiratory Society, 2016)Debate persists about monitoring method (culture or smear) and interval (monthly or less frequently) during treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). We analysed existing data and estimated the effect of ... -
Service availability and association between Mutuelles and medical care usage for under-five children in rural Rwanda: a statistical analysis with repeated cross-sectional data
Mejía-Guevara, Iván; Hill, Kenneth; Subramanian, S V; Lu, Chunling (BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)Objective: To compare the association between Mutuelles enrolment and medical care utilisation among under-five rural children between 2005 and 2010; that is, before and after substantial improvements in service availability ... -
A Systematic Review of Reported Cost for Smear and Culture Tests during Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment
Lu, Chunling; Liu, Qingsong; Sarma, Aartik Ananthsai; Fitzpatrick, Christopher; Falzon, Dennis; Mitnick, Carole Diane (Public Library of Science, 2013)Background: In 2011, World Health Organization revised its recommendation for microbiological monitoring during treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) by increasing the frequency of culture examination ... -
Towards Universal Health Coverage: An Evaluation of Rwanda Mutuelles in Its First Eight Years
Lu, Chunling; Chin, Brian Leland; Lewandowski, Jiwon Lee; Basinga, Paulin; Hirschhorn, Lisa Ruth; Hill, Kenneth H.; Murray, Megan Blanche; Binagwaho, Agnes (Public Library of Science, 2012)Background: Mutuelles is a community-based health insurance program, established since 1999 by the Government of Rwanda as a key component of the national health strategy on providing universal health care. The objective ... -
Tracking Rural Health Facility Financial Data in Resource-Limited Settings: A Case Study from Rwanda
Lu, Chunling; Tsai, Sandy; Ruhumuriza, John; Umugiraneza, Grace; Kandamutsa, Solange; Salvatore, Phillip P.; Zhang, Zibiao; Binagwaho, Agnes; Ngabo, Fidele (Public Library of Science, 2014)Chunling Lu and colleagues describe a project for tracking health center financial data in two rural districts of Rwanda, which could be adapted for other low- or middle-income countries. Please see later in the article ...