Publications
Editorial: Urban Health: The Next Frontier for Health Policy and Systems Research Institute of Tropical Medicine
The crowded space of local accountability for maternal, newborn and child health: a case study of the South African health system Institute of Tropical Medicine
Global and national accountability for maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) is increasingly invoked as central to addressing preventable mortality and morbidity. Strategies of accountability for MNCH include policy and budget tracking, maternal and perinatal death surveillance, performance targets and various forms of social accountability. However, little is known about how the growing number of accountability strategies for MNCH is ...
Health policy processes in maternal health: a comparison of Vietnam, India and China Institute of Tropical Medicine
A healthy lifestyle is positively associated with mental health and well-being and core markers in ageing Hasselt University KU Leuven
Dental caries and periodontal diseases in the ageing population: call to action to protect and enhance oral health and well-being as an essential component of healthy ageing Vrije Universiteit Brussel
caries and periodontal diseases has been translated to better oral health and
improved tooth retention in the adult population. The ageing population and theincreasing expectations of good oral health-related quality of life in older age
pose formidable challenges to clinical care and healthcare systems.
Aims: The objective of this workshop ...
Social determinants of maternal health: a scoping review of factors influencing maternal mortality and maternal health service use in India Institute of Tropical Medicine
Background Maternal health remains a major public health problem in India, with large inter- and intra-state inequities in maternal health service use and maternal deaths. The Commission on Social Determinants of Health provides a framework to identify structural and intermediary factors of health inequities, including maternal health, and understand their mechanism of influence, which might be important in addressing maternal health ...