OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Global Health-Science and Practice is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Let’s Make Life Easier for Health Workers, Not More Complicated	36
Improving Primary Care Quality Through Supportive Supervision and Mentoring: Lessons From the African Health Initiative in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique	34
End Malaria Faster: Taking Lifesaving Tools Beyond “Access” to “Reach” All People in Need	30
Early Lessons From Working With Local Partners to Expand Private-Sector Health Care Networks in Burundi and Mali	28
Innovations in Providing HIV Index Testing Services: A Retrospective Evaluation of Partner Elicitation Models in Southern Nigeria	28
How Real-Time Case-Based Malaria Surveillance Helps Zanzibar Get a Step Closer to Malaria Elimination: Description of Operational Platform and Resources	27
COVID-19 Vaccine Collaborative Supply Planning: Is This the Next Frontier for Routine Immunization Supply Chains?	27
Impact of Solar Light and Electricity on the Quality and Timeliness of Maternity Care: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Trial in Uganda	26
Lessons Learned From the Use of the Most Significant Change Technique for Adaptive Management of Complex Health Interventions	25
Assessing Acceptability of Biodegradable Contraceptive Implants in Kenya and Senegal	24
Integrating Gender-Based Violence Services Into HIV Care: Insights From Malawi	24
FP2020 and FP2030 Country Commitments: A Mixed Method Study of Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Components	22
Repeatability of Pulse Oximetry Measurements in Children During Triage in 2 Ugandan Hospitals	21
Empowerment Among Adolescent Girls in Nepal: A Concept Mapping Exploratory Study	20
A Supervision Framework for Task-Shared Mental Health Workers: Implications for Clinical Trials and Beyond	20
Development of a Modular and Equitable Surgical Simulator	19
How Home Delivery of Antiretroviral Drugs Ensured Uninterrupted HIV Treatment During COVID-19: Experiences From Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, and Nigeria	18
Maintaining Continuity of Care for Expectant Mothers in Kenya During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study of MomCare	18
Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program's Contributions to the National HIV and TB Programs, 2015–2020	18
Leveraging Experience From Active TB Drug-Safety Monitoring and Management for Monitoring Active Antiretroviral Toxicity	17
Applying a Three-Tier Approach to Address Gaps in Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake and Continuity in Uganda: A Mixed Methods Approach	17
The Journey Toward Establishing Inpatient Care for Small and Sick Newborns in Ethiopia, India, Malawi, and Rwanda	17
Early Reflections on Mphatlalatsane, a Maternal and Neonatal Quality Improvement Initiative Implemented During COVID-19 in South Africa	16
Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic to Strengthen TB Infection Control: A Rapid Review	16
Mother-Baby Friendly Philippines: Using Citizen Reporting to Improve Compliance to the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes	16

Results-Based Financing for Health: A Case Study of Knowledge and Perceptions Among Stakeholders in a Donor-Funded Program in Zambia	15
Inequities in Family Planning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	15
Modeling Pathways to Describe How Maternal Health Care Providers' Mental Health Influences the Provision of Respectful Maternity Care in Malawi	15
UDHAVI Community Support During India's Second COVID-19 Wave: A Descriptive Study on a Tertiary Care Center's Pandemic Response Helpline	15
Can a Smartphone Application Help Address Barriers to Reporting Substandard/Falsified Medical Products? A Pilot Study in Tanzania and Indonesia	14
Documenting Community Health Worker Compensation Schemes and Their Perceived Effectiveness in Seven sub-Saharan African Countries: A Qualitative Study	14
Transforming Supply Logistics for Health Commodity Security in Africa	14
Baseline Assessment of Evidence-Based Intrapartum Care Practices in Medical Schools in 3 States in India: A Mixed-Methods Study	14
Maintaining Polio-Free Status in Indonesia During the COVID-19 Pandemic	14
Defining Collective Priorities: Research and Learning Agendas for Family Planning Across 6 Countries	14
A New Contraceptive Diaphragm in Niamey, Niger: A Mixed Methods Study on Acceptability, Use, and Programmatic Considerations	14
Evaluating Counseling for Choice in Malawi: A Client-Centered Approach to Contraceptive Counseling	14
Strengthening Capacity for Tailored Immunization Programs Using Adult Learning Principles: A Case Study from Nigeria	13
Using the 5C Vaccine Hesitancy Framework to Elucidate and Measure Contraceptive Acceptability in sub-Saharan Africa	12
Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Rwanda: A Mixed Methods Study	12
Funders' Perspectives on Supporting Implementation Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	12
Novel Approaches to Postnatal Prophylaxis to Eliminate Vertical Transmission of HIV	12
Results From a Multimethod Exploratory Scale Development Process to Measure Authoritarian Provider Attitudes in Democratic Republic of Congo and Togo	12
Empowering Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Mothers’ Support Groups: Evidence From a Community Engagement Initiative in Sri Lanka	12
Family Planning, Reproductive Health, and Progress Toward the Sustainable Development Goals: Reflections and Directions on the 30th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Develo	11
Thematic Analysis and Mapping of Reproductive Empowerment Scales: A Tool for Family Planning Self-Care Programming and Research	11
Implementation of HIV Retesting During Pregnancy and Postpartum in Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study	11
Findings and Implications From an Evaluation of the Gold Star Campaign in Post-Ebola Guinea: The Role of Gender and Education	11
Down But Not Out: Vasectomy Is Faring Poorly Almost Everywhere—We Can Do Better To Make It A True Method Option	11
People that Deliver: Established to Address the Health Supply Chain Workforce Gap	11
Establishing a Standardized Surveillance System for Health Care-Associated Infections in Vietnam	11
Effectiveness of Capacity-Building and Quality Improvement Interventions to Improve Day-of-Birth Care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	11
Do No Harm: A Review of Social Harms Associated with HIV Partner Notification	10
Integrating Human-Centered Design to Advance Global Health: Lessons From 3 Programs	10
Implementation of Maternal and Newborn Health Mobile Phone E-Cohorts to Track Longitudinal Care Quality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	10
Design and Implementation of Brief Interventions to Address Noncommunicable Diseases in Uzbekistan	10
Community Health Worker Program Outcomes for Diabetes and Hypertension Control in West Bank Refugee Camps: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study	10
Strategic Training Executive Program 2.0: A Leadership and Change Management Program for Health Supply Chains in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	10
Health System Resilience: Withstanding Shocks and Maintaining Progress	9
Community Health Workers in Pandemics: Evidence and Investment Implications	9
Improving Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Among Pregnant Women: An Implementation Science Approach in East-Central Uganda	9
The Godmother Project: A Virtual Initiative to Support Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Brazil During the COVID-19 Pandemic	9
Where Women Access Contraception in 36 Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Why It Matters	9
Addressing the Impact of Climate Change on Sexual and Reproductive Health Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	9
Three Pivots for Improving Health Care Provider Performance	9
Adaptive Interventions to Promote Change in the 21st Century: The Responsive Feedback Approach	9
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Internally Displaced Persons in Ethiopia’s Somali Region: A Qualitative Process Evaluation	9
Complexity in Health: Can Design Help Support Interdisciplinary Solutions?	9
Equitable Open Access Publishing: Changing the Financial Power Dynamics in Academia	9
From Pre-Implementation to Institutionalization: Lessons From Sustaining a Perinatal Audit Program in South Africa	9
Documenting the Provision of Emergency Contraceptive Pills Through Youth-Serving Delivery Channels: Exploratory Mixed Methods Research on Malawi’s Emergency Contraception Strategy	8
Experiences, Challenges, and Lessons Learned During Implementation of a Remote Monitoring Program for Home-Isolated COVID-19 Patients in Chennai, India	8
A Narrative Review of Kenya’s Surgical Capacity Using the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery’s Indicator Framework	8
Examining Roles, Support, and Experiences of Community Health Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: A Mixed Methods Study	8
Projecting the Impact of Nutrition Policy to Improve Child Stunting: A Case Study in Guatemala Using the Lives Saved Tool	8

Indicators and Implementation Guidance to Advance Value-Based HIV Care Through People-Centered Metrics	8
An Oxygen Supply Is Not Enough: A Qualitative Analysis of a Pressure Swing Adsorption Oxygen Plant Program in Ethiopian Hospitals	8
Conceptualizing Contraceptive Agency: A Critical Step to Enable Human Rights-Based Family Planning Programs and Measurement	8
Trends in and Correlates of Short-Acting Contraceptive Stock-Outs: Multicountry Analysis of Performance Monitoring for Action Agile Platform Data	7
Promoting Male Involvement in Family Planning: Insights From the No-Scalpel Vasectomy Program of Davao City, Philippines	7
What Distinguishes Women Who Choose to Self-Inject? A Prospective Cohort Study of Subcutaneous Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Users in Ghana	7
Accelerating Progress in Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Decision-Making: Trends in 32 Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Future Perspectives	7
Using Health Systems and Policy Research to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in Ghana	7
The Equity Tool for Valuing Global Health Partnerships	7
Midpoint Reflections on USAID HIV Local Partner Transition Efforts	7
A Tale of 2 Countries: Implementation of the Cold Chain Equipment Optimization Platform in Guinea and Kenya	7
COVID-19 Testing Crisis Management Through a Public-Private Partnership in Sindh, Pakistan	7
Strengthening Integrated Approaches for Family Planning and Menstrual Health	7
Improving Program Outcomes Through Responsive Feedback: A Case Study of a Leadership Development Academy in Nigeria	7
Building Public Health Quantitative Methods Capacity and Networks in sub-Saharan Africa: An Evaluation of a Faculty Training Program	7
Evaluation of a Depression Intervention in People With HIV and/or TB in Eswatini Primary Care Facilities: Implications for Southern Africa	7
Design and Implementation of the Amenah Early Marriage Pilot Intervention Among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon	7
Regarding “Down but Not Out: Vasectomy Is Faring Poorly Almost Everywhere—We Can Do Better to Make It a True Method Option”	7
A Novel Approach to Assessing the Potential of Electronic Decision Support Systems to Improve the Quality of Antenatal Care in Nepal	6
Development of an Innovative Digital Data Collection System for Routine Mental Health Care Delivery in Rural Haiti	6
Examining Public Sector Availability and Supply Chain Management Practices for Malaria Commodities: Findings From Northern Nigeria	6
Getting Rigor Right: A Framework for Methodological Choice in Adaptive Monitoring and Evaluation	6
Does the Current Global Health Agenda Lack Vision?	6
Design Is an Essential Medicine	6
TraumaLink: A Community-Based First-Responder System for Traffic Injury Victims in Bangladesh	6
A Cross-Sectional Assessment of HIV Self-Testing Preferences and Uptake Among Key Populations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia	6
Optimizing the Health Management Information System in Uttar Pradesh, India: Implementation Insights and Key Learnings	6
Locked Down: Experiences of Domestic Violence in Central India	6
Carpe DM: The First Global Diabetes Targets	6
Demand Forecasting Approaches for New Contraceptive Technologies: A Landscape Review and Recommendations for Alignment	6
Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic Response Implementation: A Case Study of South Sudan and Sierra Leone	6
Applying the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to Identify Implementation Determinants for the Integrated District Evidence-to-Action Program, Mozambique	6
Early Lessons From Ethiopia in Establishing a Data Triangulation Process to Analyze Immunization Program and Supply Data for Decision Making	6
Examining Masculinities to Inform Gender-Transformative Violence Prevention Programs: Qualitative Findings From Rakai, Uganda	6
Improving the Quality of Adolescent and Youth-Friendly Health Services Through Integrated Supportive Supervision in Four Nigerian States	6
Lessons Learned From the Capacity-Building and Mentorship Program to Improve Health Information Systems in 11 Districts of Ethiopia	6
Methods and Benefits of Measuring Human-Centered Design in Global Health	6
Strengthening Social and Behavior Change Programming Through Application of an Adaptive Management Framework: A Case Study in Tanzania	6
A Field Test of the NORMAL Job Aid With Community Health Workers in Kenya to Address Contraceptive-Induced Menstrual Changes	6
Disinfection of Neonatal Resuscitation Equipment in Resource-Limited Settings: Lessons From a Mixed-Methods Implementation Experience in Kenya	6
Drivers and Barriers to Improved Data Quality and Data-Use Practices: An Interpretative Qualitative Study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	6
Promising Practices in Capacity Development for Health Supply Chains in Resource-Constrained Countries	6
Using Vignettes to Gain Insights Into Social Norms Related to Voluntary Family Planning and Gender-Based Violence in South Sudan	6