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Antenatal care is associated with adherence to iron supplementation among pregnant women in selected low-middle-income-countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America & the Caribbean... by Karyadi, Elvina, Reddy, J. C., Dearden, Kirk A., Purwanti, Tutut, Asri, Eriana, Roquero, Loreto B., Juguan, Jocelyn A., Sapitula-Evidente, Anjali, Alam, M. K., Das, Susmita, Nair, Gopa K., Srivastava, Anuj, Raut, Manoj K.

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Validity of gestational age estimates by last menstrual period and neonatal examination compared to ultrasound in Vietnam by Deputy, Nicholas P., Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Pham, Hoa, Nguyen, Son, Neufeld, Lynnette M., Martorell, Reynaldo, Ramakrishnan, Usha

“…Background Accurate estimation of gestational age is important for both clinical and public health purposes. Estimates of gestational age using fetal ultrasound measurements are considered most accurate but are frequently unavailable in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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The impact of PROGRESA on health: final report by Gertler, Paul

“…A pre-intervention baseline survey of approximately 19,000 households with over 95,000 individuals and four follow-up surveys (at six month intervals) of the same households were conducted over the two-year experimental period. We find that the program significantly increased utilization of public health clinics for preventive care including prenatal care, child nutrition monitoring, and adult checkups. …”
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Ascaris lumbricoides egg die-off in an experimental excreta storage system and public health implication in Vietnam by Tu Vu-Van, Phuc Pham Duc, Winkler, Mirko S., Zurbrugg, C., Zinsstag, Jakob, Huong Le Thi Thanh, Tran Huu Bich, Hung Nguyen-Viet

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Statistics of Public Expenditure for Economic Development (SPEED) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…With this objective, IFPRI has compiled the Statistics of Public Expenditure for Economic Development (SPEED) database, providing the most comprehensive and publicly available public expenditure information for 67 countries and six sectors: agriculture, education, health, defense, social protection, and transportation and communication, for the time period 1980-2007. …”
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Spatial coordination in public good allocation: Nonparametric evidence from decentralized Indonesia by Yamauchi, Futoshi, Chowdhury, Shyamal, Dewina, Reno

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Statistics on Public Expenditures for Economic Development (SPEED) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The 2019 Statistics on Public Expenditures for Economic Development (SPEED) database contains public expenditure data for 164 countries from 1980 to 2017 for ten sectors: agriculture, communication, education, defense, health, mining, social protection, fuel and energy, transport, and transport and communication combined as one sector. …”
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Statistics of public expenditure for economic development (SPEED) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…With this objective, IFPRI has compiled the Statistics of Public Expenditure for Economic Development (SPEED) database, providing the most comprehensive and publicly available public expenditure information for 147 countries and 10 sectors: agriculture, communication, education, health, defense, mining, social protection, transport, transportation and communication as a group, and total expenditures for the time period 1980-2010. …”
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Public health benefits from livestock Rift Valley fever control: A simulation of two epidemics in Kenya by Kimani, T., Schelling, E., Bett, Bernard K., Ngigi, M., Randolph, Thomas F., Fuhrimann, S.

“…We modelled cost-effectiveness of livestock RVF control from a public health perspective in Kenya. Analysis was limited to pastoral and agro-pastoral system high-risk areas, for a 10-year period incorporating two epidemics: 2006/2007 and a hypothetical one in 2014/2015. …”
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A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2019: Health Extension Worker by International Food Policy Research Institute

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A scoping review on the health effects of smoke haze from vegetation and peatland fires in Southeast Asia: Issues with study approaches and interpretation by Phung, V.L.H., Uttajug, A., Ueda, K., Yulianti, N., Latif, M.T., Naito, D.

“…Smoke haze due to vegetation and peatland fires in Southeast Asia is a serious public health concern. Several approaches have been applied in previous studies; however, the concepts and interpretations of these approaches are poorly understood. …”
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A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Endline Survey 2021: Pregnant Women by International Food Policy Research Institute

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Assessing the hidden burden and costs of COVID-19 pandemic in South Asia: Implications for health and well-being of women, children and adolescents by Owais, Aatekah, Rizvi, Arjumand, Jawwad, Muhammad, Horton, Susan, Das, Jai K., Merritt, Catherine, Moreno, Ralfh, Asfaw, Atnafu G., Rutter, Paul, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Menon, Purnima, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.

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The interplay between and COVID-19 outbreaks in South Asia: Longitudinal trend analysis of surveillance data by Welch, Sarah B., Kulasekere, Dinushi Amanda, Prasad, Vara, Moss, Charles B., Murphy, Robert L., Achenbach, Chad J., Ison, Michael G., Resnick, Danielle, Singh, Lauren, White, Janine, Issa, Tariq Z., Culler, Kasen, Faber, Joshua Marco Mitchell, Boctor, Michael J., Mason, Maryann, Oehmke, James Francis, Post, Lori Ann

“…Governments have since relaxed public health guidelines which resulted in significant outbreaks moving the global epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic to India. …”
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Helminth eggs inactivation efficiency by faecal sludge dewatering and co-composting in tropical climates by Koné, D., Cofie, Olufunke O., Zurbrugg, C., Gallizzi, K., Moser, D., Drescher, S., Strauss, M.

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the potential of millets for managing and reducing the risk of developing diabetes mellitus by Anitha, Seetha, Kane-Potaka, Joanna, Tsusaka, Takuji W., Botha, Rosemary, Rajendran, Ananthan

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Assessing sustainment of health worker outcomes beyond program end: Evaluation results from an infant and young child feeding intervention in Bangladesh by Moucheraud, Corrina, Epstein, Adrienne, Sarma, Haribondhu, Kim, Sunny S., Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Menon, Purnima

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Malaria vectors in a traditional dry zone village in Sri Lanka by Amerasinghe, Priyanie H., Amerasinghe, Felix P., Konradsen, Flemming, Fonseka, K.T., Wirtz, R.A.

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Agricultural public spending in Nigeria by Mogues, Tewodaj, Morris, Michael L., Freinkman, Lev, Adubi, Abimbola, Ehui, Simeon, Nwoko, Chinedum, Taiwo, Olufemi, Nege, Caroline, Okonji, Patrick, Chete, Louis

“…Public spending on agriculture in Nigeria is exceedingly low. …”
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Can markets support smallholder adoption of a food safety technology? Aflasafe in Kenya by Hoffmann, Vivian, Kariuki, Sarah, Pieters, Janneke, Treurniet, Mark

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