The Future of Health Technology Assessment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries by Javier Guzman, Victoria Y. Fan, Peter Baker

“…To achieve this, countries will need to change the way they use HTA in the future, accounting for three important elements: agile leapfrogging past traditional HTA methodologies, aid localization to enhance country ownership and accountability, and regional collaboration to overcome common limitations such as data scarcity and limited local capacity. …”
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Online News Sites and Journalism 2.0: Reader Comments on Al Jazeera Arabic by Muhammad M. Abdul-Mageed

“…Overall, these findings suggest that citizen journalism—journalism is performed by lay persons—on Al Jazeera tends to be shaped by the coverage and layout of the news site. Moreover, citizen participation in online news sites such as Al Jazeera is still far from ideal, in that commenters are given neither the access nor the facilitation to use modalities other than written text. …”
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A Content Analysis of Polemics in a Regulation Regarding Sexual Violence on Campus by Rona Rizkhy Bunga Chasana, Devi Afriyantari Puspa Putri, Yuniar Vernanda

“…Meanwhile, morality and human interests are the least used frames. Studying crisis news frames is important for PR practitioners to understand media coverage during a crisis and provide appropriate responses to mitigate its impact.…”
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Transforming precision medicine: The potential of the clinical artificial intelligent single‐cell framework by Christian Baumgartner, Dagmar Brislinger

“…Despite its potential, caiSC lacks comprehensive data coverage across cell types and diseases, presenting challenges in data quality and model robustness. …”
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Can open-defecation free (ODF) communities be sustained? A cross-sectional study in rural Ghana. by Caroline Delaire, Joyce Kisiangani, Kara Stuart, Prince Antwi-Agyei, Ranjiv Khush, Rachel Peletz

“…Community-led total sanitation (CLTS) is a widely used approach to reduce open defecation in rural areas of low-income countries. …”
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Habitat selection and occupancy of feral horses in comparison to cattle and elk in the Rocky Mountain Foothills of Canada by Paul M. Boyce, Philip D. McLoughlin

“…In winter, horses were closer to native rangelands and selected areas closer to roads, areas of lower terrain ruggedness, and areas of higher solar radiation farther from forests, suggesting that forage, habitat accessibility, and thermoregulation are important drivers of winter habitat use. GPS-tracking results were supported by trail-camera occupancy analyses that pointed to the presence of cattle as a potential modulator of horse habitat use. …”
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Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa: who is left behind? by Sarah Neal, Ties Boerma, Dessalegn Y Melesse, Martin K Mutua, Allysha Choudhury, Yohannes D Wado, Cheikh M Faye

“…The evidence is still limited on inequalities in ASRH by gender, education, urban–rural residence and household wealth for many critical areas of sexual initiation, fertility, marriage, HIV, condom use and use of modern contraceptives for family planning. …”
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The intermediate role of farmland transfer in the impact of digital financial inclusion on agricultural total factor productivity in China by Jiali Yang, Jiali Yang, Abate Meseretchanie

“…We analyze the sub-classification indexes of digital inclusive finance, namely coverage breadth, depth of use, and digitalization degree. …”
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Measuring what matters: Context-specific indicators for assessing immunisation performance in Pacific Island Countries and Areas. by Cyra Patel, Ginny M Sargent, Adeline Tinessia, Helen Mayfield, Dan Chateau, Akeem Ali, Ilisapeci Tuibeqa, Meru Sheel

“…Experts agreed that certain indicators were essential to measure (e.g. data use in program planning and measles vaccination coverage), but preferences varied for most indicators. …”
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Individual and community-level determinants of cervical cancer screening among Kenyan women: a multilevel analysis of a Kenya demographic and health surveys 2022 by Beminate Lemma Seifu, Angwach Abrham Asnake, Teshale Belayneh, Tesfahun Hailemariam

“…Conclusions Policies should give emphasis to community-based education, health insurance coverage to overcome the financial burden of the community, create opportunities for women`s employment, strengthen media exposure to educate women, and increase the coverage of contraceptive use. …”
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Achieving and sustaining impact at scale for a newborn intervention in Nepal: a mixed-methods study by Stephen Hodgins, Leela Khanal, Nira Joshi, Suzanne Penfold, Sabita Tuladhar, Parsu Ram Shrestha, Bikash Lamichhane, Penny Dawson, Tanya Guenther, Samikshya Singh, Ganesh Sharma, Peter Oyloe

“…This paper traces the evolution of chlorhexidine introduction and scale up and documents program performance once the program had reached national scale, in terms of "implementation strength" and population-level "effective coverage." # Methods Mixed methods implementation research, including a narrative account of the evolution of the program and results from a large, nationally-representative household survey of 3,661 live births over the preceding 12 months to assess use of chlorhexidine for newborn cord-care. …”
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Adipofascial perforator flaps: Its role in reconstruction of soft-tissue defects of lower leg and ankle by Deepak Nanda, Shamendra Anand Sahu, Durga Karki, Sanjay Kumar, Amrita Mandal

“…Background: Despite advances in surgical skills, adipofascial flaps are still less preferred option for coverage of leg defect. We evaluate the use of perforator-based adipofascial flap in small-to-medium-sized soft-tissue defects in the lower limb. …”
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Progress and inequality in child immunization in 38 African countries, 2000-2030: A spatio-temporal Bayesian analysis at national and sub-national levels. by Phuong The Nguyen, Ryota Nakamura, Hideyasu Shimadzu, Aminu Kende Abubakar, Phuong Mai Le, Huy Van Nguyen, Hoa L Nguyen, Motohiro Sato, Ayako Honda, Stuart Gilmour

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Using approximately 1 million records from 104 nationally representative Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in 38 African countries (2000-2019), we estimated childhood immunization coverage for key indicators (BCG, MCV1, DPT3, Polio3, and Full immunization), stratified by socioeconomic status. …”
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Missing the vulnerable-Inequalities in social protection in 13 sub-Saharan African countries: Analysis of population-based surveys. by David Chipanta, Silas Amo-Agyei, Lucas Hertzog, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Michael Smith, Caitlin Mahoney, Juan Gonzalo Jaramillo Meija, Olivia Keiser, Janne Estill

“…Only in countries with higher levels of social protection coverage did most people from the poorest households achieve high coverage. …”
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A sensor node scheduling algorithm for heterogeneous wireless sensor networks by Zhangquan Wang, Yourong Chen, Banteng Liu, Haibo Yang, Ziyi Su, Yunkai Zhu

“…In sensor node scheduling algorithm, heterogeneous perception radius of sensor node is considered. Incomplete coverage constraint and arc coverage interval are analyzed. …”
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Post Burn Flexion Contractures of the Hand Considerations in Management by C. P. Sawhney

“…The author over the years has followed an approach which comprises of complete release of contracture, its coverage by intermediate thickness split skin graft, use of Plaster of Paris splint, static and dynamic splints which prevent recurrence and encourage movements. …”
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Wetland inventory, key drivers of change and their socioeconomic and environmental implications in Ethiopia by Workiyie Worie Assefa, Belachew Getnet Eneyew

“…The global wetland dataset analysis findings indicated that the total area coverage of the country’s wetlands in 2020 was 26,424.72 km2 representing 2.02 % of the country’s total area coverage. …”
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Remote sensing techniques to assess badlands dynamics: insights from a systematic review by Rosa Colacicco, Marco La Salandra, Isabella Lapietra, Alberto Refice, Domenico Capolongo

“…Satellite imagery is a leading tool due to its extensive spatial and temporal coverage, enhancing land-use change monitoring and erosion modeling capabilities. …”
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