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From habits of attrition to modes of inclusion: enhancing the role of private practitioners in routine disease surveillance (2017)
Journal Article
Phalkey, R. K., Butsch, C., Belesova, K., Kroll, M., & Kraas, F. (in press). From habits of attrition to modes of inclusion: enhancing the role of private practitioners in routine disease surveillance. BMC Health Services Research, 17, Article 599. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2476-9

Background: Private practitioners are the preferred first point of care in a majority of low and middle-income countries and in this position, best placed for the surveillance of diseases. However their contribution to routine surveillance data is m... Read More about From habits of attrition to modes of inclusion: enhancing the role of private practitioners in routine disease surveillance.

Linking weather data, satellite imagery and field observations to household food production and child undernutrition: an exploratory study in Burkina Faso (2017)
Journal Article
Sorgho, R., Franke, J., Simboro, S., Barteit, S., Phalkey, R., & Sauerborn, R. (2017). Linking weather data, satellite imagery and field observations to household food production and child undernutrition: an exploratory study in Burkina Faso. Universal journal of public health, 5(5), https://doi.org/10.13189/ujph.2017.050508

Worldwide, 50 million children under five are acutely malnourished, while 16 million amongst them suffer from severe wasting. Chronic malnutrition is more common and accounts for an estimated 159 million children, meaning that approximately 23.8% of... Read More about Linking weather data, satellite imagery and field observations to household food production and child undernutrition: an exploratory study in Burkina Faso.