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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2020

Quality, Equity and Utility of Observational Studies during 10 Years of Implementing the Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative in 72 Countries.

Rony Zachariah, Stefanie Rust, Pruthu Thekkur, Mohammed Khogali, Ajay Mv Kumar, Karapet Davtyan, Ermias Diro, Srinath Satyanarayana, Olga Denisiuk, Johan van Griensven and 7 more

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Rony ZachariahUnited Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO), Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2915-9328
Stefanie RustKoninklijke Nederlandse Centrale Vereniging tot bestrijding der Tuberculose (KNCV) TB Foundation, 2516AB The Hague, The Netherlands.
Pruthu ThekkurCentre for Operational Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 75006 Paris, France.
Mohammed KhogaliUnited Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO), Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
Ajay Mv KumarCentre for Operational Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 75006 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0003-1011-8531
Karapet DavtyanTuberculosis Research and Prevention Center NGO (TB-RPC), Yerevan 0014, Armenia.ORCID 0000-0003-1583-2590
Ermias DiroDepartment of Medicine, University of Gondar, Gondar 6200, Ethiopia.
Srinath SatyanarayanaCentre for Operational Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 75006 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5420-2551
Olga DenisiukAlliance for Public Health, 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine.
Johan van GriensvenInstitute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
Veerle HermansMédecins Sans Frontières, Qperational Centre Brussels, 1617 Luxor, Luxembourg.
Selma Dar BergerCentre for Operational Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 75006 Paris, France.
Saw SawDepartment of Medical Research, Pyin Oo Lwin 05085, Myanmar.ORCID 0000-0002-7778-6086
Anthony ReidMédecins Sans Frontières, Qperational Centre Brussels, 1617 Luxor, Luxembourg.
Abraham AseffaUnited Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO), Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
Anthony D HarriesCentre for Operational Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 75006 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6113-9741
John C ReederUnited Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO), Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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health systems researchobservational studiesoperational researchSORT ITSTROBEuniversal health coverage

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PMCPMC7709644

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