Browsing Borwornsom Leerapan by Author "Awoonor-Williams, John Koku"

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      Associations between the stringency of COVID-19 containment policies and health service disruptions in 10 countries 

      Reddy, Tarylee; Kapoor, Neena R.; Kubota, Shogo; Doubova, Svetlana V; Asai, Daisuke; Mariam, Damen Haile; Ayele, Wondimu; Mebratie, Anagaw Derseh; Thermidor, Roody; Sapag, Jaime C.; Bedregal, Paula; Passi-Solar, Álvaro; Gordon-Strachan, Georgiana; Dulal, Mahesh; Gadek, Dominic Dormenyo; Mehata, Suresh; Margozzini, Paula; Leerapan, Borwornsom; Rittiphairoj, Thanitsara; Kaewkamjornchai, Phanuwich; Nega, Adiam; Awoonor-Williams, John Koku; Kruk, Margaret E.; Arsenault, Catherine (2023-04-12)

      Background: Disruptions in essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic have been reported in several countries. Yet, patterns in health service disruption according to country responses remain unclear. In this paper, we investigate associations between the stringency of COVID-19 containment policies and disruptions in 31 health services in 10 low- middle- and high-income countries in 2020. Methods: Using routine health information systems and administrative data from 10 countries (Chile, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Lao People’s Democratic ...
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      Tracking health system performance in times of crisis using routine health data: lessons learned from a multicountry consortium 

      Turcotte-Tremblay, Anne-Marie; Leerapan, Borwornsom; Akweongo, Patricia; Amponsah, Freddie; Aryal, Amit; Asai, Daisuke; Awoonor-Williams, John Koku; Ayele, Wondimu; Bauhoff, Sebastian; Doubova, Svetlana V.; Gadeka, Dominic Dormenyo; Dulal, Mahesh; Gage, Anna; Gordon-Strachan, Georgiana; Haile-Mariam, Damen; Joseph, Jean Paul; Kaewkamjornchai, Phanuwich; Kapoor, Neena R.; Gelaw, Solomon Kassahun; Kim, Min Kyung; Kruk, Margaret E.; Kubota, Shogo; Margozzini, Paula; Mehata, Suresh; Mthethwa, Londiwe; Nega, Adiam; Oh, Juhwan; Park, Soo Kyung; Passi-Solar, Alvaro; Cuevas, Ricardo Enrique Perez; Reddy, Tarylee; Rittiphairoj, Thanitsara; Sapag, Jaime C.; Thermidor, Roody; Tlou, Boikhutso; Arsenault, Catherine (2023-01-31)

      COVID-19 has prompted the use of readily available administrative data to track health system performance in times of crisis and to monitor disruptions in essential healthcare services. In this commentary we describe our experience working with these data and lessons learned across countries. Since April 2020, the Quality Evidence for Health System Transformation (QuEST) network has used administrative data and routine health information systems (RHIS) to assess health system performance during COVID-19 in Chile, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Lao ...