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Sheffel, A., King, S., Day, L., Marchant, T., Muzigaba, M., Requejo, J., Carter, E., Munos, M. (2024) Advancing maternal and newborn health care measurement: Developing quality of care indices for postnatal and small and/or sick newborn care in low-and middle-income countries. medRxiv. Available here [under review – Journal of Global Health]

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Jiwani, S. S., Mutua, M., Cisse, K., Jacobs, C., Njeri, A., Musukuma, M., Adero, G., Sheffel, A., Munos, M. K., Stierman, E., Faye, C., Boerma, T., Amouzou, A. (2024) Hidden Cities, Hidden Gaps: Measuring Facility Readiness for Maternal and Newborn Health Services and its Association with Person-Centered Maternity Care in Urban Informal Settlements of Nairobi, Lusaka and Ouagadougou cities. [under review – BMC pregnancy & childbirth]

Day, L., Vaz, L., Semrau, K., Moxon, S., Niermeyer, S., Khadka, N., Chitashvili, T., Valentine, G., Drake, M., Ehret, D., Sheffel, A., Sacks, E., Greenspan, L., Shaver, T., Kak, L., Hailegebriel, T., Gupta, G., Hill, K., Jackson, D. (2024) Global prioritised indicators for measuring WHO’s quality-of-care standards for small and/or sick newborns in health facilities: development, global consultation, and expert consensus. [under review – BMJ Global Health]

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Strong, K., Konstantinou, G., Agweyu, A., Diaz, T., Jackson, D., Kim, M., Kubota, S., Leslie, H., Lazzerini, M., Marchant, T., Munos, M., Muzigaba, M., Quach, A., Sheffel, A., Yaqub, N. and for the Life Stages Quality of Care Metrics Technical Working Group for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing. (2024) Recommendations for Using Health Service Coverage Cascades to Measure Effective Coverage for Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health Services or Interventions. Global Health: Science and Practice, 12(6). Available here

Johnston, H. B., Footman, K., Ali, M. M., Aly, E. A., Asmani, C., Asra, S. G., Atweam, D. K., Awais, S., Ayiasi, R. M., Boamah, M. O., Droti, R. D. B., Elamin, H., Garimoi, C. F., Gebregiorgis, A. H., Gholbzouri, K., Hemachandra, N., Hien, Y., Kasolo, F. C., Kipruto, H., Lainez, Y. B., Natseri, N., Onyiah, P. A., Ouedraogo, L., Ouangare, A., Sentumbwe-Mugisa, O., Sheffel, A., Ssendyona, M., Thom, E., Tingueri, R. K., Traore, S., Uzma, Q., Siyam, A., Venter, W., Ganatra, B. (2024) Measuring availability of and facility readiness to deliver comprehensive abortion care: Experiences and lessons learnt from integrating abortion into WHO's health facility assessments. BMJ Global Health, 8:e015097. Available here

Sheffel, A., Andrews, A., Conner, R., et al. (2024) Human resource challenges in health systems: evidence across ten countries. Health Policy and Planning, 39(7). Available here

Niehaus, L., Sheffel, A., Kalter, H., Amozou, A., Koffi, A., Munos, M. (2024) Delays in accessing high-quality care for newborns in East Africa: An analysis of survey data in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Journal of Global Health, 14:04022. Available here

Bol, J., Sheffel, A., Meghani, A., Zia, N. (2023) How to address the geographical bias in academic publishing. BMJ Global Health. 8:e01311. Available here

Cane, R., Sheffel, A., Salomão, C., Sambo, J., Matusse, E., Ismail, E., António, A., Manuel, E., Sawadogo-Lewis, T., Roberton, T. (2023) Structural readiness of health facilities in Mozambique: How is Mozambique positioned to deliver nutrition-specific interventions to women and children? Journal of Global Health Reports, 7:32023074. Available here

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Sheffel, A., Tampe, T., Katwan, K., Moran, A. (2023). Development of indicators for integrated antenatal care service provision:  A feasibility study in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal and Sierra Leone. BMJ Open, 13(2):e065358. Available here

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Katwan, E., Bisoborwa, G., Butron-Riveros, B., Bychkov, S., Dadji, K., Fedkina, N., Jayathilaka, C.A., Kumar, D., Li, Z., Mehta, R., Raina, N., Siddeeg, K., Ferguson, L., Handlos, L.N., Sheffel, A., Kiarie, J., Festin, M.R., Diaz, T. (2021) Creating a global legal and policy database and document repository: Challenges and lessons learned from the World Health Organization sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health policy survey. Int J Health Policy Manag, 11(11):2415-2. Available here

Merriman, R., Galizia, I., Tanaka, S., Sheffel, A., Buse, K., Hawkes, S. (2021) The gender and geography of publishing: A review of sex/gender reporting and author representation in the world’s leading general medical and global health journals. BMJ Global Health, 6(5):e005672. Available here

Denhard, L., Kaviany, P., Chicumbe, S., Muianga, C., Laisse, G., Aune, K., Sheffel, A. (2021). How prepared is Mozambique to treat COVID-19 patients? A new approach for estimating oxygen service availability, oxygen treatment capacity, and population access to oxygen-ready treatment facilities. International journal for equity in health, 20(1): 1-13. Available here

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Rao, K., Sheffel, A. (2018). Quality of clinical care and bypassing of primary health centers in India. Social Science and Medicine, 207, 80-88. Available here

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Di Giorgio, L., Rosado Valenzuela, A., Sheffel, A., Mussini, M. (2024) Introducing Strategic Purchasing in Costa Rica. Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Knowledge Brief Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. Available here

Rosado Valenzuela, A., Sheffel, A., Lara Salinas, A., Mussini, M., Di Giorgio, L. (2023) Expansion of the Coverage of the Single Digital Health Record (EDUS) in the PHC System in Costa Rica (English). Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Knowledge Brief Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. Available here

Rosado Valenzuela, A., Sheffel, A., Lara Salinas, A., Mussini, M., Di Giorgio, L. (2023) Increasing the Number of Major Outpatient Surgeries to Reduce the Waiting List in Costa Rica (English). Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Knowledge Brief Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. Available here

Rosado Valenzuela, A., Sheffel, A., Lara Salinas, A., Mussini, M., Di Giorgio, L. (2023) The Use of Satisfaction Surveys to Improve the Delivery of Health Services to the Population in Costa Rica (English). Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Knowledge Brief Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. Available here

Rosado Valenzuela, A., Sheffel, A., Lara Salinas, A., Mussini, M., Di Giorgio, L. (2023) The Integrated Family Record System (SIFF), a Key Tool for Monitoring the Social Determinants of Health in Costa Rica (English). Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Knowledge Brief Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. Available here

Mussini, M., Lara Salinas, A., Rosado Valenzuela, A., Sheffel, A., Di Giorgio, L. (2023) Lessons Learned through the Health Program for Results in Costa Rica (English). Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Knowledge Brief Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. Available here

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Harnessing momentum: Priority areas of intervention to further strengthen Malawi’s health sector, 2020. Malawi Ministry of Health/World Bank. [contributing author]

Enhancing human capital in Malawi: The role of maternal and child health and nutrition services, 2020. Malawi Ministry of Health/World Bank. [contributing author]

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“Harmonized Health Facility Assessment”. Health Data Collaborative webinar. Geneva, Switzerland [virtual] Oct. 2023

“Advancing maternal and newborn measurement: Developing quantitative measures of service quality for postnatal care and small and sick newborn care using extant data in low- and middle-income country health systems”. International Maternal Newborn Health Conference. Cape Town, South Africa May 2023

“Improving Measurement and Program Design (IMPROVE)” and “Estimating quality-adjusted coverage of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and Nutrition interventions at country level: An operational manual for programme managers”. Life Course Quality of Care Metrics Technical Working Group meeting. Montreux, Switzerland. Dec. 2022

“Measuring effective coverage and quality of care to improve the health of women, children, and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries”. Seventh Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. Bogota, Colombia. Nov. 2022

“DV/SA analysis using the HHFA analysis platform”. Global Fund TA/QA Pool Orientation. Geneva, Switzerland. [virtual] Nov. 2022

“Measuring effective coverage and quality of care”. IMPROVE webinar. Baltimore, MD. [virtual] Sept. 2022

“Roll-out of WHO data quality improvement planning following DQR implementation — example from Malawi”. Global Fund Special Public Health M&E Session. Geneva, Switzerland. [virtual] Feb. 2022

“Harmonized Health Facility Assessment (HHFA)”. WHO South-East Asia Regional Conference on Strengthening Health Information Systems to Support Evidence-based Policy and Decision-making. New Delhi, India. [virtual] July 2021

“Facility readiness to manage small and sick newborns in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania and readiness-adjusted institutional delivery rates for all births and for neonatal deaths”. JHSPH. LSHTM, and WHO technical consultation. Baltimore, MD/Geneva, Switzerland. [virtual] Apr. 2021

“Methods for estimating effective coverage of health services in low- and middle-income countries”. World Health Survey Plus (WHS+) Virtual Global Expert Consultation. Geneva, Switzerland. [virtual] Apr. 2021

“Introduction to the new Harmonized Health Facility Assessment (HHFA) resource package”. Global Fund PHME Session. Geneva, Switzerland. [virtual] Apr. 2021

“Development and Operationalization of Indicators for Integrated Antenatal Care Service Delivery”. Technical Advisory Meeting of the Mother and Newborn Information for Tracking Outcomes and Results (MoNITOR) Group. Geneva, Switzerland. [virtual] Dec. 2020 and Feb. 2021

“The RADAR Coverage Survey Toolkit”. Multiple locations, Canada. May/Jun. 2020 [virtual]. Series of webinars describing various aspects of the RADAR toolkit – a complete set of tools for the streamlined implementation of coverage surveys in low- and middle-income countries.

“Does Doctor Quality Matter? A study on the effect of provider competency on visits to primary health centers in India.” Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. Vancouver, Canada. Nov. 2016

“Tools for monitoring health staffing: an update on the Services Availability and Readiness Assessment tool.” Health Workforce Information Reference Group Meeting, Montreux, Switzerland. Mar. 2010

“Improving routine data analytics and data use at the PHC level to improve RMNCAH&N outcomes”. Accra, Ghana Nov. 2024 and Abuja, Nigeria Dec. 2024 

“Harmonized Health Facility Assessment (HHFA) - Data management and analysis training”. Livingstone, Zambia Nov. 2021

“Using Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) data to assess readiness for the delivery of nutrition interventions”. Maputo, Mozambique Sept. 2020 [virtual]

“AFRO Regional Training on the Harmonized Health Facility Assessment.” Kampala, Uganda Oct. 2019

“SRMNCAH Policy Survey Data Analysis Workshop.” Geneva, Switzerland Aug. 2019

“Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) Training for Data Collection, Survey Implementation, and Data Analysis.” 19 workshops from 2010 - 2019 in the following countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Moldova, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia

“Assessing Data Quality for Tuberculosis in the Philippines.” Manila, Philippines May. 2018

“Training of Trainers: Using CSPro for the Service Availability and Readiness Assessment and Facility Data Verification.” Brazzaville, Congo Dec. 2017

“Antenatal Care Service Quality: Results Validation and Development of Policy Recommendations for the National Evaluation Platform Project” Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Oct. 2017

“Synthesizing Key Evaluation Findings for the National Evaluation Platform Project” Moshi, Tanzania Oct. 2017

“Understanding Quality of Care Measures using Health Facility Assessment Data for the National Evaluation Platform Project” Moshi, Tanzania Feb. 2017

“Forming Evaluation Questions and Assessing Routine Quality of the National Evaluation Platform Project” Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Feb. 2016

“Training of Trainers: Developing Country Capacity in Annual Monitoring of Data Quality and Service Delivery.” Bangkok, Thailand Nov. 2013

“Monitoring of Results: Multi-Country Workshop for the Commission on Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health.” Antigua, Guatemala Oct. 2012 

“Training of Trainers: Implementing the Service Availability and Readiness Assessment.” Geneva, Switzerland May 2012

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