Contribution of health system governance in delivering primary health care services for universal health coverage: A scoping review. by Resham B Khatri, Aklilu Endalamaw, Daniel Erku, Eskinder Wolka, Frehiwot Nigatu, Anteneh Zewdie, Yibeltal Assefa

“…We followed Arksey and O'Malley's scoping review framework and adhered to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist to guide our methodology. …”
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Analytical validation and sequencing coverage studies suggest that performance of a liquid biopsy assay is tumor agnostic (DNA-is-DNA). by Wei Meng, Russell Petry, Norberto Pantoja Galicia, Allison van den Hout, Jessie Yu, Siliang Gong, Dhara Shah, Daokun Sun, Cui Guo, Shannon Bailey, Daniela Munafo, Ryan Woodhouse, Elizabeth Mansfield, Varun Pattani, Steven Perrault, Jun Zhou, Christine Vietz, Meijuan Li, Richard S P Huang

“…For the samples from AV studies, we evaluated the precision and concordance performance by F1LCDx between tumor types; and for the clinical samples, we performed analyses comparing the distribution of coverage between tumor types. …”
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Mutational and low-coverage whole genome sequencing identifies actionable DNA repair alterations in prostate cancer plasma DNA by Alessandra Virga, Milena Urbini, Maurizio Polano, Elisabetta Petracci, Gianluca Tedaldi, Giorgia Gurioli, Giorgia Marisi, Davide Angeli, Andrea Ambrosini-Spaltro, Giovanni De Luca, Ilaria Cangini, Valentina Zampiga, Giovanna Cenacchi, Giuseppe Toffoli, Chiara Casadei, Maria Concetta Cursano, Vincenza Conteduca, Ugo De Giorgi, Paola Ulivi

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Mpox vaccination hesitancy, previous immunisation coverage, and vaccination readiness in the African region: a multinational surveyResearch in context by Min Du, Jie Deng, Wenxin Yan, Min Liu, Wannian Liang, Ben Niu, Jue Liu

“…DerSimonian-Laird random-effects meta-analyses were utilised to pool the results from six countries. …”
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A budget impact analysis of 15- or 20- valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use in all US adults aged 50–64 years old compared to those with high-risk conditions from US payer per... by Nirma Khatri Vadlamudi, Chyongchiou J. Lin, Angela R. Wateska, Richard K. Zimmerman, Kenneth J. Smith

“…Routine vaccination of 50-64-year-old age group was more economically favorable in Black adults sub-group analyses.…”
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Social and geographical inequalities in prenatal care coverage in Colombia: a multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) by Juan Merlo, Sergio Prada, Merida Rodriguez-Lopez, George Leckie, Daniela Botero Jaramillo

“…Random slopes were included to allow for variations in the effects of ethnicity and insurance across departments.Results A total of 552 284 singleton pregnancies were analysed. National ANC coverage was 95.96%. However, 15 of the 33 departments and 24 of the 36 intersectional strata reported ANC coverage below the national average. …”
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A long way to go - Estimates of combined water, sanitation and hygiene coverage for 25 sub-Saharan African countries. by Rachel Roche, Robert Bain, Oliver Cumming

“…Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has among the lowest rates of WASH coverage globally.<h4>Methods</h4>The most recent available Demographic Household Survey (DHS) or Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) data for 25 countries in SSA were analysed to estimate national and regional coverage for combined water and sanitation (a combined MDG indicator for 'improved' access) and combined water with collection time within 30 minutes plus sanitation and hygiene (a combined SDG indicator for 'basic' access). …”
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Socio-demographic disparities in basic under-two immunization coverage: insights from the 2016 Malawi demographic and health survey by Ololade Julius Baruwa, Monica Ewomazino Akokuwebe, Oluwafemi John Adeleye, Babatunde Makinde Gbadebo

“…Socio-demographic variables, including the child’s sex, maternal age, marital status (currently married), education, place of residence, region, wealth status, and employment status, were analysed using multivariate logistic regression models and a choropleth map to assess variations in basic immunization coverage across all 28 districts in Malawi. …”
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Prevalence of visually significant cataract and cataract surgical coverage in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Angus W Turner, Mark A Chia, Hessom Razavi, Marcel M Nejatian, Saiuj Bhat, Amy Kalantary, Joshua R Taylor

“…Pooled prevalence estimates were derived using meta-analyses with a random-effects model. Nine studies enrolling 36 302 participants were included. …”
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Meningococcal Vaccination in High-Risk Patients: A Systematic Approach to Evaluating Coverage and Patient Catch-Up Through Healthcare Databases by Rafael Ruiz-Montero, Álvaro Serrano-Ortiz, Mario Rivera-Izquierdo, Piedad Galvache Murillo-Rico, Ana Moñiz-Díez, María Ángeles Onieva-García, Eloy Girela-López, Inmaculada Salcedo-Leal

“…Finally, bivariate analyses were conducted to assess the potential association between coverage, sex, and the year of admission. …”
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Cross-sectional study of vaccine coverage among children aged 1 to 24 months in Opuwo District, Kunene region, Namibia by Ligola S. M. Akwenye, Junxian Ou, Chengsong Wan, Wei Zhao, Zhixin Fang, Qiwei Zhang

“…Results showed that during 2019–2020, at least 57.2% of the antigens reached the recommended coverage of over 80% in Opuwo District. Additionally, 62.5% of health facilities met the district target coverage of a minimum of 85% for four or more antigens. …”
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Building Analyses from Syntactic Inference in Local Languages: An HPSG Grammar Inference System by Kristen Howell, Emily M. Bender

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Phasing millions of samples achieves near perfect accuracy, enabling parent-of-origin analyses by Cole M. Williams, Jared O’Connell, Ethan Jewett, William A. Freyman, Christopher R. Gignoux, Sohini Ramachandran, Amy L. Williams

“…Summary: Haplotype phasing, the process of determining which genetic variants are physically located on the same chromosome, is crucial for genetic analyses. Here, we benchmark SHAPEIT and Beagle, two state-of-the-art phasing methods, on two large datasets: >8 million research-consented 23andMe, Inc. customers and the UK Biobank (UKB). …”
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Identifying implementation science research and policy priorities to advance universal health coverage: a multi-country modified Delphi study by Sumit Kane, Breanna K Wodnik, Erica Di Ruggiero, Beverley Essue, Prossy Kiddu Namyalo, Ophelia Michaelides

“…Despite efforts to advance universal health coverage (UHC) in different contexts, evidence gaps remain, and implementation science has been underused to address these gaps and determine ‘what works’. …”
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Analysing cold-climate urban heat islands using personal weather station data by Jonathon Taylor, Charles H. Simpson, Jaana Vanhatalo, Hasan Sohail, Oscar Brousse, Clare Heaviside

“…In Finland, relatively dense and uniform PWS coverage provides opportunities to evaluate land-use impacts on urban temperatures, energy and population temperature exposures. …”
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Effects of parental short message service reminders on infant immunisation coverage,timeliness and barriers in Nigeria: A quasi-experimental study by Hamina Dathini, Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni, Kever Robert

“…Introduction: This study aimed to determine the effects of parental short message service (SMS) reminders on infant immunisation coverage, timeliness and barriers and evaluate the effects of sex on immunisation outcomes in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. …”
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Path to full immunisation coverage, role of each vaccine and their importance in the immunisation programme: a cross-sectional analytical study of India by Gunjan Taneja, Pawan Kumar, Disha Agarwal, Ajay Kumar Verma, Pritu Dhalaria, Sanjay Kapur, Ajeet Kumar Singh, Bhupendra Tripathi

“…The prevalence of absolute zero-dose children, antigen-wise zero dose, co-coverage rates and cascade levels for vaccine combinations are assessed. …”
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Universal health coverage for women of reproductive ages: a survey-based comprehensive assessment of service utilisation and health expenditure in Tanzania by Jim Todd, Ties Boerma, Peter Binyaruka, Mark Urassa, Milly Marston, Sophia Adam Kagoye, Charles Mangya, Coleman Kishamawe

“…Data were collected on self-reported health, fertility, utilisation of health services, health expenditure and health insurance. We analysed key indicators by household wealth quintiles, place of residence and health insurance, using logistic regression models controlling for age and other confounders.Results Among 8665 women aged 15–49 years (response rate 81%), 3.0% reported poor or very poor health, 13% gave birth in the preceding year, and health insurance coverage was 5.1%. …”
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Trends of Coverage of Mass Drug Administration, Population at Risk and Reported Cases of Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminths, Uganda, 2013–2023 by Benigna G. Namara, Benon Kwesiga, Richard Migisha, Lilian Bulage, Benjamin Tinkitina, Alex Riolexus Ario, Alfred Mubangizi

“…We analysed the trends using the Mann Kendal test. Results From 2014 to 2022, there was an apparent increase in MDA coverage for schistosomiasis in both SAC (from 21 to 82%, p = 0.5) and adults (from 34 to 36%, p = 0.1); however, both trends were not significant. …”
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DIAMOND2GO: rapid Gene Ontology assignment and enrichment detection for functional genomics by Christopher Golden, David J. Studholme, Rhys A. Farrer

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