Sherin Varkey
Biographic Data
| ID | 6332288 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sherin Varkey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sherin |
| FAMILY NAME | Varkey |
| SIGNATURE | VARKEY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | World Health Organization - Afghanistan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Emergency preparedness and health system resilience assessment tool
BACKGROUND: Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been one of the most significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The escalating frequency and complexity of global health threats-from pandemics like COVID-19 to climate change-induced emergencies-have elevated the imperative for stronger and more resilient health systems in the MENA region and the world over. In this paper, we introduce a tool designed to offer a comprehensive and e…
Why addressing inequality must be central to pandemic preparedness
Scaling up newborn care in Afghanistan
Newborn health in Afghanistan is receiving increased attention, but reduction in newborn deaths there has not kept pace with declines in maternal and child mortality. Using the continuum of care and health systems building block frameworks, this article identifies, organizes and provides a synthesis of the available evidence on and gaps in coverage of care and health systems, programmes, policies and practices related to newborn health in Afghani…
Improving immunization in Afghanistan
The innovative mechanism of contracting out delivery of primary health care services in Afghanistan, including immunization, to non-governmental organizations is showing some positive results in quickly increasing coverage of essential interventions, including routine immunization. Much ground still needs to be covered with proper planning and management of resources in order to improve the immunization coverage in Afghanistan and increase surviv…
Stop stunting
While Afghanistan has made progress in improving the nutritional status of children and women, rates of under-nutrition, stunting and wasting remain among the highest in the world, requiring attention to address immediate and underlying causes (Varkey et al. 2015). Given potential human, societal and economic gains from investment in nutrition (Branca et al. 2015) reducing the dual burden of acute and chronic undernutrition must figure among soci…
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Stop stunting
While Afghanistan has made progress in improving the nutritional status of children and women, rates of under-nutrition, stunting and wasting remain among the highest in the world, requiring attention to address immediate and underlying causes (Varkey et al. 2015). Given potential human, societal and economic gains from investment in nutrition (Branca et al. 2015) reducing the dual burden of acute and chronic undernutrition must figure among soci…
Improving immunization in Afghanistan
The innovative mechanism of contracting out delivery of primary health care services in Afghanistan, including immunization, to non-governmental organizations is showing some positive results in quickly increasing coverage of essential interventions, including routine immunization. Much ground still needs to be covered with proper planning and management of resources in order to improve the immunization coverage in Afghanistan and increase surviv…
Scaling up newborn care in Afghanistan
Newborn health in Afghanistan is receiving increased attention, but reduction in newborn deaths there has not kept pace with declines in maternal and child mortality. Using the continuum of care and health systems building block frameworks, this article identifies, organizes and provides a synthesis of the available evidence on and gaps in coverage of care and health systems, programmes, policies and practices related to newborn health in Afghani…
Why addressing inequality must be central to pandemic preparedness
Emergency preparedness and health system resilience assessment tool
BACKGROUND: Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been one of the most significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The escalating frequency and complexity of global health threats-from pandemics like COVID-19 to climate change-induced emergencies-have elevated the imperative for stronger and more resilient health systems in the MENA region and the world over. In this paper, we introduce a tool designed to offer a comprehensive and e…
Medicine (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Healthcare Systems and Reforms (2 works) · Political science (2 works)