Leonardo Menchini
Biographic Data
| ID | 6698448 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leonardo Menchini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leonardo |
| FAMILY NAME | Menchini |
| SIGNATURE | MENCHINI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | United Nations Children's Fund |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8432-3613 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Uptake of Covid-19 vaccine among female healthcare workers in Syria
While the vaccination rates among healthcare workers are high, the results could further help in devising strategies for tackling the structural and individual barriers towards vaccine uptake among healthcare workers
Primary healthcare and child and maternal health in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena)
The objective of this paper is three-fold: (i) to analyse the coverage and equity of access to selected maternal and child healthcare interventions, particularly those delivered in Primary Healthcare (PHC) setting; (ii) to analyse the main drivers of inequitable access to selected interventions; and (iii) to synthesise and compare the results across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as well as over time. We analysed data for five key…
The impact of underuse of modern methods of contraception among adolescents with unintended pregnancies in 12 low- and middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: In spite of the last decade increase in availability of contraception, around half of the annual 21 million pregnancies notified in low- and middle-income countries in individuals aged 15-19 years are unintended. We sought to explore the contribution of the underuse of modern methods of contraception (MMC) to the annual incidence of unintended pregnancies among adolescent women. METHODS: We used Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) dat…
Poverty and deprivation among children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Although there is now a large body of literature on poverty in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, there remains a dearth of comparative analysis of child poverty and wellbeing. This article uses household survey microdata for the period 2001–2003 to compare absolute poverty, relative poverty, material deprivation and participation in schooling among children in five countries: Albania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Russia and Tajikistan. The …
Children Conceptualizing their Capabilities
This paper reports the results of a research project that allowed children to define their capabilities as the basis of a bottom‐up strategy for understanding the relevant dimensions of children's well‐being. The subjects of this research were children participating in the ‘Children's World Congress on Child Labour’ held in Florence in May 2004, organized by the Global March against Child Labour and other associations. Children were invited to in…
Poverty and deprivation among children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Although there is now a large body of literature on poverty in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, there remains a dearth of comparative analysis of child poverty and wellbeing. This article uses household survey microdata for the period 2001–2003 to compare absolute poverty, relative poverty, material deprivation and participation in schooling among children in five countries: Albania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Russia and Tajikistan. The …
Children Conceptualizing their Capabilities
This paper reports the results of a research project that allowed children to define their capabilities as the basis of a bottom‐up strategy for understanding the relevant dimensions of children's well‐being. The subjects of this research were children participating in the ‘Children's World Congress on Child Labour’ held in Florence in May 2004, organized by the Global March against Child Labour and other associations. Children were invited to in…
Poverty and deprivation among children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Although there is now a large body of literature on poverty in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, there remains a dearth of comparative analysis of child poverty and wellbeing. This article uses household survey microdata for the period 2001–2003 to compare absolute poverty, relative poverty, material deprivation and participation in schooling among children in five countries: Albania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Russia and Tajikistan. The …
The impact of underuse of modern methods of contraception among adolescents with unintended pregnancies in 12 low- and middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: In spite of the last decade increase in availability of contraception, around half of the annual 21 million pregnancies notified in low- and middle-income countries in individuals aged 15-19 years are unintended. We sought to explore the contribution of the underuse of modern methods of contraception (MMC) to the annual incidence of unintended pregnancies among adolescent women. METHODS: We used Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) dat…
Primary healthcare and child and maternal health in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena)
The objective of this paper is three-fold: (i) to analyse the coverage and equity of access to selected maternal and child healthcare interventions, particularly those delivered in Primary Healthcare (PHC) setting; (ii) to analyse the main drivers of inequitable access to selected interventions; and (iii) to synthesise and compare the results across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as well as over time. We analysed data for five key…
Uptake of Covid-19 vaccine among female healthcare workers in Syria
While the vaccination rates among healthcare workers are high, the results could further help in devising strategies for tackling the structural and individual barriers towards vaccine uptake among healthcare workers
Economic growth (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Health care (2 works)