Julio Rakotonirina

Biographic Data

ID7760107
NAMEJulio Rakotonirina
GIVEN NAMESJulio
FAMILY NAMERakotonirina
SIGNATURERAKOTONIRINA J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Antananarivo
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Dynamics of factors associated with neonatal death in Madagascar

    Open AccessSedera Radoniaina Rakotondrasoa, Kadari Cissé et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Neonatal mortality remains a major public health challenge, as reductions have stagnated worldwide despite cost-effective interventions in recent years. The temporal evolution of its determinants is insufficiently studied. This study aimed to analyze the dynamics of factors associated with neonatal death in Madagascar between 2003 and 2021. A secondary analysis was conducted using data from the 2003, 2008, and 2021 Demographic and Health Surveys …

  • The African Medicines Agency - A potential gamechanger that requires strategic focus

    Open AccessNiteen Wairagkar, Benjamin Djoudalbaye et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

  • Integrating Health Systems and Science to Respond to Covid-19 in a Model District of Rural Madagascar

    Open AccessRado J L Rakotonanahary, Herinjaka Andriambolamanana et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    There are many outstanding questions about how to control the global COVID-19 pandemic. The information void has been especially stark in the World Health Organization Africa Region, which has low per capita reported cases, low testing rates, low access to therapeutic drugs, and has the longest wait for vaccines. As with all disease, the central challenge in responding to COVID-19 is that it requires integrating complex health systems that incorp…

  • Geographic barriers to achieving universal health coverage

    Open AccessAndrés Garchitorena, Felana A Ihantamalala et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2021

    Poor geographic access can persist even when affordable and well-functioning health systems are in place, limiting efforts for universal health coverage (UHC). It is unclear how to balance support for health facilities and community health workers in UHC national strategies. The goal of this study was to evaluate how a health system strengthening (HSS) intervention aimed towards UHC affected the geographic access to primary care in a rural distri…

  • Towards better targeting

    Open AccessAntso Raherindrasana, C Jessica E Metcalf et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    International audience

  • Reconciling model predictions with low reported cases of Covid-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessMichelle V Evans, Ugo Pagallo et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2020

    COVID-19 has wreaked havoc globally with particular concerns for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where models suggest that the majority of the population will become infected. Conventional wisdom suggests that the continent will bear a higher burden of COVID-19 for the same reasons it suffers from other infectious diseases: ecology, socio-economic conditions, lack of water and sanitation infrastructure, and weak health systems. However, so far SSA has …

  • Food consumption and undernutrition variations among mothers during the post-harvest and lean seasons in Amoron'i Mania Region, Madagascar

    Open AccessLantonirina Ravaoarisoa, Julio Rakotonirina et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    This study highlights the variation in the frequency and type of food consumption and subsequent deterioration in mothers' nutritional status during the lean season. Economic, hygiene, and reproductive factors were associated with undernutrition. Analyzing the existing interventions to fight maternal undernutrition is necessary to determine whether or not seasonality is considered and addressed