Samira Aboubaker

Biographic Data

ID8004704
NAMESamira Aboubaker
GIVEN NAMESSamira
FAMILY NAMEAboubaker
SIGNATUREABOUBAKER S
AFFILIATIONSWorld Health Organization - Pakistan
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Guidance on sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in humanitarian and fragile settings

    Open AccessMehr Gul Shah, T Dey et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    INTRODUCTION: Progress related to sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) has stalled. COVID-19, conflict and climate change threaten to reverse decades of progress and to ensure the health and well-being of vulnerable populations in humanitarian and fragile settings (HFS) going forward, there is a need for tailored guidance for women, children and adolescents (WCA). This review seeks to map and appraise cur…

  • Setting research priorities for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in humanitarian settings

    Open AccessLoulou Kobeissi, M G Nair et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2021

    Data needs, effective intervention strategies and approaches, as well as greater efficiency and quality during delivery of care in humanitarian settings were prioritized. The findings from this research provide guidance for researchers, program implementers, as well as donor agencies on SRMNCAH research priorities in humanitarian settings. A global research agenda could save the lives of those who are at greatest risk and vulnerability as well as…

  • The availability of global guidance for the promotion of women’s, newborns’, children’s and adolescents’ health and nutrition in conflicts

    Open AccessSamira Aboubaker, Egmond Samir Evers et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    BACKGROUND: Significant global gains in sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition (SRMNCAH&N) will be difficult unless conflict settings are adequately addressed. We aimed to determine the amount, scope and quality of publically available guidance documents, to characterise the process by which agencies develop their guidance and to identify gaps in guidance on SRMNCAH&N promotion in conflicts. METHODS: We…

  • News

    Open AccessTheresa Diaz, Samira Aboubaker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2014

    In March 2014, over 400 individuals from 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and 59 international partner organizations gathered in Accra, Ghana for an integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) Evidence Review Symposium. The objective was 2-fold: first, to review the current state of the art of iCCM implementation and second, to assist African countries to integrate lessons learned and best practices presented during the symposium into their pro…

  • The way forward for integrated community case management programmes

    Open AccessMark Young, Alyssa Sharkey et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2014

    Integrated community case management (iCCM) programming is an important and increasingly common strategy used to deliver essential health and nutrition interventions to families in sub-Saharan Africa [1-3]. Between 3 and 5 March 2014, over 400 individuals from 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and 59 international partner organisations gathered in Accra, Ghana for an iCCM Evidence Review Symposium. The objective of the Symposium was twofold: fir…

  • Community health workers

    Open AccessSamira Aboubaker, Shamim Qazi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2014

    There is ample evidence from research and implementation to show that community health workers, when appropriately trained, supplied, supported and supervised, can identify and correctly treat most children for pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria. Community management of childhood illness is an important contribution to the remarkable progress in reducing child mortality. Globally, the rate of under–five mortality has decreased by nearly half, from …