Jaifred (Jim) Lopez

Journal Article Global health research and policy · February 2023 South America, once an epicenter of COVID-19, has stayed on the road of continued management of the pandemic. The region initially struggled to cope with the pandemic as it experienced spiraling numbers of infections and overwhelmed public health systems. ... Full text Open Access Cite

Healthcare workers and monkeypox: The case for risk mitigation.

Journal Article International journal of surgery open · January 2023 Potentially more at risk of contracting the monkeypox virus are healthcare workers. Most healthcare workers come into direct contact with the disease's infected people, which can spread directly and indirectly. Healthcare professionals must contact patient ... Full text Open Access Cite

Future-proofing: Quezon City’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as investments against the next epidemic

Chapter · January 1, 2023 A number of factors underpinned the successful COVID-19 response of the Philippines' most economically important city—pre-existing public–private sector relationships, strong female leadership in the city’s most senior positions, the expectation that Quezo ... Full text Cite

Diffusion of excellence: evaluating a system to identify, replicate, and spread promising innovative practices across the Veterans health administration.

Journal Article Front Health Serv · 2023 INTRODUCTION: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Diffusion of Excellence (DoE) program provides a system to identify, replicate, and spread promising practices across the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States. DoE identifies innov ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Assessment of the Biosafety and Biosecurity Landscape in the Philippines and the Development of the National Biorisk Management Framework.

Journal Article Applied biosafety : journal of the American Biological Safety Association · December 2021 Introduction: The emergence of biological threats that can potentially affect millions emphasizes the need to develop a policy framework in the Philippines that can mount an adequate and well-coordinated response. The objective of the study was to a ... Full text Open Access Cite

Anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2018.

Journal Article Nature medicine · October 2021 Anemia is a globally widespread condition in women and is associated with reduced economic productivity and increased mortality worldwide. Here we map annual 2000-2018 geospatial estimates of anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age (15-49 years) acr ... Full text Open Access Cite

Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 2000-2018.

Journal Article Nature human behaviour · August 2021 Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF)-giving infants only breast-milk for the first 6 months of life-is a component of optimal breastfeeding practices effective in preventing child morbidity and mortality. EBF practices are known to vary by population and comparab ... Full text Open Access Cite

Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Journal Article Lancet · October 17, 2020 The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 provides a rules-based synthesis of the available evidence on levels and trends in health outcomes, a diverse set of risk factors, and health system responses. GBD 2019 covered 204 ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Journal Article Lancet · October 17, 2020 BACKGROUND: In an era of shifting global agendas and expanded emphasis on non-communicable diseases and injuries along with communicable diseases, sound evidence on trends by cause at the national level is essential. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries ... Full text Link to item Cite

Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Journal Article Lancet · October 17, 2020 BACKGROUND: Rigorous analysis of levels and trends in exposure to leading risk factors and quantification of their effect on human health are important to identify where public health is making progress and in which cases current efforts are inadequate. Th ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17.

Journal Article The Lancet. Global health · September 2020 BackgroundUniversal access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities is an essential human right, recognised in the Sustainable Development Goals as crucial for preventing disease and improving human wellbeing. Comprehensive, high-resolutio ... Full text Cite

Author Correction: Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017.

Journal Article Nat Med · August 2020 An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Mapping geographical inequalities in oral rehydration therapy coverage in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17.

Journal Article The Lancet. Global health · August 2020 BackgroundOral rehydration solution (ORS) is a form of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) for diarrhoea that has the potential to drastically reduce child mortality; yet, according to UNICEF estimates, less than half of children younger than 5 years w ... Full text Cite

Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017.

Journal Article Nat Med · May 2020 A double burden of malnutrition occurs when individuals, household members or communities experience both undernutrition and overweight. Here, we show geospatial estimates of overweight and wasting prevalence among children under 5 years of age in 105 low- ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Global and regional burden of disease and injury in 2016 arising from occupational exposures: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.

Journal Article Occup Environ Med · March 2020 OBJECTIVES: This study provides an overview of the influence of occupational risk factors on the global burden of disease as estimated by the occupational component of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2016 study. METHODS: The GBD 2016 study estimated the ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Global and regional burden of cancer in 2016 arising from occupational exposure to selected carcinogens: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.

Journal Article Occup Environ Med · March 2020 OBJECTIVES: This study provides a detailed analysis of the global and regional burden of cancer due to occupational carcinogens from the Global Burden of Disease 2016 study. METHODS: The burden of cancer due to 14 International Agency for Research on Cance ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Mapping disparities in education across low- and middle-income countries.

Journal Article Nature · January 2020 Educational attainment is an important social determinant of maternal, newborn, and child health1-3. As a tool for promoting gender equity, it has gained increasing traction in popular media, international aid strategies, and global agenda-setting4-6. The ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017.

Journal Article Nature · October 2019 Since 2000, many countries have achieved considerable success in improving child survival, but localized progress remains unclear. To inform efforts towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3.2-to end preventable child deaths by 2030-we need con ... Full text Open Access Cite

Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.

Journal Article Lancet Neurol · May 2019 BACKGROUND: Neurological disorders are increasingly recognised as major causes of death and disability worldwide. The aim of this analysis from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 is to provide the most comprehensive ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Implementing lessons learned from past versions of the philippine national unified health research agenda

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2019 Background. Considering the scope and magnitude of the National Unified Health Research Agenda (NUHRA), the implementation of the agenda requires adequate planning. Reviewing the implementation of the first and second versions of NUHRA, implemented from 20 ... Cite

Effect of personality, power, and emotion on developing the 2017-2022 philippine health research agenda: A case study

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2019 Background. Social dynamics, specifically personalities, power dynamics, and emotions, have been shown to influence the methods, outputs, and quality of multi-stakeholder processes, especially the development of a national health research agenda. Objective ... Cite

Strengthening science and technology for health research: Perspectives from trade, development, and innovation

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2019 Background. It has long been observed globally that the extent to which developing countries can achieve health targets depends on their capacity to generate, harness, and apply science and technology (S&T). Beyond the health sector, S&T contributes to dev ... Cite

Envisioning the health research system in the philippines by 2040: A perspective inspired by ambisyon natin 2040

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2019 Background and Objective. This paper aims to describe long-term visions for health research in the Philippines. Ambisyon Natin 2040, an overarching vision for a dynamic country by the year 2040, is its main inspiration as this enables innovation and sustai ... Cite

Stakeholders in the development of the National Unified Health Research Agenda of the Philippines

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2019 Objectives. Stakeholders and stakeholder engagement in agenda setting are not well documented despite its increased recognition. This paper aimed to describe stakeholder engagement in the agenda setting. Specifically, it aimed to (1) describe the process o ... Cite

Mapping the influence of socioeconomic development plans on philippine health research agenda: A descriptive study

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2019 Background. Understanding and addressing social determinants of health through evidence-based action is a strategy that has been advocated by the World Health Organization as part of its "Health for All" strategy in 1978 and "Health in All Policies" framew ... Cite

Strengthening the policy environment for health research in the Philippines: Insights from a preliminary analysis of existing policies

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2019 Background and Objective. Research plays an important role in generating new knowledge that could improve health outcomes when translated into action. As such, there must exist a supportive research policy environment that facilitates the provision of nece ... Cite

Achieving a responsive Philippine health research agenda: An analysis of research outputs and underlying factors

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2019 Introduction. Priority setting in the context of health research is important for developing countries as it assists policymakers and researchers in effectively and efficiently targeting research topics with the greatest benefit for public health. In the l ... Cite

Rapid Triage of Mental Health Risk in Emergency Medical Workers: Findings From Typhoon Haiyan - CORRIGENDUM.

Journal Article Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · December 2018 Full text Cite

Rapid Triage of Mental Health Risk in Emergency Medical Workers: Findings From Typhoon Haiyan.

Journal Article Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · February 2018 ObjectiveTo determine the ability of a novel responder mental health self-triage system to predict post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in emergency medical responders after a disaster.MethodsParticipants in this study responded to Typho ... Full text Open Access Cite

Catalyzing development of best practice guidelines for community-managed health programs: Case study of a community-academic partnership

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2018 Background. There is a need to standardize community health practices, while still adhering to principles of community involvement, to ensure social acceptability and equitable access to health services. A set of Best practice guidelines (BPGs) were thus d ... Open Access Cite

Medical needs documented by emergency medical services (EMS) responders to areas affected by typhoon haiyan in the Philippines: Implications on disaster response policy

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2018 Background. Despite existng disaster preparedness policies in the Philippines, there has not been any validated assessment of the quality of disaster medical response, which would require reliable aggregate data on patent diagnoses and management. Objectve ... Cite

Scaling up primary health care in the philippines: Lessons from a systematic review of experiences of community-based health programs

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2018 Background. In view of renewed interest in primary health care (PHC) as a framework for health system development, there is a need to revisit how successful community health programs implemented the PHC approach, and what factors should be considered to sc ... Cite

Community-managed Health Programs for Better Health outcomes: Preliminary results of a community Participatory research in Murcia and Isabel, negros occidental, Philippines

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2018 Background. Community-managed health programs (CMHPs) were designed to promote community selfdeterminaton in addressing health needs, but there is a need to evaluate how CMHPs can lead to beter outcomes while accommodatng changes in the natonal health syst ... Open Access Cite

Enabling factors, hindrances, and self-perceived level of preparedness of typhoon haiyan emergency medical services (EMS) responders

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2018 Background. Despite the implementaton of policies related to disaster risk reducton and management in the Philippines, The response afer Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013 was hampered by operatonal challenges. Objectve. The purpose of this study was to docum ... Cite

Describing the health Service Delivery Network of an urban poor area and a rural poor area

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2018 Objectives. This study aimed to assess the health workforce's service capacities within a health Service Delivery Network (SDN) of an urban poor and a rural poor setting. Methods. This is a concurrent mixed-methods study implemented in Navotas and Masbate, ... Cite

Cost of hospitalization of different types of schistosomiasis cases in endemic areas in the Philippines: Indicating the need to increase the coverage of government health insurance

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2018 Background. Schistosomiasis is endemic in the Philippines. Currently, the fnancial and economic costs of hospitalizaton due to schistosomiasis have not been studied or analyzed. This will be essental to the review of health beneft package of PhilHealth for ... Cite

Policy alternatives to reduce the health and economic effects of continued asbestos use in the philippines

Journal Article Acta Medica Philippina · January 1, 2014 Objectives. Asbestos is a carcinogenic mineral substance formerly used widely in the construction industry, all forms of which, except for chrysotile asbestos, have been banned in the Philippines. This article aims to propose policy alternatives to reduce ... Cite