Publications by authors named "Uyen Kim Huynh"
With an ever-increasing number of humanitarian emergencies being declared around the globe, identifying effective methods to provide healthcare access to affected communities is all the more relevant to health practitioners. Mobile health services have been widely implemented by international and national actors to reach underserved communities in humanitarian contexts. Nonetheless, little rigorous evidence exists on the effects of such services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn January, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) implemented a Data Management and Sharing Policy aiming to leverage data collected during NIH-funded research. The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated that this practice is equally vital for augmenting patient research. In addition, data sharing acts as a necessary safeguard against the introduction of analytical biases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented. The pandemic not only induced a public health crisis, but has led to severe economic, social, and educational crises. Across economies and societies, the distributional consequences of the pandemic have been uneven.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Millennium Villages Project (MVP) was a 10 year, multisector, rural development project, initiated in 2005, operating across ten sites in ten sub-Saharan African countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In this study, we aimed to estimate the project's impact, target attainment, and on-site spending.
Methods: In this endline evaluation of the MVP, we retrospectively selected comparison villages that best matched the project villages on possible confounding variables.
Article Synopsis
- The Millennium Villages project aims to address multiple Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through a comprehensive approach to rural development in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on child survival and health interventions.
- The project involves substantial investments in various sectors—agriculture, environment, education, and health—targeting areas with high poverty and undernutrition, with an annual cost of approximately $120 per person.
- Over three years, notable improvements were observed, including a 22% reduction in child mortality under the age of 5, alongside enhancements in poverty reduction, food security, and access to clean water and health services across the participating villages.