Publications

Avezum Á, Drager L.F, Reiker T, Bigoni A, Leonel L.P, Abreu A, Bortolotto L, Palmeirim M.S, Silveira M, Aquino B, Maggion R.V, Baxter Y.C, Cobos Muñoz D, Dib K.M, Amaral A.Z, Saric J, Jarrett C, Boch J. An intersectoral approach to hypertension care: solutions for improving blood pressure control in São Paulo, Brazil. Am J Hypertens. 2024;37(5):366-378. DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpae005

Ehteshami F, Cassidy R, Tediosi F, Fink G, Cobos Muñoz D. Combining theory-driven realist approach and systems thinking to unpack complexity of type 2 diabetes and hypertension management in low and middle-income countries: protocol for a realist review. Systems. 2024;12(1):16. DOI: 10.3390/systems12010016

Hossain A.T, Akter E, Siddique A.B, Rahman M.H, Ameen S, Jabeen S, Manna R.M, Hossain M.A, Rahman Q.S, Ahmed A, Mostari S, Chowdhury A, Rahman S.M, Chisti M.J, Cobos Muñoz D, El Arifeen S, Rahman A.E. Excess mortality during COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh - evidence from a rural survey. J Glob Health. 2024;14:05031. DOI: 10.7189/jogh.14.05031

Saric J, Aerts A, Anne M, Barboza J, Boch J, Dashdorj N, McGhie D.V, Santana A, Shellaby J.T, Rollemberg S.M.S, Silveira M, Steinmann P, Cobos Muñoz D. Assessing the contributions of an urban population health initiative to shift political priority towards cardiovascular health: three case studies from Brazil, Mongolia and Senegal. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024;24:16. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10432-8

Cejudo A, Casillas A, Pérez A, Oronoz M, Cobos Muñoz D. Cause of death estimation from verbal autopsies: is the open response redundant or synergistic?. Artif Intell Med. 2023;143:102622. DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2023.102622

Tavakkoli M, Takian A, Mohammadi M, Heidari H, Kouchakinejad-Eramsadati L, Yousefzade-Chabok S, de Savigny D, Fink G, Künzli N, Cobos Muñoz D. Assessing the design of road traffic death information systems in Iran: a participatory systems approach. Int J Med Inform. 2023;172:105005. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105005

Thelen J, Sant Fruchtman C, Bilal M, Gabaake K, Iqbal S, Keakabetse T, Kwamie A, Mokalake E, Mupara L.M, Seitio-Kgokgwe O, Zafar S, Cobos Muñoz D. Development of the systems thinking for health actions framework: a literature review and a case study. BMJ Glob Health. 2023;8(3):e010191. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010191

Witter S, Thomas S, Topp S.M, Barasa E, Chopra M, Cobos Muñoz D, Blanchet K, Teddy G, Atun R, Ager A. Health system resilience: a critical review and reconceptualisation. Lancet Glob Health. 2023;11(9):e1454-e1458. DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00279-6

Zafar S, Loo P.S, Avais A.R, Afghan S, de Savigny D, Cobos Muñoz D, Sant Fruchtman C. Unveiling maternal health insights during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan: using causal loop diagrams to illuminate and prevent unintended policy effects. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2023;11(5):e2100803. DOI: 10.9745/ghsp-d-21-00803

Cobos Muñoz D, Sant Fruchtman C, Miki J, Vargas-Herrera J, Woode S, Dake F.A.A, Clapham B, de Savigny D, Botchway E. The need to address fragmentation and silos in mortality information systems: the case of Ghana and Peru. Int J Public Health. 2022;67:1604721. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604721

Jarrett C, Baxter Y.C, Boch J, Carrasco C, Cobos Muñoz D, Mauro Dib K, Pessoa L, Saric J, Silveira M, Steinmann P. Deconstructing design thinking as a tool for the implementation of a population health initiative. Health Res Policy Syst. 2022;20:91. DOI: 10.1186/s12961-022-00892-5

Karim A, de Savigny D, Awor P, Cobos Muñoz D, Mäusezahl D, Kitoto Tshefu A, Ngaima J.S, Enebeli U, Isiguzo C, Nsona H, Ogbonnaya I, Ngoy P, Alegbeleye A. The building blocks of community health systems: a systems framework for the design, implementation and evaluation of iCCM programs and community-based interventions. BMJ Glob Health. 2022;7(6):e008493. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008493

Karim A, de Savigny D, Ngaima J.S, Mäusezahl D, Cobos Muñoz D, Tshefu A. Assessing determinants of programmatic performance of community management of malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea in children in Africa: protocol and data collection for a mixed methods evaluation of integrated community case management. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022;11(3):e33076. DOI: 10.2196/33076

Revenga Becedas R, Sant Fruchtman C, Dincu I, de Savigny D, Cobos Muñoz D. Addressing the evidence gap in the economic and social benefits of civil registration and vital statistics systems: a systematic review. Public Health Rev. 2022;43:1604560. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1604560

Sant Fruchtman C, Bilal Khalid M, Keakabetse T, Bonito A, Saulnier D.D, Mupara L.M, Iqbal S, de Almeida A, da Silva H, de Jesus D, Prytherch H, Mokalake E, Cobos Muñoz D, Zafar S. Digital communities of practice: one step towards decolonising global health partnerships. BMJ Glob Health. 2022;7(2):e008174. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008174

Sant Fruchtman C, Fischer F.B, Monzón Llamas L, Tavakkoli M, Cobos Muñoz D, Antillón M. Did COVID-19 policies have the same effect on COVID-19 incidence among women and men? Evidence from Spain and Switzerland. Int J Public Health. 2022;67:1604994. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604994

Tavakkoli M, Karim A, Fischer F.B, Monzon Llamas L, Raoofi A, Zafar S, Sant Fruchtman C, de Savigny D, Takian A, Antillón M, Cobos Muñoz D. From public health policy to impact for COVID-19: a multi-country case study in Switzerland, Spain, Iran and Pakistan. Int J Public Health. 2022;67:1604969. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604969

Tavakkoli M, Torkashvand-Khah Z, Fink G, Takian A, Künzli N, de Savigny D, Cobos Muñoz D. Evidence from the decade of action for road safety: a systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions in low and middle-income countries. Public Health Rev. 2022;43:1604499. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1604499

Zafar S, Sant Fruchtman C, Bilal Khalid M, Zia Z, Khalid Khan F, Iqbal S, Cobos Muñoz D. Lessons learnt of the COVID-19 contact tracing strategy in Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan using systems thinking processes. Front Public Health. 2022;10:909931. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.909931

Abakar M.F, Seli D, Lechthaler F, Crump L, Mancus A, Tran N, Zinsstag J, Muñoz D.C. Evaluation of the feasibility and sustainability of the joint human and animal vaccination and its integration to the public health system in the Danamadji health district, Chad. Health Res Policy Syst. 2021;19(Suppl. 2):44. DOI: 10.1186/s12961-021-00688-z

Chandramohan D, Fottrell E, Leitao J, Nichols E, Clark S.J, Alsokhn C, Cobos Muñoz D, AbouZahr C, Di Pasquale A, Mswia R, Choi E, Baiden F, Thomas J, Lyatuu I, Li Z, Larbi-Debrah P, Chu Y, Cheburet S, Sankoh O, Mohamed Badr A, Fat D.M, Setel P, Jakob R, de Savigny D. Estimating causes of death where there is no medical certification: evolution and state of the art of verbal autopsy. Glob Health Action. 2021;14(Suppl. 1):1982486. DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2021.1982486

Nyondo T, Msigwa G, Cobos Muñoz D, Kabadi G, Macha T, Karugendo E, Mugasa J, Semu G, Levira F, Sant Fruchtman C, Mwanza J, Lyatuu I, Bratschi M, Kumalija C.J, Setel P, de Savigny D. Improving quality of medical certification of causes of death in health facilities in Tanzania 2014-2019. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021;21(Suppl. 1):214. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06189-7

Sant Fruchtman C, Mbuyita S, Mwanyika-Sando M, Braun M, de Savigny D, Cobos Muñoz D. The complexity of scaling up an mHealth intervention: the case of SMS for Life in Tanzania from a health systems integration perspective. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021;21:343. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06285-8

Saulnier D.D, Blanchet K, Canila C, Cobos Muñoz D, Zennaro L.D, De Savigny D, Durski K.N, Garcia F, Grimm P.Y, Kwamie A, Maceira D, Marten R, Peytremann-Bridevaux I, Poroes C, Ridde V, Seematter L, Stern B, Suarez P, Teddy G, Wernli D, Wyss K, Tediosi F. A health systems resilience research agenda: moving from concept to practice. BMJ Glob Health. 2021;6:e006779. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006779

Adair T, Rajasekhar M, Bo K.S, Hart J, Kwa V, Mukut M.A.A, Reeve M, Richards N, Ronderos-Torres M, de Savigny D, Cobos Muñoz D, Lopez A.D. Where there is no hospital: improving the notification of community deaths. BMC Med. 2020;18:65. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-01524-x

Blanco A, Pérez A.B.A, Casillas A, Cobos Muñoz D. Extracting cause of death from verbal autopsy with deep learning interpretable methods. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform. 2020;25(4):1315-1325. DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2020.3005769

Cobos Muñoz D, de Savigny D, Sorchik R, Bo K.S, Hart J, Kwa V, Ngomituje X, Richards N, Lopez A.D. Better data for better outcomes: the importance of process mapping and management in CRVS systems. BMC Med. 2020;18:67. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-01522-z

Karim A, Cobos Muñoz D, Mäusezahl D, de Savigny D. A systems approach to assessing complexity in health interventions: an effectiveness decay model for integrated community case management. Glob Health Action. 2020;13:1794106. DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2020.1794106

Karim A, Cobos Muñoz D, Mäusezahl D, de Savigny D. Thematic areas and complexity of integrated community case management (iCCM) design, implementation, and evaluation: protocol for a scoping review. Syst Rev. 2020;9:205. DOI: 10.1186/s13643-020-01454-y

Sanga C, Kabadi G, Karugendo E, de Savigny D, Cobos Muñoz D, Adair T. Decentralization of birth registration to local government in Tanzania: the association with completeness of birth registration and certification. Glob Health Action. 2020;13:1831795. DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2020.1831795

Abakar M.F, Seli D, Lechthaler F, Schelling E, Tran N, Zinsstag J, Cobos Muñoz D. Vaccine hesitancy among mobile pastoralists in Chad: a qualitative study. Int J Equity Health. 2018;17(1):167. DOI: 10.1186/s12939-018-0873-2

AbouZahr C, Bratschi M.W, Cobos Muñoz D, Santon R, Richard N, Riley I, Setel P. How can we accelerate progress on civil registration and vital statistics? [Editorial]. Bull World Health Organ. 2018;96(4):226-226A. DOI: 10.2471/BLT.18.211086

Cobos Muñoz D, Abouzahr C, de Savigny D. The ‘Ten CRVS Milestones’ framework for understanding civil registration and vital statistics systems [Commentary]. BMJ Glob Health. 2018;3:e000673. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000673

Cobos Muñoz D, Merino Amador P, Monzon Llamas L, Martinez Hernandez D, Santos Sancho J.M. Decentralization of health systems in low and middle income countries: a systematic review. Int J Public Health. 2017;62(2):219-229. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-016-0872-2

de Savigny D, Riley I, Chandramohan D, Odhiambo F, Nichols E, Notzon S, AbouZahr C, Mitra R, Cobos Muñoz D, Firth S, Maire N, Sankoh O, Bronson G, Setel P, Byass P, Jakob R, Boerma T, Lopez A.D. Integrating community-based verbal autopsy into civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS): system-level considerations. Glob Health Action. 2017;10(1):1272882. DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1272882

Cobos Muñoz D, Hansen K.S, Terris-Prestholt F, Cianci F, Perez-Lu J.E, Lama A, Garcia P.J. Matching comprehensive health insurance reimbursements to their real costs: the case of antenatal care visits in a region of Peru. Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2015;13:16. DOI: 10.1186/s12962-015-0042-z

Cobos Muñoz D, Monzón Llamas L, Bosch-Capblanch X. Exposing concerns about vaccination in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. Int J Public Health. 2015;60(7):767-780. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0715-6

Goodman C, Cianci F, Cobos Muñoz D, Tougher S, Hanson K. Assessing the cost of private sector act subsidies-the financial and economic costs of the affordable medicines facility-malaria (AMFm) in three African countries. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2014;91(5 Suppl. 1):482-483