Publications

Bolormaa E, Kim T, Gwak E, Choe S.A, Martin Hilber A. Neighbourhood environment and early menarche among adolescent girls of five countries. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2024(in press). DOI: 10.1080/13625187.2024.2387648

Camacho S, Martin Hilber A, Ospina-Pinillos L, Sánchez-Nítola M, Shambo-Rodríguez D.L, Lee G.Y, Occhipinti J.A. Can participatory processes lead to changes in the configuration of local mental health networks? a social network analysis. Front Public Health. 2023;11:1282662. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1282662

Lee G.Y, Hickie I.B, Occhipinti J.-A, Song Y.J.C, Camacho S, Skinner A, Lawson K, Hockey S.J, Martin Hilber A, Freebairn L. Participatory systems modelling for youth mental health: an evaluation study applying a comprehensive multi-scale framework. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(7):4015. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19074015

Lee G.Y, Hickie I.B, Occhipinti J.A, Song Y.J.C, Skinner A, Camacho S, Lawson K, Martin Hilber A, Freebairn L. Presenting a comprehensive multi-scale evaluation framework for participatory modelling programs: a scoping review. PLoS One. 2022;17(4):e0266125. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266125

Gonsalves L, Martin Hilber A, Wyss K, Say L. Potentials and pitfalls of including pharmacies as youth-friendly contraception providers in low- and middle-income countries. BMJ Sex Reprod Health. 2021;47:6-8. DOI: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2020-200641

Gonsalves L, Wyss K, Cresswell J.A, Waithaka M, Gichangi P, Martin Hilber A. Mixed-methods study on pharmacies as contraception providers to Kenyan young people: who uses them and why?. BMJ Open. 2020;10:e034769. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034769

Gonsalves L, Wyss K, Gichangi P, Martin Hilber A. Pharmacists as youth-friendly service providers: documenting condom and emergency contraception dispensing in Kenya. Int J Public Health. 2020;65(4):487-496. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01348-9

Martin Hilber A, Doherty P, Nove A, Cullen R, Segun T, Bandali S. The development of a new accountability measurement framework and tool for global health initiatives. Health Policy Plan. 2020;35(7):765-774. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czz170

Squires F, Martin Hilber A, Cordero J.P, Boydell V, Portela A, Lewis Sabin M, Steyn P. Social accountability for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health: a review of reviews. PLoS One. 2020;15(10):e0238776. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238776

Gonsalves L, Wyss K, Gichangi P, Say L, Martin Hilber A. Regulating pharmacists as contraception providers: a qualitative study from Coastal Kenya on injectable contraception provision to youth. PLoS One. 2019;14(12):e0226133. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226133

Lesco G, Squires F, Babii V, Bordian N, Cernetchi O, Martin Hilber A, Chandra-Mouli V. The feasibility and acceptability of collaborative learning in improving health worker performance on adolescent health: findings from implementation research in Moldova. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019;19:339. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4158-2

Elouard Y, Weiss C, Martin-Hilber A, Merten S. Sexual violence as a risk factor for family planning-related outcomes among young Burundian women. Int J Public Health. 2018;63:13-22. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-017-0988-z

Bailey C, Blake C, Schriver M, Cubaka V, Thomas T, Martin Hilber A. A systematic review of supportive supervision as a strategy to improve primary healthcare services in sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2016;132:117-125. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.10.004.

Carou-Jones V, UNFPA Evaluation Team. Evaluation of UNFPA support to adolescents and youth 2008-2015. 1. New York: UNFPA Evaluation Office, 2016

Martin Hilber A, Blake C, Bohle L.F, Bandali S, Hulton L, Agbon E. Strengthening accountability for improved maternal and newborn health: a mapping of studies in sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2016;135(3):345-357. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2016.09.008

Perez G.M, Bagnol B, Chersich M, Mariano E, Mbofana F, Hull T, Martin Hilber A. Determinants of elongation of the labia minora in Tete province, central Mozambique: findings of a household survey. Afr J Reprod Health. 2016;20(2):111-121

ten Hoope-Bender T, Martin Hilber A, Nove A, Bandali S, Nam S, Armstrong C, Mohammed A, Chatuluka M.G, Magoma M, Hulton L. Using advocacy and data to strengthen political accountability in maternal and newborn health work in Africa. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2016;153(3):358-364. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2016.10.003

Bagnol B, Chersich M, Francois I, Mbofana F, Mariano E, Martin Hilber A. Determinants of vaginal cleansing, application, and insertion in Tete province, Mozambique, and products used. Int J Sex Health. 2015;27(3):324-336. DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2015.1013595

Bifuko O, Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Knoblauch A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C, Nangunia M. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey : survey report 2014 South Kivu province, DRC. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Bifuko O, Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Knoblauch A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Weiss C, Nangunia M. Enquête sur la santé sexuelle et reproductive des adolescent(e)s et des jeunes adultes : rapport d'enquête 2014 Province du Sud Kivu, RDC. Bâle: Institut Tropical et de Santé Publique, 2015

Blake C, Cartaña L, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Ngabo F, Nzamponimpa A, Schwarz J, Weiss C. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey: household and health facility surveys (Executive summary: Rwanda report: Next Generation Programm 2013-2015). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey : household and health facility surveys (Executive summary: Burundi report : Next Generation Programme 2013-2015). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey : household and health facility surveys (Executive summary: South Kivu (DRC) report : Next Generation Programme 2013-2015). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C. Enquête sur la santé sexuelle at reproductive des adolescent(e)s et des jeunes adultes : rapport d'enquête 2014, Burundi. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey : survey report 2014, Burundi. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Gerold J, Hoop S, Blake C, Merten S, Martin Hilber A. 'I try to avoid the boys!' Adolescents' sexuality representation in Rwanda, a mixed method analysis. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):75

Merten S, Martin Hilber A, Biaggi C, Secula F, Bosch-Capblanch X, Namgyal P, Hombach J. Gender determinants of vaccination status in children: evidence from a meta-ethnographic systematic review. PLoS One. 2015;10(8):e0135222. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135222

Schwarz J, Blake C, Ndabihore N, Weiss C, Martin Hilber A, Merten S. Pregnancy in adolescence in the Great Lakes region: findings from a multi-country survey in South Kivu (DRC), Burundi and Rwanda. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):157

Gari S, Musheke M, Malungo R.S.J, Martin Hilber A, Schindler C, Merten S. Sex differentials in the uptake of antiretroviral treatment in Zambia. AIDS Care. 2014;26(10):1258-1262. DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.897911

Hulton L, Matthews Z, Martin-Hilber A, Adanu R, Ferla C, Getachew A, Makwenda C, Segun B, Yilla M. Using evidence to drive action: a "revolution in accountability" to implement quality care for better maternal and newborn health in Africa. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014;127(1):96-101. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.07.002

Martin Hilber A, Siscanu D, Sécula F, Costin N. Moldovan-Swiss perinatology project: community mobilisation for healthy pregnancies. Int J Integr Care, 2014;14(Swiss TPH Conf. Suppl.):URN:NBN:NL:UI:10-1-116235

Nove A, Hulton L, Martin-Hilber A, Matthews Z. Establishing a baseline to measure change in political will and the use of data for decision-making in maternal and newborn health in six African countries. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014;127(1):102-107. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.07.003

Curteanu A, Stratulat P, Martin Hilber A, Dropic E. Follow up services for new-borns with chronic health conditions in Moldova: Moldova-Swiss Modernizing Perinatology System Project. Bull Medicus Mundi. 2013(128):42-46

Low N, Martin-Hilber A, Röllin A, Redmond S, Scott P, Trelle S, Cassell J, Spencer B, Andersen B, Hawkes S, Herrmann B, Nardone A, Radcliffe K, Stucki C, Wayal S, Uusküla A. Public health benefits of partner notification for sexually transmitted infections and HIV : technical report. Stockholm: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2013

Matthews Z, Szabo S, Martin Hilber A. What are the population-level impacts of enabling people to exercise their reproductive rights?. New York: United Nations, 2013

François I, Bagnol B, Chersich M, Mbofana F, Mariano E, Nzwalo H, Kenter E, Tumwesigye N.M, Hull T, Martin Hilber A. Prevalence and motivations of vaginal practices in Tete Province, Mozambique. Int J Sex Health. 2012;24(3):205-217. DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2012.691443

Low N, Cassell J.A, Spencer B, Bender N, Martin Hilber A, van Bergen J, Andersen B, Herrmann B, Dubois-Arber F, Hamers F.F, van de Laar M, Stephenson J.M. Chlamydia control activities in Europe: cross-sectional survey. Eur J Public Health. 2012;22(4):556-561. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr046

Martin Hilber A, Johansen E. A multi-country study on gender, sexuality and vaginal practices: implications for sexual health : policy brief. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2012. Policy Brief

Martin Hilber A, Kenter E, Redmond S, Merten S, Bagnol B, Low N, Garside R. Vaginal practices as women's agency in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of meaning and motivation through meta-ethnography. Soc Sci Med. 2012;74(9):1311-1323. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.032

Hull T, Martin Hilber A, Chersich M.F, Bagnol B, Prohmmo A, Smit J.A, Widyantoro N, Utomo I.D, Francois I, Tumwesigye N.M, Temmerman M, WHO GSVP Study Group. Prevalence, motivations, and adverse effects of vaginal practices in Africa and Asia: findings from a multicountry household survey. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011;20(7):1097-1109. DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.2281

Low N, Chersich M.F, Schmidlin K, Egger M, Francis S.C, van de Wijgert H.H.M, Hayes R.J, Baeten J.M, Brown J, Delany-Moretlwe S, Kaul R, McGrath N, Morrison C, Myer L, Temmerman M, van der Straten A, Watson-Jones D, Zwahlen M, Martin Hilber A. Intravaginal practices, bacterial vaginosis, and HIV infection in women: individual participant data meta-analysis. PLoS Med. 2011;8(2):e1000416. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000416

Scorgie F, Smit J.A, Kunene B, Martin-Hilber A, Beksinska M, Chersich M.F. Predictors of vaginal practices for sex and hygiene in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: findings of a household survey and qualitative inquiry. Cult Health Sex. 2011;13(4):381-398. DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2010.550321

Smit J, Chersich M.F, Beksinska M, Kunene B, Manzini N, Martin Hilber A, Scorgie F. Prevalence and self-reported health consequences of vaginal practices in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: findings from a household survey. Trop Med Int Health. 2011;16(2):245-256. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02687.x

Aggleton P, Hawkes S, Wood K, Martin Hilber A. Developing sexual health programmes : a framework for action. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2010

Beksinska M.E, Smit J, Scorgie F, Dube S, Kunene B, Martin-Hilber A, Chersich M. Use of modern and traditional products to self-treat symptoms of sexually transmitted infections in South African women. Int J STD AIDS. 2010;21(12):797-801. DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.010252

Church K, de Koning K, Martin Hilber A, Ormel H, Hawkes S. Integrating sexual health services into primary care: an overview of health systems issues and challenges in developing countries. Int J Sex Health. 2010;22(3):131-143. DOI: 10.1080/19317611003672823

Cottingham J, Kismodi E, Martin Hilber A, Lincetto O, Stahlhofer M, Gruskin S. Using human rights for sexual and reproductive health: improving legal and regulatory frameworks. Bull World Health Organ. 2010;88(7):551-555. DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.063412

Martin Hilber A, Bosch-Capblanch X, Schindler C, Beck L, Sécula F, McKenzie O, Gari S, Stucki C, Merten S. Gender and immunisation: summary report for SAGE, November 2010. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2010

Martin Hilber A, Francis S.C, Chersich M, Scott P, Redmond S, Bender N, Miotti P, Temmerman M, Low N. Intravaginal practices, vaginal infections and HIV acquisition: systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2010;5(2):e9119. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009119

Martin Hilber A, Hull T.H, Preston-Whyte E, Bagnol B, Smit J, Wacharasin C, Widyantoro N. A cross cultural study of vaginal practices and sexuality: implications for sexual health. Soc Sci Med. 2010;70(3):392-400. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.023

Merten S, Kenter E, McKenzie O, Musheke M, Ntalasha H, Martin Hilber A. Patient-reported barriers and drivers of adherence to antiretrovirals in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-ethnography. Trop Med Int Health. 2010;15 Suppl 1:16-33. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02510.x

Scorgie F, Beksinska M, Chersich M, Kunene B, Martin Hilber A, Smit J. "Cutting for love": genital incisions to enhance sexual desirability and commitment in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Reprod Health Matters. 2010;18(35):64-73. DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(10)35500-5

Gruskin S, Cottingham J, Martin Hilber A, Kismodi E, Lincetto O, Roseman M.J. Using human rights to improve maternal and neonatal health: history, connections and a proposed practical approach. Bull World Health Organ. 2008;86(8):589-593

Martin Hilber A, Chersich M.F, van de Wijgert J.H, Rees H, Temmerman M. Vaginal practices, microbicides and HIV: what do we need to know?. Sex Transm Infect. 2007;83(7):505-508. DOI: 10.1136/sti.2007.028597

World Health Organization. Defining sexual health : report of a technical consultation on sexual health 28-31 January 2002, Geneva. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2006

Aggleton P, Hawkes S, Wood K, Martin Hilber A. Programming for sexual health: conceptual framework and basis for action. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2005

Koning K, Hawkes S, Martin Hilber A, Waelkens M.P, Colombini M. Integrating sexual health interventions into reproductive health services: programme experience from developping countries. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2005

Martin Hilber A, Ortiz-Ortega A. How gender-sensitive are your HIV and family planning services?. New York: International Planned Parenthood Federation. Western Hemisphere Region, 2002

Martin Hilber A. Promoting sexual health. Entre nous. 2001(50)

Lovitch R, Martin Hilber A, Foumbi J. The role of men in families. New York: UNICEF, 1997