Gates open research

01 1 September 2026

DOI 10.12688/gatesopenres.16398.1

Leave no one behind: Global Analysis on monitoring childhood vaccination timeliness and catch-up using data from the WHO/UNICEF joint reporting form on Immunization

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M. Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Ignacio Castro-Aguirre, Mitsuki Koh et al.

In the years following the Covid-19 pandemic, immunization programmes have increasingly focused on the capacity to conduct and monitor catch-up vaccination—for doses administered later than the recommended schedule. However, it is unclea...

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02 1 September 2026

DOI 10.12688/gatesopenres.16397.1

Capturing Family Planning Community Service Data into National Health Management Information Systems: A Five-Country Review of Tools for Community Health Workers and Pharmacies and Drug Shops

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Aurélie Brunie, Lucy Wilson, Elena Lebetkin et al.

Background Inclusion of data on services provided by community health workers (CHWs) and pharmacies and drug shops (PDS) in national health management information systems (HMIS) is important for planning and decision-making related to th...

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03 1 September 2026

DOI 10.12688/gatesopenres.16395.1

Health system readiness for immediate Kangaroo Mother Care (iKMC) among network of care facilities in the Sidama region, Ethiopia: a mixed-method study

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Abiy Seifu Estifanos, Hailemariam Negash, Setisemhal Getachew et al.

Introduction Despite Ethiopia’s remarkable progress in reducing deaths among children under five, neonatal mortality remains high. The provision of immediate Kangaroo Mother Care (iKMC) for clinically unstable preterm and low-birth-weigh...

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04 1 September 2026

DOI 10.12688/gatesopenres.16396.1

A mark and recapture perspective on vaccination touchpoints

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Niket Thakkar

This paper considers large-scale vaccination campaigns, a major platform for vaccine access in a lot of the world, as a recapture estimate of the target population marked by routine immunization. Framing the campaign as a measurement, we...

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05 30 July 2026

DOI 10.12688/gatesopenres.16394.1

A temporally harmonised gridded building-stock dataset for the Global South, 2016-2023

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Wen-Bin Zhang, Tom McKeen, Rhorom Priyatikanto et al.

Background Rapid settlement change across the Global South is transforming the built environment, yet consistent spatio-temporal information on buildings remains limited in many low- and middle-income countries. Multi-temporal building d...

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06 30 July 2026

DOI 10.12688/gatesopenres.16393.1

Structural and Functional Impact of the G340S Mutation in Plasmodium falciparum Ferredoxin NADP⁺ Reductase: In silico Analysis and Molecular Docking

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Daniel Kiboi, Brenda Muriithi

Plasmodium falciparum , the deadliest malaria parasite, continues to burden health systems across sub-Saharan Africa, where artemether-lumefantrine remains a frontline treatment. Partial artemisinin resistance is emerging, increasing sel...

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07 6 July 2026

DOI 10.12688/gatesopenres.16390.1

The Dominant Role of Community Influences over Individual Contraceptive Choices in Pakistan

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Olan Naz, Muhammad Ibrahim, Aisha Irum et al.

Introduction Contraceptive use is essential for improving maternal and child health, yet family planning (FP) uptake in Pakistan remains low, with stark disparities shaped by both individual and community-level influences. While individu...

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08 3 July 2026

DOI 10.12688/gatesopenres.16391.1

Mapping of the country-wide prevalence of non-malarial febrile illnesses in areas with varying malaria transmission intensities in Mainland Tanzania

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Salehe S. Mandai, Angelina J. Kisambale, Daniel A. Petro et al.

Background Despite the declining malaria burden in endemic countries, reports of febrile episodes do not align with the current patterns of malaria transmission. This highlights the presence of non-malarial febrile illnesses (NMFIs), whi...

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09 3 July 2026

DOI 10.12688/gatesopenres.16392.1

Integrating immediate Kangaroo Mother Care as an integral part of small and sick newborn care in facilities with level 2 Special Newborn Care Units: Implementation Research Protocol

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iKMC-IR Study Group, Sachiyo Yoshida, Anayda Portela

Background Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care (iKMC) involves the initiation of skin-to-skin contact (SSC) between the mother (or an additional caregiver) and preterm and/or LBW infants within the first hours of birth, with exclusive breastf...

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10 23 June 2026

DOI 10.12688/gatesopenres.16388.1

Missed Opportunities for Childhood Immunization in Pakistan: Failure to Vaccinate Despite Health System Contact

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Areesh Fatmee, Zia Un Nisa, Muhammad Ibrahim et al.

Despite global gains in vaccination coverage, Pakistan continues to lag in achieving universal immunization, with vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) contributing to approximately 15% of all deaths annually. We explored missed opportunit...

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