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Towards Ending AIDS: The Additional Role of HIV Self-Testing in Thailand
Towards Ending AIDS: The Additional Role of HIV Self-Testing in Thailand
Key MessagesIn 2015, Thailand introduced HIV self-testing (HST) into its national HIV program, following World Health Orga...
Accelerating Progress in Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Decision-Making: Trends in 32 Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Future Perspectives
Accelerating Progress in Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Decision-Making: Trends in 32 Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Future Perspectives
Key MessagesTo assess progress in sexual and reproductive agency in the 30 years since the International Conference on Pop...
The Impact of Health Information System Interventions on Maternal and Child Health Service Utilizations in Ethiopia: A Quasi-Experimental Study
The Impact of Health Information System Interventions on Maternal and Child Health Service Utilizations in Ethiopia: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Key FindingsA package of interventions was implemented across all regions in Ethiopia to address the technical, behavioral...
Using the 5C Vaccine Hesitancy Framework to Elucidate and Measure Contraceptive Acceptability in sub-Saharan Africa
Using the 5C Vaccine Hesitancy Framework to Elucidate and Measure Contraceptive Acceptability in sub-Saharan Africa
Key MessagesThere is a gap between goals of supporting reproductive agency and empowerment within family planning programs...
No Matter When or Where: Addressing the Need for Continuous Family Planning Services During Shocks and Stressors
No Matter When or Where: Addressing the Need for Continuous Family Planning Services During Shocks and Stressors
Key MessagesGlobal progress on meeting family planning (FP) needs is threatened by worsening, intersecting crises that dis...
Service Delivery Redesign for Noncommunicable Disease Management: Assessment of Needs and Solutions Through a Co-Creation Process in Argentina
Service Delivery Redesign for Noncommunicable Disease Management: Assessment of Needs and Solutions Through a Co-Creation Process in Argentina
Key FindingsIn conducting a comprehensive assessment of primary health care in Mendoza, Argentina, with a focus on noncomm...
Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Rwanda: A Mixed Methods Study
Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Rwanda: A Mixed Methods Study
Key FindingsFew randomized trials have evaluated the effects of educational interventions that teach critical thinking abo...
Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Uganda: A Mixed Methods Study
Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Uganda: A Mixed Methods Study
Key FindingsStudents, teachers, head teachers, and policymakers valued the lessons and recognized their importance in help...
Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Kenya: A Mixed Methods Study
Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Kenya: A Mixed Methods Study
Key FindingsThe Informed Health Choices secondary school intervention was largely implemented as planned, but extended tim...
Early Effects of Information Revolution Interventions on Health Information System Performance in Ethiopia
Early Effects of Information Revolution Interventions on Health Information System Performance in Ethiopia
Key FindingsEthiopia’s shift to a unified digital health management information system (HMIS) and the launch of the Inform...
Understanding Integrated Community Case Management Institutionalization Processes Within National Health Systems in Malawi, Mali, and Rwanda: A Qualitative Study
Understanding Integrated Community Case Management Institutionalization Processes Within National Health Systems in Malawi, Mali, and Rwanda: A Qualitative Study
Key FindingsTo better understand the significant factors that affect the introduction, scale-up, and institutionalization ...
mHealth and Digital Innovations as Catalysts for Transforming Mental Health Care in Ghana
mHealth and Digital Innovations as Catalysts for Transforming Mental Health Care in Ghana
Key MessagesDespite Ghana’s commitment to universal health coverage and the provision of mental health care in public inst...
Early Outcomes of Mental Health Screening Integrated Into Routine HIV Care in Malawi
Early Outcomes of Mental Health Screening Integrated Into Routine HIV Care in Malawi
Key FindingsMental health (MH) disorders disproportionately impact people living with HIV, affecting their adherence to an...
Emergency Obstetric Care Access Dynamics in Kampala City, Uganda: Analysis of Women’s Self-Reported Care-Seeking Pathways
Emergency Obstetric Care Access Dynamics in Kampala City, Uganda: Analysis of Women’s Self-Reported Care-Seeking Pathways
Key FindingsThe pathways to emergency obstetric care (EmOC) were diverse and broadly categorized into 4 major sequences ba...
Recognizing and Addressing the Contraceptive Hesitancy-Acceptability Continuum: Adopting Lessons Learned From the Immunization Field
Recognizing and Addressing the Contraceptive Hesitancy-Acceptability Continuum: Adopting Lessons Learned From the Immunization Field
Key MessagesGiven the similarities the family planning (FP) and immunization fields share, we recommend that the FP commun...
Recommendations for Using Health Service Coverage Cascades to Measure Effective Coverage for Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health Services or Interventions
Recommendations for Using Health Service Coverage Cascades to Measure Effective Coverage for Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health Services or Interventions
Key MessagesMeasuring the contact coverage of maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (MNCAH) services overestimat...
The Case for Parent-Implemented Programs to Mitigate Musculoskeletal Complications in Children With Severe Cerebral Palsy in Resource-Limited Settings
The Case for Parent-Implemented Programs to Mitigate Musculoskeletal Complications in Children With Severe Cerebral Palsy in Resource-Limited Settings
Key MessagesChildren with cerebral palsy in resource-limited settings are at increased risk of developing musculoskeletal ...
Simulation-Based Education of Health Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
Simulation-Based Education of Health Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
Key FindingsSimulation-based education (SBE) has been successfully applied to improve outcomes in a variety of contexts ac...
Health System Factors Influencing the Integration of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis into Antenatal and Postnatal Clinic Services in Cape Town, South Africa
Health System Factors Influencing the Integration of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis into Antenatal and Postnatal Clinic Services in Cape Town, South Africa
Key FindingsEffective use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by pregnant and breastfeeding women is limited despite i...
Advocating for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Central Asia
Advocating for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Central Asia
Key MessagesCentral Asian sociopolitical setting presents challenges in providing sexual and reproductive health services ...
Documenting the Provision of Emergency Contraceptive Pills Through Youth-Serving Delivery Channels: Exploratory Mixed Methods Research on Malawi’s Emergency Contraception Strategy
Documenting the Provision of Emergency Contraceptive Pills Through Youth-Serving Delivery Channels: Exploratory Mixed Methods Research on Malawi’s Emergency Contraception Strategy
Key FindingsProviders and key informants reported that emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) uptake increased where the strat...
Learnings From an Innovative Model to Expand Access to a New and Underutilized Nonhormonal Contraceptive Diaphragm
Learnings From an Innovative Model to Expand Access to a New and Underutilized Nonhormonal Contraceptive Diaphragm
Key FindingsThe International Conference on Population and Development call for research on female barrier methods led to ...
Antenatal Care Interventions to Increase Contraceptive Use Following Birth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis
Antenatal Care Interventions to Increase Contraceptive Use Following Birth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis
Key MessagesThis systematic review adds to the limited evidence on the effectiveness of interventions delivered during the...
Establishment of the First Institution-Based Poison Information Center in Nepal Through a Multilateral International Partnership
Establishment of the First Institution-Based Poison Information Center in Nepal Through a Multilateral International Partnership
Key MessagesNepal has a high burden of toxicological emergencies but has grossly inadequate expertise and infrastructure f...
Adapting the Social Norms Exploration Tool in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Identify Social Norms for Behavior Change
Adapting the Social Norms Exploration Tool in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Identify Social Norms for Behavior Change
Key FindingsThe Social Norms Exploration Tool (SNET) can be modified to render the findings more useful and more actionabl...
Family Planning, Reproductive Health, and Progress Toward the Sustainable Development Goals: Reflections and Directions on the 30th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development
Family Planning, Reproductive Health, and Progress Toward the Sustainable Development Goals: Reflections and Directions on the 30th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development
Key MessagesOn the 30th anniversary of the watershed International Conference on Population and Development, we reflect on...
Development and Piloting of Implementation Strategies to Support Delivery of a Clinical Intervention for Postpartum Hemorrhage in Four sub-Saharan Africa Countries
Development and Piloting of Implementation Strategies to Support Delivery of a Clinical Intervention for Postpartum Hemorrhage in Four sub-Saharan Africa Countries
ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open Access Gillian Forbes, Shahinoor Akter, Suellen Miller, Hadiz...
Strengthening Capacity for Tailored Immunization Programs Using Adult Learning Principles: A Case Study from Nigeria
Strengthening Capacity for Tailored Immunization Programs Using Adult Learning Principles: A Case Study from Nigeria
Key FindingsSkilled immunization program managers (PMs) and health care workers (HCWs) are critical for influencing vaccin...
Innovations in Providing HIV Index Testing Services: A Retrospective Evaluation of Partner Elicitation Models in Southern Nigeria
Innovations in Providing HIV Index Testing Services: A Retrospective Evaluation of Partner Elicitation Models in Southern Nigeria
Key FindingsIndex testing is part of the strategies to identify individuals who are infected with HIV through their HIV-po...
A Cosmopolitan Argument for Temporary “Diagonal” Short-Term Surgical Missions as a Component of Surgical Systems Strengthening
A Cosmopolitan Argument for Temporary “Diagonal” Short-Term Surgical Missions as a Component of Surgical Systems Strengthening
Key MessagesShort-term surgical missions (STSMs), which deploy surgical teams from high-resource settings to provide much-...
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