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- Inequities in Family Planning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Equity has improved for access to contraceptive methods and for measures to lessen discrimination against key subgroups in low- and middle-income countries.
- The Cost of Providing Comprehensive HIV Services to Key Populations: An Analysis of the LINKAGES Program in Kenya and Malawi
A cost analysis of comprehensive HIV services for key populations at higher risk of infection in Kenya and Malawi showed that costs can be substantial at all program implementation levels, not just service delivery; all these costs should be considered during program planning.
- Community Barriers, Enablers, and Normative Embedding of Second Year of Life Vaccination in Ghana: A Qualitative Study
Community perceptions of barriers and enablers to 2YL vaccination provide a snapshot of an active diffusion process as new practices gradually displace older embedded ones and practical costs and benefits of later vaccination are reevaluated.
- Taking Stock: An Adaptable Research and Partnership Model for Developing Puberty Education in 10 Countries
Puberty books, developed through participatory youth engagement and local partnerships, could provide a meaningful and culturally acceptable tool to inform youth of puberty content in areas where educational systems cannot do so.
- Expanding the Role of Women in Vector Control: Case Studies From Madagascar, Rwanda, and Zambia
We present effective and replicable strategies to integrate women into vector control that provide paid employment opportunities and enhance economic empowerment while strengthening vector control operations.
- The Role of Sudanese Doctors in the United Kingdom in Mitigating COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Their Diaspora Communities
A COVID-19 vaccine awareness campaign conducted by Sudanese doctors helped to mitigate vaccine hesitancy among Sudanese diaspora groups in the United Kingdom.
- A Financing Strategy to Expand Surgical Health Care
The authors propose a strategy to guide the financing of surgical health care services as part of national health care policies in LMICs.
- A Participatory Comic Book Workshop to Improve Youth-Friendly Post-Rape Care in a Humanitarian Context in Uganda: A Case Study
Participatory comic books offer a novel approach to strengthening health care providers’ understanding of refugee youth’s post-rape care needs and can be embedded in provider training in humanitarian contexts.
- Development and Piloting of a Mental Health Prevention and Referral Program for Veterans and Their Families in Ukraine
The CETA Psychosocial Support program is a single-session intervention that can be delivered by lay providers to support mental health prevention and referral for veterans and their families in Ukraine.
- Decolonization of Global Health in Haiti: A Call for Equity, Partnerships, Scholarship, and Informed Action
Haiti’s current global health research architecture, led and implemented by foreigners far removed from Haiti, demonstrates the sector’s “non-global” nature. Decolonization in Haiti must start by addressing the vast inequities that comprise this structure.