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- 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.
- Determinants of Kangaroo Mother Care Uptake for Small Babies Along the Health Facility to Community Continuum in Karnataka, India
In Karnataka, India, the initiation and duration of kangaroo mother care (KMC) for small babies improved following KMC support for mothers and family members at the health facility and improved KMC competence of health care workers.
- Promoting Supportive and Respectful Maternity Care in Public Health Facilities in Sindh, Pakistan: A Theory-Informed Health System Intervention
Mistreatment during childbirth is prevalent in many LMICs. The authors piloted a health system intervention to build maternity teams’ capacity to provide inclusive, supportive, and respectful maternity care to women during childbirth.
- An Evaluation of Local Implementing Partner Performance During the First 2 Years of the USAID/PEPFAR Transition
We examine local partner performance across the HIV/AIDS clinical cascade during the USAID/PEPFAR transition to local partners.
- Strengthening Kampala’s Urban Referral System for Maternal and Newborn Care Through Establishment of an Emergency Call and Dispatch Center
An emergency call and ambulance dispatch center facilitated maternal and newborn transport, and a smartphone application helped deploy and track ambulances to improve coordination and efficiency in emergency case referral and transport.