Health Topics
- Designing for Impact and Institutionalization: Applying Systems Thinking to Sustainable Postpartum Family Planning Approaches for First-Time Mothers in Bangladesh
Public health practitioners often design interventions prioritizing potential impact over sustainability. To assess the potential for impact and institutionalization, we applied systems thinking to postpartum family planning approaches for first-time mothers in Bangladesh.
- Financial Implications of Tariffs for Medical Oxygen on Rwandan Public Hospitals’ Finance Management During the Coronavirus Epidemic
This study shows how variations in patient consumption of medical oxygen can be used to determine tariffs more accurately and highlights the need for a transition from the time-based tariff structure to a case-based or volume-based tariff to incentivize sustainable production of medical oxygen services at hospitals in Rwanda.
- Improving the Quality of Health Care in Special Neonatal Care Units of India: A Before and After Intervention Study
In low- and middle-income countries, facility-based neonatal care practices can be improved using a collaborative cross-learning quality improvement approach incorporating remote mentoring, coaching, and supportive supervision.
- What Have We Learned? Implementation of a Shared Learning Agenda and Access Strategy for the Hormonal Intrauterine Device
Early evidence on clients’ and providers’ experiences with the hormonal intrauterine device in sub-Saharan Africa and lessons learned from implementing a shared learning agenda can inform strategies to expand access in other low- and middle-income countries.
- Making Removals Part of Informed Choice: A Mixed-Method Study of Client Experiences With Removal of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives in Senegal
Governments must plan to ensure that removal services for long-acting reversible contraceptives are accessible and affordable to handle growing demand. Participants seeking method removal in Senegal reported largely satisfactory experiences, with a few areas for potential strengthening.
- A Tale of 2 Countries: Implementation of the Cold Chain Equipment Optimization Platform in Guinea and Kenya
Case studies of Gavi Cold Chain Equipment Optimization Platform investments in Guinea and Kenya illustrate how countries prioritize and implement large funding and support mechanisms and offer lessons applicable to other countries embarking on similar interventions.
- Digital Health Technologies Applied by the Pharmaceutical Industry to Improve Access to Noncommunicable Disease Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Digital health technologies applied by the pharmaceutical industry offer opportunities to improve access to care for patients with noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries.
- Do Children With Congenital Zika Syndrome Have Cerebral Palsy?
As researchers and practitioners, we have an important role in educating families of children with brain damage caused by Zika virus infection on how a cerebral palsy diagnosis can empower them with more information and enable better access to care and intervention services.
- Crossing the Last Mile of TB Care in Rural Southern Madagascar: A Multistakeholder Initiative
Decentralizing TB care services by offering motorbike-based mobile clinics increased patient accessibility to TB care services in a remote district in Madagascar.
- Developing and Testing a Chatbot to Integrate HIV Education Into Family Planning Clinic Waiting Areas in Lusaka, Zambia
In response to the need to integrate HIV prevention content with FP counseling, a chatbot was developed and tested for use among FP clients in clinic waiting areas to leverage the time while they wait to see providers and guide them through a digital conversation on preventing both pregnancy and HIV.