Global Health: Science and Practice

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August 2022 | Volume 10 | Issue 4
A pregnant woman is attended to by a nurse at Mawoma Health Clinic, Port Loko, Sierra Leone. © 2021 PMI Impact Malaria.
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Latest Articles

Open Access
Community Health Workers Improve HIV Disclosure Among HIV-Affected Sexual Partners in Rural Uganda: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Zubair Lukyamuzi, Ruth Mirembe Nabisere, Rita Nakalega, Patience Atuhaire, Hajira Kataike, Bashir Ssuna, Mazen Baroudi, Flavia Matovu Kiweewa, Philippa Musoke and Lisa M. Butler

Global Health: Science and Practice September 2022, https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00631

HIV disclosure is critical to achieve positive HIV treatment and management outcomes. Community health worker–led mechanisms may be used to support disclosure among adults living with HIV in heterosexual relationships in rural settings.
Open Access
Changes in Child Undernutrition and Overweight in India From 2006 to 2021: An Ecological Analysis of 36 States
Jithin Sam Varghese, Aashish Gupta, Rukshan Mehta, Aryeh D. Stein and Shivani A. Patel

Global Health: Science and Practice September 2022, https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00569

India has historically displayed high levels of child stunting and low levels of child overweight. Despite improvements in human development indicators between 2006 and 2021, population-level reductions in child stunting have slowed and child overweight is rising faster than predicted by human development indicators.
Open Access
Making Removals Part of Informed Choice: A Mixed-Method Study of Client Experiences With Removal of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives in Senegal
Aurélie Brunie, Fatou Ndiaté Rachel Sarr Aw, Salif Ndiaye, Etienne Dioh, Elena Lebetkin, Megan M. Lydon, Elizabeth Knippler, Sarah Brittingham, Marème Dabo and Marème Mady Dia Ndiaye

Global Health: Science and Practice September 2022, https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00123

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.
Open Access
The Use of Research for Health Systems Policy Development and Implementation in Mozambique: A Descriptive Study
Maria Isabel Cambe, Carlos Botão, Janeth Dulá, Elídio Muamine, Sérgio Mahumane, Carla Alberto and Sérgio Chicumbe

Global Health: Science and Practice September 2022, 10(Supplement 1):e2100694; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00694

There are still considerable gaps in the process of using research evidence for policy making in Mozambique. We recommend key actions to take to improve the research-to-policy pipeline.
Open Access
Primary Health Care Management Effectiveness as a Driver of Family Planning Service Readiness: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in Central Mozambique
Stephen Pope, Orvalho Augusto, Quinhas Fernandes, Sarah Gimbel, Isaías Ramiro, Dorlim Uetela, Stélio Tembe, Meredith Kimball, Mélia Manaca, C. Leigh Anderson, Sérgio Chicumbe and Kenneth Sherr

Global Health: Science and Practice September 2022, 10(Supplement 1):e2100706; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00706

We found higher levels of management effectiveness in primary health care facilities to be independently associated with an increased likelihood of improved family planning service readiness in central Mozambique. Strengthening management capabilities and reinforcing management roles at the primary health care level may improve health system readiness and provision of quality family planning services.
Open Access
Barriers and Facilitators to Data Use for Decision Making: The Experience of the African Health Initiative Partnerships in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique
African Health Initiative Partnership Collaborative for Data Use for Decision Making

Global Health: Science and Practice September 2022, 10(Supplement 1):e2100666; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00666

Data for decision making on clinical care and health service management is crucial, yet implementers lack knowledge on the determinants of effective implementation. Findings from this study conducted in the context of primary health care systems in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique fill this knowledge gap.

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