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March 2013 | Volume 1 | Number 1

  1. Alexander, Heather

    1. Open Access
      GeneXpert for TB diagnosis: planned and purposeful implementation
      Amy S Piatek, Maarten Van Cleeff, Heather Alexander, William L Coggin, Manuela Rehr, Sanne Van Kampen, Thomas M Shinnick and YaDiul Mukadi
      Global Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):18-23; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00004

      Xpert MTB/RIF is a major advance for TB diagnostics, especially for multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB and HIV-associated TB. But implementation concerns including cost, technical support requirements, and challenging demands of providing second-line TB drugs for diagnosed MDR-TB cases call for gradual, careful introduction based on country circumstances.

  2. Ashengo, Tigistu Adamu

    1. Open Access
      “Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in Tanzania
      Marya Plotkin, Delivette Castor, Hawa Mziray, Jan Küver, Ezekiel Mpuya, Paul James Luvanda, Augustino Hellar, Kelly Curran, Mainza Lukobo-Durell, Tigistu Adamu Ashengo and Hally Mahler
      Global Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):108-116; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00037

      In a study in Tanzania, men and women generally supported male circumcision; however, cultural values that the procedure is most appropriate before adolescence, shame associated with being circumcised at an older age, and concerns about the post-surgical abstinence period have led to low uptake among older men.

  3. Awale, Jitendra

    1. Open Access
      Successful polio eradication in Uttar Pradesh, India: the pivotal contribution of the Social Mobilization Network, an NGO/UNICEF collaboration
      Ellen A Coates, Silvio Waisbord, Jitendra Awale, Roma Solomon and Rina Dey
      Global Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):68-83; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00018

      Innovative approaches to eradicate polio in hard-to-reach areas included: (1) cadres of trusted community mobilizers who track children's immunization status, (2) responsiveness to people's concerns about immunization, (3) outreach to religious and other local leaders, (4) focus on both individual- and community-level behavioral approaches, and (5) continuous data collection and use.

  4. Awoonor-williams, John Koku

    1. Open Access
      Lessons learned from scaling up a community-based health program in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana
      John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Elias Kavinah Sory, Frank K Nyonator, James F Phillips, Chen Wang and Margaret L Schmitt
      Global Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):117-133; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00012

      The original CHPS model deployed nurses to the community and engaged local leaders, reducing child mortality and fertility substantially. Key scaling-up lessons: (1) place nurses in home districts but not home villages, (2) adapt uniquely to each district, (3) mobilize local resources, (4) develop a shared project vision, and (5) conduct “exchanges” so that staff who are initiating operations can observe the model working in another setting, pilot the approach locally, and expand based on lessons learned.

  5. Bakamjian, Lynn

    1. Open Access
      Women's growing desire to limit births in sub-Saharan Africa: meeting the challenge
      Lynn M Van Lith, Melanie Yahner and Lynn Bakamjian
      Global Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):97-107; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00036

      Contrary to conventional wisdom, many sub-Saharan African women—often at young ages—have an unmet need for family planning to limit future births, and many current limiters do not use the most effective contraceptive methods. Family planning programs must improve access to a wide range of modern contraceptive methods and address attitudinal and knowledge barriers if they are to meet women's needs.

  6. Castor, Delivette

    1. Open Access
      “Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in Tanzania
      Marya Plotkin, Delivette Castor, Hawa Mziray, Jan Küver, Ezekiel Mpuya, Paul James Luvanda, Augustino Hellar, Kelly Curran, Mainza Lukobo-Durell, Tigistu Adamu Ashengo and Hally Mahler
      Global Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):108-116; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00037

      In a study in Tanzania, men and women generally supported male circumcision; however, cultural values that the procedure is most appropriate before adolescence, shame associated with being circumcised at an older age, and concerns about the post-surgical abstinence period have led to low uptake among older men.

  7. Chase, Rachel P

    1. Open Access
      Reducing child global undernutrition at scale in Sofala Province, Mozambique, using Care Group Volunteers to communicate health messages to mothers
      Thomas P Davis, Carolyn Wetzel, Emma Hernandez Avilan, Cecilia de Mendoza Lopes, Rachel P Chase, Peter J Winch and Henry B Perry
      Global Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):35-51; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00045

      Care Group peer-to-peer behavior change communication improved child undernutrition at scale in rural Mozambique and has the potential to substantially reduce under-5 mortality in priority countries at very low cost.

  8. Chauhan, Kavita

    1. Open Access
      Meeting the community halfway to reduce maternal deaths? Evidence from a community-based maternal death review in Uttar Pradesh, India
      Sunil Saksena Raj, Deborah Maine, Pratap Kumar Sahoo, Suneedh Manthri and Kavita Chauhan
      Global Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):84-96; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00049

      Even in the face of vigorous commitment to improving maternal health services in India, inadequate staffing, supplies, and equipment at health facilities, as well as transportation costs and delays in referral, appear to contribute to a substantial proportion of maternal deaths in a representative district in Uttar Pradesh.

  9. Chersich, Matthew

    1. Open Access
      Effectiveness of a community-based positive prevention intervention for people living with HIV who are not receiving antiretroviral treatment: a prospective cohort study
      Avina Sarna, Stanley Luchters, Eustasius Musenge, Jerry Okal, Matthew Chersich, Waimar Tun, Sabine Mall, Nzioki Kingola and Sam Kalibala
      Global Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):52-67; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00023

      In Mombasa, Kenya, a community-based HIV risk-reduction intervention effectively reached people living with HIV who were not receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART)—a difficult-to-reach population because they often fall outside the ambit of health care services—and succeeded in reducing reported risky sex behavior and increasing ART uptake.

  10. Coates, Ellen A

    1. Open Access
      Successful polio eradication in Uttar Pradesh, India: the pivotal contribution of the Social Mobilization Network, an NGO/UNICEF collaboration
      Ellen A Coates, Silvio Waisbord, Jitendra Awale, Roma Solomon and Rina Dey
      Global Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):68-83; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00018

      Innovative approaches to eradicate polio in hard-to-reach areas included: (1) cadres of trusted community mobilizers who track children's immunization status, (2) responsiveness to people's concerns about immunization, (3) outreach to religious and other local leaders, (4) focus on both individual- and community-level behavioral approaches, and (5) continuous data collection and use.

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