Index by author
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Alexander, Heather
- Open AccessGeneXpert for TB diagnosis: planned and purposeful implementationAmy S Piatek, Maarten Van Cleeff, Heather Alexander, William L Coggin, Manuela Rehr, Sanne Van Kampen, Thomas M Shinnick and YaDiul MukadiGlobal 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.
Ashengo, Tigistu Adamu
- Open Access“Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in TanzaniaMarya Plotkin, Delivette Castor, Hawa Mziray, Jan Küver, Ezekiel Mpuya, Paul James Luvanda, Augustino Hellar, Kelly Curran, Mainza Lukobo-Durell, Tigistu Adamu Ashengo and Hally MahlerGlobal 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.
Awale, Jitendra
- Open AccessSuccessful polio eradication in Uttar Pradesh, India: the pivotal contribution of the Social Mobilization Network, an NGO/UNICEF collaborationEllen A Coates, Silvio Waisbord, Jitendra Awale, Roma Solomon and Rina DeyGlobal 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.
Awoonor-Williams, John Koku
- Open AccessLessons learned from scaling up a community-based health program in the Upper East Region of northern GhanaJohn Koku Awoonor-Williams, Elias Kavinah Sory, Frank K Nyonator, James F Phillips, Chen Wang and Margaret L SchmittGlobal 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.
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Bakamjian, Lynn
- Open AccessWomen's growing desire to limit births in sub-Saharan Africa: meeting the challengeLynn M Van Lith, Melanie Yahner and Lynn BakamjianGlobal 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.
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Castor, Delivette
- Open Access“Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in TanzaniaMarya Plotkin, Delivette Castor, Hawa Mziray, Jan Küver, Ezekiel Mpuya, Paul James Luvanda, Augustino Hellar, Kelly Curran, Mainza Lukobo-Durell, Tigistu Adamu Ashengo and Hally MahlerGlobal 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.
Chase, Rachel P
- Open AccessReducing child global undernutrition at scale in Sofala Province, Mozambique, using Care Group Volunteers to communicate health messages to mothersThomas P Davis, Carolyn Wetzel, Emma Hernandez Avilan, Cecilia de Mendoza Lopes, Rachel P Chase, Peter J Winch and Henry B PerryGlobal 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.
Chauhan, Kavita
- Open AccessMeeting the community halfway to reduce maternal deaths? Evidence from a community-based maternal death review in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaSunil Saksena Raj, Deborah Maine, Pratap Kumar Sahoo, Suneedh Manthri and Kavita ChauhanGlobal 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.
Chersich, Matthew
- Open AccessEffectiveness of a community-based positive prevention intervention for people living with HIV who are not receiving antiretroviral treatment: a prospective cohort studyAvina Sarna, Stanley Luchters, Eustasius Musenge, Jerry Okal, Matthew Chersich, Waimar Tun, Sabine Mall, Nzioki Kingola and Sam KalibalaGlobal 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.
Coates, Ellen A
- Open AccessSuccessful polio eradication in Uttar Pradesh, India: the pivotal contribution of the Social Mobilization Network, an NGO/UNICEF collaborationEllen A Coates, Silvio Waisbord, Jitendra Awale, Roma Solomon and Rina DeyGlobal 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.
Coggin, William L
- Open AccessGeneXpert for TB diagnosis: planned and purposeful implementationAmy S Piatek, Maarten Van Cleeff, Heather Alexander, William L Coggin, Manuela Rehr, Sanne Van Kampen, Thomas M Shinnick and YaDiul MukadiGlobal 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.
Curran, Kelly
- Open Access“Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in TanzaniaMarya Plotkin, Delivette Castor, Hawa Mziray, Jan Küver, Ezekiel Mpuya, Paul James Luvanda, Augustino Hellar, Kelly Curran, Mainza Lukobo-Durell, Tigistu Adamu Ashengo and Hally MahlerGlobal 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.
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Davis, Thomas P
- Open AccessReducing child global undernutrition at scale in Sofala Province, Mozambique, using Care Group Volunteers to communicate health messages to mothersThomas P Davis, Carolyn Wetzel, Emma Hernandez Avilan, Cecilia de Mendoza Lopes, Rachel P Chase, Peter J Winch and Henry B PerryGlobal 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.
de Mendoza Lopes, Cecilia
- Open AccessReducing child global undernutrition at scale in Sofala Province, Mozambique, using Care Group Volunteers to communicate health messages to mothersThomas P Davis, Carolyn Wetzel, Emma Hernandez Avilan, Cecilia de Mendoza Lopes, Rachel P Chase, Peter J Winch and Henry B PerryGlobal 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.
Dey, Rina
- Open AccessSuccessful polio eradication in Uttar Pradesh, India: the pivotal contribution of the Social Mobilization Network, an NGO/UNICEF collaborationEllen A Coates, Silvio Waisbord, Jitendra Awale, Roma Solomon and Rina DeyGlobal 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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Ford, Nathan
- Open AccessCan we stop AIDS with antiretroviral-based treatment as prevention?Edward J Mills, Jean B Nachega and Nathan FordGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):29-34; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00053
Challenges to scaling up treatment as prevention (TasP) of HIV transmission are considerable in the developing-world context and include accessing at-risk populations, human resource shortages, adherence and retention in care, access to newer treatments, measurement of treatment effects, and long-term sustainable funding. Optimism about ending AIDS needs to be tempered by the realities of the logistic challenges of strengthening health systems in countries most affected and by balancing TasP with overall combination prevention approaches.
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Goldman, Lynn
- Open AccessOpen-source collaboration for Global Health: Science and PracticeAriel Pablos-Méndez, Michael Klag and Lynn GoldmanGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):1-2; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00012
USAID and the Schools of Public Health at JHU and GWU welcome you to the inaugural issue of GHSP—an open-access, peer-reviewed journal for the global health community, particularly program implementers, to contribute to and benefit from a dialogue based on science and practical programmatic experience.
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Hellar, Augustino
- Open Access“Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in TanzaniaMarya Plotkin, Delivette Castor, Hawa Mziray, Jan Küver, Ezekiel Mpuya, Paul James Luvanda, Augustino Hellar, Kelly Curran, Mainza Lukobo-Durell, Tigistu Adamu Ashengo and Hally MahlerGlobal 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.
Hernandez Avilan, Emma
- Open AccessReducing child global undernutrition at scale in Sofala Province, Mozambique, using Care Group Volunteers to communicate health messages to mothersThomas P Davis, Carolyn Wetzel, Emma Hernandez Avilan, Cecilia de Mendoza Lopes, Rachel P Chase, Peter J Winch and Henry B PerryGlobal 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.
Hodgins, Steve
- Open AccessChlorhexidine for umbilical cord care: game-changer for newborn survival?Steve Hodgins, YV Pradhan, Leela Khanal, Shyam Upreti and Naresh Pratap KCGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):5-10; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00014
A simple technology with potential to prevent 500,000 global neonatal deaths annually.
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Jacobstein, Roy
- Open AccessContraceptive implants: providing better choice to meet growing family planning demandRoy Jacobstein and Harriet StanleyGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):11-17; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00003
Contraceptive implants are extremely effective, long acting, and suitable for nearly all women—to delay, space, or limit pregnancies—and they are increasingly popular. Now, markedly reduced prices and innovative service delivery models using dedicated non-physician service providers offer a historic opportunity to help satisfy women's growing need for family planning.
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Kalibala, Sam
- Open AccessEffectiveness of a community-based positive prevention intervention for people living with HIV who are not receiving antiretroviral treatment: a prospective cohort studyAvina Sarna, Stanley Luchters, Eustasius Musenge, Jerry Okal, Matthew Chersich, Waimar Tun, Sabine Mall, Nzioki Kingola and Sam KalibalaGlobal 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.
Kates, Jennifer
- Open AccessGlobal health diplomacy: advancing foreign policy and global health interestsJosh Michaud and Jennifer KatesGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):24-28; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00048
Attention to global health diplomacy has been rising but the future holds challenges, including a difficult budgetary environment. Going forward, both global health and foreign policy practitioners would benefit from working more closely together to achieve greater mutual understanding and to advance respective mutual goals.
Khalid, Translated by Duaa
- Open AccessFrom housewife to health worker: touching other lives and changing my ownInterview conducted by Tahir Tarar and Translated by Duaa KhalidGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):134-135; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00038
Khanal, Leela
- Open AccessChlorhexidine for umbilical cord care: game-changer for newborn survival?Steve Hodgins, YV Pradhan, Leela Khanal, Shyam Upreti and Naresh Pratap KCGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):5-10; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00014
A simple technology with potential to prevent 500,000 global neonatal deaths annually.
Kingola, Nzioki
- Open AccessEffectiveness of a community-based positive prevention intervention for people living with HIV who are not receiving antiretroviral treatment: a prospective cohort studyAvina Sarna, Stanley Luchters, Eustasius Musenge, Jerry Okal, Matthew Chersich, Waimar Tun, Sabine Mall, Nzioki Kingola and Sam KalibalaGlobal 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.
Klag, Michael
- Open AccessOpen-source collaboration for Global Health: Science and PracticeAriel Pablos-Méndez, Michael Klag and Lynn GoldmanGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):1-2; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00012
USAID and the Schools of Public Health at JHU and GWU welcome you to the inaugural issue of GHSP—an open-access, peer-reviewed journal for the global health community, particularly program implementers, to contribute to and benefit from a dialogue based on science and practical programmatic experience.
Küver, Jan
- Open Access“Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in TanzaniaMarya Plotkin, Delivette Castor, Hawa Mziray, Jan Küver, Ezekiel Mpuya, Paul James Luvanda, Augustino Hellar, Kelly Curran, Mainza Lukobo-Durell, Tigistu Adamu Ashengo and Hally MahlerGlobal 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.
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Luchters, Stanley
- Open AccessEffectiveness of a community-based positive prevention intervention for people living with HIV who are not receiving antiretroviral treatment: a prospective cohort studyAvina Sarna, Stanley Luchters, Eustasius Musenge, Jerry Okal, Matthew Chersich, Waimar Tun, Sabine Mall, Nzioki Kingola and Sam KalibalaGlobal 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.
Lukobo-Durell, Mainza
- Open Access“Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in TanzaniaMarya Plotkin, Delivette Castor, Hawa Mziray, Jan Küver, Ezekiel Mpuya, Paul James Luvanda, Augustino Hellar, Kelly Curran, Mainza Lukobo-Durell, Tigistu Adamu Ashengo and Hally MahlerGlobal 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.
Luvanda, Paul James
- Open Access“Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in TanzaniaMarya Plotkin, Delivette Castor, Hawa Mziray, Jan Küver, Ezekiel Mpuya, Paul James Luvanda, Augustino Hellar, Kelly Curran, Mainza Lukobo-Durell, Tigistu Adamu Ashengo and Hally MahlerGlobal 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.
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Mahler, Hally
- Open Access“Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in TanzaniaMarya Plotkin, Delivette Castor, Hawa Mziray, Jan Küver, Ezekiel Mpuya, Paul James Luvanda, Augustino Hellar, Kelly Curran, Mainza Lukobo-Durell, Tigistu Adamu Ashengo and Hally MahlerGlobal 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.
Maine, Deborah
- Open AccessMeeting the community halfway to reduce maternal deaths? Evidence from a community-based maternal death review in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaSunil Saksena Raj, Deborah Maine, Pratap Kumar Sahoo, Suneedh Manthri and Kavita ChauhanGlobal 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.
Mall, Sabine
- Open AccessEffectiveness of a community-based positive prevention intervention for people living with HIV who are not receiving antiretroviral treatment: a prospective cohort studyAvina Sarna, Stanley Luchters, Eustasius Musenge, Jerry Okal, Matthew Chersich, Waimar Tun, Sabine Mall, Nzioki Kingola and Sam KalibalaGlobal 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.
Manthri, Suneedh
- Open AccessMeeting the community halfway to reduce maternal deaths? Evidence from a community-based maternal death review in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaSunil Saksena Raj, Deborah Maine, Pratap Kumar Sahoo, Suneedh Manthri and Kavita ChauhanGlobal 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.
Michaud, Josh
- Open AccessGlobal health diplomacy: advancing foreign policy and global health interestsJosh Michaud and Jennifer KatesGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):24-28; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00048
Attention to global health diplomacy has been rising but the future holds challenges, including a difficult budgetary environment. Going forward, both global health and foreign policy practitioners would benefit from working more closely together to achieve greater mutual understanding and to advance respective mutual goals.
Mills, Edward J
- Open AccessCan we stop AIDS with antiretroviral-based treatment as prevention?Edward J Mills, Jean B Nachega and Nathan FordGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):29-34; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00053
Challenges to scaling up treatment as prevention (TasP) of HIV transmission are considerable in the developing-world context and include accessing at-risk populations, human resource shortages, adherence and retention in care, access to newer treatments, measurement of treatment effects, and long-term sustainable funding. Optimism about ending AIDS needs to be tempered by the realities of the logistic challenges of strengthening health systems in countries most affected and by balancing TasP with overall combination prevention approaches.
Mpuya, Ezekiel
- Open Access“Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in TanzaniaMarya Plotkin, Delivette Castor, Hawa Mziray, Jan Küver, Ezekiel Mpuya, Paul James Luvanda, Augustino Hellar, Kelly Curran, Mainza Lukobo-Durell, Tigistu Adamu Ashengo and Hally MahlerGlobal 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.
Mukadi, YaDiul
- Open AccessGeneXpert for TB diagnosis: planned and purposeful implementationAmy S Piatek, Maarten Van Cleeff, Heather Alexander, William L Coggin, Manuela Rehr, Sanne Van Kampen, Thomas M Shinnick and YaDiul MukadiGlobal 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.
Musenge, Eustasius
- Open AccessEffectiveness of a community-based positive prevention intervention for people living with HIV who are not receiving antiretroviral treatment: a prospective cohort studyAvina Sarna, Stanley Luchters, Eustasius Musenge, Jerry Okal, Matthew Chersich, Waimar Tun, Sabine Mall, Nzioki Kingola and Sam KalibalaGlobal 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.
Mziray, Hawa
- Open Access“Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in TanzaniaMarya Plotkin, Delivette Castor, Hawa Mziray, Jan Küver, Ezekiel Mpuya, Paul James Luvanda, Augustino Hellar, Kelly Curran, Mainza Lukobo-Durell, Tigistu Adamu Ashengo and Hally MahlerGlobal 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.
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Nachega, Jean B
- Open AccessCan we stop AIDS with antiretroviral-based treatment as prevention?Edward J Mills, Jean B Nachega and Nathan FordGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):29-34; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00053
Challenges to scaling up treatment as prevention (TasP) of HIV transmission are considerable in the developing-world context and include accessing at-risk populations, human resource shortages, adherence and retention in care, access to newer treatments, measurement of treatment effects, and long-term sustainable funding. Optimism about ending AIDS needs to be tempered by the realities of the logistic challenges of strengthening health systems in countries most affected and by balancing TasP with overall combination prevention approaches.
Nyonator, Frank K
- Open AccessLessons learned from scaling up a community-based health program in the Upper East Region of northern GhanaJohn Koku Awoonor-Williams, Elias Kavinah Sory, Frank K Nyonator, James F Phillips, Chen Wang and Margaret L SchmittGlobal 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.
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Okal, Jerry
- Open AccessEffectiveness of a community-based positive prevention intervention for people living with HIV who are not receiving antiretroviral treatment: a prospective cohort studyAvina Sarna, Stanley Luchters, Eustasius Musenge, Jerry Okal, Matthew Chersich, Waimar Tun, Sabine Mall, Nzioki Kingola and Sam KalibalaGlobal 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.
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Pablos-Méndez, Ariel
- Open AccessOpen-source collaboration for Global Health: Science and PracticeAriel Pablos-Méndez, Michael Klag and Lynn GoldmanGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):1-2; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00012
USAID and the Schools of Public Health at JHU and GWU welcome you to the inaugural issue of GHSP—an open-access, peer-reviewed journal for the global health community, particularly program implementers, to contribute to and benefit from a dialogue based on science and practical programmatic experience.
Perry, Henry B
- Open AccessReducing child global undernutrition at scale in Sofala Province, Mozambique, using Care Group Volunteers to communicate health messages to mothersThomas P Davis, Carolyn Wetzel, Emma Hernandez Avilan, Cecilia de Mendoza Lopes, Rachel P Chase, Peter J Winch and Henry B PerryGlobal 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.
Phillips, James F
- Open AccessLessons learned from scaling up a community-based health program in the Upper East Region of northern GhanaJohn Koku Awoonor-Williams, Elias Kavinah Sory, Frank K Nyonator, James F Phillips, Chen Wang and Margaret L SchmittGlobal 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.
Piatek, Amy S
- Open AccessGeneXpert for TB diagnosis: planned and purposeful implementationAmy S Piatek, Maarten Van Cleeff, Heather Alexander, William L Coggin, Manuela Rehr, Sanne Van Kampen, Thomas M Shinnick and YaDiul MukadiGlobal 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.
Plotkin, Marya
- Open Access“Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in TanzaniaMarya Plotkin, Delivette Castor, Hawa Mziray, Jan Küver, Ezekiel Mpuya, Paul James Luvanda, Augustino Hellar, Kelly Curran, Mainza Lukobo-Durell, Tigistu Adamu Ashengo and Hally MahlerGlobal 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.
Pradhan, YV
- Open AccessChlorhexidine for umbilical cord care: game-changer for newborn survival?Steve Hodgins, YV Pradhan, Leela Khanal, Shyam Upreti and Naresh Pratap KCGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):5-10; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00014
A simple technology with potential to prevent 500,000 global neonatal deaths annually.
Pratap KC, Naresh
- Open AccessChlorhexidine for umbilical cord care: game-changer for newborn survival?Steve Hodgins, YV Pradhan, Leela Khanal, Shyam Upreti and Naresh Pratap KCGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):5-10; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00014
A simple technology with potential to prevent 500,000 global neonatal deaths annually.
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Raj, Sunil Saksena
- Open AccessMeeting the community halfway to reduce maternal deaths? Evidence from a community-based maternal death review in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaSunil Saksena Raj, Deborah Maine, Pratap Kumar Sahoo, Suneedh Manthri and Kavita ChauhanGlobal 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.
Rehr, Manuela
- Open AccessGeneXpert for TB diagnosis: planned and purposeful implementationAmy S Piatek, Maarten Van Cleeff, Heather Alexander, William L Coggin, Manuela Rehr, Sanne Van Kampen, Thomas M Shinnick and YaDiul MukadiGlobal 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.
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Sahoo, Pratap Kumar
- Open AccessMeeting the community halfway to reduce maternal deaths? Evidence from a community-based maternal death review in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaSunil Saksena Raj, Deborah Maine, Pratap Kumar Sahoo, Suneedh Manthri and Kavita ChauhanGlobal 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.
Sarna, Avina
- Open AccessEffectiveness of a community-based positive prevention intervention for people living with HIV who are not receiving antiretroviral treatment: a prospective cohort studyAvina Sarna, Stanley Luchters, Eustasius Musenge, Jerry Okal, Matthew Chersich, Waimar Tun, Sabine Mall, Nzioki Kingola and Sam KalibalaGlobal 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.
Schmitt, Margaret L
- Open AccessLessons learned from scaling up a community-based health program in the Upper East Region of northern GhanaJohn Koku Awoonor-Williams, Elias Kavinah Sory, Frank K Nyonator, James F Phillips, Chen Wang and Margaret L SchmittGlobal 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.
Shelton, James D
- Open AccessA journal for global health programmingJames D Shelton and Ronald J WaldmanGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):3-4; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00001
GHSP aims to improve how programs function at scale, targeting implementers who actually support and carry out programs across all of global health. Thus, we emphasize specific implementation details, using a crisp, accessible, interactive style.
Shinnick, Thomas M
- Open AccessGeneXpert for TB diagnosis: planned and purposeful implementationAmy S Piatek, Maarten Van Cleeff, Heather Alexander, William L Coggin, Manuela Rehr, Sanne Van Kampen, Thomas M Shinnick and YaDiul MukadiGlobal 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.
Solomon, Roma
- Open AccessSuccessful polio eradication in Uttar Pradesh, India: the pivotal contribution of the Social Mobilization Network, an NGO/UNICEF collaborationEllen A Coates, Silvio Waisbord, Jitendra Awale, Roma Solomon and Rina DeyGlobal 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.
Sory, Elias Kavinah
- Open AccessLessons learned from scaling up a community-based health program in the Upper East Region of northern GhanaJohn Koku Awoonor-Williams, Elias Kavinah Sory, Frank K Nyonator, James F Phillips, Chen Wang and Margaret L SchmittGlobal 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.
Stanley, Harriet
- Open AccessContraceptive implants: providing better choice to meet growing family planning demandRoy Jacobstein and Harriet StanleyGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):11-17; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00003
Contraceptive implants are extremely effective, long acting, and suitable for nearly all women—to delay, space, or limit pregnancies—and they are increasingly popular. Now, markedly reduced prices and innovative service delivery models using dedicated non-physician service providers offer a historic opportunity to help satisfy women's growing need for family planning.
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Tarar, Interview conducted by Tahir
- Open AccessFrom housewife to health worker: touching other lives and changing my ownInterview conducted by Tahir Tarar and Translated by Duaa KhalidGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):134-135; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00038
Tun, Waimar
- Open AccessEffectiveness of a community-based positive prevention intervention for people living with HIV who are not receiving antiretroviral treatment: a prospective cohort studyAvina Sarna, Stanley Luchters, Eustasius Musenge, Jerry Okal, Matthew Chersich, Waimar Tun, Sabine Mall, Nzioki Kingola and Sam KalibalaGlobal 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.
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Upreti, Shyam
- Open AccessChlorhexidine for umbilical cord care: game-changer for newborn survival?Steve Hodgins, YV Pradhan, Leela Khanal, Shyam Upreti and Naresh Pratap KCGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):5-10; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00014
A simple technology with potential to prevent 500,000 global neonatal deaths annually.
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Van Cleeff, Maarten
- Open AccessGeneXpert for TB diagnosis: planned and purposeful implementationAmy S Piatek, Maarten Van Cleeff, Heather Alexander, William L Coggin, Manuela Rehr, Sanne Van Kampen, Thomas M Shinnick and YaDiul MukadiGlobal 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.
Van Kampen, Sanne
- Open AccessGeneXpert for TB diagnosis: planned and purposeful implementationAmy S Piatek, Maarten Van Cleeff, Heather Alexander, William L Coggin, Manuela Rehr, Sanne Van Kampen, Thomas M Shinnick and YaDiul MukadiGlobal 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.
Van Lith, Lynn M
- Open AccessWomen's growing desire to limit births in sub-Saharan Africa: meeting the challengeLynn M Van Lith, Melanie Yahner and Lynn BakamjianGlobal 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.
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Waisbord, Silvio
- Open AccessSuccessful polio eradication in Uttar Pradesh, India: the pivotal contribution of the Social Mobilization Network, an NGO/UNICEF collaborationEllen A Coates, Silvio Waisbord, Jitendra Awale, Roma Solomon and Rina DeyGlobal 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.
Waldman, Ronald J
- Open AccessA journal for global health programmingJames D Shelton and Ronald J WaldmanGlobal Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):3-4; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00001
GHSP aims to improve how programs function at scale, targeting implementers who actually support and carry out programs across all of global health. Thus, we emphasize specific implementation details, using a crisp, accessible, interactive style.
Wang, Chen
- Open AccessLessons learned from scaling up a community-based health program in the Upper East Region of northern GhanaJohn Koku Awoonor-Williams, Elias Kavinah Sory, Frank K Nyonator, James F Phillips, Chen Wang and Margaret L SchmittGlobal 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.
Wetzel, Carolyn
- Open AccessReducing child global undernutrition at scale in Sofala Province, Mozambique, using Care Group Volunteers to communicate health messages to mothersThomas P Davis, Carolyn Wetzel, Emma Hernandez Avilan, Cecilia de Mendoza Lopes, Rachel P Chase, Peter J Winch and Henry B PerryGlobal 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.
Winch, Peter J
- Open AccessReducing child global undernutrition at scale in Sofala Province, Mozambique, using Care Group Volunteers to communicate health messages to mothersThomas P Davis, Carolyn Wetzel, Emma Hernandez Avilan, Cecilia de Mendoza Lopes, Rachel P Chase, Peter J Winch and Henry B PerryGlobal 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.
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Yahner, Melanie
- Open AccessWomen's growing desire to limit births in sub-Saharan Africa: meeting the challengeLynn M Van Lith, Melanie Yahner and Lynn BakamjianGlobal 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.
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