Bottlenecks and Solutions During Implementation of the DREAMS Program for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Namibia

Ellen W. MacLachlan; Abigail K. Korn; Alison L. Ensminger; Sharon Zambwe; Theopolina Kueyo; Rosanne Kahuure; Gena Barnabee; Josua Nghipangelwa; Juliet Mudabeti; Prisca Tambo; Agnes Mwilima; Elizabeth Muremi; Norbert Forster; Christa Fischer-Walker; Gabrielle O’Malley

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Bottlenecks and Solutions During Implementation of the DREAMS Program for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Namibia

Ellen W. MacLachlan, Abigail K. Korn, Alison L. Ensminger, Sharon Zambwe, Theopolina Kueyo, Rosanne Kahuure, Gena Barnabee, Josua Nghipangelwa, Juliet Mudabeti, Prisca Tambo, Agnes Mwilima, Elizabeth Muremi, Norbert Forster, Christa Fischer-Walker and Gabrielle O’Malley

Global Health: Science and Practice October 2022, 10(5):e2200226; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00226

Ellen W. MacLachlan

aInternational Training and Education Center for Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

bInternational Training and Education Center for Health Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.

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Abigail K. Korn

aInternational Training and Education Center for Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

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Alison L. Ensminger

aInternational Training and Education Center for Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

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Sharon Zambwe

cProject HOPE, Katima Mulilo, Namibia.

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Theopolina Kueyo

dJoint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Windhoek, Namibia.

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Rosanne Kahuure

eProject HOPE, Windhoek, Namibia.

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Gena Barnabee

aInternational Training and Education Center for Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

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Josua Nghipangelwa

fMinistry of Health and Social Services, Omuthiya, Namibia.

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Juliet Mudabeti

gUniversity of Namibia Neudamm Campus, Windhoek, Namibia.

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Prisca Tambo

hBrent Local Authority, London, England.

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Agnes Mwilima

iMinistry of Health and Social Services, Katima Mulilo, Namibia.

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Elizabeth Muremi

jFormerly of the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Windhoek, Namibia.

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Norbert Forster

aInternational Training and Education Center for Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

bInternational Training and Education Center for Health Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.

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Christa Fischer-Walker

kIndependent consultant, Edgewood, KY, USA.

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Gabrielle O’Malley

aInternational Training and Education Center for Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

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