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Table of Contents

August 2025 | Volume 13 | Number 1

EDITORIALS

  • Open Access
    “Community Over Commercialization”: Help Us Keep GHSP Open
    Sonia Abraham, Natalie Culbertson, Stephen Hodgins and Ruwaida M. Salem
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2025, 13(1):e2400608; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-24-00608

VIEWPOINTS

  • Open Access
    A Missed Opportunity: Prioritizing the Development of a Healthy Market Ecosystem for Equitable Menstrual Health Within the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action
    Sarah Webb and Tanya Mahajan
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2025, 13(1):e2400125; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-24-00125

    Prioritizing the development of a healthy market ecosystem for equitable menstrual health within the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action can ensure that individuals have access to destigmatized, unbiased, and complete information, products, and services they need to manage their menstrual health.

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

  • Open Access
    A Novel Approach to Assessing the Potential of Electronic Decision Support Systems to Improve the Quality of Antenatal Care in Nepal
    Biraj Man Karmacharya, Seema Das, Abha Shrestha, Abha Shrestha, Sulata Karki, Rajani Shakya, Emma Radovich, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Clara Calvert, Oona M.R. Campell and Ona L. McCarthy
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2025, 13(1):e2300370; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00370

    An electronic decision support system alone is not enough to provide quality antenatal care in the Nepalese setting.

  • Open Access
    Development of a Cervical Cancer Screening Program in Rural Guatemala
    Taryn McGinn Valley, Elizabeth White, Alli Foreman, Alejandro Chavez, Tana Chongsuwat, Linda Foxworthy, Madhuri Reddy, Cecilia Arroyave, Kevin Wyne, Rafael Tun, Yoselin Emelina Letona López, Dominga Pic Salazar, Cesia Castro Chutá and Sean Duffy
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2025, 13(1):e2400282; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-24-00282

    We developed a cervical cancer screening and treatment pilot program led by community health workers to improve access for Indigenous women in rural Guatemala.

FIELD ACTION REPORTS

  • Open Access
    Disinfection of Neonatal Resuscitation Equipment in Resource-Limited Settings: Lessons From a Mixed-Methods Implementation Experience in Kenya
    Anne M. White, Dominic Mutai, Allison Parsons, David Cheruiyot, Beena D. Kamath-Rayne, Joshua K. Schaffzin, Joel E. Mortensen and Amy R.L. Rule
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2025, 13(1):e2300398; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00398

    Infection prevention practices, including the proper disinfection of medical equipment, are key to decreasing neonatal deaths, but in reality, there are many challenges to the implementation of these practices in low-resource settings.

  • Open Access
    Integrating Gender-Based Violence Services Into HIV Care: Insights From Malawi
    Christine Kiruthu-Kamamia, Evelyn Viola, Odala Sande, Tapiwa Kumwenda, Joseph Lungu, Joseph Diele, Ellen MacLachlan and Agnes Thawani
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2025, 13(1):e2400177; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-24-00177

    We describe the integration of gender-based violence (GBV) services into HIV services to address the intersecting needs of individuals affected by GBV and HIV.

REVIEWS

  • Open Access
    Narrative Review of Human-Centered Design in Public Health Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Recommendations for Practice, Research, and Reporting
    Bee-Ah Kang, Manvi Poddar, Aditi Luitel, Rajiv N. Rimal, Biruk Melaku and Danielle Piccinini Black
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2025, 13(1):e2400164; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-24-00164

    Although human-centered design is increasingly used in global health, its comprehensive application in health programs remains underexplored. Our narrative review demonstrates design tools and strategies, research methods, and reporting patterns across the included studies to provide practical recommendations.

PROGRAM CASE STUDIES

  • Open Access
    Enhancing Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation for Hospitalized and Recently Discharged People Living With HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa
    Natasha Davies, Melanie Bisnauth and Kate Rees
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2025, 13(1):e2400017; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-24-00017

    A dedicated HIV-services team can support effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiations for hospitalized people with HIV through structured case finding, ART initiation, and post-discharge linkage support. Replicating this model across South Africa and the region could improve individual outcomes.

SHORT REPORTS

  • Open Access
    Building Public Health Quantitative Methods Capacity and Networks in sub-Saharan Africa: An Evaluation of a Faculty Training Program
    Oleosi Ntshebe, Sarah Anoke, Jesca M. Batidzirai, Chris Guure, Beatrice Muganda, Marcello Pagano, Muhammed Semakula and Elysia Larson
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2025, 13(1):e2200507; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00507

    Capacity-strengthening for faculty teaching quantitative skills can be accomplished through a cross-national training program that simultaneously builds research networks.

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Global Health: Science and Practice: 13 (1)
Global Health: Science and Practice
Vol. 13, No. 1
August 14, 2025
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  • “Community Over Commercialization”: Help Us Keep GHSP Open
  • Enhancing Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation for Hospitalized and Recently Discharged People Living With HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Narrative Review of Human-Centered Design in Public Health Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Recommendations for Practice, Research, and Reporting
  • Building Public Health Quantitative Methods Capacity and Networks in sub-Saharan Africa: An Evaluation of a Faculty Training Program
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