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February 2014 | Volume 2 | Number 1

EDITORIALS

  • Open Access
    Cell phones and CHWs: a transformational marriage?
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):1-2; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00007

    Mobile phones can be transformative for community health workers (CHWs) in enhancing their influence and status and helping to solve practical problems. While formal intervention research can help advance mHealth application, most progress will come through a “diffusion of innovation” process.

  • Open Access
    A bright future for IUD use in Africa?
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):3; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00002

    High uptake of IUDs under the mobile outreach service delivery model in Kenya bodes well for IUDs in sub-Saharan Africa, if delivered with good access and quality.

COMMENTARIES

  • Open Access
    It's about time: WHO and partners release programming strategies for postpartum family planning
    Mary Eluned Gaffield, Shannon Egan and Marleen Temmerman
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):4-9; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00156

    The postpartum period is a critical time to address high unmet family planning need and to reduce the risks of closely spaced pregnancies. Practical tools are included in the new resource for integrating postpartum family planning at points when women have frequent health system contact, including during antenatal care, labor and delivery, postnatal care, immunization, and child health care.

  • Open Access
    The imperative for health promotion in universal health coverage
    Gloria Coe and Joy de Beyer
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):10-22; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00164

    Health promotion and disease prevention have huge impact on health, yet given low priority, risk being overlooked in universal health coverage efforts. To effectively prioritize promotion and prevention, strong cadres of personnel are needed with expertise in legislation and health policy, social and behavior change communication, prevention and community health, health journalism, environmental health, and multisectoral health promotion.

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

  • Open Access
    Taking knowledge for health the extra mile: participatory evaluation of a mobile phone intervention for community health workers in Malawi
    Natalie Campbell, Eva Schiffer, Ann Buxbaum, Elizabeth McLean, Cary Perry and Tara M Sullivan
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):23-34; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00141

    A participatory evaluation process called Net-Map showed that providing community health workers (CHWs) with mobile phones and essential technical information changed CHWs, from passive recipients of information with little influence to active information agents who sought and provided information to improve health services.

  • Open Access
    SMS versus voice messaging to deliver MNCH communication in rural Malawi: assessment of delivery success and user experience
    Jessica Crawford, Erin Larsen-Cooper, Zachariah Jezman, Stacey C Cunningham and Emily Bancroft
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):35-46; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00155

    Mobile SMS health messages had higher successful delivery and led to higher intended or actual behavior change among subscribers than voice messages. Providing multiple delivery modalities led to greater overall access.

  • Open Access
    Introduction of the levonorgestrel intrauterine system in Kenya through mobile outreach: review of service statistics and provider perspectives
    David Hubacher, Vitalis Akora, Rose Masaba, Mario Chen and Valentine Veena
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):47-54; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00134

    Limited introduction of the LNG IUS through mobile outreach in Kenya, without any special promotion, resulted in good uptake. And providers viewed it positively, particularly because of its noncontraceptive benefits. Increased provision of the LNG IUS can improve options for women needing highly effective reversible contraception.

  • Open Access
    Moving malaria in pregnancy programs from neglect to priority: experience from Malawi, Senegal, and Zambia
    Elaine Roman, Michelle Wallon, William Brieger, Aimee Dickerson, Barbara Rawlins and Koki Agarwal
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):55-71; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00136

    Program areas that were generally working well in malaria in pregnancy programs (MIP) included: (1) integration of MIP interventions into antenatal care; (2) development of up-to-date policies; (3) active involvement of communities; and (4) development of capacity-building materials for training. Challenges remain in the areas of: (1) commodities; (2) quality assurance; (3) monitoring and evaluation; and (4) financing.

  • Open Access
    Scaling up delivery of contraceptive implants in sub-Saharan Africa: operational experiences of Marie Stopes International
    Susan Duvall, Sarah Thurston, Michelle Weinberger, Olivia Nuccio and Nomi Fuchs-Montgomery
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):72-92; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00116

    Between 2008 and 2012, Marie Stopes International (MSI) provided 1.7 million contraceptive implants in sub-Saharan Africa as part of a comprehensive method mix, primarily through mobile outreach using dedicated MSI providers and also through social franchising and MSI-run clinics. Large-scale access, quality, and informed choice were key elements of MSI's strategy.

  • Open Access
    Safety of adult medical male circumcision performed by non-physician clinicians in Kenya: a prospective cohort study
    Vera Frajzyngier, George Odingo, Mark Barone, Paul Perchal and Melinda Pavin
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):93-102; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00120

    Trained, experienced nurses and clinical officers provided safe voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in public health facilities in Nyanza Province, Kenya, as evidenced by the low 2% adverse event rate (most commonly, excess swelling). Task shifting for male circumcision can improve access to quality VMMC services.

  • Open Access
    Keeping community health workers in Uganda motivated: key challenges, facilitators, and preferred program inputs
    Aurélie Brunie, Patricia Wamala-Mucheri, Conrad Otterness, Angela Akol, Mario Chen, Leonard Bufumbo and Mark Weaver
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):103-116; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00140

    In Uganda, community-based health programs using volunteers should focus on strengthening support systems to address transportation and stockout issues and on improving links with the health structure while reinforcing effort recognition, status, and acquisition of new skills.

  • Open Access
    Meningococcal vaccine introduction in Mali through mass campaigns and its impact on the health system
    Sandra Mounier-Jack, Helen Elizabeth Denise Burchett, Ulla Kou Griffiths, Mamadou Konate and Kassibo Sira Diarra
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):117-129; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00130

    The meningococcal A vaccine campaign led to major disruption of routine vaccination services and reduced other services, notably antenatal care.

RESOURCES

  • Open Access
    mHealth resources to strengthen health programs
    Kelly L'Engle, Laura Raney and Margaret D'Adamo
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):130-131; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00013

    A suite of resources provides implementation guidance for mHealth initiatives, particularly in less developed countries. The suite includes an eLearning course, online guide, evidence database, and a High-Impact Practices brief, along with the mHealth Working Group and website.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

  • Open Access
    The centrality of behavior change in health systems development
    Joseph F. Naimoli, Kathleen A. Parker and James Heiby
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):132-133; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00170
  • Open Access
    The centrality of behavior change in health systems development – Author's response
    James D Shelton
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):134; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00005
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