Index by author

February 2014 | Volume 2 | Number 1

  1. Agarwal, Koki

    1. 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.

  2. Akol, Angela

    1. 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.

  3. Akora, Vitalis

    1. 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.

  4. Bancroft, Emily

    1. 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.

  5. Barone, Mark

    1. 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.

  6. Brieger, William

    1. 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.

  7. Brunie, Aurélie

    1. 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.

  8. Bufumbo, Leonard

    1. 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.

  9. Burchett, Helen Elizabeth Denise

    1. 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.

  10. Buxbaum, Ann

    1. 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.

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