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September 2016 | Volume 4 | Number 3

  1. Abad, Matthew

    1. Open Access
      Successful Implementation of a Multicountry Clinical Surveillance and Data Collection System for Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa: Findings and Lessons Learned
      Reshma Roshania, Michaela Mallow, Nelson Dunbar, David Mansary, Pranav Shetty, Taralyn Lyon, Kacey Pham, Matthew Abad, Erin Shedd, Anh-Minh A Tran, Sarah Cundy and Adam C Levine
      Global Health: Science and Practice September 2016, 4(3):394-409; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00186

      Despite resource and logistical constraints, International Medical Corps cared for thousands at 5 Ebola treatment units in Liberia and Sierra Leone between 2014 and 2015 while collecting hundreds of data points on each patient. To facilitate data collection and global reporting in future humanitarian responses, standardized data forms and databases, with clear definitions of clinical and epidemiological variables, should be developed and adopted by the international community.

  2. Agrawal, Priya

    1. Open Access
      Moving Medicine, Moving Minds: Helping Developing Countries Overcome Barriers to Outsourcing Health Commodity Distribution to Boost Supply Chain Performance and Strengthen Health Systems
      Priya Agrawal, Iain Barton, Roberto Dal Bianco, Dana Hovig, David Sarley and Prashant Yadav
      Global Health: Science and Practice September 2016, 4(3):359-365; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00130

      Senegal and other developing countries are improving access to health commodities by outsourcing supply chain logistics to private providers. To achieve broader, lasting reform, we must support further adoption of the outsourced model; assist country-led cost-benefit analyses; and help governments build capacity to manage contracts and overcome other barriers.

  3. Ahmed, Ahmed Mohammed Amin

    1. Open Access
      A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Trauma-Informed Support, Skills, and Psychoeducation Intervention for Survivors of Torture and Related Trauma in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq
      Judith Bass, Sarah McIvor Murray, Thikra Ahmed Mohammed, Mary Bunn, William Gorman, Ahmed Mohammed Amin Ahmed, Laura Murray and Paul Bolton
      Global Health: Science and Practice September 2016, 4(3):452-466; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00017

      Providing survivors of torture, imprisonment, and/or military attacks with a counseling program that includes support, skills and psychoeducation by well-trained and supervised community mental health workers can result in moderate yet meaningful improvements in depression and dysfunction.

  4. Ansermino, J Mark

    1. Open Access
      Scheduled Follow-Up Referrals and Simple Prevention Kits Including Counseling to Improve Post-Discharge Outcomes Among Children in Uganda: A Proof-of-Concept Study
      Matthew O Wiens, Elias Kumbakumba, Charles P Larson, Peter P Moschovis, Celestine Barigye, Jerome Kabakyenga, Andrew Ndamira, Lacey English, Niranjan Kissoon, Guohai Zhou and J Mark Ansermino
      Global Health: Science and Practice September 2016, 4(3):422-434; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00069

      Post-hospital discharge is a vulnerable time for recurrent illness and death among children. An intervention package consisting of (1) referrals for scheduled follow-up visits, (2) discharge counseling, and (3) simple prevention items such as soap and oral rehydration salts resulted in much higher health seeking and hospital readmissions compared with historical controls.

  5. Arrington, Lauren

    1. Open Access
      Postabortion Care: 20 Years of Strong Evidence on Emergency Treatment, Family Planning, and Other Programming Components
      Douglas Huber, Carolyn Curtis, Laili Irani, Sara Pappa and Lauren Arrington
      Global Health: Science and Practice September 2016, 4(3):481-494; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00052

      Twenty years of postabortion care (PAC) studies yield strong evidence that:

      • Misoprostol and vacuum aspiration are comparable in safety and effectiveness for treating incomplete abortion.

      • Misoprostol, which can be provided by trained nurses and midwives, shows substantial promise for extending PAC services to secondary hospitals and primary health posts.

      • Postabortion family planning uptake generally increases rapidly-and unintended pregnancies and repeat abortions can decline as a result-when a range of free contraceptives, including long-acting methods, are offered at the point of treatment; male involvement in counseling-always with the woman’s concurrence-can increase family planning uptake and support.

  6. Barigye, Celestine

    1. Open Access
      Scheduled Follow-Up Referrals and Simple Prevention Kits Including Counseling to Improve Post-Discharge Outcomes Among Children in Uganda: A Proof-of-Concept Study
      Matthew O Wiens, Elias Kumbakumba, Charles P Larson, Peter P Moschovis, Celestine Barigye, Jerome Kabakyenga, Andrew Ndamira, Lacey English, Niranjan Kissoon, Guohai Zhou and J Mark Ansermino
      Global Health: Science and Practice September 2016, 4(3):422-434; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00069

      Post-hospital discharge is a vulnerable time for recurrent illness and death among children. An intervention package consisting of (1) referrals for scheduled follow-up visits, (2) discharge counseling, and (3) simple prevention items such as soap and oral rehydration salts resulted in much higher health seeking and hospital readmissions compared with historical controls.

  7. Barton, Iain

    1. Open Access
      Moving Medicine, Moving Minds: Helping Developing Countries Overcome Barriers to Outsourcing Health Commodity Distribution to Boost Supply Chain Performance and Strengthen Health Systems
      Priya Agrawal, Iain Barton, Roberto Dal Bianco, Dana Hovig, David Sarley and Prashant Yadav
      Global Health: Science and Practice September 2016, 4(3):359-365; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00130

      Senegal and other developing countries are improving access to health commodities by outsourcing supply chain logistics to private providers. To achieve broader, lasting reform, we must support further adoption of the outsourced model; assist country-led cost-benefit analyses; and help governments build capacity to manage contracts and overcome other barriers.

  8. Bass, Judith

    1. Open Access
      A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Trauma-Informed Support, Skills, and Psychoeducation Intervention for Survivors of Torture and Related Trauma in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq
      Judith Bass, Sarah McIvor Murray, Thikra Ahmed Mohammed, Mary Bunn, William Gorman, Ahmed Mohammed Amin Ahmed, Laura Murray and Paul Bolton
      Global Health: Science and Practice September 2016, 4(3):452-466; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00017

      Providing survivors of torture, imprisonment, and/or military attacks with a counseling program that includes support, skills and psychoeducation by well-trained and supervised community mental health workers can result in moderate yet meaningful improvements in depression and dysfunction.

  9. Bianco, Roberto Dal

    1. Open Access
      Moving Medicine, Moving Minds: Helping Developing Countries Overcome Barriers to Outsourcing Health Commodity Distribution to Boost Supply Chain Performance and Strengthen Health Systems
      Priya Agrawal, Iain Barton, Roberto Dal Bianco, Dana Hovig, David Sarley and Prashant Yadav
      Global Health: Science and Practice September 2016, 4(3):359-365; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00130

      Senegal and other developing countries are improving access to health commodities by outsourcing supply chain logistics to private providers. To achieve broader, lasting reform, we must support further adoption of the outsourced model; assist country-led cost-benefit analyses; and help governments build capacity to manage contracts and overcome other barriers.

  10. Bique, Cassimo

    1. Open Access
      Safety and Acceptability of Community-Based Distribution of Injectable Contraceptives: A Pilot Project in Mozambique
      Ana Jacinto, Mahomed Riaz Mobaracaly, Momade Bay Ustáb, Cassimo Bique, Cassandra Blazer, Karen Weidert and Ndola Prata
      Global Health: Science and Practice September 2016, 4(3):410-421; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00133

      Trained community health workers, including traditional birth attendants (TBAs), safely and effectively administered injectables in northern Mozambique; two-thirds of the women choosing injectables had never used contraception before. Including TBAs in the Ministry of Health’s recent task sharing strategy can improve rural women’s access to injectables and help meet women’s demand for contraception.

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