More articles from Field Action Report
- Early Outcomes of Mental Health Screening Integrated Into Routine HIV Care in Malawi
Mental health screening for people living with HIV, conducted mostly by lay cadre health workers, was successfully integrated into antiretroviral therapy clinics in Malawi.
- Early Effects of Information Revolution Interventions on Health Information System Performance in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s shift to a digital health information system under the Information Revolution has laid a strong foundation for improved data quality. To fully realize the potential of this transformation, ongoing commitment to addressing key challenges in system integration and capacity-building is vital.
- Promoting Male Involvement in Family Planning: Insights From the No-Scalpel Vasectomy Program of Davao City, Philippines
The no-scalpel vasectomy program in Davao City, Philippines, serves as a promising model for engaging men in family planning and addressing gender disparities in such initiatives.
- Improving Maternity Care Where Home Births Are Still the Norm: Establishing Local Birthing Centers in Guatemala That Incorporate Traditional Midwives
Comadronas (traditional midwives) strongly advocate for and participate in attending their clients’ births in local birthing centers in rural Guatemala, where Indigenous women have previously preferred home births because of geographic, sociocultural, and economic barriers to giving birth at a higher-level health facility.
- Early Lessons From Working With Local Partners to Expand Private-Sector Health Care Networks in Burundi and Mali
Expanding private health care delivery networks is possible through partnerships with local organizations. This article explores how expanded networks differ from traditional social franchise networks and discusses how they can support and steward private health care facilities in contexts like Burundi and Mali.
- Lessons Learned From a Peer-Supported Differentiated Care and Nutritional Supplementation for People With TB in a Southern Indian State
This pilot from southern India highlights the potential role of trained TB champions in counseling severely ill people with TB and facilitating targeted nutritional supplementation by mobilizing local resources.
- Journey From a Digital Innovation to a Sustainable Health Worker Capacity-Building App in India: Experiences, Challenges, and Lessons Learned
We describe the development and implementation of a digital human-centered, interactive knowledge and skill-building platform to complement traditional classroom training and help meet the timely knowledge and skill needs of every health worker effectively and uniformly.
- Lessons From the Design and Rollout of an Electronic Medical Record System for Cervical Cancer Screening in Rwanda
We describe the process of designing, building, and implementing a cervical cancer electronic medical record system in Rwanda, highlighting experiences and lessons learned throughout this process.
- An Effective Health System Approach to End TB: Implementing the Double X Strategy in Vietnam
This article describes an effective health system strategy to detect TB disease in Vietnam that prioritizes chest radiography and GeneXpert rapid diagnostic testing, improving access to TB services during the COVID-19 pandemic for vulnerable populations in communities and facilities.
- Implementing Quality Improvement Initiatives to Improve the Use of Adolescent- and Youth-Friendly Health Services in Zou, Benin
Implementing initiatives to improve the quality of adolescent- and youth-friendly health services resulted in improvements in quality assessment scores and increased contraceptive uptake among adolescents and youth.