More articles from ORIGINAL ARTICLE
- Community Barriers, Enablers, and Normative Embedding of Second Year of Life Vaccination in Ghana: A Qualitative Study
Community perceptions of barriers and enablers to 2YL vaccination provide a snapshot of an active diffusion process as new practices gradually displace older embedded ones and practical costs and benefits of later vaccination are reevaluated.
- Expanding the Role of Women in Vector Control: Case Studies From Madagascar, Rwanda, and Zambia
We present effective and replicable strategies to integrate women into vector control that provide paid employment opportunities and enhance economic empowerment while strengthening vector control operations.
- Determinants of Kangaroo Mother Care Uptake for Small Babies Along the Health Facility to Community Continuum in Karnataka, India
In Karnataka, India, the initiation and duration of kangaroo mother care (KMC) for small babies improved following KMC support for mothers and family members at the health facility and improved KMC competence of health care workers.
- From Pre-Implementation to Institutionalization: Lessons From Sustaining a Perinatal Audit Program in South Africa
The authors explored the implementation history of South Africa’s perinatal audit program and identified lessons learned, policy and operational gaps, and issues with an existing measurement tool found while measuring the program’s implementation in 5 districts.
- Experiences of Justice-Involved People Transitioning to HIV Care in the Community After Prison Release in Lusaka, Zambia: A Qualitative Study
HIV care for incarcerated PLHIV in sub-Saharan Africa has improved, but little is known about their post-release experience with care. The authors conducted a qualitative study to describe factors influencing post-release HIV care continuity in Zambia.
- The First Differentiated TB Care Model From India: Delays and Predictors of Losses in the Care Cascade
The authors present the first published experience of a statewide differentiated TB care model from Tamil Nadu, India. The findings of this operational research guided the authors in closing the gaps in the care cascade.
- Evaluation of a Depression Intervention in People With HIV and/or TB in Eswatini Primary Care Facilities: Implications for Southern Africa
The authors assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a program integrating basic mental health care into nurse-led HIV and TB care in rural settings in Eswatini and identified key barriers to implementation and scale-up.
- Stakeholders’ Perspectives on the Financial Sustainability of the HIV Response in Nigeria: A Qualitative Study
The authors’ explored stakeholders’ perspectives on factors that affect the financial sustainability of the HIV response in Nigeria when donors withdraw. The findings can help decision-makers to develop, implement, and evaluate HIV financial sustainability plans.
- Demand Forecasting Approaches for New Contraceptive Technologies: A Landscape Review and Recommendations for Alignment
We describe the variety of approaches for modeling demand for new contraceptive methods, highlight opportunities for alignment around forecasting practices, and make recommendations to support more accurate forecasting and sound decision-making based on forecasts.
- Down But Not Out: Vasectomy Is Faring Poorly Almost Everywhere—We Can Do Better To Make It A True Method Option
Contraceptive use worldwide increased by 188 million users in the past 20 years. Yet the number of vasectomy users fell by 27 million, a 61% decline. Almost all LMICs report negligible vasectomy use. We can do better to make it an accessible rights-based option.