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    Regaining Momentum in Family Planning
    Jose G. Rimon and Amy O. Tsui
    Global Health: Science and Practice December 2018, 6(4):626-628; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00483

    Since the launch of the Family Planning 2020 initiative 5 years ago, 46 million more clients in the 69 poorest countries are using modern contraception—a tremendous accomplishment, albeit behind schedule to reach the 2020 global goal of 120 million. Family planning continues to be innovative, and as reflected in the recent 2018 International Conference on Family Planning in Rwanda, there is a newfound momentum behind the movement and a new generation of young leaders with powerful ideas, creativity, and passion who are stepping up to help propel family planning onward.

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    Eliminating Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV by 2030: 5 Strategies to Ensure Continued Progress
    Alexandra C. Vrazo, David Sullivan and Benjamin Ryan Phelps
    Global Health: Science and Practice June 2018, 6(2):249-256; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00097

    To keep up momentum in preventing mother-to-child transmission we propose: (1) advocating for greater political and financial commitment; (2) targeting high-risk populations such as adolescent girls and young women; (3) implementing novel service delivery models such as community treatment groups; (4) performing regular viral load monitoring during pregnancy and postpartum to ensure suppression before delivery and during breastfeeding; and (5) harnessing technology in monitoring and evaluation and HIV diagnostics.

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    Local markets for global health technologies: lessons learned from advancing 6 new products
    Dipika Mathur Matthias, Catharine H Taylor, Debjeet Sen and Mutsumi Metzler
    Global Health: Science and Practice May 2014, 2(2):152-164; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00131

    Key components to support local institutional and consumer markets are: supply chain, finance, clinical use, and consumer use. Key lessons learned: (1) Build supply and demand simultaneously. (2) Support a lead organization to drive the introduction process. (3) Plan for scale up from the start. (4) Profitability for the private sector is an absolute.

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    Providing technical assistance to ministries of health: lessons learned over 30 years
    Steven Solter and Catherine Solter
    Global Health: Science and Practice November 2013, 1(3):302-307; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00121

    Pursuing true country ownership for effective programs requires a long-term approach involving persistence, patience, keen understanding of counterparts' perspective, deference, building trust, focus on priorities, technical competence, and sustained optimism.