Advance Access Articles
Advance Access Articles are a collection of articles recently accepted for publication. Advance Access Articles are intended to provide authors and readers with immediate, free, full-text access to GHSP articles as soon as possible after they are accepted. The Advance Access Articles have been peer-reviewed and copyedited but do not incorporate all corrections or constitute the final versions that will appear in the Journal. Final, corrected papers will be published online concurrent with the release of the full issue. The papers remain listed on the Advance Access page until the final articles are posted. At that point, the papers are removed from the Advance Access page.
March 24, 2023
- Addressing the Need for a Preexposure Prophylaxis Monitoring and Evaluation Implementation Guide: Experience From Zambia
The authors share the experience of developing a national preexposure prophylaxis program monitoring and evaluation implementation guide in Zambia, which can inform approaches to meet similar needs in other sub-Saharan African countries.
March 23, 2023
- Training a Continent: A Process Evaluation of Virtual Training on Infection Prevention and Control in Africa During COVID-19
Virtual training programs provide a feasible way to strengthen infection prevention and control in Africa.
March 21, 2023
- Getting Rigor Right: A Framework for Methodological Choice in Adaptive Monitoring and Evaluation
The authors present a framework using the level of certainty in a program’s design to choose the appropriate level of rigor for adaptive learning activities conducted during program implementation.
- Establishing the Ethiopian Obstetric Surveillance System for Monitoring Maternal Outcomes in Eastern Ethiopia: A Pilot Study
The authors’ pilot of the Ethiopian Obstetric Surveillance System demonstrates the feasibility of establishing similar systems to monitor maternal outcomes in other low-resource settings.
- Increasing Contraceptive Use Through Free Family Planning Special Days in Poor Urban Areas in Francophone West Africa
Through the support of local governments and The Challenge Initiative, Family Planning Special Days successfully facilitated the delivery of free family planning services to urban West African populations with high levels of poverty and unmet need.
- What Underlies State Government Performance in Scaling Family Planning Programming? A Study of The Challenge Initiative State Partnerships in Nigeria
This study generated insights for government partners as they expand and institutionalize interventions introduced by intermediary scaling partners such as TCI and shows the value of strengthening the factors that best support local government scaling efforts.
- Innovations in Public Financing for Family Planning at Subnational Levels: Sustainable Cofinancing Strategies for Family Planning With Nigerian States
Using a cofinancing strategy, we present an innovative model on how local governments can collaborate with partners to harness all available resources and improve accountability through transparent agreement and documentation for sustainable development programming.
- A Platform for Sustainable Scale: The Challenge Initiative’s Innovative Approach to Scaling Proven Interventions
The Challenge Initiative’s innovative approach to scale prioritizes local government ownership and meaningful leadership of key local stakeholders to implement high-impact interventions with built-in sustainability by strengthening local capacity and health systems.
March 03, 2023
- Improving State Government’s Responsiveness to Family Planning Interventions in Nigeria Using an Innovative Reflection and Action Tool
Use of a responsive feedback tool improved government-led family planning programming by enabling reflection, monitoring of capacity-building, and action planning.
March 02, 2023
- 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.