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- Bangladesh: 50 Years of Advances in Health and Challenges Ahead
Bangladesh has inspired the rest of the world with its remarkable health achievements over the past half-century. A considerably stronger government investment in health care is now needed to achieve universal health coverage and “Health for All” in Bangladesh.
- Improving TB Case Detection Through Active Case-Finding: Results of Multiple Intervention Strategies in Hard-to-Reach Riverine Areas of Southern Nigeria
To address TB control efforts more comprehensively, active case-finding is another important approach to increasing TB case detection rates, especially in hard-to-reach areas with high-risk populations.
- Addressing the Impact of Climate Change on Sexual and Reproductive Health Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
There is an urgent need to better understand the role of climate change on sexual and reproductive health outcomes, particularly among adolescent girls and young women in low- and middle-income countries. Stakeholders at all levels should apply a rights-based, gendered approach to climate action and adaptation.
- Conceptualizing Contraceptive Agency: A Critical Step to Enable Human Rights-Based Family Planning Programs and Measurement
We propose a detailed framework for contraceptive agency to serve as a rights-based guide for centering individuals’ ability to make and act on their own contraceptive choices, regardless of what those choices are, in program design and evaluation.
- Achieving COVID-19 and Routine Immunization Data Systems Integration on the Electronic Management of Immunization Data System in Nigeria
The authors discuss approaches to transforming Nigeria’s COVID-19 data management system (the Electronic Management of Immunization Data (EMID) system) into an optimized platform for integrated primary health care data management.
- Leveraging the CORE Group Partners Project Polio Infrastructure to Integrate COVID-19 Vaccination and Routine Immunization in South Sudan
The article provides an adaptable model for resource-constrained settings for effectively integrating health care programs by showcasing how routine immunization can integrate with emerging disease prevention.
- COVID-19 Vaccine Collaborative Supply Planning: Is This the Next Frontier for Routine Immunization Supply Chains?
Collaborative supply planning approaches established for the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out can be adapted to routine immunization for improved vaccine management.
- Integrating COVID-19 Vaccination in Primary Care Service Delivery: Insights From Implementation Research in the Philippines
The authors provide evidence of the feasibility of integrating public health interventions into primary care settings and highlight the potential of using existing primary care service delivery and financing mechanisms as entry points for integration.
- Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic Response Implementation: A Case Study of South Sudan and Sierra Leone
In South Sudan and Sierra Leone, the implementation of the COVID-19 response generated lessons that could contribute to the improvement of routine health services and preparedness for future public health emergencies.
- Perceptions of the COVID-19 Vaccine and Other Adult Vaccinations in Malawi: A Qualitative Assessment
Low perceived risk of COVID-19 and fear of the COVID-19 vaccines suggest the utility of integrating COVID-19 vaccine delivery into other health services and using trusted community-based vaccinators who emphasize the public good and avoid framing COVID-19 vaccines as different from other vaccines.