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- A Social Norms Analysis of Religious Drivers of Child Marriage
Social norms theory provides a useful analytical structure for understanding religious influences on drivers of child marriage. This framework can be used to examine religious influences on child marriage as part of contextual analysis for social and behavior change interventions.
- Budget Process and Execution: A Case Study on the Underperformance of the Peruvian Health System, 2000–2021
Four interconnected influences have caused the Peruvian health system to underperform. To break the influence of these cycles, the Ministry of Health needs to argue in economic terms to prioritize health.
- Interventions to Improve the Reproductive Health of Undocumented Female Migrants and Refugees in Protracted Situations: A Systematic Review
Evidence from a systematic review shows that subsidizing health care, strengthening health services, and implementing educational interventions have positive effects on undocumented migrant women and female refugees’ sexual and reproductive health outcomes.
- 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.
- Operational Challenges in Conducting a Subnational TB Prevalence Survey in India: Lessons Learned for Resource-Limited, High-Burden Settings
TB prevalence surveys can help estimate the burden of disease and prioritize resources for TB control. Anticipating operational challenges and addressing them in a timely manner can help ensure the successful implementation of the survey.
- Risk for Severe Intimate Partner Violence in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements: Tailoring the Danger Assessment to Kenya
Although a tailored 16-item weighted danger assessment may be valuable for research purposes, the unweighted 16-item Kenya-Danger Assessment is most valuable for implementation among practitioners working directly with intimate partner violence survivors, given simplicity for field implementation.
- Effectiveness of Capacity-Building and Quality Improvement Interventions to Improve Day-of-Birth Care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
A low-dose, high-frequency capacity-building approach coupled with quality improvement interventions improved health care provider performance and maternal and newborn health outcomes.