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- Stakeholder Perceptions on Innovative Private Pharmacy Distribution Channels and Implications for Medicine Quality in Zambia: A Qualitative Study
Innovative pharmacy channels in Zambia offer benefits, such as enhanced traceability and improved quality assurance, but also face challenges, including slow adoption of technology, financial barriers to innovation, and regulatory hurdles. A 3-pronged approach involving technological integration, government support, and robust regulatory frameworks is recommended to realize the full benefits of such innovative distribution channels and ensure access to quality medicines.
- Reaching Men and Women Through a Decentralized Mobile Service Delivery Model for HIV Prevention and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Services in South Africa
Decentralized mobile health services were successful in reaching young people with HIV prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis services in South Africa, offering benefits such as convenience, privacy, and reduced need to travel to clinics.
- A User-Centered Approach to Achieving High Degree of Digital Health Technology Utilization for Community HIV Case Management and Data Collection in Ethiopia
A mobile health application, co-designed with frontline CHWs and local partners, enabled standardized HIV case management and high-quality, real-time community data collection, analysis, and use that informed program decision-making.
- Enhancing Service Quality and Empowerment in Government Clinics Through Continuous Quality Improvement of Community Score Cards: A Case Study From the Dominican Republic
A comprehensive Community Score Card monitoring and evaluation toolkit, integrating quantitative and qualitative data over multiple cycles of the intervention, helped drive continuous quality improvement in social accountability leading to the empowerment of health service providers, users, and youth to work together to improve government-run health clinics in the Dominican Republic.
- Patterns and Drivers of Packaged (Fortified) Maize Flour Purchase in Urban and Peri-Urban Kenya
Two of three residents living in and around two major Kenyan cities—Nairobi and Kisumu—are reached by large-scale fortification of maize flour. Both poor and non-poor consumers benefit, although price is a deterrent in some settings.
- Health Care Service Readiness and Quality of Care for Sexual Violence in Garissa, Kwale, Narok, and West Pokot Counties, Kenya: A Mixed-Methods Study
Sexual violence survivors in surveyed counties in Kenya face a dual barrier to effective care: community-level obstacles—including stigma, lack of awareness, and reliance on informal justice systems—delay health facility access beyond the critical 72-hour window, while health system gaps prevent those who do seek care from receiving complete, quality-assured care and treatment.
- Exploring a Road Map to Achieving Tobacco Endgame in sub-Saharan Africa: A Qualitative Study Among Stakeholders From 12 Countries
Interviews with diverse tobacco control stakeholders from 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa suggest support for tobacco endgame strategies to end the tobacco epidemic in the region.
- The Cost and Intermediate Cost-Effectiveness of a Randomized Control Trial Delivering U=U Messaging to Increase HIV Testing Among South African Men
Tailored U=U (undetectable equals untransmittable) messages for South African men increased uptake of HIV testing and antiretroviral treatement and were more cost-effective than standard messages and other HIV testing models aimed at men.
- Trends and Patterns in Wealth Index Assets: Observations From 68 Countries
This commentary outlines 4 practical lessons derived from analyzing a country-specific measure of wealth available for use in 68 countries, serving as axioms for development practitioners to simplify questions related to identifying relative poverty and project design and implementation.
- Feasibility, Affordability, Benefits, and Challenges of Transitioning to Virtual Case Management for PLHIV: Experiences From Indonesia and Nepal
Virtual case management was an effective, feasible, and affordable approach to support HIV care services in Indonesia and Nepal during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experiences and lessons from these case studies can help other country programs implement virtual case management services.