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- Progressive Development of a New Tool for Rapid Thematic Analysis of Community Perceptions and Concerns During Health Emergencies
The CDC Excel Tool for Thematic Analysis is a free qualitative analysis tool designed for analyzing community feedback rapidly during epidemics and health emergencies that has proven effective in quickly generating actionable insights for decision-making.
- Anemia Mukt Bharat Index: Methodology and State Rankings of Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Coverage in India, 2018–2019 to 2022–2023
The Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) index provides valuable insights into the overall progress and challenges of the AMB program in India and a simple and comprehensive way to evaluate iron and folic acid supplementation coverage across groups.
- A Comprehensive Strategy to Mitigate Institutional Maternal Mortality: Lessons From a Quality Improvement Initiative in Brazilian Maternity Hospitals
Maternal deaths can be prevented through quality improvement and job instruction methods that enhance the early detection and management of the primary life-threatening conditions contributing to institutional maternal mortality.
- Assessing the Generalizability of Client Experience Measurement Tools in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Narrative Review
Existing measures of person-centered health care quality and responsiveness, across multiple health areas, share many conceptual similarities with the concept of client experience of care, suggesting that developing a cross-cutting, common measure of client experience is possible.
- Preventing Disruptions in HIV Service Delivery to Key Populations During Project Transition From an International to a Local Implementing Partner: A Case Study From Zambia
Preventing interruption in service delivery during project transition is essential to sustain good client outcomes. Adequate planning, strategic leadership, trust-building, active community engagement, repeated stakeholder reassurance, open communication, and transparent data sharing are key elements of a well-managed project transition to ensure uninterrupted service delivery.
- Research and Learning Priorities for a Surgical Obstetrics and Family Planning Project Implementing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Results of an Expert Consultation
We identified 15 research and learning priorities for surgical obstetrics and family planning for a project’s learning agenda through an expert consultation. Practitioners, program implementers, donors, and researchers involved in global safe surgery, maternal health, and family planning can apply these priorities toward guiding their evidence generation and translation efforts.
- Operationalizing Client-Centered Care: A Strategic Framework and Measurement Approach to Guide Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming
A strategic framework, measurement process, and suite of programmatic tools, piloted in Nepal and Zambia clinics and outreach services, helped to support operationalization of client-centered care in reproductive health and led to significant improvements in the client experience.
- Enhancing Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation for Hospitalized and Recently Discharged People Living With HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa
A dedicated HIV-services team can support effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiations for hospitalized people with HIV through structured case finding, ART initiation, and post-discharge linkage support. Replicating this model across South Africa and the region could improve individual outcomes.
- Development of a Cervical Cancer Screening Program in Rural Guatemala
We developed a cervical cancer screening and treatment pilot program led by community health workers to improve access for Indigenous women in rural Guatemala.