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- Implementation of Maternal and Newborn Health Mobile Phone E-Cohorts to Track Longitudinal Care Quality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
We describe the feasibility, lessons learned, and challenges of implementing a longitudinal phone survey that followed women from their first antenatal care visit through delivery and until 3 months postpartum to assess health system competence, user experience, and health outcomes in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and South Africa.
- Good Management Practice Is Correlated With Good Performance of Community-Engaged Primary Health Care Facilities in Peru
This study aims to contribute to a better understanding of regional management practices that could support primary health care service performance in the context of the innovative community engagement model implemented through the unique program with embedded mechanisms for accountability.
- Design and Implementation of Brief Interventions to Address Noncommunicable Diseases in Uzbekistan
Large-scale implementation of brief interventions to address behavioral risk factors of noncommunicable diseases in primary care health settings in Uzbekistan is limited by a lack of human resources, a supportive system, and clear incentives for clinicians.
- An Oxygen Supply Is Not Enough: A Qualitative Analysis of a Pressure Swing Adsorption Oxygen Plant Program in Ethiopian Hospitals
Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen systems are more complicated than oxygen concentrators but can generate a much greater volume of medical oxygen and serve a network of hospitals, increasing regional supply. Direct feedback from hospital workers collected during the COVID-19 pandemic provided strong validation and reinforcement of the need for new oxygen supplies to be accompanied by investments in transportation, clinical and technical training, and provision of equipment and supplies.
- Assessing Acceptability of Biodegradable Contraceptive Implants in Kenya and Senegal
Biodegradable contraceptive implants under development offer the potential for expanded choice for long-acting contraception with the benefit of no removal. Introduction and marketing efforts will need to consider messaging around product characteristics.
- Interventions to Address the Health and Well-Being of Married Adolescents: A Systematic Review
This review concludes that little research and programmatic attention is paid to the needs and vulnerabilities of married girls as if it were too late to reach them, and limited effort is made to address relationship dynamics and other conditions within marriage other than sexual and reproductive health.
- Implementation of School Nutrition Policies to Address Noncommunicable Diseases in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
School nutrition policies are a promising approach to address the risk factors of noncommunicable diseases, but their large-scale implementation requires clear guidelines for coordination among various actors.
- Presenting a Framework to Professionalize Health Supply Chain Management
The Supply Chain Management (SCM) Professionalisation Framework—a valuable tool to initiate awareness and advocacy in recognizing SCM professionals within national health systems—can be used to define and align SCM professional standards, competencies, and curricula, thus strengthening the labor market for health SCM professionals.
- Using Vignettes to Gain Insights Into Social Norms Related to Voluntary Family Planning and Gender-Based Violence in South Sudan
Social norms in South Sudan facilitate or obstruct the use of family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) services. Understanding these social norms is essential to implementing effective interventions to address barriers to accessing and using FP/RH services.
- An Effective Health System Approach to End TB: Implementing the Double X Strategy in Vietnam
This article describes an effective health system strategy to detect TB disease in Vietnam that prioritizes chest radiography and GeneXpert rapid diagnostic testing, improving access to TB services during the COVID-19 pandemic for vulnerable populations in communities and facilities.