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- Taking Stock: An Adaptable Research and Partnership Model for Developing Puberty Education in 10 Countries
Puberty books, developed through participatory youth engagement and local partnerships, could provide a meaningful and culturally acceptable tool to inform youth of puberty content in areas where educational systems cannot do so.
- Addressing the Need for a Preexposure Prophylaxis Monitoring and Evaluation Implementation Guide: Experience From Zambia
The authors share the experience of developing a national preexposure prophylaxis program monitoring and evaluation implementation guide in Zambia, which can inform approaches to meet similar needs in other sub-Saharan African countries.
- The Godmother Project: A Virtual Initiative to Support Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Brazil During the COVID-19 Pandemic
WhatsApp groups of pregnant and postpartum women led by dedicated nurse educators can help educate and support women during the perinatal period, especially in contexts of physical distancing requirements or where social support is unavailable.
- Carpe DM: The First Global Diabetes Targets
The authors discuss the newly adopted global diabetes targets and their potential role in driving funding, advocacy, research, and clinical care to reduce the massive global disparities in access to quality diabetes care.
- Empowering Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Mothers’ Support Groups: Evidence From a Community Engagement Initiative in Sri Lanka
Community empowerment activities conducted by mothers’ support groups in Sri Lanka played a critical role in COVID-19 outbreak control among communities.
- Novel Approaches to Postnatal Prophylaxis to Eliminate Vertical Transmission of HIV
Despite progress in providing antiretroviral therapy to pregnant women living with HIV, a substantial number of vertical transmissions continue to occur. Novel approaches leveraging modern potent, safe, and well-tolerated antiretroviral drugs are urgently needed.
- Institutionalizing the Management of Sick Young Infants: Kenya’s Experience in Revising National Guidelines on Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illnesses
Using implementation research to introduce guidelines on management of sick young infants with possible severe bacterial infection into Kenya’s integrated management of newborn and childhood illness guidelines improved uptake of services for sick young infants.
- A Scoping Review of Footwear Worn by People With Diabetes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Implications for Ulcer Prevention Programs
New approaches to reducing the massive burden of diabetic foot ulceration are needed for low- and middle-income country settings, where current international guidelines may not be practical.
- The First Differentiated TB Care Model From India: Delays and Predictors of Losses in the Care Cascade
The authors present the first published experience of a statewide differentiated TB care model from Tamil Nadu, India. The findings of this operational research guided the authors in closing the gaps in the care cascade.