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- Building Public Health Quantitative Methods Capacity and Networks in sub-Saharan Africa: An Evaluation of a Faculty Training Program
Capacity-strengthening for faculty teaching quantitative skills can be accomplished through a cross-national training program that simultaneously builds research networks.
- 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.
- A Novel Approach to Assessing the Potential of Electronic Decision Support Systems to Improve the Quality of Antenatal Care in Nepal
An electronic decision support system alone is not enough to provide quality antenatal care in the Nepalese setting.
- Towards Ending AIDS: The Additional Role of HIV Self-Testing in Thailand
HIV self-testing is an additional intervention to increase individuals’ awareness of their HIV status and a key component in Thailand’s effort to end HIV/AIDS.
- Early Outcomes of Mental Health Screening Integrated Into Routine HIV Care in Malawi
Mental health screening for people living with HIV, conducted mostly by lay cadre health workers, was successfully integrated into antiretroviral therapy clinics in Malawi.
- The Impact of Health Information System Interventions on Maternal and Child Health Service Utilizations in Ethiopia: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Implementing health information system interventions to improve data quality improved the use of data for evidence-based decision-making at different health system levels and increased maternal and child health service utilization.
- Understanding Integrated Community Case Management Institutionalization Processes Within National Health Systems in Malawi, Mali, and Rwanda: A Qualitative Study
Documenting and analyzing the processes of integrated community case management institutionalization across multiple country contexts can further understanding of institutionalization and development of practical sensemaking conceptual models.
- mHealth and Digital Innovations as Catalysts for Transforming Mental Health Care in Ghana
How mHealth and digital innovations are key to transforming mental health care in Ghana, bridging gaps in a system challenged by resource scarcities and a critical shortage of mental health professionals.
- Recognizing and Addressing the Contraceptive Hesitancy-Acceptability Continuum: Adopting Lessons Learned From the Immunization Field
We propose a new framework that builds from vaccine hesitancy concepts and findings for the family planning community to better conceptualize, measure, and address the major drivers of contraceptive hesitancy and acceptability.
- Early Effects of Information Revolution Interventions on Health Information System Performance in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s shift to a digital health information system under the Information Revolution has laid a strong foundation for improved data quality. To fully realize the potential of this transformation, ongoing commitment to addressing key challenges in system integration and capacity-building is vital.