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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Recommendations for Using Health Service Coverage Cascades to Measure Effective Coverage for Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health Services or Interventions
Using health service coverage cascades to measure effective coverage for maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health services on a global scale is premature and requires further research and validation to reach consensus.
- Using the 5C Vaccine Hesitancy Framework to Elucidate and Measure Contraceptive Acceptability in sub-Saharan Africa
We draw lessons from immunization research by assessing the applicability of the 5C framework of vaccine hesitancy to contraceptive acceptability in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Rwanda: A Mixed Methods Study
In this process evaluation, we found that teacher training, student factors, and school support helped the implementation of an intervention designed to help students think critically about health claims.
- Simulation-Based Education of Health Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
Simulation-based education has been widely applied in low- and middle-income countries and has been shown to improve outcomes in a variety of contexts.
- Accelerating Progress in Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Decision-Making: Trends in 32 Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Future Perspectives
This study highlights significant country and subnational variations in the progress of achieving universal sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, demonstrating the urgent need for targeted, culturally informed interventions to empower women globally and close persistent gaps in reproductive rights and bodily autonomy.
- Hybrid Mentorship of Medical Laboratories to Achieve ISO 15189:2012 Accreditation in Malawi: The University of Maryland Malawi Experience
We describe a valuable hybrid mentorship and training model for supporting medical laboratories in low-resource settings in improving laboratory quality management systems and achieving accreditation.