Cross-Cutting Topics
- Community Health Workers Improve HIV Disclosure Among HIV-Affected Sexual Partners in Rural Uganda: A Quasi-Experimental Study
HIV disclosure is critical to achieve positive HIV treatment and management outcomes. Community health worker–led mechanisms may be used to support disclosure among adults living with HIV in heterosexual relationships in rural settings.
- Bottlenecks and Solutions During Implementation of the DREAMS Program for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Namibia
We analyze implementation bottlenecks experienced in the DREAMS program in Namibia that can provide valuable insights and suggest ways to anticipate and overcome these challenges when managing HIV and gender-based violence prevention programs for adolescent girls and young women.
- Qualitative Examination of the Role and Influence of Mothers-in-Law on Young Married Couples’ Family Planning in Rural Maharashtra, India
Mothers-in-law (MILs) in India hold influential norms that can compromise the reproductive autonomy of their daughters-in-law. Family planning interventions should address MILs’ attitudes and involvement in reproductive decision making.
- Multisectoral, Combination HIV Prevention for Adolescent Girls and Young Women: A Qualitative Study of the DREAMS Implementation Trajectory in Zambia
Our study of DREAMS implementation in Zambia identified key implementation successes and challenges experienced by implementing partners and program participants, from program rollout and throughout its evolution.
- Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Internally Displaced Persons in Ethiopia’s Somali Region: A Qualitative Process Evaluation
We share lessons learned from a project to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services among internally displaced persons in Somali region, Ethiopia.
- Early Reflections on Mphatlalatsane, a Maternal and Neonatal Quality Improvement Initiative Implemented During COVID-19 in South Africa
A quality improvement initiative for maternal and neonatal health care demonstrates that a responsive intervention design and implementation approach mitigates threats to clinical services during COVID-19.
- Financial Implications of Tariffs for Medical Oxygen on Rwandan Public Hospitals’ Finance Management During the Coronavirus Epidemic
This study shows how variations in patient consumption of medical oxygen can be used to determine tariffs more accurately and highlights the need for a transition from the time-based tariff structure to a case-based or volume-based tariff to incentivize sustainable production of medical oxygen services at hospitals in Rwanda.
- Community Health Worker Program Outcomes for Diabetes and Hypertension Control in West Bank Refugee Camps: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study
A community health worker program in urban Palestinian West Bank refugee camps improves diabetes and hypertension control in a setting of chronic violence and extreme adversity.
- Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance in the Western Pacific Region: A Literature Review on Integration of Surveillance Functions, 2000–2021
A literature review supports integrating vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) into broader communicable disease surveillance systems in Western Pacific Region countries while ensuring that the minimal World Health Organization–recommended standards for VPD surveillance are met.
- Designing for Impact and Institutionalization: Applying Systems Thinking to Sustainable Postpartum Family Planning Approaches for First-Time Mothers in Bangladesh
Public health practitioners often design interventions prioritizing potential impact over sustainability. To assess the potential for impact and institutionalization, we applied systems thinking to postpartum family planning approaches for first-time mothers in Bangladesh.