Cross-Cutting Topics
- Experiences of Justice-Involved People Transitioning to HIV Care in the Community After Prison Release in Lusaka, Zambia: A Qualitative Study
HIV care for incarcerated PLHIV in sub-Saharan Africa has improved, but little is known about their post-release experience with care. The authors conducted a qualitative study to describe factors influencing post-release HIV care continuity in Zambia.
- Training a Continent: A Process Evaluation of Virtual Training on Infection Prevention and Control in Africa During COVID-19
Virtual training programs provide a feasible way to strengthen infection prevention and control in Africa.
- Evaluation of a Depression Intervention in People With HIV and/or TB in Eswatini Primary Care Facilities: Implications for Southern Africa
The authors assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a program integrating basic mental health care into nurse-led HIV and TB care in rural settings in Eswatini and identified key barriers to implementation and scale-up.
- A Successful National and Multipartner Approach to Increase Immunization Coverage: The Democratic Republic of Congo Mashako Plan 2018–2020
An innovative rapid revitalization strategy strengthened routine immunization systems in the Democratic Republic of the Congo through the engagement of subnational governments and could be applied to other low- and middle-income countries.
- Scale-Up of a Newborn Resuscitation Capacity-Building and Skill Retention Program Associated With Improved Neonatal Outcomes in Gandaki Province, Nepal
A program in Nepal based on the Helping Babies Breathe training curriculum successfully scaled up newborn resuscitation training and skill retention and could serve as an evidence-based model in other resource-constrained settings.
- Applying the COM-B Model to Understand the Drivers of Mistreatment During Childbirth: A Qualitative Enquiry Among Maternity Care Staff
The promotion of respectful maternity care requires addressing the drivers of mistreatment and strengthening the capacity of maternity care staff to provide respectful and rights-based maternity care.
- The Case for Using a Behavior Change Model to Design Interventions to Promote Respectful Maternal Care
Applying a behavior change framework to guide the design of interventions to improve respectful maternity care (RMC) could accelerate and unify the implementation and evaluation of diverse RMC interventions.
- Community Health Workers as Vaccinators: A Rapid Review of the Global Landscape, 2000–2021
This review identifies countries where community health workers administered vaccines and synthesizes health systems factors that may contribute to or detract from the feasibility of community health workers administering vaccines to alleviate health workforce shortages.
- Oxygen Inequity in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Our review of recent publications on medical oxygen availability during the COVID pandemic underscores the urgent need to prevent unnecessary morbidity and mortality resulting from inequitable access to supplemental medical oxygen therapy.