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Service Integration

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    A Quality Improvement Intervention to Inform Scale-Up of Integrated HIV-TB Services: Lessons Learned From KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    Santhanalakshmi Gengiah, Kogieleum Naidoo, Regina Mlobeli, Maureen F. Tshabalala, Andrew J. Nunn, Nesri Padayatchi, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Myra Taylor, Pierre M. Barker and Marian Loveday
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):444-458; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00157

    Despite being standard of care, gaps in HIV-TB service delivery are present. Quality Improvement methods are effective in uncovering health systems weaknesses that impede efficient delivery of integrated HIV-TB services.

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    A Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation: Integrating Depression Treatment Into HIV Care in Malawi
    Melissa A. Stockton, Caroline E. Minnick, Kazione Kulisewa, Steven M. Mphonda, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Bradley N. Gaynes, Joanna Maselko, Audrey E. Pettifor, Vivian Go, Michael Udedi and Brian W. Pence
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):611-625; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00607

    Effectively integrating depression treatment into HIV care in low-resource settings will require substantially investing in program supervision, building and maintaining the capacity of providers, integrating into existing electronic medical records systems, and ensuring the availability of psychotherapy counselors.

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    Pathways to Care for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and HIV/AIDS Comorbidities in Soweto, South Africa: An Ethnographic Study
    Edna N. Bosire, Shane A. Norris, Jane Goudge and Emily Mendenhall
    Global Health: Science and Practice March 2021, 9(1):15-30; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00104

    Patients with type 2 diabetes are referred to tertiary hospitals in Soweto although their care could be managed at primary health care clinics. Primary health care needs to be strengthened by addressing health systemic challenges to provide integrated care for comorbid type 2 diabetes and HIV/AIDS.

  • Open Access
    Seeking Synchrony Between Family Planning and Immunization: A Week-10 DMPA Start Option for Breastfeeding Mothers
    John Stanback
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2017, 5(3):341-344; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00063

    Many mothers initiate DMPA injectables at 6 weeks postpartum, at the time of their baby's first immunization visit. Offering an optional delayed DMPA start at the next (10-week) immunization visit has potential advantages including a reduced follow-up schedule with DMPA visits synchronized with other immunization visits, and, possibly, improved contraceptive and immunization outcomes.

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    Meeting Postpartum Women’s Family Planning Needs Through Integrated Family Planning and Immunization Services: Results of a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rwanda
    Lisa S Dulli, Marga Eichleay, Kate Rademacher, Steve Sortijas and Théophile Nsengiyumva
    Global Health: Science and Practice March 2016, 4(1):73-86; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00291

    Integrating contraceptive services into infant immunization services was effective, acceptable, and feasible without negatively affecting immunization uptake. Yet unmet need for contraception remained high, including among a substantial number of women who were waiting for menses to return even though, at 6 months or more postpartum, they were at risk of an unintended pregnancy. More effort is needed to educate women about postpartum return to fertility and to encourage those desiring to space or limit pregnancy to use effective contraception.

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    Successful Proof of Concept of Family Planning and Immunization Integration in Liberia
    Chelsea M Cooper, Rebecca Fields, Corinne I Mazzeo, Nyapu Taylor, Anne Pfitzer, Mary Momolu and Cuallau Jabbeh-Howe
    Global Health: Science and Practice March 2015, 3(1):71-84; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00156

    Mobilizing vaccinators to provide mothers key family planning information and referrals to co-located, same-day family planning services was feasible in resource-limited areas of Liberia, leading to substantial increases in contraceptive use. Conversely, impact on immunization rates was less clear, but at a minimum there was no decrease in doses administered.

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    Operations research to add postpartum family planning to maternal and neonatal health to improve birth spacing in Sylhet District, Bangladesh
    Salahuddin Ahmed, Maureen Norton, Emma Williams, Saifuddin Ahmed, Rasheduzzaman Shah, Nazma Begum, Jaime Mungia, Amnesty Lefevre, Ahmed Al-Kabir, Peter J Winch, Catharine McKaig and Abdullah H Baqui
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2013, 1(2):262-276; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00002

    This quasi-experimental study integrated family planning, including the Lactational Amenorrhea Method, into community-based maternal and newborn health care and encouraged transition to other modern methods after 6 months to increase birth-to-pregnancy intervals. Community-based distribution of pills, condoms, and injectables, and referral for clinical methods, was added to meet women's demand.

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