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Documenting the Provision of Emergency Contraceptive Pills Through Youth-Serving Delivery Channels: Exploratory Mixed Methods Research on Malawi’s Emergency Contraception Strategy
Documenting the Provision of Emergency Contraceptive Pills Through Youth-Serving Delivery Channels: Exploratory Mixed Methods Research on Malawi’s Emergency Contraception Strategy
Key FindingsProviders and key informants reported that emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) uptake increased where the strat...
Learnings From an Innovative Model to Expand Access to a New and Underutilized Nonhormonal Contraceptive Diaphragm
Learnings From an Innovative Model to Expand Access to a New and Underutilized Nonhormonal Contraceptive Diaphragm
Key FindingsThe International Conference on Population and Development call for research on female barrier methods led to ...
Antenatal Care Interventions to Increase Contraceptive Use Following Birth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis
Antenatal Care Interventions to Increase Contraceptive Use Following Birth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis
Key MessagesThis systematic review adds to the limited evidence on the effectiveness of interventions delivered during the...
Establishment of the First Institution-Based Poison Information Center in Nepal Through a Multilateral International Partnership
Establishment of the First Institution-Based Poison Information Center in Nepal Through a Multilateral International Partnership
Key MessagesNepal has a high burden of toxicological emergencies but has grossly inadequate expertise and infrastructure f...
Adapting the Social Norms Exploration Tool in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Identify Social Norms for Behavior Change
Adapting the Social Norms Exploration Tool in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Identify Social Norms for Behavior Change
Key FindingsThe Social Norms Exploration Tool (SNET) can be modified to render the findings more useful and more actionabl...
Family Planning, Reproductive Health, and Progress Toward the Sustainable Development Goals: Reflections and Directions on the 30th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development
Family Planning, Reproductive Health, and Progress Toward the Sustainable Development Goals: Reflections and Directions on the 30th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development
Key MessagesOn the 30th anniversary of the watershed International Conference on Population and Development, we reflect on...
Development and Piloting of Implementation Strategies to Support Delivery of a Clinical Intervention for Postpartum Hemorrhage in Four sub-Saharan Africa Countries
Development and Piloting of Implementation Strategies to Support Delivery of a Clinical Intervention for Postpartum Hemorrhage in Four sub-Saharan Africa Countries
ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open Access Gillian Forbes, Shahinoor Akter, Suellen Miller, Hadiz...
Strengthening Capacity for Tailored Immunization Programs Using Adult Learning Principles: A Case Study from Nigeria
Strengthening Capacity for Tailored Immunization Programs Using Adult Learning Principles: A Case Study from Nigeria
Key FindingsSkilled immunization program managers (PMs) and health care workers (HCWs) are critical for influencing vaccin...
Innovations in Providing HIV Index Testing Services: A Retrospective Evaluation of Partner Elicitation Models in Southern Nigeria
Innovations in Providing HIV Index Testing Services: A Retrospective Evaluation of Partner Elicitation Models in Southern Nigeria
Key FindingsIndex testing is part of the strategies to identify individuals who are infected with HIV through their HIV-po...
A Cosmopolitan Argument for Temporary “Diagonal” Short-Term Surgical Missions as a Component of Surgical Systems Strengthening
A Cosmopolitan Argument for Temporary “Diagonal” Short-Term Surgical Missions as a Component of Surgical Systems Strengthening
Key MessagesShort-term surgical missions (STSMs), which deploy surgical teams from high-resource settings to provide much-...
Capacity-Building Through Digital Approaches: Evaluating the Feasibility and Effectiveness of eLearning to Introduce Subcutaneous DMPA Self-Injection in Senegal and Uganda
Capacity-Building Through Digital Approaches: Evaluating the Feasibility and Effectiveness of eLearning to Introduce Subcutaneous DMPA Self-Injection in Senegal and Uganda
Key FindingsThis evaluation found that eLearning can be an effective training approach for diverse health care provider ca...
“Je suis desole, ȷe parle francais”: How English Hegemony Undermines Efforts to Shift Power in Global Health
“Je suis desole, ȷe parle francais”: How English Hegemony Undermines Efforts to Shift Power in Global Health
Key MessagesWhile efforts to shift power in global health have been ongoing, professionals have done little to address Eng...
Improving Maternity Care Where Home Births Are Still the Norm: Establishing Local Birthing Centers in Guatemala That Incorporate Traditional Midwives
Improving Maternity Care Where Home Births Are Still the Norm: Establishing Local Birthing Centers in Guatemala That Incorporate Traditional Midwives
Key FindingsMore than 50% of Indigenous women in Guatemala deliver at home, most often attended by comadronas, traditional...
Twinning Partnership Network: A Learning and Experience-Sharing Network Among Health Professionals in Rwanda to Improve Health Services
Twinning Partnership Network: A Learning and Experience-Sharing Network Among Health Professionals in Rwanda to Improve Health Services
Key FindingsA twinning network can produce significant improvements in organizational, managerial, and clinical performanc...
FP2020 and FP2030 Country Commitments: A Mixed Method Study of Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Components
FP2020 and FP2030 Country Commitments: A Mixed Method Study of Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Components
Key FindingsAdolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH) content is stronger in the FP2030 country commitme...
Delays in Cardiovascular Emergency Responses in Africa: Health System Failures or Cultural Challenges?
Delays in Cardiovascular Emergency Responses in Africa: Health System Failures or Cultural Challenges?
Key MessagesCardiovascular emergencies contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality in Africa, partly perhaps due t...
Maturity Assessment of the Health Information System Using Stages of Continuous Improvement Methodology: Results From Serbia
Maturity Assessment of the Health Information System Using Stages of Continuous Improvement Methodology: Results From Serbia
Key FindingsThe Health Information System (HIS) Stages of Continuous Improvement (SOCI) toolkit was used to assess the mat...
Can the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action and Cairo Consensus Normalize the Discourse on Population?
Can the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action and Cairo Consensus Normalize the Discourse on Population?
Key MessagesThe International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) has come to represent shorthand for the shif...
Early Lessons From Working With Local Partners to Expand Private-Sector Health Care Networks in Burundi and Mali
Early Lessons From Working With Local Partners to Expand Private-Sector Health Care Networks in Burundi and Mali
Key FindingsWorking with local partners supports the expansion of private health care networks in a form that differs from...
Continuous Community Engagement Is Needed to Improve Adherence to Ebola Response Activities and Survivorship During Ebola Outbreaks
Continuous Community Engagement Is Needed to Improve Adherence to Ebola Response Activities and Survivorship During Ebola Outbreaks
Key MessagesDespite improvements in care management with the development of a new Ebola vaccine and therapeutics, survivor...
Indicators and Implementation Guidance to Advance Value-Based HIV Care Through People-Centered Metrics
Indicators and Implementation Guidance to Advance Value-Based HIV Care Through People-Centered Metrics
Key Messages“People-centered” HIV services recognize individuals’ holistic selves—as people with unique and dynamic needs,...
Good Management Practice Is Correlated With Good Performance of Community-Engaged Primary Health Care Facilities in Peru
Good Management Practice Is Correlated With Good Performance of Community-Engaged Primary Health Care Facilities in Peru
Key FindingsIn a survey of regional health directorates regarding their support to primary health care (PHC) services coma...
Interventions to Address the Health and Well-Being of Married Adolescents: A Systematic Review
Interventions to Address the Health and Well-Being of Married Adolescents: A Systematic Review
Key FindingsDespite awareness of the harmful health and social consequences of child marriage, married girls and boys rema...
Implementation of School Nutrition Policies to Address Noncommunicable Diseases in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
Implementation of School Nutrition Policies to Address Noncommunicable Diseases in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
Key MessagesSchool nutrition policies (SNPs) are a major approach to addressing the growing burden of noncommunicable dise...
Assessing Acceptability of Biodegradable Contraceptive Implants in Kenya and Senegal
Assessing Acceptability of Biodegradable Contraceptive Implants in Kenya and Senegal
Key FindingsContraceptive implants are a popular method in Kenya and Senegal, but access to removal continues to be a chal...
Design and Implementation of Brief Interventions to Address Noncommunicable Diseases in Uzbekistan
Design and Implementation of Brief Interventions to Address Noncommunicable Diseases in Uzbekistan
Key MessagesBrief interventions (BIs), implemented by clinicians in primary health care settings, are ways to address the ...
Implementation of Maternal and Newborn Health Mobile Phone E-Cohorts to Track Longitudinal Care Quality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Implementation of Maternal and Newborn Health Mobile Phone E-Cohorts to Track Longitudinal Care Quality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Key MessagesTo address an important gap in longitudinal data on maternal and newborn health (MNH) care, the MNH eCohort—a ...
Lessons Learned From a Peer-Supported Differentiated Care and Nutritional Supplementation for People With TB in a Southern Indian State
Lessons Learned From a Peer-Supported Differentiated Care and Nutritional Supplementation for People With TB in a Southern Indian State
Key FindingsTB champions—individuals who have been affected by TB, have completed treatment, and subsequently been trained...
Facilitators and Barriers for Private Health Sector Engagement for TB Care in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Research
Facilitators and Barriers for Private Health Sector Engagement for TB Care in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Research
Key FindingsDespite efforts by the National TB Elimination Program (NTEP) to engage the private sector in providing timely...
An Oxygen Supply Is Not Enough: A Qualitative Analysis of a Pressure Swing Adsorption Oxygen Plant Program in Ethiopian Hospitals
An Oxygen Supply Is Not Enough: A Qualitative Analysis of a Pressure Swing Adsorption Oxygen Plant Program in Ethiopian Hospitals
Key FindingsLocating large-scale pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants near high-volume specialized hospitals had ...
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