Successful policy implementation is dependent upon implementation planning at all stages of the policy process. Addressing implementation barriers at the subnational level is fundamental to achieving the Republic of South Africa’s national health targets, such as UNAIDS’ 90-90-90 targets. Semi-structured interviews were ...

As a target of the Sustainable Development Goals, improving childhood immunization is a major priority for global health. Despite progress in recent times however, coverage (vaccination) and effective coverage (immunity) remain a challenge in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Policy makers, public health practitioners ...

Introduction: There is a lack of sufficient evidence on the safety of use of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACT) among pregnant women, especially during early pregnancy. We determined the association between exposure to ACT during the first trimester of pregnancy and occurrence of low birth weight (LBW), and small ...

Background Interest in the field of global health care has been rapidly growing over the last two decades, leading to the proliferation of academic medical institutions offering more opportunities for medical study, research, and patient care abroad. A growing body of literature looks at the impact of these initiatives on the ...

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of mobile text messaging to improve medication adherence, symptoms and functioning in community-dwelling people with schizophrenia in a resource-poor setting. Design Two-arm randomized controlled trial. Setting Rural communities of Hunan Province, China. Participants 278 randomly-selected ...

Background: Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States (U.S.) and Mexico. We aimed to describe the sex-specific prevalence and time trends in five risk factors for cardiovascular disease (smoking, physical activity, obesity, diabetes mellitus and hypertension) by county or municipality ...

The impact of malaria control programs has been widely investigated in recent years following the implementation of multifaceted control programs in many low-income countries. Some clinical studies show few signs of decreasing malaria incidence after the distribution of long-lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs), the ...

Chronic kidney disease is a major health and economic burden globally. The aim of this analysis is to fill the gap in the literature and provide estimates for (1) mortality of CKD as the primary cause of death, (2) morbidity of CKD Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5, dialysis, and kidney transplantation, and (3) the proportions of ...

<bold>Abstract</bold> An Evaluation of the Mongolian Red Cross Society's HIV/AIDS Response Program Tia S. Farrell Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Professor David Grembowski Department of Health Sciences <bold>Specific Aims</bold> The aim of this program evaluation is to determine whether Mongolian Red Cross Society's ...

<italic>Aim</italic>: The purpose of this study is to improve understanding of the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of women in Georgia living with breast cancer so as to identify barriers and facilitators to breast health care. <italic>Background</italic>: Breast cancer is a leading cause of death among women in Georgia and ...