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"For someone to be called a father? You should participate in going to the clinic and looking after your child": a qualitative study on men's involvement in infant feeding in Kenya
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding is a high impact strategy for infant development and survival. Guidelines recommend exclusive breastfeeding for six months for HIV-positive mothers on antiretroviral treatment to reduce ... -
Geographic and individual correlates of cervical cancer screening among HIV-infected women attending HIV Care and Treatment Programs in Kenya
Objective: To identify correlates of cervical cancer screening among HIV-infected women in Kenya and to determine whether familiarity and knowledge of cervical cancer is associated with screening receipt. Methods: We ... -
Death in Indonesia: estimating all-cause mortality, cause-specific mortality, and fatal burden attributable to smoking and air pollution
Indonesia is a populous, diverse country that has not been well studied in terms of health. This analysis addresses that knowledge gap in three aims by first, estimating the number deaths in Indonesia by province, year, ... -
Ukombozi means Liberation: A case for decolonizing global health research, methodology, and praxis
Global health research has informed essential responses to health disparities in the world today, shifting the course of such momentous challenges as the HIV/AIDS epidemic. At the same time, the way that global health work ... -
Predictors of first time and repeat HIV testing among HIV positive individuals in Kenya
Introduction: Kenya’s coverage of HIV testing has doubled over the last decade, yet approximately half of HIV positive individuals were unaware of their infection in 2012. HIV testing in resource-limited settings can be ... -
BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO CARE-SEEKING AMONG PREGNANT AND POSTNATAL HIV POSITIVE WOMEN IN RURAL NORTH WESTERN NIGERIA
In Nigeria, the scale-up of free antiretroviral treatment (ART), proactive anti-discrimination laws, and social awareness campaigns have contributed to bringing Nigeria closer to ending AIDS by achieving “Zero new infections, ... -
Correlates of the use of long-acting, reversible contraceptives in women in HIV-serodiscordant relationships in Kenya and Uganda
Background: Long-acting, reversible contraception (LARC) is highly effective; data on LARC use among women in HIV-serodiscordant partnerships are limited. Methods: Prospectively collected longitudinal data from East African ... -
An Outcome Evaluation of the Health Information Management and Applied Epidemiology (HIMAE) course in South Africa
Background: Health Information Systems (HIS) can provide accurate and reliable data for patient monitoring, disease surveillance, program evaluation, and resource allocation at varying levels of a national health system. ... -
Analysis of the Potential Cost Utility of the Addition of Rituximab to Standard Chemotherapy in Adults with Aggressive B Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Uganda
Background: Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody that confers a survival benefit in adults with aggressive B cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (B-NHL), and has been shown to be cost-effective in in high-income settings. Rituximab ... -
Firearm storage practices in households with children: A survey of community-based firearm safety event participants
Background/Purpose: Safe firearm storage is associated with lower risk of unintentional and intentionally self-inflicted firearm injuries among children and adolescents. Ten community-based firearm safety events were ... -
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Kenyan healthcare workers regarding pediatric discharge from hospital
The objective of this study was to assess attitudes, perceptions, and practices of healthcare workers regarding hospital discharge and follow-up care for children under age five in Nyanza Province, Kenya. From November ... -
Physicians Availability and Associated Factors at Ministries of Health Facilities in Sudan in 2019
Physicians Availability and Associated Factors at Ministries of Health Facilities in Sudan in 2019 Abstract Chair of Supervisory Committee: Stephen Gloyd, Professor, Global Health Background: In 2006, Sudan was not considered ... -
Estimating the effect of healthcare interventions on the distribution of health state severity for low back pain in the Global Burden of Disease study
Background: Many causes of non-fatal health burden present with varying degrees of severity from asymptomatic to most severe. The severity distribution for diseases amenable to healthcare interventions is expected to vary ... -
Women's autonomy in infant feeding decision-making: A qualitative study in Nairobi, Kenya
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is the optimal way to feed young infants. Guidelines recommend that HIV-positive mothers on antiretroviral therapy (ART) should EBF for at least one year to reduce the risk of ... -
A Framework Policy Analysis of National Health Insurance Policymaking in Sub-Saharan Africa
A large proportion of the world’s low- and middle-income population reside in sub-Saharan Africa where out-of-pocket payment systems have made healthcare inaccessible and unaffordable in many places. Universal health ... -
Haiti’s community-based ART distribution strategy and its role in supporting patient retention
Haiti developed a community-based ART distribution strategy (by its French acronym, “DAC”) to reduce barriers to active ART participation and adherence. Patients who are stable on ART after the first six months of treatment ... -
Measuring Emergency Department Medical Care Spending in the US by Health Condition, Age, Sex, and Payer, 2006-2015
The emergency department (ED) plays a critical role in the US health care system, yet estimates surrounding ED health care spending are limited, and generally are unable to capture ED spending for patients who are ultimately ... -
Women's autonomy in infant feeding decision-making: A qualitative study in Nairobi, Kenya
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is the optimal way to feed young infants. Guidelines recommend that HIV-positive mothers on antiretroviral therapy (ART) should EBF for at least one year to reduce the risk of ... -
The assessment of University of Washington(UW)-China Medical Board (CMB) program aimed in “Strengthening Global Health Capacity at Chinese Universities”
Introduction: China’s role in global health keeps expanding in recent years. Key Chinese universities are committed to engage in global health and to improve their capacity to do so. With the support of the China Medical ... -
Estimating the global mortality from Alzheimers disease and other dementias: a new method and results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias (dementia) is currently a leading cause of mortality and morbidity globally, and the total number of individuals effected by dementia will likely increase in the future with corresponding ...
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