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Pandemic Preparedness and COVID-19: lessons learned from national and subnational response, what we can learn from existing preparedness metrics, and how to prepare for novel threats
The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most catastrophic health emergencies of all time, leading to millions of deaths and hundreds of millions of infections worldwide. Yet, a global pandemic impacting all of humanity ... -
Parental disclosure of HIV status: Experiences and perceptions of HIV positive parents in Nairobi, Kenya
Background: Research on parental disclosure of HIV status to children is limited, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where most HIV-infected adults reside. Rates of parental HIV disclosure cited in the literature range from ... -
Partner violence and self-reported pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) interruptions among HIV negative partners in HIV serodiscordant couples in Kenya and Uganda.
Abstract: Background: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is effective for HIV prevention among diverse populations and studies of PrEP delivery are investigating ways to deliver PrEP with high adherence. In many settings with ... -
Pediatric HIV Testing Following Caregiver Index-Case Identification in Kenya
Introduction In contrast to the estimated 62% of adults living with HIV are on antiretroviral treatment (ART), only 42% of children are on ART. Gaps in pediatric HIV treatment are due to gaps in diagnosis of HIV, particularly ... -
Perceived Barriers to Participation in HIV Vaccine Trials Among Eligible Men Who Have Sex With Men
(2013-07-25)ABSTRACT Background: Enrollment of participants is a vital step in the conduct of clinical trials to test candidate HIV vaccines. In order to efficiently enroll participants in vaccine trials, there is a need for investigators ... -
Perceptions of Adolescent Pregnancy in Loreto, Peru
Adolescent pregnancy has been framed as a public health concern for decades as it is associated with increased risks of maternal and perinatal mortality and poor psychosocial and economic outcomes. Rates of adolescent ... -
Perceptions of HIV and Safe Male Circumcision in high HIV prevalence fishing communities on Lake Victoria, Uganda
Background: In 2010, the Uganda Ministry of Health introduced its Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) strategy for HIV prevention with the goal of providing 4.2 million voluntary medical circumcisions by 2015. Fishing communities, ... -
Perceptions of Mental Health in the Somali Community in King County, WA: A Community- Based Participatory Research Project
Seattle’s metropolitan area is home to the third-largest Somali community in the United States. Many refugees experience mental health repercussions as a result of fleeing war, famine, other violence in their home countries, ... -
Perceptions of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Acceptability of Peer Navigation Among HIV-Negative Latinx and Black Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Western Washington
HIV PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is an effective biomedical approach for HIV prevention. However, PrEP is an underutilized resource among Latinx and Black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States. Peer ... -
Performance assessment of point-of-dispensing practices of donated oncology medicines: The Max Foundation
Background Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, yet financial barriers limit access to life-saving oncology drugs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). For the past 15 years, the ... -
Perspectives on U.S. Patient Care from Global Health Care Practitioners
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, ... -
Pharmaceutical stock-out in Uganda, Kenya and Ghana
(2013-11-14)In this study we utilize facility level data from three nationally representative surveys conducted in Uganda, Kenya and Ghana. We analyze the availability of pharmaceuticals and quantify the effect of various factors that ... -
Physical and mental health impacts of household gardens in an urban slum in Lima, Peru
Background: Rural poverty and lack of access to education has led to urban migration and fed the constant growth of urban slums on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. These informal settlements suffer from public access to water ... -
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 ... -
Pivoting Youth HIV Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evaluation of Phone Delivery of an Adolescent Transition Package in Kenya
The global burden of HIV attributable to young people aged 10 – 24 years living with HIV is significant and approximates 2 million youth. The reality of HIV along with the vulnerability associated with being a teenager ... -
Planning Ahead: Evaluating trends in modern contraceptive prevalence and contraception's effect on fertility rates between 1990 and 2010
(2013-02-25)As contraceptive prevalence is a key indicator of a country's population health and socioeconomic development, we seek to describe national and global trends in method-specific prevalence, and to quantify the effect of ... -
Policy-makers’ perspectives on optimizing HIV-infected adolescents’ transition from pediatric to adult care in Kenya
Background: The transition from pediatric to adult care has emerged as a potential contributor to poor clinical outcomes and challenges to retention in care among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV). While structured ... -
Post-Traumatic Growth among Ukrainian Women Refugees during the Ongoing Russian-Ukrainian War
According to recent data, more than 8 million Ukrainians have been forcibly displaced due to the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war. Most of the research looks at the war aftermath through pathogenic lenses, which focus on the ... -
Postpartum contraception initiation, discontinuation, and method switch in Western Kenya
Objective: The objective of this study is to prospectively measure contraceptive use throughout the postpartum period among Kenyan women and characterize trends in postpartum contraceptive initiation, discontinuation, and ... -
Postpartum Depression among Kenyan Adolescents
Background: Adolescents may have elevated risks of postpartum depression compared to adults due to unique socioeconomic stressors. Hormonal contraception has been associated with higher risks of depression in adults and ...