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Preferences for services in a patient’s first six months on antiretroviral therapy for HIV in South Africa and Zambia (PREFER): research protocol for a prospective observational cohort study
BACKGROUND: For patients on HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the highest risk for loss from care consistently remains the first six months after antiretroviral (ART) initiation, when patients are not yet eligible ... -
Mission hospital responses to challenges and implications for their future role in India’s health system
BACKGROUND: India’s health system is currently experiencing rapid change. Achieving India’s aspirations for improved population health and universal health coverage will require the contribution of all health providers; ... -
Lessons learned from Boston University School of Public Health Peer Coach Writing Program
(Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health Conference, 2019-03-20)BACKGROUND: Public health is only as effective as its communication. The ability to convey information in an engaging, insightful, and concise manner often heavily influences stakeholder engagement. It is the backbone of ... -
Exploring the Relationship between Chronic Undernutrition and Asymptomatic Malaria in Ghanaian Children
(BioMed Central, 2010-2-2)BACKGROUND A moderate association has been found between asymptomatic parasitaemia and undernutrition. However, additional investigation using the gold standard for asymptomatic parasitaemia confirmation, polymerase chain ... -
Rates of Virological Failure in Patients Treated in a Home-Based Versus a Facility-Based HIV-Care Model in Jinja, Southeast Uganda: A Cluster-Randomised Equivalence Trial
(Lancet Publishing Group, 2009-12-19)BACKGROUND. Identification of new ways to increase access to antiretroviral therapy in Africa is an urgent priority. We assessed whether home-based HIV care was as effective as was facility-based care. METHODS We undertook ... -
Malaria Case-Management under Artemether-Lumefantrine Treatment Policy in Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2008-9-19)BACKGROUND Case-management with artemether-lumefantrine (AL) is one of the key strategies to control malaria in many African countries. Yet, the reports on translation of AL implementation activities into clinical practice ... -
Are Patents Impeding Medical Care and Innovation?
(Public Library of Science, 2010-1-5)This month's debate examines whether the current patent system is crucial for stimulating health research or whether it is stifling biomedical research and impeding medical care. Background to the debate: Pharmaceutical ... -
Smoking Patterns and Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Tobacco Use among Chinese Rural Male Residents: A Descriptive Analysis
(BioMed Central, 2008-7-21)BACKGROUND. Although evidence has shown high prevalence rates of tobacco use in the general urban populations in China, relatively little is known in its rural population. The purposes of this study were to examine smoking ... -
Assessment of Tobacco Control Advocacy Behavioural Capacity among Students at Schools of Public Health in China
(BMJ Group, 2010-9-21)OBJECTIVES. To evaluate student tobacco control advocacy behavioural capacity using longitudinal trace data. METHODS. A tobacco control advocacy curriculum was developed and implemented at schools of public health (SPH) ... -
The Global Health System: Linking Knowledge with Action—Learning from Malaria
(Public Library of Science, 2010-1-19)In the third in a series of articles on the changing nature of global health institutions, Gerald Keusch and colleagues examine institutional arrangements for malaria research.
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