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Improving hypertension awareness and management in Vietnam through a community-based model

Scientific Reports, 2022
Hypertension prevalence in Vietnam is high, but few people are aware of their disease status. Detection, diagnosis, and treatment are limited, so new approaches are needed to improve awareness and manage the condition, especially at the primary health ...
Helen McGuire, Truong Bui Van, Hien Le Thi Thu, Huyen Nguyen Thanh, Marge Murray, Jason Shellaby, Ann Aerts, Roshini George, Mary Hodges   +8 more
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Syringes must be prioritized globally to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 and other essential vaccines and to sustain safe injection practices

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
Supply of autodisable (AD) syringes has been a key component of global COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, and it is critical to maintaining safe injection practices for routine immunization as well as pandemic response.
Jenna Fritz, Elizabeth Griffin, Rachel Hammack, Tara Herrick, Courtney Jarrahian   +4 more
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A Reagent and Virus Benchmarking Panel for a Uniform Analytical Performance Assessment of N Antigen-Based Diagnostic Tests for COVID-19

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) that detect antigen indicative of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can help in making quick health care decisions and regularly monitoring groups at risk of infection.
Allison Golden, Jason L. Cantera, Lorraine Lillis, Thanh T. Phan, Hannah Slater, Edwin J. Webb, Roger B. Peck, David S. Boyle, Gonzalo J. Domingo   +8 more
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Contraceptive self-injection through routine service delivery: Health worker perspectives from Uganda

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2022
Self-care reproductive health innovations are increasingly valued as practices that enable women to manage their fertility with greater autonomy. While self-care, by definition, takes place beyond the clinic walls, many self-care practices nonetheless ...
Chloe Morozoff, Jane Cover, Allen Namagembe, Damalie Nsangi, Justine Komunyena Tumusiime, Auroras Stout, Jennifer Kidwell Drake   +6 more
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Scaling up Ghana's national newborn care initiative: integrating 'helping babies breathe' (HBB), 'essential care for every baby' (ECEB), and newborn 'infection prevention' (IP) trainings

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Responding to stagnating neonatal mortality rates in Ghana, a five-year collaboration called Making Every Baby Count Initiative (MEBCI) was undertaken to improve the quality of newborn care provided around the time of birth.
Margaret Amanua Chinbuah, Mira Taylor, Magdalena Serpa, Goldy Mazia, Patience Korkor Cofie, Williams Kwarah, Suzanne Dawson, Brett D. Nelson, Cyril Engmann   +8 more
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Feeding rates of malaria vectors from a prototype attractive sugar bait station in Western Province, Zambia: results of an entomological validation study

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background Attractive targeted sugar bait (ATSB) stations are a promising new approach to malaria vector control that could compliment current tools by exploiting the natural sugar feeding behaviors of mosquitoes.
Javan Chanda, Joseph Wagman, Benjamin Chanda, Tresford Kaniki, Mirabelle Ng’andu, Rayford Muyabe, Mwansa Mwenya, Jimmy Sakala, John Miller, Gift Mwaanga, Limonty Simubali, Monicah Mirai Mburu, Edgar Simulundu, Alice Mungo, Keith Fraser, Lazaro Mwandigha, Ruth Ashton, Joshua Yukich, Angela F. Harris, Thomas R. Burkot, Erica Orange, Megan Littrell, Julian Entwistle   +22 more
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Contraceptive self-injection through routine service delivery: Experiences of Ugandan women in the public health system

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2022
Contraceptive self-injection (SI) is a new self-care practice with potential to transform women's family planning access by putting a popular method, injectable contraception, directly into the hands of users.
Jane Cover, Allen Namagembe, Chloe Morozoff, Justine Tumusiime, Damalie Nsangi, Jen Kidwell Drake   +5 more
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HIV SELF-TESTING IN VIETNAM: FROM PILOT TO SCALE UP

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
While the World Health Organization strongly recommends HIV self-testing (HIVST) as an approach to HIV testing services, scale up has been minimal in low- and middle-income countries. Vietnam has successfully delivered HIVST at scale for key populations (
Bao Vu Ngoc, Kimberly Green, Huong Phan Thi Thu, Son Vo Hai, Nga Ngo Thi Thuy, Tham Tran Thi, Anh Doan Hong, Trang Minh Ngo, An Tran Khanh, Long Tran Khanh, Phuong Tran Van Anh, Bieu Nguyen Van, Vuong Ngo Minh, Zoe Humeau   +13 more
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Phone calls for improving blood pressure control among hypertensive patients attending private medical practitioners in India: Findings from Mumbai hypertension project

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2021
Despite the availability of effective medication, blood pressure control rates are low, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Adherence to medication and follow‐up visits are important factors in blood pressure control.
Mandar Kannure, Asha Hegde, Anupam Khungar‐Pathni, Bhawna Sharma, Angelo Scuteri, Dinesh Neupane, Ravdeep Kaur Gandhi, Haresh Patel, Sapna Surendran, Vaishnavi Jondhale, Suman Gupta, Ajit Phalake, Vrushal Walkar, Roshini George, Helen Mcguire, Neeraj Jain, Shibu Vijayan   +16 more
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Modeling the potential impact of emerging innovations on achievement of Sustainable Development Goals related to maternal, newborn, and child health

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2017
Background Innovations that improve the affordability, accessibility, or effectiveness of health care played a major role in the Millennium Development Goal achievements and will be critical for reaching the ambitious new Sustainable Development Goal ...
Tara Herrick, Claudia Harner-Jay, Craig Shaffer, Greg Zwisler, Peder Digre, Amie Batson   +5 more
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