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Complete Issue (PDF) Dedicated to what works in global health programs GLOBAL HEALTH: SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2020 Volume 8 Number 4 www.ghspjournal.org EDITORS Editor-in-Chief Stephen Hodgins, MD, MSc, DrPH, Associate Professor, Global Health, School of Public Health, University of Alberta Editor-in-Chief Emeritus: James D. Shelton, MD, MPH, Retired Associate Editors Matthew Barnhart, MD, MPH, Senior Science Advisor, USAID, Bureau for Global Health Cara J. Chrisman, PhD, Biomedical Research Advisor, USAID, Bureau for Global Health Elaine Menotti, MPH, Health Development Officer, USAID, Bureau for Global Health Jim Ricca, MD, MPH, Learning and Implementation Science Team Leader, Maternal and Child Survival Program, Jhpiego Madeleine Short Fabic, MHS, Public Health Advisor, USAID, Bureau for Global Health Saad Abdulmumin, MD, PhD, MPH, USAID, Bureau for Global Health Malaria: Michael Macdonald, ScD, Consultant, World Health Organization, Vector Control Unit, Global Malaria Programme Maternal Health: Marge Koblinsky, PhD, Independent Consultant Nutrition: Bruce Cogill, PhD, MS, Consultant Managing Staff Natalie Culbertson, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs Sonia Abraham, MA, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs EDITORIAL BOARD Zulfiqar Bhutta, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Aga Emmanuel (Dipo) Otolorin, Jhpiego, Nigeria Khan University, Pakistan James Phillips, Columbia University, USA Kathryn Church, Marie Stopes International, London School Yogesh Rajkotia, ThinkWell, USA of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom David Sleet, Bizell Group, LLC, Previously Center for Disease Scott Dowell, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USA Control and Prevention, USA Marelize Görgens, World Bank, USA John Stanback, FHI 360, USA Lennie Kamwendo, White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Lesley Stone, US Department of State/US Agency for Motherhood, Health Service Commission, Malawi International Development, USA Jemilah Mahmood, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Douglas Storey, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Societies, Malaysia Programs, USA Vinand Nantulya, Busitema University, Uganda Global Health: Science and Practice (ISSN: 2169-575X) is a no-fee, open-access, peer-reviewed journal published online at www.ghspjournal.org. It is published quarterly by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, 111 Market Place, Suite 310, Baltimore, MD 21202. GHSP is made pos- sible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Knowledge SUCCESS (Strengthening Use, Capacity, Collaboration, Exchange, Synthesis, and Sharing) Project. GHSP is editorially independent and does not necessarily represent the views or positions of USAID, the United States Government, or the Johns Hopkins University. For further information, please contact the editors at [email protected]. Global Health: Science and Practice is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Cover caption: Nurse in Nigeria performing pulse oximetry on an infant, demonstrating oxygen saturation level to parents. © 2020 Oxygen for Life Initiative Table of Contents December 2020 | Volume 8 | Number 4 EDITORIALS Learning From Neighbors We can learn valuable lessons from program efforts that at first glance may seem to be far removed from our own work. Stephen Hodgins Glob Health Sci Pract. 2020;8(4):613 https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00639 COMMENTARIES Go Where the Virus Is: An HIV Micro-epidemic Control Approach to Stop HIV Transmission Essentially all HIV transmission is from people living with HIV who are not virally suppressed. An HIV micro-epidemic control approach that differentiates treatment support and prevention services for people living with HIV and their network members according to viral burden could optimize the impact of epidemic control efforts. Michael M. Cassell, Rose Wilcher, Reshmie A. Ramautarsing, Nittaya Phanuphak, Timothy D. Mastro Glob Health Sci Pract. 2020;8(4):614–625 https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00418 Capturing Acquired Wisdom, Enabling Healthful Aging, and Building Multinational Partnerships Through Senior Global Health Mentorship The undeniable benefit of mentorship by experience senior mentors can meaningfully increase the breadth of their experience and contributions to society as well as address the dire inequality in global health. This model captures wisdom lost to retirement, enables opportunities for purposeful lifespan, underpins sustainable health care systems, and has the potential for building multinational partnerships. C. Norman Coleman, John E. Wong, Eugenia Wendling, Mary Gospodarowicz, DonnaO’Brien, Taofeeq Abdallah Ige, Simeon Chinedu Aruah, David A. Pistenmaa, Ugo Amaldi, Onyi-Onyinye Balogun, Harmar D. Brereton, Silvia Formenti, Kristen Schroeder, Nelson Chao, Surbhi Grover, Stephen M. Hahn, James Metz, Lawrence Roth, Manjit Dosanjha Glob Health Sci Pract. 2020;8(4):626–637 https://doi.org/10.9745/7GHSP-D-20-00108 ORIGINAL ARTICLES Prevention of COVID-19 in Internally Displaced Persons Camps in War-Torn North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Mixed-Methods Study Internally displaced persons fleeing violent conflict represent a neglected population with heightened vulnerability to pandemic COVID- 19. We provide a rare snapshot of the overwhelming challenges faced by internally displaced persons in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as they brace for COVID-19. Kasereka M. Claude, Muyisa Sahika Serge, Kahindo Kahatane Alexis, Michael T. Hawkes Glob Health Sci Pract. 2020;8(4):638–653 https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00272 Global Health: Science and Practice 2020 | Volume 8 | Number 4 Table of Contents www.ghspjournal.org Meeting the Global Target in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Care Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries What progress has been achieved toward reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health service related Sustainable Development Goals? Analyzing data to estimate coverage of these indicators, we observed that acceleration is needed in coordinated global efforts and government policies to ensure universal access to RMNCH care services by 2030. Md. Mehedi Hasan, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Saifuddin Ahmed, Sayem Ahmed, Tuhin Biswas, Yaqoot Fatima, Md. Saimul Islam, Md. Shahadut Hossain, Abdullah A. Mamun Glob Health Sci Pract. 2020;8(4):654–665 https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00097 Contraceptive Method Mix: Updates and Implications Trends in contraceptive method mix show that dominance of 1 method in the mix remains very common, though countries and regions throughout the world are diverse as to which method is dominant. Our analysis argues for continued concerted efforts of programs to increase contraceptive method choice. Jane T. Bertrand, John Ross, Tara M. Sullivan, Karen Hardee, James D. Shelton Glob Health Sci Pract. 2020;8(4):666–679 https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00229 Health Care Worker Preferences and Perspectives on Doses per Container for 2 Lyophilized Vaccines in Senegal, Vietnam, and Zambia When providing immunization services, health care workers balance the mandate of achieving high coverage with limiting vaccine wastage. Workers in 3 countries said that containers with fewer vaccine doses for measles and BCG would enable them to immunize all children who present, while reducing concerns about wasting vaccine. Natasha Kanagat, Kirstin Krudwig, Karen A. Wilkins, Sydney Kaweme, Guissimon Phiri, Frances D.Mwansa, Mercy Mvundura, Joanie Robertson, Debra Kristensen, Abdoulaye Gueye, Sang D. Dao, Pham Q. Thai, Huyen T. Nguyen, Thang C. Tran Glob Health Sci Pract. 2020;8(4):680–688 https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00112 Remote Mentorship Using Video Conferencing as an Effective Tool to Strengthen Laboratory Quality Management in Clinical Laboratories: Lessons From Cambodia This program to strengthen laboratory quality management systems in Cambodia demonstrated significant improvements in conformity to ISO 15189 standards in participating laboratories, correlating with laboratory participation time in video conference training activities led by quality improvement mentors over the program implementation period. Grant Donovan, Siew Kim Ong, Sophanna Song, Nayah Ndefru, Chhayheng Leang, Sophat Sek, Patricia Sadate-Ngatchou, Lucy A. Perrone Glob Health Sci Pract. 2020;8(4):689–698 https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00128 Global Health: Science and Practice 2020 | Volume 8 | Number 4 Table of Contents www.ghspjournal.org Using Community Health Workers and a Smartphone Application to Improve Diabetes Control in Rural Guatemala A smartphone application providing algorithmic clinical decision support enabled community health workers to improve diabetes control for a group of patients in rural Guatemala. This approach enables task sharing with physicians and other advanced practitioners for chronic disease care, which is particularly important in low-resource settings. Sean Duffy, Derek Norton, Mark Kelly, Alejandro Chavez, Rafael Tun, Mariana Niño de Guzmán Ramírez, Guanhua Chen, Paul Wise, Jim Svenson Glob Health Sci Pract. 2020;8(4):699–720 https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00076 Behavioral Insights Into Micronutrient Powder Use for Childhood Anemia in Arequipa, Peru Health care
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