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Diagnosis disclosure to adolescents living with HIV in rural Kenya improves antiretroviral therapy adherence and immunologic outcomes: A retrospective cohort study

G. J. Montalto; Fredrick K. Sawe; A. Miruka; et al. Plos One (2017) CC

PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183180 October 9, 2017

Research Review: Changes in the prevalence and symptom severity of child post-traumatic stress disorder in the year following trauma – a meta-analytic study

Hiller, R.M., Meiser-Stedman, R., Fearon, P., Lobo, S., McKinnon, A., Fraser, A. & Halligan, S.L. (2016) CC

Background: Understanding the natural course of child and adolescent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has significant implications for the identification of, and intervention for, at-risk youth. We used a meta-analytic approach to examine longitudinal changes in youth PTSD prevalence and symptom ... more

An exploration of facilitators and challenges in the scale-up of a national, public sector community health worker cadre in Zambia: a qualitative study

S. Chauwa Phiri, M.Lippitt Prust, C. Phiri Chibawe, et al. (2017) CC

Phiri et al. Human Resources for Health (2017) 15:40 DOI 10.1186/s12960-017-0214-3

Association between Zika virus infection and microcephaly in Brazil, January to May, 2016: preliminary report of a case-control study

Velho Barreto de Araújo, T.; et al. (2016)

THELANCETID-D-16-00800 S1473-3099(16)30318-8

Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

GBD2019 Dementia Forecasting Coolaborators (2022) CC

Lancet Public health 2022 January 6, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/ S2468-2667(21)00249-8 Growth in the number of individuals living with dementia underscores the need for public health planning efforts and policy to address the needs of this group. Country-level estimates can be used to inform nati ... more

Access to HIV care and treatment for migrants between Lesotho and South Africa: a mixed methods study

I. Faturiyele, D. Karletsos, K. Ntene-Sealiete, et al. BMC Public Health (2018) CC

BMC Public Health (2018) 18:668 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5594-3

Same‐day antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in pregnancy is not associated with viral suppression or engagement in care: A cohort study

Langwenya, Nontokozo; Phillips, Tamsin K.; Brittain, Kirsty et al. (2018) CC

Journal of the International AIDS Society Vol. 21 (2018) e25133
Many prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programmes across Africa initiate HIV-infected (HIV positive) pregnant women on lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) on the first day of antenatal care (“same-day” initiation ... more

TIP 18: The Tuberculosis Epidemic: Legal and Ethical Issues for Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Providers: Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 18

D. H. Mulligan, U.S Department of health and human service (1995) C2

Effectiveness of a diabetes program based on digital health on capacity building and quality of care in type 2 diabetes: a pragmatic quasi-experimental study

Moreas Morelli, D.; Rubinstein, F.; Santero, M.; et al. BMC Health Services Research, part of Springer Nature (2023) CC2

Health systems in Latin America face many challenges in controlling the increasing burden of diabetes. Digital health interventions are a promise for the provision of care, especially in developing countries where mobile technology has a high penetration. This ... more

Assessing the Impact of Programming to Reduce the Stigmatization of Survivors of Sexual Violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

LOGICA Study Series LOGICA, HHI (2014) C2

Final Report: Women in War

Zambia Refugees Economies: Livelihoods and Challenges

M. Nyamazana, G. Koyi, P. Funjika and E. Chibwili UNHCR; Institute of Economic and Social Research (INESOR), University of Zambia; Refugee Studies Centre, UK (2017) C1

The study on refugee economies shows that refugees and former refugees are contributing positively to Zambia’s economy in various ways and have the potential to contribute even further if legal and other obstacles are removed. The ... more

Cardiovascular risk in Mozambique: who should be treated for hypertension?

Damasceno, A; Padrão P; Silva-Matos, C; et al (2014) C1

This study aimed to estimate the proportion of Mozambicans eligible for pharmacological treatment for hypertension according to single risk factor and total cardiovascular risk approaches. It concluded that a total of 19.8% of 40–64-year-olds woul ... more

Drug-resistant tuberculosis in Central Mozambique: the role of a rapid genotypic susceptibility testing

Evangelina IN, Inês T, Miguelhete L et al (2016) CC

This study consists of a descriptive analysis of M. tuberculosis isolates from Beira Central Hospital, Mozambique, during 2014–2015, being the first report of a genotypic testing used to provide information about second line drug resistance in Moz ... more

Promoting COVID-19 vaccination uptake among migrant communities on social media

J. Tjaden; Haarmann, E. GMDAC, University of Potsdam (2022) CC

This study examines the effectiveness of a low-cost, targeted social media campaign to encourage COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Arabic, Turkish and Russian speakers in Germany. The study involved a ... more

A human rights-based approach to disability in development - Entry points for development organisations

Ilse Worm Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) & Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) (2012) C2

This study has been produced jointly by Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, a federally owned enterprise, implementing development programmes on behalf of the German Government, and CBM, a non-governmental organisation. Accor ... more

Research Methods for Promotion of Lung Health

D. A. Enarson, S. M. Kennedy, D. L. Miller, et al. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (2001)

A guide to protocol development for low-income countries

From Syria to Spain: Syrian Migration to Europe via the Western Mediterranian Route between 2015 and 2017 (November 2017)

Department for International Development, REACH Initiative, Mixed Migration Platform (2017) C1

The study is based on in-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews with 60 Syrians who arrived in Spain between 2015 and 2017.

Situation Analysis of Children with Disabilities in Myanmar

UNICEF Myanmar (2016)

The study analyses the current situation of children with disabilities in relation to realizing their rights and accessing basic services, as well as their life experiences in their communities. It also focuses on identifying the barriers created by ... more

Associations of the built environment with type 2 diabetes in Asia: a systematic review

Aarthi, G.R.; Begum, T. S. M.; Al Moosawi, S.; et al. BMJ Open (2023) CC2

Objectives Our study aimed to systematically review the literature and synthesise findings on potential associations of built environment characteristics with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Asia.