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Impact of a community-based package of interventions on child development in Zambia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
(BMJ Global Health., 2017-12)BACKGROUND: Community-based programmes are a critical platform for improving child health and development. We tested the impact of a community based early childhood intervention package in rural Zambia. Methods: We conducted ... -
HIV viral load as an independent risk factor for tuberculosis in South Africa: collaborative analysis of cohort studies
(International AIDS Society., 2017-01)INTRODUCTION: Chronic immune activation due to ongoing HIV replication may lead to impaired immune responses against opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis (TB). We studied the role of HIV replication as a risk ... -
Benefits and limitations of text messages to stimulate higher learning among community providers: participants’ views of an mHealth intervention to support continuing medical education in Vietnam
(Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, 2017-06)BACKGROUND: A randomized controlled trial was conducted in 2015 to evaluate a mobile continuing medical education (mCME) intervention that provided daily text messages to community-based physicians’ assistants (CBPAs) in ... -
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E among Boston Area Travelers, 2009-2010
(American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygience, 2017-01)We determined the prevalence of IgG antibodies to hepatitis E virus (anti-HEV IgG) among travelers attending Boston-area travel health clinics from 2009 to 2010. Pre-travel samples were available for 1,356 travelers, with ... -
Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of travelers’ diarrhea: a graded expert panel report
(Journal of Travel Medicine, 2017-04)BACKGROUND: Travelers' diarrhea causes significant morbidity including some sequelae, lost travel time and opportunity cost to both travelers and countries receiving travelers. Effective prevention and treatment are needed ... -
Trends in the burden of HIV mortality after roll-out of antiretroviral therapy in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: an observational community cohort study
(The Lancet, 2017-12)BACKGROUND: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) substantially decreases morbidity and mortality in people living with HIV. In this study, we describe population-level trends in the adult life expectancy and trends in the residual ... -
Health facility and skilled birth deliveries among poor women with Jamkesmas health insurance in Indonesia: a mixed-methods study
(BMC Health Services Research, 2017-02)BACKGROUND: The growing momentum for quality and affordable health care for all has given rise to the recent global universal health coverage (UHC) movement. As part of Indonesia’s strategy to achieve the goal of UHC, large ... -
Vitamin A and zinc supplementation among pregnant women to prevent placental malaria: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in Tanzania
(Am. J. Trop. Med, 2017-04)BACKGROUND: Malaria causes nearly 200 million clinical cases and approximately half a million deaths each year, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa.1 The risk of malaria increases during pregnancy,2 a period during which its ... -
Etiology of severe pneumonia in Ecuadorian children
(PLOS One., 2017-02)INTRODUCTION: In Latin America, community-acquired pneumonia remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children. Few studies have examined the etiology of pneumonia in Ecuador. METHODS: This observational ... -
Mobility and Clinic Switching Among Postpartum Women Considered Lost to HIV Care in South Africa.
(J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr., 2017-05)OBJECTIVE: Retention in HIV care, particularly among postpartum women, is a challenge to national antiretroviral therapy programs. Retention estimates may be underestimated because of unreported transfers. We explored ...
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