Policies, financing, research and health-system developments.
From the abstract: “A qualitative evaluation of submissions from Luena Farm Block residents in Kawambwa district in Zambia, showed that reticent project reception; fears of displacement, job scarcity, environmental damage, and cultural erosion were major issues for the local community.”
From the abstract: “This study was aimed at assessing effects of farm and soil fertility management activities on AMF population density, species diversity and richness in North West Ethiopia.”
From the abstract: “This study aimed to determine the seasonal prevalence of childhood diarrhea and its short-term associations with meteorological factors among children under five years in Tanzania between 1 May 2023 and 30 April 2024.”
From the abstract: “We aimed to optimally locate POC machines to improve life expectancy (LE) and net health benefit (NHB) for infants born to people with HIV in Zimbabwe.”
From the abstract: “In the self-collected samples from participants who independently sought HPV testing HPV-39 (17.9%) and HPV-51 (17.9%) were the most common genotypes.”
From the abstract: “This study examines the socioeconomic inequality in COVID-19 vaccination uptake among reproductive-age Nigerian women.”
From the abstract: “This study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) based triage compared to the standard of care in Ghana.”
From the abstract: “Youth-led co-production created the conditions for participants to lead discussions, voice requirements and hold the project team accountable.”
From the abstract: “In this subgroup, comprising 8% of the cohort, PrEP effectiveness increased from 41% to 44% when switching from daily to 2-1-1 PrEP while pill taking decreased from 2.2 to 1.4 pills per week; population-level effectiveness was unchanged when this subgroup switched to on-demand PrEP.”
From the abstract: “This study used data from the 2012–2022 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), which included 195,000 children between the ages of 12 and 23 months in 33 SSA countries.”