Featured Article

• Lane J, Means AR, Bardosh K, Shapoval A, Vio F, Anderson C, Cushnie A, Forster N, Ledikwe J, O’Malley G, Mawandia S, Parvez A, Perrone L, Mudender F. Comparing COVID-19 physical distancing policies: results from a physical distancing intensity coding framework for Botswana, India, Jamaica, Mozambique, Namibia, Ukraine, and the United States. Global Health. 2021 Oct 23;17(1):124. doi: 10.1186/s12992-021-00770-9.

Botswana

• Ledikwe JH, Mawandia S, Kleinman NJ, Ntsuape C, Ramabu NM, Semo BW, Wirth KE. Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision and Perceived Sexual Functioning, Satisfaction, and Risk Behavior: A Qualitative Study in Botswana. Arch Sex Behav. 2020 Jan 29. doi: 10.1007/s10508-019-01589-7. [Epub ahead of print].

Cambodia

• Donovan G, Ong SK, Song S, Ndefru N, Leang C, Sek S, Perrone LA. Remote Mentorship Using Video Conferencing as an Effective Tool to Strengthen Laboratory Quality Management in Clinical Laboratories: Lessons From Cambodia. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2020 Dec 23;8(4):689-698. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00128. Print 2020 Dec 23.
• Ong SK, Donovan GT, Ndefru N, Song S, Leang C, Sek S, Noble M, Perrone LA. Strengthening the clinical laboratory workforce in Cambodia: a case study of a mixed-method in-service training program to improve laboratory quality management system oversight. Hum Resour Health. 2020 Nov 4;18(1):84. doi: 10.1186/s12960-020-00521-8.

Côte d’Ivoire

• Kirk M, Assoa P, Iiams-Hauser C, Kouabenan Y, Antilla J, Steele-Lane C, Rossum G, Komena P, Sadate Ngatchou P, Abiola N, Kouakou A, Pongathie A, Koffi JB, Adje C, Perrone LA. Adaptation of an electronic dashboard to monitor HIV viral load testing in Côte d’Ivoire. Afr J Lab Med. 2021 May 17;10(1). doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v10i1.1284

Haiti

• Ramaiya MK, Haight E, Simoni JM, Chéry JM, Dervis W, Genna W, Dubé JG, Calixte G, Balan JG, Honoré JG, Puttkammer N. Patient-Provider Communication and Information, Motivation, and Behavioral Skills in HIV-Positive Adults Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Haiti. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2020 Jan-Dec;19:2325958220952631. doi: 10.1177/2325958220952631.
• Puttkammer N, Simoni JM, Sandifer T, et al. An EMR-Based Alert with Brief Provider-Led ART Adherence Counseling: Promising Results of the InfoPlus Adherence Pilot Study Among Haitian Adults with HIV Initiating ART. AIDS Behav. 2020; [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 26]. doi:10.1007/s10461-020-02945-8
• Wang Y, Barnhart S, Francois K, Robin E, Kalou M, et al. Expanded access to viral load testing and use of second line regimens in Haiti: time trends from 2010-2017. BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 16;20(1):283. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-04978-9.
• Puttkammer N, Parrish C, Desir Y, Hyppolite N, Wagenaar B, Joseph N, Hall L, Honoré JG, Robin E, Perrin G, François K. Toward Universal HIV Treatment in Haiti: Time Trends in ART Retention Following Expanded ART Eligibility in a National Cohort from 2011-17. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 Feb 14. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002329. [Epub ahead of print]

Malawi

• Ganesh P, Heller T, Chione B, Gumulira J, Gugsa S, Khan S, McGovern S, Nhlema A, Nkhoma L, Sacks JA, Trapence C, Tweya H, Ehrenkranz P, Phiri S. Near Point-of-Care HIV Viral Load: Targeted Testing at Large Facilities. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 Feb 1;86(2):258-263. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002555.
• Phiri S, Kamamia CK. Travel time to health-care facilities and HIV elimination in Malawi. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Dec;8(12):e1449-e1450. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30394-6.
• Tweya H, Feldacker C, Kiruthu-Kamamia C, Billion L, Gumulira J, Nhlema A, Phiri S. Virologic failure and switch to second-line antiretroviral therapy in children with HIV in Lilongwe, Malawi: an observational cohort study. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Jan 6;114(1):31-37. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trz087.

Mozambique

• Dawson-Rose C, Gutin SA, Mudender F, Hunguana E, Kevany S. Effects of a peer educator program for HIV status disclosure and health system strengthening: Findings from a clinic-based disclosure support program in Mozambique. PLoS One. 2020 May 6;15(5):e0232347. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232347.

Namibia

• O’Bryan G, Feldacker C, Ensminger A, Nghatanga M, Brandt L, Shepard M, Billah I, Aupokolo M, Mengistu AT, Forster N, Zemburuka B, Sithole E, Mutandi G, Barnhart S, O’Malley G. Adverse Event Profile and Associated Factors Following Surgical Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Two Regions of Namibia, 2015-2018. PLoS One. 2021 Oct 20;16(10):e0258611. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258611.
• Bikinesi L, O’Bryan G, Roscoe C, Mekonen T, Shoopala N, Mengistu AT, Sawadogo S, Agolory S, Mutandi G, Garises V, Pati R, Tison L, Igboh L, Johnson C, Rodriguez EM, Ellerbrock T, Menzies H, Baughman AL, Brandt L, Forster N, Scott J, Wood B, Unruh KT, Arora S, Iandiorio M, Kalishman S, Zalud-Cerrato S, Lehmer J, Lee S, Mahdi MA, Spedoske S, Zuber A, Reilley B, Ramers CB, Hamunime N, O’Malley G, Struminger B. Implementation and evaluation of a Project ECHO telementoring program for the Namibian HIV workforce. Hum Resour Health. 2020 Sep 1;18(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s12960-020-00503-w.

South Africa

• Lane J, Andrews G, Orange E, Brezak A, Tanna G, et al. Strengthening health policy development and management systems in low-and middle- income countries: South Africa’s approach. Health Policy Open, 2020 Dec 22;1. doi: 10.1016/j.hpopen.2020.100010

Tanzania

• Wilson K, Juya A, Abade A, Sembuche S, Leonard D, Harris J, Perkins S, Chale S, Bakari M, Mghamba J, Kohler P. Evaluation of a New Field Epidemiology Training Program Intermediate Course to Strengthen Public Health Workforce Capacity in Tanzania. Public Health Rep. 2021 Feb 4:33354920974663. doi: 10.1177/0033354920974663. Epub ahead of print.

Ukraine

• Hong C, Puttkammer N, Riabokon S, Germanovich M, Shost A, Parrish C, Shapoval A, Dumchev K. Patient-Reported Treatment Satisfaction and Quality of Life Among People Living with HIV Following the Introduction of Dolutegravir-Based ART Regimens in Ukraine. AIDS Behav. 2021 Sep 13. doi: 10.1007/s10461-021-03461-z. Epub ahead of print.

Zambia

• McNabb SJN, Magowe M, Shaw N, Berrian AM, Wilkes M, Shaikh A, Gachuno O, Perrone LA, Murray BL, Berman E, Hansoti B. Delivering Modern Global Health Learning Requires New Obligations and Approaches. Annals of Global Health. 2021; 87(1): 68, 1–9.
• Gopolang F, Mwamba FZ, Nsama D, Kruuner A, Nsofwa D, Kasvosve I, Gomo R, Motlhabane T, Chohan B, Soge OO, Daniel Osterhage, Campbell N, Noble M, Downer A, Jean-Frederic Flandin, Nartker A, Koehn C, Nonde LK, Shibemba A, Ndongmo CB, Steinau M, Perrone LA. Improving laboratory quality and capacity through leadership and management training: Lessons from Zambia 2016–2018. Afr J Lab Med. 2021 Apr 30;10(1). doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v10i1.1225.

Zimbabwe

• Feldacker C, Murenje V, Makunike-Chikwinya B, Hove J, Munyaradzi T, Marongwe P, Balachandra S, Mandisarisa J, Holec M, Xaba S, Sidile-Chitimbire V, Tshimanga M, Barnhart S. Balancing competing priorities: Quantity versus quality within a routine, voluntary medical male circumcision program operating at scale in Zimbabwe. PLoS One. 2020 Oct 13;15(10):e0240425. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240425.
• Babigumira JB, Barnhart S, Mendelsohn JM, Murenje V, Tshimanga M, Mauhy C, Holeman I, Xaba S, Holec MM, Makunike-Chikwinya B, Feldacker C. Cost-effectiveness analysis of two-way texting for post-operative follow-up in Zimbabwe’s voluntary medical male circumcision program. PLoS One. 2020 Sep 30;15(9):e0239915. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239915.
• Feldacker C, Holeman I, Murenje V, Xaba S, Korir M, Wambua B, Makunike-Chikwinya B, Holec M, Barnhart S, Tshimanga M. Usability and acceptability of a two-way texting intervention for post-operative follow-up for voluntary medical male circumcision in Zimbabwe. PLoS One. 2020 Jun 16;15(6):e0233234. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233234.