Featured Article

• Hove J, Masimba L, Murenje V, Nyadundu S, Musayerenge B, Xaba S, Nachipo B, Chitimbire V, Makunike B, Holec M, Chinyoka T, Mandisarisa J, Balachandra S, Tshimanga M, Barnhart S, Feldacker C. Incorporating Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Into Traditional Circumcision Contexts: Experiences of a Local Consortium in Zimbabwe Collaborating With an Ethnic Group. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2019 Mar 29;7(1):138-146. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00352.

Employing voluntary medical male circumcision within traditional settings may increase patient safety and help scale up male circumcision efforts in sub-Saharan Africa. ZAZIC, a local consortium, and the Ministry of Health and Child Care established a culturally sensitive partnership with the VaRemba, an ethnic group in Zimbabwe that practices traditional male circumcision, to provide safe, standardized male circumcision procedures.

Ultimately, the program resulted in a successful model that paired traditional circumcision practices with modern VMMC, suggesting potential for replicability in other similar sub-Saharan African communities. Of 672 male camp residents ages 10 and older, 657 (98%) chose VMMC.

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Botswana

• Kleinman NJ, Mawandia S, Kwaadira B, Broz J, Matumi H, Moumakwa R, Semo BW, Ledikwe J. Increasing Tuberculosis Register Data Quality in Botswana with Continuous Quality Improvement Activities. Qual Prim Care. 2018 March 23; 25(2):45-48.
• Ledikwe JH, Kleinman NJ, Mpho M, H Mothibedi, S Mawandia, B Semo, G O’Malley. Associations between healthcare worker participation in workplace wellness activities and job satisfaction, occupational stress and burnout: a cross-sectional study in Botswana. BMJ Open. 2018 Mar 16; 8(3): e018492. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018492

Cambodia

• Perrone LA, Voeurng V, Sek S, Song S, Vong N, Tous C, Flandin JF, Confer D, Costa A, Martin R. Implementation research: a mentoring programme to improve laboratory quality in Cambodia. Bull World Health Organ. 2016;94:743–751. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.15.163824

Caribbean Region

• Scott E, Nartker A, St. Thomas S, Ali Z. Train, Transfer, and Sustain: Building Capacity for Online Learning at the University of the West Indies Diploma in the Management of HIV Infection Program. 7th Annual CUGH Global Health Conference. University of San Francisco. April 8-11, 2016.

Haiti

• Myrtil M, Puttkammer N, Gloyd S, Robinson J, Yuhas K, Domercant JW, Honoré JG, Francois K. ART Attrition across Health Facilities Implementing Option B+ in Haiti. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2018 May 20; 17. doi: 10.1177/2325958218774037.
• deRiel E, Puttkammer N, Hyppolite N, Diallo J, Wagner S, Honoré JG, Balan JG, Celestin N, Vallès JS, Duval N, Thimothé G, Boncy J, Coq NRL, Barnhart S. Success factors for implementing and sustaining a mature electronic medical record in a low-resource setting: a case study of iSanté in Haiti. Health Policy Plan. 2018 Mar 1; 33(2):237. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czx171.

India

• Anusuya GS, Chockalingam C, Gurusamy M, Nadol P, Krishnaraj R and Radhakrishnan E. Various Immunologic and Virologic Responses to Second line Antiretroviral Therapy in Tambaram, India. J AIDS Clin Res. 2016;7:8. doi: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000601.

Kenya

• Mugwanya K, Irungu E, Bukusi E, Mugo N, Odoyo J; Wamoni E; Ngure K, Morton J, Peebles K, Masyuko S, Barnabee G, Donnell D,  Barnabas R, Haberer J, O’Malley G, Baeten JM, the Partners Scale Up Team. Scale Up of PrEP Integrated in Public Health HIV Care Clinics: A Protocol for a Stepped Wedge Cluster-Randomized Roll Out in Kenya. Implement Sci. 2018 Sep 4;13(1):118. doi: 10.1186/s13012-018-0809-7
• Fairbanks J, Beima-Sofie K, Akinyi P, Matemo D, Unger J, Kinuthia J, O’Malley G, Drake A, John-Stewart G, Ronen K. You Will Know That Despite Being HIV Positive You Are Not Alone: Qualitative Study to Inform Content of a Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2018 Jul 19;6(7):e10671. doi: 10.2196/10671.
• Velonjara J, Crouthamel B, Wiggins M, Matemo D, John-Stewart G, O’Malley G, Unger J, Kinuthia J, Drake A.  Motherhood increases family planning support among Kenyan adolescents. Sex Reprod Healthc. 2018 Jun;16:124-131. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2018.03.002. Epub 2018 Mar 15.
• Wagner A, O’Malley G, Firdawsi O, Mugo C, Njuguna I, Maleche-Obimbo E, Inwani I, Wamalwa D, John-Stewart G, Slyker J. Disclosure, consent, opportunity costs, and inaccurate risk assessment deter pediatric HIV testing: a mixed methods study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 Apr 1;77(4):393-399. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001614.
• Ronen K,  Unger J, Drake A, Perrier T, Akinyi P, Osborn L, Matemo D, O’Malley G,  Kinuthia J, John-Stewart G. SMS messaging to improve ART adherence: perspectives of pregnant HIV-infected women in Kenya on HIV-related message content. AIDS Care. 2018 Apr;30(4):500-505. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1417971. Epub 2017 Dec 18.
• Muthee V, Bochner AF, Osterman A, Liku N, Akhwale W, Kwach J, Prachi M, Wamicwe J, Odhiambo J, Onyango F, Puttkammer N. The impact of routine data quality assessments on electronic medical record data quality in Kenya. PLoS One. 2018 Apr 18;13(4). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195362
• Muthee V, Bochner AF, Kang’aa S, Owiso G, Akhwale W, Wanyee S, Puttkammer N. Site readiness assessment preceding the implementation of a HIV care and treatment electronic medical record system in Kenya. Int J Med Inform. 2018 January;109:23–29.

Malawi

• Tweya H, Feldacker C, Heller T, Gugsa S, Ng’ambi W, Nthala O, Kalulu M, Chiwoko J, Banda R, Makwinja A, Phiri S. 2017. Characteristics and outcomes of older HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Malawi: A retrospective observation cohort study. PLoS One. 2017; 12(7): e0180232.
• Ng’ambi W, Gugsa S, Tweya H, Girma B, Kanyerere H, Dambe I, Babaye Y, Mpunga J, Phiri S. Characteristics and management of presumptive tuberculosis in public health facilities in Malawi, 2014–2016. Public Health Action. 2017, Dec 21;7(4).
• Feldacker C, Pintye J, Jacob S, Chung MH, Middleton L, Iliffe J, Kim HN. Continuing professional development for medical, nursing, and midwifery cadres in Malawi, Tanzania and South Africa: A qualitative evaluation. PLoS One. 2017 Oct 17;12(10):e0186074. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186074.

Mozambique

• Ruano Camps M, Brentlinger PE, Augusto G, Nguimfack A, Mudender F. Association of HIV/AIDS Clinician Warm Line Utilization with Diagnosis and Management of Antiretroviral Treatment Failure in Mozambique: A Retrospective Analysis of Program Data. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2017 Jul/Aug;16(4):396-404. doi: 10.1177/2325957417710720.

Namibia

• O’Malley, G, Barnabee, G & Mugwanya, K. Scaling-up PrEP Delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Can We Learn from the Scale-up of ART? Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2019 Feb 22. doi: 10.1007/s11904-019-00437-6.

South Africa

• Treves-Kagan S, El Ayadi AM, Morris JL, Graham LM, Grignon J, Ntswane L, Gilvydis JM, Barnhart S, and Lippman SA. Sexual and Physical Violence in Childhood Is Associated With Adult Intimate Partner Violence and Nonpartner Sexual Violence in a Representative Sample of Rural South African Men and Women.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2019 Feb 8. doi:10.1177/0886260519827661. [Epub ahead of print].

Ukraine

• Downer A, Shapoval A, Vysotska O, Yuryeva I, Bairachna T. US e-learning course adaptation to the Ukrainian context: lessons learned and way forward. BMC Med Educ. 2018 Nov 1;18(1):247. doi: 10.1186/s12909-018-1349-1.

Zimbabwe

• Hove J, Masimba L, Murenje V, Nyadundu S, Musayerenge B, Xaba S, Nachipo B, Chitimbire V, Makunike B, Holec M, Chinyoka T, Mandisarisa J, Balachandra S, Tshimanga M, Barnhart S, Feldacker C. Incorporating Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Into Traditional Circumcision Contexts: Experiences of a Local Consortium in Zimbabwe Collaborating With an Ethnic Group. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2019 Mar 29;7(1):138-146. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00352
• Feldacker C, Makunike-Chikwinya B, Holec M, Bochner AF, Stepaniak A, Nyanga R, Xaba S, Kilmarx PH, Herman-Roloff A, Tafuma T, Tshimanga M, Sidile-Chitimbire VT, Barnhart S. Implementing voluntary medical male circumcision using an innovative, integrated, health systems approach: experiences from 21 districts in Zimbabwe. Glob Health Action. 2018 Jan 11;11(1):1414997. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1414997.