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Life Saving Infrastructure
Published November 5, 2024
As EGPAF began the process of building out the electronic medical records system, they faced two major challenges; bandwidth and electricity. “Apart from the EMR, we had to also look at infrastructure and the network,” says Charlie Maere, the Global Digital Health and Data Analytics director at EGPAF.
Topics:
General
Countries:
Malawi
Story
A Vital Reservoir
Published November 5, 2024
A fully supported electronic medical record system requires a central database so that the information is available for many uses—from tracking patients at the clinic level to national reporting and analysis of health trends. With EGPAF’s support, Malawi’s Ministry of Health now maintains a centralized data hub, known as the…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Malawi
Story
A Mother on a Mission
Published November 4, 2024
Jane Emmanuel has been an activist, volunteer, teacher, and friend. But her newest title, mother, has transformed her life. As peer supporter, she spent years helping other young women navigate their HIV status. But when she became pregnant with her own daughter, she had to put her knowledge…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Tanzania
Story
Data for the People
Published November 3, 2024
As the lead nurse in charge of the PMTCT (prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission) clinic at Mchinji Health Center in western Malawi, Kennedy Munthali has a packed schedule—overseeing the care of about 700 women who are either pregnant or are nursing infants, in a typical month. The…
Topics:
Health System Strengthening,
Innovation,
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT)
Countries:
Malawi
Journal Articles
Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents
Published October 31, 2024
The burden of tuberculosis (TB) in children and adolescents remains very significant. Several million children and adolescents are infected with TB each year worldwide following exposure to an infectious TB case and the risk of progression from TB infection to tuberculosis disease is higher in this group compared to adults.
Topics:
Tuberculosis (TB)
Journal Articles
Clients’ and providers’ perspectives in informing a digital health intervention to improve linkage to care after Index HIV self-testing in Hai and Moshi Districts, Tanzania
Published October 31, 2024
Background Digital health interventions have the potential to improve linkage to care after HIV self-testing (HIVST). This study aimed to understand clients’ and providers’ perceptions of benefits, and barriers of a digital health intervention designed to improve linkage to care after HIV self-testing in Tanzania. Methods This exploratory qualitative research…
Topics:
HIV
Countries:
Tanzania
Journal Articles
A Longitudinal Assessment of Interruptions in HIV Clinic Visits and Virologic Failure among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the Kabeho Study
Published October 30, 2024
Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for women with HIV is recommended for life, yet most studies measure retention in HIV care and treatment as a binary outcome rather than patterns of intermittent clinic attendance. Pregnancy and the post-partum period are critical times to study interruptions in care, as retention among these women…
Topics:
Maternal and Child Health
Countries:
Rwanda
Journal Articles
Decentralisation and integration of paediatric tuberculosis services to primary healthcare facilities as an approach to optimise management in Cameroon and Kenya
Published October 30, 2024
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality for children less than 5 years. Diagnosis and treatment of children with active TB is often centralised in district hospital settings due to poor public health infrastructure and lack of diagnostic capabilities in primary healthcare (PHC) facilities. This analysis…
Topics:
Tuberculosis (TB)
Countries:
Cameroon,
Kenya
Journal Articles
Integrating SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing in maternal, neonatal and child health, HIV, and TB clinics in Kenya and Cameroon
Published October 30, 2024
Introduction: Early diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection is key to preventing severe disease and poor outcomes in vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women and people living with HIV or diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). We assessed outcomes achieved with the integration of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic testing (Ag-RDT) into maternal, neonatal and…
Topics:
Global Health Security,
Maternal and Child Health
Countries:
Cameroon,
Kenya