Supervision, Performance Assessment, and Recognition Strategy: How SPARS is Improving Health Services across Uganda
Determinant Factors Associated with Occurrence of Tuberculosis among Adult People Living with HIV after Antiretroviral Treatment Initiation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Case Control Study
Abstract Increasing coverage of isoniazid preventive therapy and cotrimoxazole preventive therapy reduced risk of TB among HIV patients who started tr...
Facility-Level Intervention to Improve Attendance and Adherence among Patients on Anti-retroviral Treatment in Kenya: A Quasi-experimental Study Using Time Series Analysis
Achieving high rates of adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-poor settings comprises serious, but different, challenges in both the f...
Saving Lives, Improving Health: Volume 2, 2013
A Retrospective Survey of HIV Drug Resistance among Patients One Year after Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy at Four Clinics in Malawi
Abstract In 2004, Malawi began scaling up its national antiretroviral therapy (ART) program. Because of limited treatment options, population-level su...
Substandard and Counterfeit Antimicrobials: Recent Trends and Implications to Key Public Health Interventions in Developing Countries
Abstract Objective The objective of this review is to produce evidence on the prevalence and trends in the availability of substandard and counterfeit...
How Operational Research Influenced the Scale Up of Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi
Abstract The national scale up of antiretroviral therapy in Malawi is based on a public health approach, with principles and practices borrowed from t...
Enhancing the Role of Pharmacists in Public Health in Developing Countries
Abstract In developing countries, particularly in Africa, the provision of health services leans heavily towards today’s epidemics, including HIV and ...
Strengthening the Appointment and Tracking Systems for Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Tanzania: A Strategy to Optimize Adherence to ART
Abstract Rationale, Aims, and Objectives For a successful patient outcome, a high level of adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is needed. A 200...
Mystery Shopping in Community Drug Shops: Research as Development in Rural Tanzania
Abstract Background Throughout Africa, the private sector plays an important role in malaria treatment complementing formal health services. However t...