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PDFlockPublicationFostering cardiovascular health at work – case study from SenegalA case study on fostering cardiovascular health at work from Senegal
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DocumentlockPublicationHypertension among South African childrenHypertension among South African children in disadvantaged areas and associations with physical activity, fitness, and cardiovascular risk markers: A cross-sectional study about Hypertension among South African children in disadvantaged areas
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PDFlockDigital Health / PublicationPursuing AI maturity in healthThis case study describes how, when faced with an emerging crisis, government officials convened diverse partners to swiftly develop and deploy life-saving AI solutions. The process they undertook provides lessons for developing AI solutions for challenges beyond COVID-19. This initiative operationalized the recommendations from the 2020 Roadmap to AI Maturity from the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development.
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DocumentlockLeprosy / PublicationLeprosy Post-exposure Prophylaxis with Single-dose Rifampicin (LPEP): An International Feasibility ProgrammeLPEP explored the feasibility of combining three key interventions against leprosy: tracing contacts newly diagnosed patients with leprosy; screening the traced contacts for leprosy; and administering SDR to eligible contacts.
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DocumentlockHypertension / PublicationAssociation Between Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Clustered Cardiovascular Risk in South African Children from Disadvantaged Communities: Results from a Cross-sectional StudyPhysical inactivity (PIA) is a growing global health problem and evidence suggests that PIA is a key driver for hypertension, cardiovascular and chronic diseases.
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DocumentlockMalaria / PublicationEvaluating the Feasibility of Reactive Targeted Parasite Elimination vs. Reactive Case Detection, With and Without Reactive Vector Control, As a Community Level Intervention in Response to Confirmed, Passively Identified Index Cases in Zambezi RegionAs a result of successful malaria control efforts, Namibia, like many countries in southern Africa, is aiming for elimination by 2020.
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DocumentlockLeprosy / PublicationLeprosy Diagnostic Test Development As a Prerequisite Towards Elimination: Requirements from the User’s PerspectiveThe article concludes that a diagnostic test to confirm leprosy disease at an early stage among symptomatic patients would be an acceptable and certainly useful shorter-term compromise.
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DocumentlockHealth System Strengthening / PublicationStrengthening Local Health Systems for Hypertension Prevention and Control: The Communities for Healthy Hearts Program in Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamThis study evaluated a 3-year implementation of this CVD program (2016–2019) on the strengthening of local health system and its capacity to better prevent and manage hypertension.
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DocumentlockHypertension / PublicationKnowledge Change Related to Hypertension in the Southern Province of Vietnam: A Community Based, Before and After Intervention EvaluationThis study describes the changes in knowledge of hypertension among adults aged 40 and above in four districts of Ho Chi Minh City as a result of the Communities for Healthy Hearts program, which started in 2016 and ended in 2019.
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DocumentlockHypertension / PublicationFacilitating Factors and Barriers to the Implementation of Hypertension Prevention Programs in Vietnam: Lessons Learned from the Communities for Healthy Hearts ProgramThis qualitative study's focus is on the facilitators and barriers of the 5 aims of the Communities for Healthy Hearts program for hypertension prevention.
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DocumentlockHypertension / PublicationEffect of Community-based Intervention on Self-management of Blood Pressure among Hypertensive Adults: Findings from the Communities for Healthy Hearts Quasi-experimental Study in VietnamThe current study aims to evaluate the effects of Communities for Healthy Hearts intervention in improving the self-management of blood pressure among hypertensive patients.
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DocumentlockLeprosy / PublicationAn Innovative Approach to Screening and Chemoprophylaxis among Contacts of Leprosy Patients in Low Endemic Settings: Experiences from CambodiaThe objective of the research article is to evaluate operational feasibility in a low-endemic leprosy setting to (a) maintain or revitalize contact tracing and (b) integrate SDR PEP into RACF.
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