Conference paper published in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics to evaluate the evidence for prenatal corticosteroid use in low- and middle-income countries and to make recommendations regarding implementation and further research. Conclusions include recommendations for expanding the use of prenatal corticosteroids in hospitals with high-level newborn care in low-income countries. To read the abstract and download the article, click here.
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Logistics, Commodities, and Waste Management Requirements for Scale-Up of Services
Program planners and policy makers should consider the significant contribution of supply chain and waste management to VMMC program costs as they determine future resource needs for VMMC programs.
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Matching Demand and Supply with Quality and Efficiency in a High-Volume Campaign in Iringa Region, Tanzania
This case study suggests that a campaign approach can be used to provide high-volume quality VMMC services without compromising client safety, and provides a model for matching supply and demand for VMMC services in other settings.
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Strategies for Meeting the Human Resource Needs of Scale-Up in Southern and Eastern Africa
To identify human resource approaches that are being used to improve VMMC volume and efficiency, we looked at previous literature and conducted a program review. We identified surgical efficiencies, non-surgical efficiencies, task shifting, task sharing, temporary redeployment of public sector staff during VMMC campaign periods, expansion of the health workforce through recruitment of unemployed, recently retired, newly graduating, or on-leave …
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Challenges of Costing Demand Creation in Eastern and Southern Africa
This paper proposes an approach to estimating the costs of demand creation for voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) scale-up in 13 countries of eastern and southern Africa. It addresses two key questions: (1) what are the elements of a standardized package for demand creation? And (2) what challenges exist and must be taken into account in estimating the costs of …
Global Health Council blog on MDG 4: Delivering on the Promise of Immunization
Rebecca Fields and Robert Steinglass discuss Rwanda becoming the first country in Africa to introduce the pneumococcal vaccine: http://thepump.jsi.com/mdg-4-delivering-on-the-promise-of-immunization/.
Letter to editor in JAMA on Global Eradication of Polio
Published letter to the editor of JAMA from MCSP’s Immunization Team Lead, Robert Steinglass.
LiST tool critique in the International Journal of Epidemiology
The versatility of the tool, if fully exercised, could help users look at the bigger public health picture, assessing both future marginal mortality gains (lives saved) and past mortality reduction gains (by showing lives lost if gains are not maintained).
Family Planning with Immunization Services: A Promising Approach to Improving Maternal and Child Health
Both immunization and family planning save lives. Through family planning,couples can achieve healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies. At the same time, immunizations are one of the most effective and well utilized child-health promotion strategies globally. The recommended vaccination schedule for children allows for multiple health care contacts with infants and their mothers during the first year of life. Although …
Global Tuberculosis Report 2017
The main purpose of the report is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and progress made in TB care and control at global, regional and country levels. The report can be downloaded here.