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Measuring Service Quality And Assessing Its Relationship To Contraceptive Discontinuation: A Prospective Cohort Study In Pakistan And Uganda, Karen T. Chang, Nirali M. Chakraborty, Amanda M. Kalamar, Waqas Hameed, Ben Bellows, Karen A. Grépin, Agha Xaher Gul, Sarah E K. Bradley, Lynn M. Atuyambe, Dominic Montagu

Community Health Sciences

Background: The quality of contraceptive counseling that women receive from their provider can influence their future contraceptive continuation. We examined (1) whether the quality of contraceptive service provision could be measured in a consistent way by using existing tools from 2 large-scale social franchises, and (2) whether facility quality measures based on these tools were consistently associated with contraceptive discontinuation.
Methods: We linked existing, routinely collected facility audit data from social franchise clinics in Pakistan and Uganda with client data. Clients were women aged 15-49 who initiated a modern, reversible contraceptive method from a sampled clinic. Consented participants completed an …

Reducing Hiv Risk Among Young Women And Their Partners: Highlights From The Dreams Implementation Science Research Portfolio, Population Council

HIV and AIDS

The Population Council, with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development through Project SOAR, led a set of implementation science studies to capture multiple perspectives that reflect the innovative aspects of DREAMS. These mixed-method studies conducted across seven countries (Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia) provide critical evidence that fill knowledge gaps on how to reduce HIV risk among AGYW and their male partners. This brief presents key findings grouped around four areas of inquiry: 1) HIV vulnerability and risk; 2) social drivers of HIV risk; 3) effects of …

Monitoring Preeclampsia In Rural Uganda Through Community Health Workers Using The Minipiers Model, Amina Abib Osman, Josephine Mariz De Leon, Ayah Karra Aly

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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An Upstream Approach To Diarrheal Disease, Ayah Karra Aly, Adaku Ohuruogu, Georgia Leigh Raithby, Jasandeep Sehra

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Physical Maturation And Sexual Debut On Hiv Susceptibility In Adolescent Males In Rakai, Uganda, Zhongtian (Eric) Shao, Godfrey Kigozi, Ronald M. Galiwango, Cindy Liu, Rupert Kaul, Aaron Ar Tobian, Jessica Prodger

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Cytokine Profiles Within The Endocervical Tract Of Hiv-1 Infected Females, Steven M. Trothen, Rajesh A. Jacob, Genevieve Gosselin, Michael Fraser, Eric J. Arts, Jimmy D. Dikeakos

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

No abstract provided.

An Environmental Assessment Of Barriers To Hpv Vaccination In Lira, Uganda, Mary Ryan, Amy Leader, Phd

Phase 1

Introduction: Vaccination against HPV is a global concern, given that cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women in developing countries, such as Uganda. Uganda has launched a national program to vaccinate girls 9-13 with Gardasil^â for HPV prevention, yet areas like Lira in northern Uganda are well below the 80% coverage goal. While there is infrastructure at a national level to vaccinate girls against HPV, this project aimed to assess barriers to vaccination at a local level.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews with individuals in Lira, providers at Ayira Health Services, and a stakeholder at the Uganda Ministry of …