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Healthcare provider-targeted mobile applications to diagnose, screen, or monitor communicable diseases of public health importance in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

Pascal Geldsetzer; Sergio Flores; Blanca Flores dkk.

PLOS Digital Health, Vol. 2 No. 10 · 2023 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Communicable diseases remain a leading cause of death and disability in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). mHealth technologies carry considerable promise for managing these disorders within resource-poor settings, but many existing applications exclusively represent digital versions of…

“It’s hard for us men to go to the clinic. We naturally have a fear of hospitals.” Men’s risk perceptions, experiences and program preferences for PrEP: A mixed methods study in Eswatini

Astrid Berner-Rodoreda; Pascal Geldsetzer; Kate Bärnighausen dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 15 No. 9 · 2020 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Few studies on HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) have focused on men who have sex with women. We present findings from a mixed-methods study in Eswatini, the country with the highest HIV prevalence in the world (27%). Our findings are based on risk assessments, in-depth interviews and focus-group…

Knowledge and attitudes about HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: Evidence from in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with policy makers, healthcare providers, and end-users in Lesotho

Pascal Geldsetzer; Joy J. Chebet; Tapiwa Tarumbiswa dkk.

PLOS Global Public Health, Vol. 2 No. 10 · 2022 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Studies on knowledge and attitudes about HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) have mostly focused on key populations in North America and Europe. To inform Lesotho’s national rollout of PrEP to the general population, this study aimed to characterize knowledge and attitudes about PrEP among policy…

Correction: Accessibility and quality of care for adults with hypertension in rural Burkina Faso: Results from a cross-sectional household survey

Stephanie Lacey; Maria Lisa Odland; Ali Sié dkk.

PLOS Global Public Health, Vol. 6 No. 3 · 2026 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Stakeholder perspectives on interventions to improve HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake and continuation in Lesotho: A participant-ranked preferences study

Joy J. Chebet; Shannon A. McMahon; Rachel P. Chase dkk.

PLOS Global Public Health, Vol. 3 No. 9 · 2023 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Low uptake and high discontinuation remain major obstacles to realizing the potential of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in changing the trajectory of the HIV epidemic. We conducted a card sorting and ranking exercise with 155 local stakeholders to determine their views on the most important…

Accessibility and quality of care for adults with hypertension in rural Burkina Faso: results from a cross-sectional household survey

Stephanie Lacey; Maria Lisa Odland; Ali Sié dkk.

PLOS Global Public Health, Vol. 5 No. 4 · 2025 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Providing quality healthcare is essential to reduce the future burden of cardiovascular disease. We assessed the quality of care for people with hypertension in Burkina Faso using the Institute of Medicine (IoM) Quality Domains of effectiveness, timeliness of access, patient-centredness and…

Predictors of Patient Dissatisfaction with Services for Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Helga Naburi; Phares Mujinja; Charles Kilewo dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 11 No. 10 · 2016 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV remains a major source of new HIV infections in children. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) using lifelong antiretroviral treatment (ART) for all pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV (Option B+) is the major…

The Recognition of and Care Seeking Behaviour for Childhood Illness in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review

Pascal Geldsetzer; Thomas Christie Williams; Amir Kirolos dkk.

PLoS ONE, Vol. 9 No. 4 · 2014 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: Pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria are among the leading causes of death in children. These deaths are largely preventable if appropriate care is sought early. This review aimed to determine the percentage of caregivers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with a child less than 5…

Quality of primary health care for chronic diseases in low-resource settings: Evidence from a comprehensive study in rural China

Mingyue Li; Xiaotian Zhang; Haoqing Tang dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 19 No. 7 · 2024 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: There is a paucity of evidence regarding the definition of the quality of primary health care (PHC) in China. This study aims to evaluate the PHC quality for chronic diseases in rural areas based on a modified conceptual framework tailored to the context of rural China. Methods: This…

Harmonization of community health worker programs for HIV: A four-country qualitative study in Southern Africa

Jan-Walter De Neve; Henri Garrison-Desany; Kathryn G. Andrews dkk.

PLOS Medicine, Vol. 14 No. 8 · 2017 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: Community health worker (CHW) programs are believed to be poorly coordinated, poorly integrated into national health systems, and lacking long-term support. Duplication of services, fragmentation, and resource limitations may have impeded the potential impact of CHWs for achieving HIV…

Addressing the diagnostic gap in hypertension through possible interventions and scale-up: A microsimulation study

Lisa Koeppel; Sabine Dittrich; Sergio Brenner Miguel dkk.

PLOS Medicine, Vol. 19 No. 12 · 2022 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of mortality globally with almost a third of all annual deaths worldwide. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately highly affected covering 80% of these deaths. For CVD, hypertension (HTN) is the leading…

Community delivery of antiretroviral drugs: A non-inferiority cluster-randomized pragmatic trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Pascal Geldsetzer; Joel M. Francis; David Sando dkk.

PLOS Medicine, Vol. 15 No. 9 · 2018 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

…NCT02711293. In a cluster-randomized pragmatic trial from Tanzania, Pascal Geldsetzer and colleagues investigate different delivery models of antiretroviral drugs to HIV patients at home compared to standard facility-based care. Why was this study done?: What did the researchers do and find?: What…

Geographic and sociodemographic variation of cardiovascular disease risk in India: A cross-sectional study of 797,540 adults

Pascal Geldsetzer; Jennifer Manne-Goehler; Michaela Theilmann dkk.

PLOS Medicine, Vol. 15 No. 6 · 2018 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in India. Yet, evidence on the CVD risk of India’s population is limited. To inform health system planning and effective targeting of interventions, this study aimed to determine how CVD risk—and the factors that determine…

Hypertension screening, awareness, treatment, and control in India: A nationally representative cross-sectional study among individuals aged 15 to 49 years

Jonas Prenissl; Jennifer Manne-Goehler; Lindsay M. Jaacks dkk.

PLOS Medicine, Vol. 16 No. 5 · 2019 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: Evidence on where in the hypertension care process individuals are lost to care, and how this varies among states and population groups in a country as large as India, is essential for the design of targeted interventions and to monitor progress. Yet, to our knowledge, there has not yet…

Health service readiness to provide care for HIV and cardiovascular disease risk factors in low- and middle-income countries

Neil Cockburn; David Flood; Jacqueline A. Seiglie dkk.

PLOS Global Public Health, Vol. 3 No. 9 · 2023 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVDRF), in particular diabetes and hypertension, are chronic conditions which carry a substantial disease burden in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Unlike HIV, they were neglected in the Millenium Development Goals along with the health services required to…

Individual characteristics associated with road traffic collisions and healthcare seeking in low- and middle-income countries and territories

Leila Ghalichi; Dina Goodman-Palmer; John Whitaker dkk.

PLOS Global Public Health, Vol. 4 No. 1 · 2024 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Incidence of road traffic collisions (RTCs), types of users involved, and healthcare requirement afterwards are essential information for efficient policy making. We analysed individual-level data from nationally representative surveys conducted in low- or middle-income countries (LMICs) between…

Patterns of multimorbidity in India: A nationally representative cross-sectional study of individuals aged 15 to 49 years

Jonas Prenissl; Jan-Walter De Neve; Nikkil Sudharsanan dkk.

PLOS Global Public Health, Vol. 2 No. 8 · 2022 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

There is a dearth of evidence on the epidemiology of multimorbidity in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of multimorbidity in India and its variation among states and population groups. We analyzed data from a nationally representative household survey…

Preferences regarding COVID-19 vaccination among 12,000 adults in China: A cross-sectional discrete choice experiment

Fengyun Yu; Lirui Jiao; Qiushi Chen dkk.

PLOS Global Public Health, Vol. 4 No. 7 · 2024 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Understanding public preferences concerning vaccination is critical to inform pandemic response strategies. To investigate Chinese adults’ preferences regarding COVID-19 vaccine attributes, we conducted a cross-sectional online survey in 12,000 Chinese adults in June-July, 2021. Participants were…

The impact of continuous quality improvement on coverage of antenatal HIV care tests in rural South Africa: Results of a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled implementation trial

H. Manisha Yapa; Jan-Walter De Neve; Terusha Chetty dkk.

PLOS Medicine, Vol. 17 No. 10 · 2020 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: Evidence for the effectiveness of continuous quality improvement (CQI) in resource-poor settings is very limited. We aimed to establish the effects of CQI on quality of antenatal HIV care in primary care clinics in rural South Africa. Methods and findings: We conducted a stepped-wedge…

Community health workers to improve uptake of maternal healthcare services: A cluster-randomized pragmatic trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Pascal Geldsetzer; Eric Mboggo; Elysia Larson dkk.

PLOS Medicine, Vol. 16 No. 3 · 2019 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

…NCT01932138 In this cluster-randomized trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Pascal Geldsetzer & colleagues assessed how a community health worker intervention affected the proportion of women attending antenatal care and delivering their babies at home. Why was this study done?: What did the…