Community Health Workers Show Promise for Treating Perinatal Depression Across Africa
A sweeping scoping review of 57 studies across 18 Sub-Saharan African countries finds that community-delivered psychological interventions can reduce perinatal ...
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Ghana Pilots Simple Home-Visit Checklist to Find Hidden Tropical Diseases
A three-month pilot in Ghana shows that community health officers can detect over a thousand suspected neglected tropical disease cases ...
Free on Paper, Blocked in Practice: Why Migrants and Maya Communities Struggle to Reach Care in Belize
A qualitative study of 67 participants and five health facilities finds that Belize's formally free healthcare system still imposes hidden ...
Screening Cutoff for Severe Malnutrition in Burkina Faso Shows Little Effect on Child Outcomes
A regression discontinuity study of more than 65,000 children in Burkina Faso found no clear evidence that crossing the MUAC ...
Digital Health Records Boost Maternal Care Completion in Rural Ethiopia
A controlled quasi-experimental study in rural Ethiopia found that an electronic community health information system, paired with tailored implementation strategies, ...
Community Health Workers Emerge as a Powerful Antidote to Racism in Hospital Care
A hospital program embedding a Black community health worker on medicine wards improved trust and communication for Black patients while ...
How Trusted Local Volunteers Turned Home Births into Hospital Deliveries in Tribal India
A community-led pilot in Madhya Pradesh's tribal Barwani district achieved institutional deliveries for 83 percent of tracked pregnant women by ...
Selling Health, Saving Lives: How Micro-Entrepreneurship Could Keep Rural Health Workers Afloat
A mixed-methods study of 1,003 community health workers in rural Uganda reveals the five domains that determine whether a hybrid ...
Community Health Workers Could Help Prevent Dementia, but Cognitive Health Is Being Left Behind
A systematic review of 35 studies finds that community health worker–led programs effectively target cardiovascular and metabolic dementia risk factors ...
Digital Health in Rural Indonesia Keeps Services Running but Falls Short of Real System Change
A scoping review of 23 studies finds that digital health tools in rural and remote Indonesia reliably support service continuity, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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