Peer-Reviewed Discussion Briefs
Thank you!
The publication of GHDonline Discussion Briefs is made possible thanks to the work and support of the following writers and reviewers (in alphabetical order):
K Rivet Amico, PhD, Research Scientist, University of Connecticut’s Center for Health, Innovation, and Prevention
David Bangsberg, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard School of Medicine; Director, International Program for the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research; Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health
Joaquin Blaya, PhD, Research Fellow, Brigham & Women's Hospital; Chief Technology Officer, eHealth Systems, Chile
Peter Ehrenkranz, MD, MPH, Medical Officer, Care and Treatment Team Lead/Advisor, CDC/PEPFAR-Swaziland
Julia Fischer-Mackey, Research Associate, Oxfam America
Yue Guan, GHDonline Web Coordinator
Jessica Haberer, MD, MS, Harvard Initiative for Global Health; Massachusetts General Hospital, U.S.A
Shivani Kaul, Research Assistant, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Global Health Equity
Douglas Krakower, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Anatole Manzi, MESHc Program Director, Inshuti Mu Buzima (Partners In Health Rwanda)
Regan Marsh, MD, MPH, Partners In Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Megan McLaughlin, MPH, Research Assistant, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham & Women's Hospital, U.S.A
Jean Nachega, MD, PhD, Associate Scientist, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, U.S.A
Edward Nardell, MD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School (Medicine; Global Health and Social Medicine), Harvard School of Public Health (Environmental Health; Immunology and Infectious Diseases); Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Global Health Equity, U.S.A
Rachel Nugent, PhD, research scientist in the Department of Global Health at University of Washington
Tim O'Shea, MD, FRCP(C), Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases specialist, McMaster University, Canada
Doruk Ozgediz, MD, MSc, Global Partners in Anesthesia and Surgery - GPAS
Anat Rosenthal, PhD, Medical Anthropologist
Annika Sweetland, Fellow, Columbia University
Robert Szypko, Summer Intern at Partners In Health and GHD
Harvard Medical School students Neir Eshel, Jana Jarolimova, Amanda Johnson, and Allen Ho, and Zeba Syed.
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GHDonline Expert Panels
Adherence & Retention Community
- Structural, social and personal barriers to linkage and retention in HIV care
- Wireless Technologies to Monitor and Improve Patient Adherence
- To count lost to-follow-up as part of adherence denominator?
- Research on HIV Prevention with Positive Interventions
- Impact of metabolic complications on ART adherence
- Education, Counseling & Support Materials for People Living with HIV/AIDS
Endemic Non-Communicable Diseases
Global Health Nursing & Midwifery
- Nurse Mentoring Program for Quality Improvement
- Improving Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Patients With Complex Needs
Global Surgery & Anesthesia
- Building Sustainable Partnerships to Strengthen Surgery and Anesthesia Capacity in Resource-Poor Settings
- Enhancing Training Capacity for Prehospital Trauma Care in Developing Countries
- Surgical Training in Resource-Limited Settings
Health IT Community
- Creating, Working in and Evaluating Telemedicine Projects
- Unique Patient Identifiers in Resource-Limited Settings
- Short Message Service Solutions for Supply Chain Management
- Wireless Technologies to Monitor and Improve Patient Adherence
- Local Software Development for Global eHealth
- Health IT Challenges and Needs for Disaster Relief and Rebuilding
- Laptops for Community Health Workers
- Data collection systems for patient monitoring during disaster relief
- Wireless router set-up where electricity is scarce
HIV Prevention
Malaria Treatment & Prevention
MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention
- Implementation of Xpert MTB/RIF in Resource-Limited Settings
- Psychosocial Support for MDR-TB Patients
- Reporting Sputum Conversion Rates for MDR-TB Monitoring
- The Challenge of Treating MDR-TB in a Country where Second-Line Drugs are not Available
- Minimum Volume of Testing for Maintaining Proficiency in TB Diagnosis
- Disposal of Sputum in Home Settings
- Triage Strategies to Minimize TB Infection in Resource-Limited Settings
- Design of Isolation Rooms for MDR-TB Patients
- “Fit testing” and “user seal checking” to evaluate respirators
- Infection Control in a Cold Climate without Electricity
- Recommendations for Outdoor Sputum Induction
- Transporting Suspected and Confirmed MDR-TB Patients and Sputum Samples
- Using particulate respirators for TB Infection Control
- TB Infection Control in single-room homes
TB Infection Control Community
Last updated April 17, 2012
