Implementation and Operational Research: Uptake of Services and Behaviors in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Cascade in Zimbabwe.

CGPH FACULTY: Sandra McCoy, Nancy Padian DATE OF PUBLICATION: June 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: McCoy SI, Buzdugan R, Padian NS, Musarandega R, Engelsmann B, Martz TE, Mushavi A, Mahomva A, Cowan FM. Implementation and Operational Research: Uptake of Services and Behaviors in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Cascade in Zimbabwe. J Acquir Immune Defic

Parasitism in Children Aged Three Years and Under: Relationship between Infection and Growth in Rural Coastal Kenya.

CGPH FACULTY: Desiree LaBeaud DATE OF PUBLICATION: May 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: LaBeaud AD, Nayakwadi Singer M, McKibben M, Mungai P, Muchiri EM, McKibben E, Gildengorin G, Sutherland LJ, King CH, King CL, Malhotra I. Parasitism in Children Aged Three Years and Under: Relationship between Infection and Growth in Rural Coastal Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop

Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Household Food Security and Child Anthropometry at Ages 5 and 8 Years in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam.

CGPH FACULTY: Lia Fernald DATE OF PUBLICATION: June 2015 REGION: Africa, Asia REFERENCE: Humphries DL, Dearden KA, Crookston BT, Fernald LC, Stein AD, Woldehanna T, Penny ME, Behrman JR; Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project team. Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Household Food Security and Child Anthropometry at Ages 5 and 8

Slum Sanitation and the Social Determinants of Women’s Health in Nairobi, Kenya.

CGPH FACULTY: Jason Corburn DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Corburn J, Hildebrand C. Slum Sanitation and the Social Determinants of Women’s Health in Nairobi, Kenya. J Environ Public Health. 2015;2015:209505. Epub 2015 Apr 28. Review. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Inadequate urban sanitation disproportionately impacts the social determinants of women’s health in informal settlements or slums.

Food insecurity is a barrier to prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study.

CGPH FACULTY: Sandra McCoy, Nancy Padian DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: McCoy SI, Buzdugan R, Mushavi A, Mahomva A, Cowan FM, Padian NS. Food insecurity is a barrier to prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2015 Apr 25;15(1):420. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1764-8. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Food insecurity (FI)

Association of symptoms and severity of rift valley Fever with genetic polymorphisms in human innate immune pathways.

CGPH FACULTY: Desiree LaBeaud DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Hise AG, Traylor Z, Hall NB, Sutherland LJ, Dahir S, Ermler ME, Muiruri S, Muchiri EM, Kazura JW, LaBeaud AD, King CH, Stein CM. Association of symptoms and severity of rift valley Fever with genetic polymorphisms in human innate immune pathways. PLoS Negl

Factors associated with severe human rift valley Fever in sangailu, garissa county, kenya.

CGPH FACULTY: Desiree LaBeaud DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: LaBeaud AD, Pfeil S, Muiruri S, Dahir S, Sutherland LJ, Traylor Z, Gildengorin G, Muchiri EM, Morrill J, Peters CJ, Hise AG, Kazura JW, King CH. Factors associated with severe human rift valley Fever in sangailu, garissa county, kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis.

Performance of a Receptive Language Test among Young Children in Madagascar.

CGPH FACULTY: Lia Fernald DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Weber AM, Fernald LC, Galasso E, Ratsifandrihamanana L. Performance of a Receptive Language Test among Young Children in Madagascar. PLoS One. 2015 Apr 1;10(4):e0121767. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121767. eCollection 2015. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Language tests developed and validated in one country may lose their desired properties when

High rates of o’nyong nyong and chikungunya virus transmission in coastal kenya.

CGPH FACULTY: Desiree LaBeau DATE OF PUBLICATION: February 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: LaBeaud AD, Banda T, Brichard J, Muchiri EM, Mungai PL, Mutuku FM, Borland E, Gildengorin G, Pfeil S, Teng CY, Long K, Heise M, Powers AM, Kitron U, King CH. High rates of o’nyong nyong and chikungunya virus transmission in coastal kenya. PLoS

A community-engaged infection prevention and control approach to Ebola.

CGPH FACULTY: Jason Corburn DATE OF PUBLICATION: February 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Marais F, Minkler M, Gibson N, Mwau B, Mehtar S, Ogunsola F, Banya SS, Corburn J. A community-engaged infection prevention and control approach to Ebola. Health Promot Int. 2015 Feb 12. pii: dav003. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The real missing link in Ebola control efforts to

Cost-effectiveness of the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment (NASG): evidence from a cluster randomized controlled trial in Zambia and Zimbabwe.

CGPH FACULTY: Suellen Miller DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Downing J, El Ayadi A, Miller S, Butrick E, Mkumba G, Magwali T, Kaseba-Sata C, Kahn JG. Cost-effectiveness of the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment (NASG): evidence from a cluster randomized controlled trial in Zambia and Zimbabwe. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015 Jan 28;15(1):37. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT:

Effect of Antenatal Parasitic Infections on Anti-vaccine IgG Levels in Children: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study in Kenya.

CGPH FACULTY: Desire Labeaud DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Malhotra I, McKibben M, Mungai P, McKibben E, Wang X, Sutherland LJ, Muchiri EM, King CH, King CL, LaBeaud AD. Effect of Antenatal Parasitic Infections on Anti-vaccine IgG Levels in Children: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study in Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015