A stepped wedge, cluster-randomized trial of a household UV-disinfection and safe storage drinking water intervention in rural Baja California Sur, Mexico

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: John Colford, Kara Nelson DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2013 REGION: Latin America (Mexico) REFERENCE: Gruber JS, Reygadas F, Arnold BF, Ray I, Nelson K, Colford JM Jr. A stepped wedge, cluster-randomized trial of a household UV-disinfection and safe storage drinking water intervention in rural Baja California Sur, Mexico. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013

Comorbidities and lack of blood transfusion may negatively affect maternal outcomes of women with obstetric hemorrhage treated with NASG

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Suellen Miller DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2013 REGION: Africa (Nigeria) REFERENCE: El Ayadi A, Raifman S, Jega F, Butrick E, Ojo Y, Geller S, Miller S. Comorbidities and lack of blood transfusion may negatively affect maternal outcomes of women with obstetric hemorrhage treated with NASG. PLoS One. 2013 Aug 8;8(8):e70446. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070446.

Comprehensive abortion care: evidence of improvements in hospital-level indicators in Tigray, Ethiopia

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Ndola Prata DATE OF PUBLICATION: July 2013 REGION: Africa (Tigray, Ethiopia) REFERENCE: Prata N, Bell S, Gessessew A. Comprehensive abortion care: evidence of improvements in hospital-level indicators in Tigray, Ethiopia. BMJ Open. 2013 Jul 24;3(7). doi:pii: e002873. 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002873. Print 2013. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Approximately 18% of maternal deaths in East Africa is attributable to

New hope: community-based misoprostol use to prevent postpartum haemorrhage

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Ndola Prata, Paige Passano, Malcolm Potts DATE OF PUBLICATION: July 2013 REGION: Global REFERENCE: Prata N, Passano P, Bell S, Rowen T, Potts M. New hope: community-based misoprostol use to prevent postpartum haemorrhage. Health Policy Plan. 2013 Jul;28(4):339-46. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czs068. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The wide gap in maternal mortality ratios worldwide indicates major inequities

Meeting the need: youth and family planning in sub-Saharan Africa.

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Ndola Prata DATE OF PUBLICATION: July 2013 REGION: Africa (sub-Saharan Africa) REFERENCE: Prata N, Weidert K, Sreenivas A. Meeting the need: youth and family planning in sub-Saharan Africa. Contraception. 2013 Jul;88(1):83-90. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2012.10.001. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The need for a concerted effort to address the gaps in family planning services for youth in sub-Saharan

Meeting rural demand: a case for combining community-based distribution and social marketing of injectable contraceptives in Tigray, Ethiopia

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Ndola Prata DATE OF PUBLICATION: July 2013 REGION: Africa (Tigray, Ethiopia) REFERENCE: Prata N, Weidert K, Fraser A, Gessessew A. Meeting rural demand: a case for combining community-based distribution and social marketing of injectable contraceptives in Tigray, Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2013 Jul 12;8(7):e68794. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068794. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: In Sub-Saharan Africa, policy changes have

How the Avahan HIV prevention program transitioned from the Gates Foundation to the government of India

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Stefano Bertozzi DATE OF PUBLICATION: July 2013 REGION: Asia (India) REFERENCE: Sgaier SK, Ramakrishnan A, Dhingra N, Wadhwani A, Alexander A, Bennett S, Bhalla A, Kumta S, Jayaram M, Gupta P, Piot PK, Bertozzi SM, Anthony J. How the Avahan HIV prevention program transitioned from the Gates Foundation to the government of

Joint CO2 and CH4 accountability for global warming

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Kirk R. Smith DATE OF PUBLICATION: July 2013 REGION: Global REFERENCE: Smith KR, Desai MA, Rogers JV, Houghton RA. Joint CO2 and CH4 accountability for global warming. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jul 30;110(31):E2865-74. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1308004110. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: We propose a transparent climate debt index incorporating both methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Promise, and risks, of conditional cash transfer programmes (Comment)

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Lia Fernald DATE OF PUBLICATION: July 2013 REGION: Global REFERENCE: Fernald LC. Promise, and risks, of conditional cash transfer programmes. Lancet. 2013 Jul 6;382(9886):7-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61035-1. Epub 2013 May 15. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: No abstract available (Comment). ACCESS: Link to Pubmed

Cold summer weather, constrained restoration, and very low birth weight in Sweden

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Ralph Catalano DATE OF PUBLICATION: July 2013 REGION: Europe (Sweden) REFERENCE: Hartig T, Catalano R.Cold summer weather, constrained restoration, and very low birth weight in Sweden. Health Place. 2013 Jul;22:68-74. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.03.008. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: In higher latitudes, relatively cold summer weather may constrain outdoor activities that provide relief from chronic stress. Chronic stress

“Is it worth risking your life?”: Ethnography, risk and death on the U.S.-Mexico border

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Seth Holmes DATE OF PUBLICATION: July 2013 REGION: North America (Mexico-U.S border) REFERENCE: Holmes SM. “Is it worth risking your life?”: Ethnography, risk and death on the U.S.-Mexico border. Soc Sci Med. 2013 Jul 2. doi:pii: S0277-9536(13)00320-1. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.05.029. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Every year, several hundred people die attempting to cross the border from Mexico

Associations of ambient hydrogen sulfide exposure with self-reported asthma and asthma symptoms

CGPH FACULTY: Michael Bates, Kirk R. Smith DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2013 REGION: Australia and Oceania (New Zealand) REFERENCE: Bates MN, Garrett N, Crane J, Balmes JR. Associations of ambient hydrogen sulfide exposure with self-reported asthma and asthma symptoms. Environ Res. 2013 Apr;122:81-7. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.02.002. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Whether long-term, low-level hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas is a cause of health effects,