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Integrating The US Public Health And Medical Care Systems To Improve Health Crisis Response by Bourdeaux, Margaret, Sasdi, Annmarie, Oza, Shefali, Kerry, Vanessa B

“…The operational cleavage between the US public health and medical care systems contributed to the country's difficulty in containing community spread of…”
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Advancing the climate change and health nexus: The 2024 Agenda by Kerry, Vanessa, Sayeed, Sadath

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Globally inclusive investments in health: benefits at home and abroad by Gupta, Vin, Kerry, Vanessa B

“…Support for global health programs yields direct domestic benefits…”
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Commentary: The Importance of Increased Funding Opportunities to Empower Global Neurosurgeons From Low-Middle Income Countries by Rolle, Myron L, Garba, Deen L, Kerry, Vanessa B, Nahed, Brian V

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Managing the demand for global health education by Kerry, Vanessa B, Ndung'u, Thumbi, Walensky, Rochelle P, Lee, Patrick T, Kayanja, V Frederick I B, Bangsberg, David R

“…Vanessa Kerry and colleagues discuss how to manage the unprecedented growth in and demand for global health programs in the United States, Europe and other…”
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Politics and Universal Health Coverage — The Post-2015 Global Health Agenda by Gupta, Vin, Kerry, Vanessa B, Goosby, Eric, Yates, Robert

“…What political, social, and economic factors allow a movement toward universal health coverage to take hold in some low- and middle-income countries? Can we…”
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Global Health Service Partnership: building health professional leadership by Kerry, Vanessa B, Dr, Mullan, Fitzhugh, Prof

“…In recognition, countries are increasingly working to develop more specific training for clinical expertise and leadership.7,8 Shortage of faculty in many…”
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Maximizing the Impact of Training Initiatives for Health Professionals in Low-Income Countries: Frameworks, Challenges, and Best Practices by Cancedda, Corrado, Farmer, Paul E, Kerry, Vanessa, Nuthulaganti, Tej, Scott, Kirstin W, Goosby, Eric, Binagwaho, Agnes

“…Corrado Cancedda and colleagues outline a framework for health professional training initiatives in low-income countries…”
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The Global Health Service Partnership: Teaching for the World by Mullan, Fitzhugh, Kerry, Vanessa B

“…PROBLEMIn many limited resource countries, medical and nursing school faculties are small and understaffed, contributing to the sparse output of physicians and…”
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Readiness to manage Ebola Virus Disease among emergency healthcare workers in Uganda: a nationwide multicenter survey by Olum, Ronald, Ahaisibwe, Bonaventure, Atuhairwe, Irene, Balizzakiwa, Thomas, Kizito, Prisca Mary, Apiyo, Mirriam, Kalanzi, Joseph, Nabawanuka, Assumpta, Bahatungire, Rony, Kerry, Vanessa

“…Emerging infectious diseases like the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) pose significant global public health threats. Uganda has experienced multiple EVD outbreaks,…”
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An International Service Corps for Health — An Unconventional Prescription for Diplomacy by Bradford Kerry, Vanessa, Auld, Sara, Farmer, Paul

“…At first glance, medicine may seem unrelated to foreign policy, but in reality it is an unappreciated partner of diplomacy. In many parts of the world,…”
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An Educational and Administrative Intervention to Promote Rational Laboratory Test Ordering on an Academic General Medicine Service by Wertheim, Bradley M., MD, Aguirre, Andrew J., MD, PhD, Bhattacharyya, Roby P., MD, PhD, Chorba, John, MD, Jadhav, Ashutosh P., MD, PhD, Kerry, Vanessa B., MD, MSc, Macklin, Eric A., PhD, Motyckova, Gabriela, MD, PhD, Raju, Shveta, MD, Lewandrowski, Kent, MD, Hunt, Daniel P., MD, Wright, Douglas E., MD, PhD

“…Abstract BACKGROUND Overutilization of clinical laboratory testing in the inpatient setting is a common problem. The objective of this project was to develop…”
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Sub-clinical rheumatic heart disease (RHD) detected by hand-held echocardiogram in children participating in a school-based RHD prevention program in Tanzania by Chillo, Pilly, Mutagaywa, Reuben, Nkya, Deogratias, Njelekela, Marina, Kwesigabo, Gideon, Kahabuka, Febronia, Kerry, Vanessa, Kamuhabwa, Appolinary

“…Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) continues to cause suffering and premature deaths in many sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries, where the disease is still endemic…”
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Retrospective Descriptive Study of an Intensive Care Unit at a Ugandan Regional Referral Hospital by Ttendo, Stephen S., Was, Adam, Preston, Mark A., Munyarugero, Emmanuel, Kerry, Vanessa B., Firth, Paul G.

“…Background We describe delivery and outcomes of critical care at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, a Ugandan secondary referral hospital serving a large,…”
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The Global Health Service Partnership's point-of-care ultrasound initiatives in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda by Boniface, Keith S., Raymond, Aislynn, Fleming, Katelyn, Scott, James, Kerry, Vanessa B., Haile-Mariam, Tenagne, Sayeed, Sadath, Shokoohi, Hamid

“…1 Introduction The challenges of providing quality healthcare in resource-limited settings in sub-Saharan Africa have led to initiatives to increase the number…”
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Analysis of results from the Joint External Evaluation: examining its strength and assessing for trends among participating countries by Gupta, Vin, Kraemer, John D, Katz, Rebecca, Jha, Ashish K, Kerry, Vanessa B, Sane, Jussi, Ollgren, Jukka, Salminen, Mika O

“…The Joint External Evaluation (JEE) is part of the World Health Organization's (WHO) new process to help countries assess their ability to prevent, detect and…”
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A Sierra Leone 2021 Midwifery Clinical Training Needs Assessment: A Call to Action to Augment Clinical Precepting by Sonnie, Mustapha, Kella, Frederica, Stern, Amy, Mannino, Clelia Anna, Adelman, Sara, Fuller, Laura, Forbush, Leigh, Mann, Julie, van de Water, Brittney, Falahee, Bryn, Sayeed, Sadath, Ewing, Helen, Kerry, Vanessa

“…Sierra Leone has one of the highest maternal mortality and infant mortality rates globally. We share findings from a Midwifery Clinical Training Needs…”
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Partnering to Build Human Resources for Health Capacity in Africa: A Descriptive Review of the Global Health Service Partnership's Innovative Model for Health Professional Education and Training From 2013-2018 by Kerry, Vanessa B, Ahaisibwe, Bonaventure, Malewezi, Bridget, Ngoma, Deo, Daoust, Patricia, Stuart-Shor, Eileen, Mannino, Clelia Anna, Day, Dick, Foradori, Laura, Sayeed, Sadath A

“…Several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (3, 16, 17) point to the need to systematically address massive shortages of human resources for health (HRH),…”
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The impact of traumatic brain injury on economic productivity in the Caribbean by Rolle, Myron L., Garba, Deen L., Kharbat, Abdurrahman F., Bhebhe, Arnold, Mwenge, Felix, Nahed, Brian V., Kerry, Vanessa B.

“…Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the Caribbean as well as globally. Within the Caribbean, the prevalence of…”
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Meeting cholera's challenge to Haiti and the world: a joint statement on cholera prevention and care by Farmer, Paul, Almazor, Charles Patrick, Bahnsen, Emily T, Barry, Donna, Bazile, Junior, Bloom, Barry R, Bose, Niranjan, Brewer, Thomas, Calderwood, Stephen B, Clemens, John D, Cravioto, Alejandro, Eustache, Eddy, Jérôme, Gregory, Gupta, Neha, Harris, Jason B, Hiatt, Howard H, Holstein, Cassia, Hotez, Peter J, Ivers, Louise C, Kerry, Vanessa B, Koenig, Serena P, Larocque, Regina C, Léandre, Fernet, Lambert, Wesler, Lyon, Evan, Mekalanos, John J, Mukherjee, Joia S, Oswald, Cate, Pape, Jean-William, Gretchko Prosper, Anany, Rabinovich, Regina, Raymonville, Maxi, Réjouit, Jean-Renold, Ronan, Laurence J, Rosenberg, Mark L, Ryan, Edward T, Sachs, Jeffrey D, Sack, David A, Surena, Claude, Suri, Arjun A, Ternier, Ralph, Waldor, Matthew K, Walton, David, Weigel, Jonathan L

“…[...]we must link prevention to care by bolstering surveillance, education campaigns (about hand-washing, for example), and water, sanitation, and hygiene…”
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