A5050189927- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
- Global Health and Surgery
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Global Health Care Issues
- Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases
- Sex work and related issues
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2003-2024
Israel Ministry of Health
2024
Middlebury College
2017
Oregon State University
2017
McGill University
2014
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2007-2012
Soroka Medical Center
2003
After 2 decades of focused efforts to eradicate polio, the impact eradication activities on health systems continues be controversial. This study evaluated polio routine immunization (RI) and primary healthcare (PHC).Quantitative analysis assessed effects campaigns RI maternal coverage. A systematic qualitative in 7 countries South Asia sub-Saharan Africa impacts key system functions, using data from interviews, participant observation, document review.Our quantitative did not find...
Many of medical anthropology's most pressing research questions require an understanding how infections, money, and ideas move around the globe. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is a $9 billion project that has delivered 20 doses oral polio vaccine in campaigns across world. With its array global activities, it cannot be comprehensively explored by traditional anthropological method at one field site. This article describes ethnographic study GPEI, collaborative effort between...
### Summary As COVID-19 vaccination roll-outs are progressing in wealthy parts of the world, several countries implementing or investigating passports that restrict access to restaurants, sports events universities those who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. While these discussions focus on domestic implementation, we must assume that, once introduced, will be applied international travel. We argue global health community participate debate about such schemes with an eye equity...
Background Over the last decades, health systems worldwide have faced a decline in public trust. For marginalized minority populations, who generally suffer from poverty and political exclusion, roots of this trend go much deeper, establishing state bi-directional distrust between them institutions. Although studied to lesser extent compared trust, does impede initiatives, such as infectious diseases prevention programs, mostly so-called Neglected Zoonotic Diseases (NZDs). Where prevails,...
Abstract Background Women in low- and middle-income countries are at the highest risk of cervical cancer yet have limited access to participation screening programs. Integrating self-collected, community-based offers a potential primary method areas resources. In this paper, we present study evaluating knowledge, attitudes, practices Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) rural Zimbabwe. Methods We performed cross-sectional attitudes HPV Zimbabwe from January 2017–May 2017. were selected for via random...
Loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) in the era of test-and-treat remains a universal challenge, especially rural areas. To mitigate LTFU, HIV program Neno District, Malawi, utilizes preventive default tracking strategy named Tracking for Retention and Client Enrollment (TRACE). We utilized mixed-methods descriptive study TRACE on patient’s re-engagement retention care (RiC). In quantitative arm, we secondary data HIV-infected patients from January 2018 to June 2019 analyzed patients’ outcomes at 6-,...
During the summer of 2013, after samples poliomyelitis virus were found in sewage, Israel launched an intensive national oral polio vaccine (OPV) campaign. The clinical objective campaign was rather clear. With not a single case infantile paralysis and with population already highly protected IPV (a dead version vaccine), goal to foster collective immunity so that risk populations could also be protected. This, however, entailed unusual issue: how persuade parents whose children received...
Snakebite envenoming remains a public health threat in many African countries, including Malawi. However, there is shortage of literature on the knowledge Health Care Workers (HCWs) and prevalence snakebite cases We interviewed HCWs Neno District to assess their snake identification management snakebites. further reviewed patient registers from 2018 2021 all 15 facilities district. used descriptive statistics characterize survey population, knowledge, antivenom (SAV) administration,...
Across a variety of settings, women in tenuous financial circumstances are drawn to community health work as way advance themselves the context limited employment options. Female Community Health Workers (CHWs) often preferred because they can more easily access mothers and children; at same time, gender norms heart many challenges inequities that these workers encounter. Here, we explore how roles lack formal worker protections leave CHWs vulnerable violence sexual harassment, common...
Nearly all global health initiatives give per diems to community workers (CHWs) in poor countries for short-term work on disease-specific programs. We interviewed CHWs, supervisors, and high-level officials (n = 95) 6 study sites across sub-Saharan Africa South Asia early 2012 about the given them by Global Polio Eradication Initiative. These CHWs ranged from $1.50 $2.40 day. International defended with an array of arguments, primarily that they were necessary defray expenses incurred during...
Snakebite envenoming remains a public health threat in many tropical countries including Malawi. Traditional healers (THs) have been consulted by victims of snakebites as primary caregivers for millennia. There are no studies Malawi to understand this phenomenon, therefore, our study aimed explore the experiences and practices THs regarding snakebite treatment prevention rural Between August September 2022, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 16 who were purposefully selected from...
ABSTRACT Undocumented migrant workers living with HIV/AIDS in Israel, like their counterparts elsewhere, are doubly abject due to lack of legal status on one hand and ill health the other. Unlike Israeli citizens HIV/AIDS, who can access an array state funded treatments support services, undocumented marginalized both by state's exclusive immigration regime its efforts shake off responsibility for needs. At same time, HIV treatment care generally unavailable migrants' countries origin....
Abstract Background For over three decades, Israel’s economic policy has favored privatization of public services, including healthcare, generating an ongoing and prolonged debate. In 1997 school health services (SHS) for elementary middle pupils had undergone that led to reduced budgets, as well standards, nurses physicians. Following these changes, the service dwindled is now focused primarily on vaccinations. Between 2007 2012, under private management, in Southern District, quality...
The Study of Healthcare Personnel with Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses in Israel (SHIRI) prospectively follows a cohort healthcare personnel (HCP) two hospitals Israel. SHIRI will describe the frequency influenza virus infections among HCP, identify predictors vaccine acceptance, examine how repeated vaccination may modify immunogenicity, evaluate effectiveness preventing illness missed work. Cohort enrollment began October, 2016; second year study wave June 2017. run for at least 3...
The impact of vertical programs on health systems is a much-debated topic, and more evidence this complex relationship needed. This article describes research protocol developed to assess the between Global Polio Eradication Initiative, routine immunization, primary care in multiple settings. was designed as combination quantitative qualitative methods, making use comparative ethnographies. study evaluates Initiative immunization by: (a) combining work into one coherent design; (b) using...
Following a national policy shift toward universal access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Malawi, hospitals and clinics around the country made major changes enable provision of ART. In this already resource-limited environment, ART brought new health care delivery challenges bear on both patients professionals. The substance form these local interventions are affected by multilayered global context. Drawing fieldwork an clinic rural article discusses daily implications providing...
Many of medical anthropology's most pressing research questions require an understanding how infections, money and ideas move around the globe. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is a $9 billion project that has delivered 20 doses oral polio vaccine in campaigns across world. With its array global activities, it cannot be comprehensively explored by traditional anthropological method at one field site. This paper describes ethnographic study GPEI, collaborative effort between...